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Aidan Jones
Aidan Jones is a Senior Correspondent on SCMP's Asia desk. He previously worked at the Agence France-Presse.
Aidan Jones is a Senior Correspondent on SCMP's Asia desk. He previously worked at the Agence France-Presse.
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Instalments and resales are helping customers from Bangkok to Jakarta bridge the gap between aspiration and affordability.
Tens of thousands have been displaced in Laos and Myanmar, with rescue efforts hampered by threadbare resources.
The recent school shooting and killing of an official have raised the tally to 12 in three weeks in the tiny province of Nonthaburi alone.
Myanmar’s economy has shown signs of life after years of sky-high inflation and negative growth, but experts say it is far from recovering.
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The 14-year-old suspect, who later killed himself, had used a gun that belonged to his grandfather, authorities say.
Thailand’s acknowledgement of Min Aung Hlaing’s legitimacy stems from a ‘straight up pragmatism’, analysts say.
Bangkok says no efforts were made to verify the claims of UN Special Rapporteur Tom Andrews with Thai authorities.
The suspected ringleader behind the murders of two Russian siblings and a Thai family was released just seven weeks before the first crime.
Bangkok talks spark warnings that Southeast Asian diplomats are legitimising a military regime still waging a bloody war on its own people.
The bar in Thailand’s capital was crowded with hundreds of revellers at the time of the suspected electrical fire.
Commercial surrogacy is illegal in Thailand, Laos and Cambodia. It is also worth an estimated US$15 billion a year.
Despite the leaders’ personal chemistry, the seafood row shows the ‘frictions’ embedded within the countries’ relationship, analysts say.
Four years after decriminalisation, a wave of international drug busts could force Asia’s only legal cannabis market to recriminalise.
The mother says she has tried to be fair to both her sons after ‘Psi’ went public with his childhood abuse accusations against his brother.
Five monks were killed at the roadside in Mukdahan province, while three others later died in hospital.
Family and friends of the victim who was allegedly murdered by an Australian man mourn for a teenage girl who was ‘beloved by everyone’.
Siranudh ‘Psi’ Scott broke his silence on alleged childhood trauma as his estranged mother wielded a century-old legal weapon against him.
Popular incumbent Chadchart Sittipunt swept aside rivals to claim a second term leading a city grappling with floods, smog and gridlock.
Chadchart Sittipunt has won fans with his dog parks and flood alerts. Now he says he needs four more years to finish the job.
Thousands of applicants allegedly paid bribes to secure civil service positions in the multimillion-dollar fraud.
Nearly US$700 million in assets have been seized in Thailand so far, an example of the amount of dirty money sloshing through the economy.
Every few years, the Pacific runs a fever. This year, it could be worse than anything seen for decades, scientists warn.
In a video, Kim Aris notes it is the sixth birthday in a row he has been unable to see his mother in person, as calls for her release continue.
Animal activists say the cat and dog meat trade often operates over large networks that sometimes span all of Vietnam.
Talks are advancing on resolving the dispute, but every day of delay is costing thousands of Thai shrimp farmers.
While the former PM is ‘no longer a political magnet’, analysts say he will still be behind the scenes as Pheu Thai tries to make a comeback.
Southeast Asia’s second- and third-largest economies opt for bilateral insurance over reliance on the regional bloc.
The worst attack on the city in recent history killed 20, including tourists from China, Malaysia and Singapore.
Prices have collapsed and buyers have vanished since Malaysia banned Thai shrimp. Bangkok is now threatening WTO action.
