South-east Asia
VIETNAM: Bullet train plan derailed in landmark vote
Japan will seek other ways to cooperate with Vietnam in its railway development, Transport...
VietnamVIETNAM: Electricity investment soars, just in time
For years, urgently needed investment in the power sector has been hostage to a contest of wills...
VietnamTHAILAND: Red shirt trials risk sparking resentment
Eleven leaders of the recent 'red shirt' protests were yesterday indicted on terrorism charges.
ThailandBURMA: Intent is serious in nuclear weapons push
The military regime on June 11 denied that it seeks to acquire a nuclear weapons capability....
BurmaINDONESIA: Services stagnate despite decentralisation
Hopes were high after the 1997 collapse of authoritarianism that a less centralised polity would...
IndonesiaPROSPECTS 2010 Q3: South-east Asia
The region has displayed surprising economic strength since the start of 2010, as Asian export...
South-East AsiaASEAN: Human rights bodies will mature over time
Despite criticism of the new bodies' limited mandates, they mark a further stage in ASEAN's...
AseanTHAILAND: Second-phase crackdown is quiet but crucial
The army and police are intensifying surveillance of 'red shirt' activists in the north and...
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