The US House of Representatives recently passed the “Cambodia Democracy Act of 2019”. If passed by the Senate and signed into legislation by Donald Trump, the bill would allow the president to sanction high-level Cambodian […]
Thailand’s ranking in the 2018 World Corruption Index has fallen all the way down to 99, scoring a measly 38/100. In 2015, Thailand was ranked 76th. According to the surveyors, weakening democratic institutions and political rights since […]
Thailand’s Election Commission (EC) has set a tentative window for general elections to be held early next year–February 24th at the earliest and May 5th at the latest. “We are ready to hold an election, […]
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The Burmese public is calling on lawmakers to reform the country’s tax code, which has allowed “more than half of taxpayers to avoid paying their dues,” reports The Irawaddy Magazine. Hundreds of business people gathered at […]
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Myanmar’s Lower House on Friday approved a motion to review the country’s controversial constitution. The 2008 constitution was enacted by the then military-led government, and approved through a rigged process. Democracy advocates and ethnic minority groups […]
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A new report says any reform to Myanmar’s Constitution, while critical for a country moving towards democracy, is still a long way off. While reform efforts are underway in the previously military-led country, drastic constitutional […]
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RFA | More than 100 NGOs gathered in Cambodia calling on donor countries to make further aid conditional on government reforms for a more transparent process and efficient judicial system. Eight international NGOs also submitted […]
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Bloomberg Businessweek | Myanmar, shunned since the 1990s for tolerating corruption and human trafficking, is set for record foreign investment in 2012 led by oil companies after the southeast Asian nation took its first steps […]
