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China's experience in poverty alleviation provides useful guidance for Laos as the southern neighbor strives to lift more of its people out of penury against the backdrop of the economic strains brought by the pandemic.
The following article was contributed via the Embassy of Thailand in Korea. ― ED. By Don Pramudwinai The year 2020 was truly a disruptive time in world history. The fast-spreading COVID-19 pandemic managed to halt even the wave of globalization and compelled governments to go into lockdown. Businesses were forced to close, in some cases leading to furloughs or unemployment, further widening existing social inequalities. Everyone came to the realization that business would never be the same again, and began to accept the concept of a "new normal." Don PramudwinaiThe pandemic is a harsh remin...
Mr. Don Pramudwinai Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Thailand, and a
4 February 2021 Author: Mathew Davies, ANU With the Myanmar military (the Tatmadaw) once again on the streets, and NLD leaders once again under arrest, the country’s decade-long experiment with democracy appears to be over. Myanmar and its Southeast Asian neighbours are no strangers to coups, but these events reveal not only the weakness of ASEAN’s commitments to human rights and democracy, but their fundamental failure. This failure is neither accidental nor unforeseen — it has been hard-wired into the regional body. Military coups, whether in Myanmar or elsewhere in Southeast Asia,...
The rollout of the first COVID-19 vaccines has offered a ray of hope to the pandemic-rattled world. Although there is still a long way to go before declaring a complete victory against the virus, Asia－especially East Asia－has what it takes to lead in ending sluggish economic performance and restoring prosperity.