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By
Susan Cunningham
• Nov 21, 2011
As discount deal websites explode in the region, a Thai company shows how it’s done Deep-discount deal sites have been surging throughout the United States and Europe for almost three years, but they were late off the starting blocks in Southeast Asia –…
By
Muang Zarni
• Nov 14, 2011
ANALYSIS: Having carved up the country’s assets amongst themselves, Myanmar’s ruling elite are ready to milk the cash cow that is their country
Cambodia needs quality, not quantity, when it comes to growth In the 20th century, we learned the World Bank’s mantra of growth at any cost too often overlooks important quality-of-life issues, such as life expectancy at birth and schooling. In the 21st century, as the global economy…
By
Sophal Ear
• Oct 06, 2011
Convicts in Myanmar are used as disposable pack-horses by the military, facing terror and death on jungle battlefields
By
Sebastian Strangio
• Sep 11, 2011
A thirst for knowledge and interaction has driven Online’s CEO to the top job “Know what you don’t know” is a motto that has shaped Bill Merchent’s long career. From Colorado to Mississippi, Alabama to California, the 62-year-old American criss-crossed his home country for…
By
Philippe Beco
• Sep 08, 2011
Experts from the financial community share their views on the future of the newly opened Cambodia Stock Exchange Émile Coué was a French psychologist who introduced a method of self-improvement based on optimistic autosuggestion. “Every day, in every way, I’m getting better and better,” was his mantra. He died in…
By
Philippe Beco
• Aug 16, 2011
Winning the Thai elections was just the first step for Yingluck Shinawatra Less than a month after her landslide election victory in Thailand, Yingluck Shinawatra’s political honeymoon has come to an abrupt end. On July 3, the photogenic newcomer led her Puea Thai party to clinch 265 seats in…
By
Sebastian Strangio
• Aug 04, 2011
Dr Pavin Chachavalpongpun is a Lead researcher, Institute for Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore. There are four post-election scenarios and Abhisit’s Democrat Party has a 50% chance of returning to power. One is the Democrat will win a landslide election (unlikely). This will satisfy…
By
Dr Pavin Chachavalpongpun
• Jun 08, 2011
