UAE’s telecoms confusion
A tug of war between the United Arab Emirates’ two telecommunications companies and their regulator over sim card security is baffling customers and doing little to enhance the image of a growing and...
View ArticleThai rice scheme: IMF ramps up the criticism
Another week, another barrage of criticism for Thailand’s massive rice subsidy scheme. This time the attack on a programme that is costing the government billions of dollars a year and adding to...
View ArticleThailand’s travails in five charts
Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha’s Thursday metamorphosis from Thai coup leader to prime ministerial nominee hammers home the military’s near-total control over the country’s main political and economic levers....
View ArticleSpiritual spruce-up for Thai PM’s compound
Thailand’s ruling junta has pledged to wage war on government waste – but that hasn’t stopped it setting aside a little money to make sure it can rule in suitable style. As General Prayuth Chan-ocha,...
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