FAR EAST CORRESPONDENT — Thailand lost its coveted spot as the world’s top rice exporter last year as the country’s exports declined 37 percent in 2012 from the year before, according to data released by the Ministry of Commerce. Bangkok’s declining rice exports is largely a product of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra’s populist rice-buying scheme.
Cambodian authorities are being urged to investigate the abduction of a prominent Thai pro-democracy activist living in exile in Phnom Penh after he criticized Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha in a Facebook post. Wanchalearm Satsaksit […]
FAR EAST CORRESPONDENT — The recent surge of violence in the South has spurred the government to once again review its strategy of how to deal with violence in the strife-torn area. After a meeting […]
FAR EAST CORRESPONDENT — For desperate Rohingya arrested in Thai territory, hope for the future can rest simply with how much money they have to pay off local officials and human traffickers. The prospects are […]
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