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Schools and civil service buildings (i.e. most intensive energy use is during the day) are actually a perfect use case for solar electricity. www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opin...

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Why is #Thailand now cooperating on #Myanmar's scam centers? BLUF: Chinese pressure. My thoughts for @radiofreeasiapr.bsky.social. www.benarnews.org/english/comm...

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I don't know much about East Timor beyond having gone to see the current president when he spoke at the FCCT many years ago. This article helped me understand more about this prospective next member of ASEAN. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/16/w...

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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐑𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐬𝐢𝐚 This article explores the 2025 Master Plan on ASEAN Connectivity (MPAC) and its partnership with China’s Belt Road Initiative (BRI). Full article: bit.ly/3X3p0tu #regionaldialogue #railway #transportation #SoutheastAsia

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The Sea People are not relics of the past, nor are they obstacles to development.

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"...as quickly as Koditek documented Bangkok landmarks, they disappeared, replaced by anodyne glass and steel monstrosities... #Bangkok is a city in flux & in the blink of an eye, layers of urban architecture rise & fall, leaving barely a trace of the city's history." Bangkok's modern architecture.

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Pretty frustrating that Marco Rubio and the rest of the administration lack the vision to see how soft power makes the US safer, stronger, and more prosperous www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/...

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Once rode the Cascades from Vancouver to Seattle. Maybe the most beautiful train ride I've ever been on! www.trains.com/trn/news-rev...

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Dr. Pirongrong was a guest instructor for a couple weeks in one of my classes at Chula. She was very knowledgeable and clearly dedicated to seeing a healthy Thai media landscape. I'm very sorry to see that her efforts to foster media fairness are being punished. www.bangkokpost.com/business/gen...

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Interesting read on the renmants of the cold war in Thailand...

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Thailand recently signed an FTA with the EFTA (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland), an FTA with the EU is coming probably this year, and several more are in the works. Trump's strategy isn't going to define world trade, because it's not the 1930s anymore. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/b...

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Newsletter No. 251 - Map of Bangkok's proposed transit lines - Potential builders of Vietnam's HSR - Java's 700 km sea wall - ECRL 78.5% completed - New Mactan-Cebu airport runway - Korat-Nong Khai HSR ready by 2030 - Bangkok rail transit ‘joint ticket’ news.futuresoutheastasia.com/p/5-february...

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Thailand's tigers on a rebound. www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/tigers-... #thailand #wildlife #tiger

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NEW RESEARCH: This @lowyinstitute.bsky.social interactive map reveals how global trade with the world's two largest economies, the United States and China, has changed since 2001. interactives.lowyinstitute.org/features/chi...

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The fallout of US President Trump’s foreign aid freeze continues to affect vulnerable communities in SE Asia: The Jesuit Refugee Service announces the suspension of its assistance services for forcibly displaced people, particularly from Myanmar, in Bangkok and Mae Sot.

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Sometimes the internet, and people in general, are great 😃

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Good development for Southeast Asia, and cool use of data too: "With data like wiper signals and travel speed, the ride-hailing company will be able to infer external conditions...to guide drivers to areas where there is likely higher demand for rides" asia.nikkei.com/Business/Aut...

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Oh boy. apnews.com/video/tammy-...

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Security forces in #SoutheastAsia have long cooperated with one another, or at least turned a blind eye to the extra-legal activities of their partners operating on their soil, in dealing with regime opponents. The ASEAN way, indeed. Me for @radiofreeasiapr.bsky.social. www.rfa.org/english/opin...

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BYD's jumping car youtube.com/watch?v=b9ES...

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Good morning, Asia. This was our most read story over the weekend. Your predictions for Asia in 2025 s.nikkei.com/3Prtgip

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The struggle against plastic choking the Mekong 🥤🌏 dialogue.earth/en/pollution...

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Lots of interesting statistics and insights in this article about Chinese manufacturing and its impact on Southeast Asia fulcrum.sg/2024-top-10-...

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Washington Post Cartoonist Quits After Jeff Bezos Cartoon Is Killed www.nytimes.com/2025/01/03/b...

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Jimmy Carter was also involved in Habitat for Humanity's work in Thailand, even participating personally in an HfH build outside Chiang Mai a decade or so ago.

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Good Nikkei documentary on the rise of EVs in Thailand and its effect on Japanese automakers. youtube.com/watch?v=w7ld...

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Notes from the Field | Thanapan Laiprakobsup & Narongpon Laiprakobsup lament the decline of landmarks in suburban Bangkok: "We cannot avoid the expansion of urban communities and their effects on local communities. But...we can make the communities livable." criticalasianstudies.org/commentary/2...

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Thailand aims to break the diplomatic deadlock over Myanmar's spiraling crisis, with a two-track plan to convene senior officials of neighboring countries and ASEAN foreign ministers in separate "informal" meetings this week. s.nikkei.com/41yb9yw

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