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Author Archives: Sophie Deviller

Posted inMyanmar

How Myanmar’s military amassed its fortune

by Sophie Deviller February 15, 2021February 16, 2021

Mines, banks, petroleum, agriculture, tourism: Myanmar’s ruling junta has vested interests in large swathes of the country’s economy, providing it a colossal – and closely guarded – fortune that the United States has targeted with sanctions. After last week’s coup to oust civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi – and the subsequent protest crackdown – […]

Posted inThailand

Phuket a ‘ghost island’ in tourist-free Thailand

by Sophie Deviller and Thanaporn Promyamyai October 9, 2020October 9, 2020
Posted inThailand

Private pools, gourmet meals in Thai quarantine

by Sophie Deviller and Thanaporn Promyamyai October 5, 2020October 5, 2020
Posted inThailand

Food deliveries add to Thai plastic headache

by Sophie Deviller June 20, 2020June 20, 2020
Posted inThailand

Thai elephants head home as tourists stay away

by Sophie Deviller June 11, 2020June 11, 2020
Posted inThailand

Thailand’s elephants suffer as tourists stay away

by Sophie Deviller and Dene-Hern Chen March 31, 2020March 31, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Thailand

Shunned by Chinese, Thai tourism braces for slump

by Sophie Deviller October 20, 2019February 18, 2020
This photo taken on August 26, 2018 shows a vendor selling plastic bags and wrappers in the Khlong Toei market in Bangkok. Photo: AFP / Romeo Gacad
Posted inAT Finance, Thailand

‘Thailand’s Greta Thunberg’ wages war on plastic

by Sophie Deviller October 6, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance

Culinary rock star Gaggan hungry for success

by Sophie Deviller August 26, 2019February 18, 2020
Cambodian women who were arrested for their alleged involvement in an illegal surrogacy business, are pictured outside Phnom Penh municipal court. Photo:  Tang Chhin Sothy / AFP
Posted inAT Finance, Australia, Cambodia, China, France, Oceania, South Asia, Thailand, World

Cambodia’s surrogate mothers risk jail for Chinese couples

by Sophie Deviller and Suy Se December 30, 2018February 18, 2020
Job brokers target Myanmar citizens such as Ma Htuwey, seen at the Migrant Worker Rights Network in Samut Sakhon last month. Many workers who go to Thailand are trapped in debt bondage despite a 2017 law meant to fight such abuse. Photo: AFP / Lillian Suwanrumpha
Posted inAT Finance, Cambodia, European Union, France, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, United Kingdom, World

Myanmar workers arrive debt-laden in Thailand

by Richard Sargent and Sophie Deviller October 7, 2018February 18, 2020

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