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"The world is talking. Are you listening?", voilà le sous titre de ce blog d'information qui place la voix et la liberté d'expression au centre de son intérêt. Vous pouvez vous abonner aux différents fils des mots-clés du site.
- Southeast Asia: Alternative sources of energy
- Due to skyrocketing oil prices, many Southeast Asian countries are intensifying efforts to tap alternative sources of energy. Even oil producing countries like Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei are investing on renewable energy.
Use of alternative energy is expected and necessary. Recent fuel hikes have caused widespread protests in Malaysia and Indonesia. ...
- Preah Vihear and nationalism
- Restless Trotter discussed the dangers of misplaced nationalism in many Southeast Asian countries. The blogger cited the growing tension over Preah Vihear temple.
- Thailand: Prime Minister and origami bird
- Tor finds it amusing that Thailand's Prime Minister managed to make an origami bird while the opposition accused him of being unfit to run the country in a parliamentary session. The Curious Incidents of a Girl has a different opinion.
- “Preah Vihear belongs to Cambodia”
- Real Cambodia notes that mobile phone users are sending text messages to assert Cambodia's ownership of the Preah Vihear Temple. Thailand is also claiming the historic site.
- Protest Power in Bangkok
- Tumelor writes about the "protest power" in Bangkok, but insists everything is normal in Thailand.
- Thailand: Sensational news reports
- Tom in Thailand advises media outlets not to use the words "mob" and "seige" in reporting the protest actions in Thailand
- Thailand: Casino's new name
- To minimize criticism, Thailand's Prime Minister said the government is building an entertainment complex, not a casino. Blogger The Farang is not amused.
- Bangkok Transit System
- gnarlykitty wonders whether the BTS in Thailand "is a convenient form of transportation or a giant metallic monster ready to munch you alive?"
- Thailand: Government is self-destructing
- Connecting the dots believes the Thailand's government is self-destructing and that members of the ruling party are "a bunch of recycled corrupt politicians."
- Thailand: Protesters want the Prime Minister to resign
- Soraj's Weblog comments on the mounting protest actions in Thailand today: "Watching the demonstration is like watching soap operas. Same old plots, same old endings." Will Yaryan also blogs about the issue.
- Southeast Asia: Series of unfortunate disasters
- A destructive cyclone in Myanmar. The China earthquake which was felt in Hanoi and Bangkok. Two earthquakes in the Sumatra island which rocked Indonesia and Malaysia. A strong typhoon which destroyed many towns in north Philippines.
In the past month, natural disasters hit the Southeast Asian region claiming hundreds of ...
- Thailand: Anti-government protest
- Juth.Net, together with other family members, joined an anti-government protest in Thailand.
- Thailand: Websites closed for “talking” about monarchy
- Absolutely Thailand writes that the Asian Human Rights Commission has received information that two websites were illegally blocked while 29 sites face closure in Thailand for allowing an open-forum discussion about the Thai monarchy.
- Urbanisation in Southeast Asia
- Scholar and blogger Alvin Lim tackles the phenomenon of "urbanisation without industrialisation" in Southeast Asia.
- Fire at Myanmar embassy in Thailand
- A fire broke out at Myanmar’s embassy in Thailand. Because of the fire, aid workers were not able to secure visas. Absolutely Bangkok comments: “What a coincidence that the fire ravaged that part of the embassy where those visas should have been issued?”
