Indian Trade Seen Booming With ASEAN

Published on Aug 31, 2014 by Luke Hunt

ASEAN business ties extending west into India have never enjoyed the same cachet as trade with China to the north. That’s partly because access to India was blocked by Myanmar’s isolation and partly because a two-decade economic boom in China soaked-up as much capital as ASEAN investors could spare.Read more from Luke Hunt in The Diplomat..

ASEAN Urged to Act Decisively Ahead of AEC

Published on Aug 24, 2014 by Luke Hunt

The launch of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) could deliver substantial prosperity to poorer members of the trading bloc while promoting deeper regional integration, but the benefits could be uneven amid rising inequality unless governments act decisively, a key report has warned.Read more from Luke Hunt in The Diplomat ..

Malaysian Police Investigate Teen Boy for Liking Israel

Published on Aug 18, 2014 by Luke Hunt

While Malaysia wracks its collective soul over its responsibilities for the downing of two planes belonging to the national carrier, more menial though no less disturbing problems are continuing to surface, highlighting this country’s problems and its inability to deal with sensitive issues.In Penang a teenage student simply hit “like” on an “I love Israel” page on Facebook. Teachers weren’t happy, one shared and vilified the student, about as absurd as senior management at Malaysian Airlines still holding their jobs.Read more from Luke Hunt in The Diplomat.  .

Jokowi Urged to Deal With Darth Vader

Published on Aug 11, 2014 by Luke Hunt

Indonesia’s fresh-faced president-elect Joko Widodo, aka Jokowi, is being urged to prepare his own legal action to counter his nemesis Prabowo Subianto, who has unwittingly succeeded in portraying himself as the villain of recent national elections.Read more from Luke Hunt in The Diplomat..

Justice Late, Better than Never

Published on Aug 11, 2014 by Luke Hunt

FOR Cambodians it has been a long wait. Almost 35 years after the Khmer Rouge were driven from power by a Vietnamese invasion, the movement’s last surviving senior leaders have been found guilty of crimes against humanity and sentenced to jail for life.Read more from The Economist..