Thailand: Korn puts Shinawatra government on watch
Hot money threatens to scorch Asia again
Just 13 years after the Asian Contagion, Eric Ellis questions whether the region's reforms would prevent another crisis
BIG problems require big ideas to fix them and, in Asia, few problems are bigger than the red-yellow divide that bedevils Thailand
Thailand's finance minister Korn faces the ultimate stress test
Finance minister Korn Chatikavanij has steered the Thai economy successfully through huge political and social upheaval. But his long-term aim is to connect with Thailand's people, and not just its financial and business elite, to bring prosperity to the majority. Eric Ellis shadowed Korn as he travelled beyond Bangkok, examining the extent of the grassroots challenges Korn faces to effect meaningful change in a country ill-served by previous incumbents
Thailand: Korn Steps Out in Samut Sakorn
Thailand has been spared its Tiananmen moment but Thais now know what civil war looks like
Thailand's royal ill-health threatens to infect ASEAN
BARELY affected by the Atlantic financial crisis, ASEAN's regional economies are vaulting ahead and presenting sexy business opportunities for corporate Australia....but for all the neighbourhood's prospects and rising consumer classes, there remains a ticking time bomb lurking at its heart: Thailand.
Thailand has found much-needed stability under the Abhisit Government but maintaining it is a problem
From financial powerhouses to the houses of power
Former bankers are emerging as political leaders across a region that could desperately use the economic smarts of expert high-financiers, perhaps fixing the impact of mistakes made by colleagues elsewhere
Thailand's lesson For the West
The return of the old-school Thais
Eric Ellis meets the Wykehamist and the Old Etonian who head recession-hit Thailand’s new government, and asks whether foreign investors can have confidence in them
The perils of insulting King Bhumibol
Eric Ellis ponders the Thai monarch’s political role as an Australian writer is prosecuted for lèse majesté
Thailand Looks for Return to Growth
IT WAS a simple act but, for Asia, an unusual one. But if it catches on, it could mark a new era for how economic policy is executed in coup-plagued Thailand
Is Ho Ching Losing Her Touch?
Islamist threat engulfs
Thailand
THE leader of the Islamic Defenders Front of Indonesia is not a man to trifle
with
Separatists warn tourists to stay away
TO THE foreign hedonists who patronise the resorts of Phuket, Krabi and Koh Samui in Thailand’s gorgeous south, the term Pulo might conjure images of lavish tropical fruits
Australia and Malaysia should be good friends. With Dr Mahathir gone, they may well soon be
In a rare interview, Yos Euarchukiati tells how a benevolent monarchy is being rescued from old-world deals
Royal Rehab: Thailand's Crown Property Bureau gets a corporate makeover
Thailand's royals live off the income of the Crown Property Bureau, created in 1936 as the absolute monarchy evolved into a constitutional one
Thai Toy Fire Death Toll Rises As Clamour Grows Against 'Factory Fodder'