Chinese E-Commerce Giant Alibaba Sets Plans for Thailand
Apr 19, 2018 The company has agreed to step up investments in the Southeast Asian country as competition between online retailers heats up in the fast-growing region.
Rohingya Who Fled Myanmar Facing Crisis in Asia
Jan 17, 2018 Some are languishing in overcrowded refugee camps, while others have been sold into slavery, according to U.N. officials.
Killer Robots and Rebel Wieners: Did Hollywood’s Working-Class Revolt Fantasies Fuel Trump’s Rise?
Nov 24, 2016 Class-war fantasies are a hot new genre on the big and small screen. They might be amping up Donald Trump-mania.
Nestle’s Self-Policing Policy Against Slave Labor Smells Like a PR Campaign
Feb 4, 2016 The food giant's unsuccessful effort to beat back a lawsuit may have been part of an effort to avoid fully facing up to ties to child slavery, critics suggest.
Nearly $1 Trillion Left Emerging Markets in Single Year in ‘Capital Flight’ Phenomenon
Aug 21, 2015 Reports that huge sums of investment money have flowed out of countries with emerging markets suggest that countries once billed as "stars of the post-crash economy are now waning."
Thai Prime Minister Says He’ll ‘Probably’ Kill Journalists Who Deviate From Official Line
Mar 26, 2015 Thailand’s junta leader, Prayuth Chan-ocha, who toppled the government of Yingluck Shinawatra in a coup last May, told reporters Wednesday that he will “probably just execute” any journalist who does not “report the truth.”
The Unquiet Agony of the Young Doves: Thailand After the Coup
Jan 23, 2015 Using terror to silence people is a method that gets results in Thailand. I have noticed that the medicine given in order to create fear is of different strengths depending on one’s social position.
How to Forgive Your Torturer
Jun 17, 2014 When I read the statistics on Americans and Britons that approve of torture, a scene comes back to me. I remember a man I met 20 years ago, not in my native Latin America or in faraway lands where torture is endemic, but in the extremely English town of Berwick-upon-Tweed.
From Elections to Mass Movements: How Wealthy Elites Are Hijacking Democracy All Over the World
May 29, 2014 In country after country, the hallmarks of democracy are being dangerously subverted and co-opted by powerful elites.
U.S. Denounces Thai Coup, Warns on Relations
May 22, 2014 The United States warned Thursday that it was reconsidering cooperation with ally Thailand after a military coup, which Secretary of State John Kerry denounced as having "no justification."
