East Asia Forum

China’s ambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) continues to draw criticism and disapproval. Its sceptics brand it as China’s Marshall Plan or as a ‘neo-imperial project’.
Read More...

Beijing views Myanmar as an essential component of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), given Myanmar’s resource endowments and its location on the Indian Ocean.
Read More...

Under the new law employers can be fined a maximum of 800,000 baht (US$23,800) for each undocumented migrant, while workers can be jailed for up to 5 years.
Read More...

In 1996, Southeast Asia was celebrating its ‘economic miracle’ as the World Bank lauded the region’s spectacular growth.
Read More...

Since the military coup in 2014, Thai foreign policy has moved closer towards Beijing at the expense of its longstanding ties with Washington.
Read More...

The United States and China view trade agreements like the TPP, RCEP and FTAAP as ways to limit each other’s ability to compete in their respective areas of interest. China, as a growing economic power, has an interest in leading the East…
Read More...

TMB Analytics forecasts that the country’s economy will grow by 3.5 percent in 2017, as risks remain in the global economy.
Read More...

Thailand's industry confidence index continued to decline in August for eight consecutive months as investors remained worry of the sluggish economy.
Read More...

With the ASEAN Economic Community AEC on the horizon, Thailand and Lao PDR have jointly opened a new bus route, linking both countries.The two countries have already opened four bridges along their transportation routes.
Read More...

Altogether, a total of 61 Thai tourism industry products were listed in the poll rankings, some in the top ten and others in the top 25. The list was led by Phuket, which was ranked the second-best holiday destination in Asia. Bangkok…
Read More...

Tourism Council of Thailand reported, Wednesday, its tourism confidence index for April to June 2012 dropped eight points to 92. Research was compared to a normal confidence benchmark of 100. The index gained data from 600 tour agencies.
Read More...

The eligible new or expanded investment projects located in Pathum Thani province (in BOI Zone 1) will be exempt from corporate income tax for eight years with a cap of 150% of the investment value.
Read More...