Thailand

German-Thai cooperation encapsulates the complex dance between strategic competition and global industry dynamics.

The high-speed rail line, which would connect Bangkok to a recently completed line in Laos, has been hampered by delays.

While relations have developed in a low key manner, the two nations share more than a little in common.

Pita Limjaroenrat, the leader of the Move Forward Party, can rejoin Parliament – but more legal challenges loom.

The country is tightening its laws on marijuana use, just 18 months after becoming the first Southeast Asian nation to legalize the drug.

Arnon Nampa, a prominent leader of the mass protests of late 2020, faces 14 charges under the country's draconian lese-majeste law.

Amid claims of preferential treatment, the Department of Corrections says that its refusal to refer to Thaksin Shinawatra as an "inmate" is standard practice.

The former leader has been in hospital since returning from self-exile and beginning a prison term for abuse of power in August.

There is still a lack of clarity about the government's plans to take out foreign loans to fund the $14.3 billion scheme.

The move extends makes and permanent a temporary visa waiver that the Thai government introduced in September.

Deliberation over incremental increases to Thailand's minimum wage underscores a delicate balance between the imperative for fair compensation and the necessity to preserve economic competitiveness. 

Cambodia has every right to stand its ground over a needless Little War