Jim Pollard, Author at Asia Times

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Asian markets mixed after new highs on Wall Street

by Jim Pollard November 25, 2020November 25, 2020

Bangkok: Asian markets were mixed on Wednesday following a record surge on Wall Street amid a spurt of relief when it was confirmed that US President-elect Joe Biden could begin his transition to take power in the White House. Investors were also cheered by Biden’s plan to nominate former Federal Reserve chairman Janet Yellen as […]

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Asian markets mixed amid US election uncertainty, Covid resurgence

by Jim Pollard October 28, 2020October 29, 2020

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Asia can learn from Europe’s response to Covid crisis

by Jim Pollard May 31, 2020June 4, 2020

China keen to beef up laws against bond, securities fraud

by Chris Gill and Jim Pollard May 27, 2020May 27, 2020

China to float new ‘blue bonds’ for better oceans

by Chris Gill and Jim Pollard May 13, 2020May 13, 2020

A LEG UPThe 33rd Bangkok International Motor Show opened to the media, 27 March 2012, with the highlight on eco-cars, at Impact Muang Thong Thani. The fair runs until April 8. Bangkok Post Photo/PHRAKRIT JUNTAWONG

GM to sell car plant in Thailand

by Jim Pollard February 18, 2020February 18, 2020

China, European Union, France, Japan, Northeast Asia, World

US and Canada sending planes to evacuate citizens on liner

by Jim Pollard February 15, 2020February 18, 2020

Middle East, World

US nukes in Turkey hang in balance as ties fray

by Jim Pollard and Alison Tahmizian Meuse October 16, 2019February 18, 2020

AT Finance, Laos, Northeast Asia, South Korea, Thailand

Stop work on Lao dam and help victims: groups

by Jim Pollard July 24, 2019February 18, 2020

Orcas freed from ‘whale jail’ in Russian Far East

by Jim Pollard July 14, 2019February 18, 2020

AT Finance, India, Laos, Myanmar, South Asia, Thailand

SE Asia’s tigers hit hard by tourism, captive breeding

by Jim Pollard June 21, 2019February 18, 2020

Waste not, want not in SE Asia

by Jim Pollard June 19, 2019February 18, 2020

AT Finance, Myanmar

Myanmar’s displaced Shan face harassment

by Jim Pollard May 26, 2019February 18, 2020

Australia, Oceania

Bob Hawke, giant of Australian politics, dies

by Jim Pollard May 16, 2019February 18, 2020

South Asia, Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan PM ‘not told of attacks warning’

by Jim Pollard and Saikat Datta April 22, 2019February 18, 2020

AT Finance, Myanmar

The conspiracy behind Myanmar’s stolen teak

by Peter Janssen and Jim Pollard February 25, 2019February 18, 2020

Karen children next to a barbed wire fence at Mae La refugee camp in Mae Sot near the Thai-Myanmar border. At least 87,000 people remain in the camps which were set up in 1984. Photo: AFP/Pornchai Kittiwongsakul

AT Finance, Myanmar, Thailand

Forgotten refugee crisis on the Thai-Myanmar border

by Jim Pollard November 17, 2018February 18, 2020

A man loads belongings on a tractor near his flooded home in Sanamxai in Attapeu province on July 26, 2018. Scores of people were missing after the dam collapse in southern Laos unleashed a torrent of water, washing away whole villages. Photo: AFP / Nhac Nguyen

AT Finance, Cambodia, Laos, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, Thailand, World

Collapsed Lao dam ‘was built on a sinkhole’

by Jim Pollard November 2, 2018February 18, 2020

A health worker performs a blood test on a child at a clinic near the Thai-Myanmar border. For more than a decade, the fast-acting artemisinin has been a potent weapon against malaria, but there are fears that resistance to the drug is spreading. Photo: AFP / Pornchai Kittiwongsakul

AT Finance, Middle East, Myanmar, South Asia

Positive results in fight against malaria in remote parts of Myanmar

by Jim Pollard October 27, 2018February 18, 2020

An aerial view of the flood in Attapeu province in southern Laos two days after the Xe-Pian Xe-Nam Noy dam collapsed on July 23. The government says just 40 died, but monitors say many hundreds were likely killed. Photo: AFP/ Mime Phoumsavanh

AT Finance, China, France, Hong Kong, Laos, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, Thailand, World

New questions asked about Laos dam toll, builder’s role

by Jim Pollard October 19, 2018February 18, 2020

8月30日，一輛貨車被緬甸勃固（Bago）地區的洪水淹沒。在季風降雨導致該地區淹沒後，數千人被困。專家說，隨著全球變暖天氣變得更加極端，季節性降雨變得愈來愈嚴重。相片：AFP

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聯合國官員建議適應極端天氣

by Jim Pollard September 19, 2018February 18, 2020

A truck lies submerged by floodwater in Myanmar's Bago region on August 30. Many thousands of people have been stranded after monsoonal rain left the region inundated. Seasonal rain has been getting heavier as weather gets more extreme with global warming, experts say. Photo: AFP / Ye Aung Thu

AT Finance, Australia, India, Japan, Mexico, Northeast Asia, Oceania, South Asia, Thailand, World

Extreme weather? You better get used to it, top UN official says

by Jim Pollard September 3, 2018February 18, 2020

Traffic lights in Vienna show female same-sex couples. While the Austrian capital was keen to promote tolerance, Muslim majority states in Southeast Asia struggle with the issue of same-sex relations. Photo: AFP / Dieter Nagl

AT Finance, Malaysia, World

Rights groups urge Malaysia to stop caning of gay women

by Jim Pollard August 29, 2018February 18, 2020

Groups across Asia say the RCEP trade deal needs deeper public consultation and leaked drafts show provisions that could have negative impacts on half the world's population. Photo: Asia Times

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, India, Japan, New Zealand, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Thailand, World

Dozens of grassroots groups want changes to ‘secret’ trade pact

by Jim Pollard August 2, 2018February 18, 2020

Four of the 'wildlife smugglers' arrested by Congo police now held in Brazzaville. They are alleged to be part of gangs shipping big loads of illegal wildlife parts to Southeast Asia and China. Photo: Supplied

AT Finance, China, Hong Kong, South Asia, Thailand, Vietnam

African ‘gang’ linked to big hauls of wildlife seized in Asia

by Jim Pollard July 26, 2018February 18, 2020

Greenpeace country director Tara Buakamsri holds a banana sold in a plastic bag by 7-Eleven, which he said was an example of the excessive use of plastic in Thai society. Photo: Rajat Sethi

AT Finance, Bangladesh, China, Egypt, Indonesia, Malaysia, Middle East, Philippines, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Mandatory levy needed on plastic bags, Greenpeace says

by Jim Pollard and Rajat Sethi July 24, 2018February 18, 2020

Thai rescue workers attend to passengers brought back to Phuket after two tourist boats sank in rough seas on July 5, 2018. Photo: AFP/ Kritsada Muenhawong

AT Finance, China, Middle East, Thailand, World

Thailand scrambles to ensure safety after tourist boat tragedy

by Jim Pollard July 22, 2018February 18, 2020

Rescue personnel carry a member of the "Wild Boars" football team on a stretcher during their mission inside the Tham Luang cave in northern Thailand. The amazing mission captivated the world. Photo: AFP/ Royal Thai Navy video grab

AT Finance, Australia, Myanmar, Oceania, Thailand, World

Some boys were sedated and carried out of Thai cave, rescuers admit

by Jim Pollard July 10, 2018February 18, 2020

A policeman inspects piles of electronic waste at a factory in Klong Luang near Bangkok. The factory owner was charged with disposing of waste without permission and illegally employing foreign workers. Photo: AFP/ Bangkok Post/ Chanat Katanyu

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, China, European Union, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Asian states urged to sign treaty to avoid ‘tidal wave’ of foreign trash

by Jim Pollard June 28, 2018February 18, 2020

One of the billion-dollar drones that Australia is buying to monitor adjacent seas. Illustration: Northrop-Grumman

Australia, China, India, New Zealand, Oceania, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

Australia buying high-tech drones to monitor nearby seas

by Jim Pollard June 26, 2018February 18, 2020