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Thai Cambodia border heats up ahead of ASEAN defense meet

By Terence Chulavachana Sun, Oct 25, 2009 2:38PM UTC

A western intelligence source told this blog Cambodia is in a “Continuous” plan to increase its military force along the Thai Cambodian border. “They have moved their latest tanks and deploy surface to air missile in several areas at (classified)……They have increased their troops by over a thousand and

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India’s shame: Its child laborers

By Bala Murali Krishna Sat, Oct 24, 2009 11:15PM UTC

Last week, amid the ado over state assembly elections and the political posturing with China, an important piece of news barely made it into our newspapers and surely not into our collective consciousness, as it should have. That is the remarkable discovery that our country, which seeks, in a manner

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Why education matters

By Atanu Dey Sat, Oct 24, 2009 2:58PM UTC

I cannot resist relating (yet again) Robert Solow’s view of Milton Friedman’s- both celebrated Nobel laureate economists – obsession with monetary policy. Every macroeconomic problem and its solution lay eventually in monetary policy, according to Friedman. Solow in exasperation said, “Everything reminds Milton Friedman of the money supply. Everything reminds

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ASEAN leaders tackle North Korea issue

By News Sat, Oct 24, 2009 12:05PM UTC

Recovery from the global economic crisis and North Korea’s nuclear ambitions will be on the agenda as Asian leaders huddle at a Thai beach resort for an annual summit Saturday. Leaders of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations will be joined by those from China, Japan, South Korea. India,

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Grappling with the Obama reality

By Clement Tan Sat, Oct 24, 2009 10:46AM UTC

For people like me – young, college-educated and politically independent “millennials” – Barack Obama was and stilll remains the college-professor-we-wished-became-president, who actually became president of the United States. His “Yes, We Can” campaign tagline and exhortation for young people to enter public service resonated strongly, but much to the surprise

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