https://www.scmp.com/rss/300443/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Recent momentous events in Thailand and the United States are more connected than they seem, and will have an impact on both nations for years to come. In mid-October, Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyedaj, born in the US and the only king most Thais had ever known, passed away after 70 years on the throne. A month later, political neophyte Donald Trump was elected the 45th US president, defeating a candidate who had spent a quarter of a century in the corridors of American power. Bilateral... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2049194/us-thailand-friendship-turns-cold-further-weakening-americas?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2049194/us-thailand-friendship-turns-cold-further-weakening-americas?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 27 Nov 2016 01:02:37 +0000 The controversy surrounding Aung San Suu Kyi and a joint-venture copper mine project in Myanmar should give prospective foreign investors pause. It should also prompt the international community to help the country establish a legal regime on which both investors and the people of Myanmar can rely for protection of their rights. A government-backed investigation into the mine project, chaired by Suu Kyi, concluded that security forces used chemicals against villagers protesting against it. It... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1201149/myanmar-needs-effective-legal-system-and-so-do-its-foreign?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1201149/myanmar-needs-effective-legal-system-and-so-do-its-foreign?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 27 Mar 2013 16:00:00 +0000