2019 elections – Asia Times

AT Finance, Singapore

New politics dawning in pre-election Singapore

by Nile Bowie February 27, 2019February 18, 2020

Will elections come early in Singapore? Singaporeans have wondered ever since Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong hinted last year that the wealthy city-state might go to the polls earlier than they must be held by April 2021. The opposition Singapore Democratic Party (SDP), for one, isn’t wasting any time waiting for an official announcement. At […]

AT Finance, Thailand

Royal decree eases Thai election risk

by Shawn W. Crispin January 23, 2019February 18, 2020

AT Finance, Thailand

Thai junta’s fragility a separatist opportunity

by Jason Johnson January 22, 2019February 18, 2020

Australia, Oceania

Morrison misconnects across the South Pacific

by Alan Boyd January 20, 2019February 18, 2020

Australia, Oceania

To drill or not to drill in Australia

by Alan Boyd January 15, 2019February 18, 2020

Ousted former Thai prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra greets supporters as she arrives at the Supreme Court in Bangkok, Thailand, July 21, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Athit Perawongmetha

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Hong Kong, Laos, Middle East, Singapore, South Asia, Thailand, United Kingdom, World

Thailand’s exiled Shinawatras making waves abroad

by Shawn W. Crispin January 9, 2019February 18, 2020

China should choose its strategy wisely during the trade war with the United States. Photo: iStock

AT Finance, China, European Union, India, Indonesia, Japan, Northeast Asia, Philippines, South Asia, Thailand, World

China’s growth to shape Asia’s economy in 2019

by Nigel Green January 4, 2019

Protesters chant at a Liberal Party fundraiser in Sydney on November 10, 2017, as they call on the ruling Liberal coalition government to bring back 600 refugees from an Australian detention centre in Papua New Guinea. Photo: AFP/William West

Australia, Middle East, Oceania

Refugees a dividing line ahead of Australia’s polls

by Alan Boyd December 11, 2018February 18, 2020

An Indonesian voter casts her vote at a gubernatorial polling station in Jakarta on February 15, 2017. Photo: AFP via Anadolu Agency/Jefri Tarigan

AT Finance, Indonesia, Iran, Middle East

The change to come to Indonesian democracy

by John McBeth November 30, 2018February 18, 2020

An Australian police official displays a combination knife, pistol and knuckle duster from the New South Wales police armory in Sydney in a file photo: Photo: AFP/William West

Australia, Middle East, Oceania, World

Australia’s gun controls in a political firing line

by Alan Boyd November 2, 2018February 18, 2020

Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn lights a candle at a sacred ceremony in a file photo. His formal coronation is due to be held in early May. Photo: Facebook

AT Finance, Laos, Thailand, World

A lighter royal touch for Thailand

by Shawn W. Crispin October 16, 2018February 18, 2020

A protester holds a placard as she gathers with others during a protest against junta, near the army headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand, March 24, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Panumas Sanguanwong

AT Finance, Australia, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Philippines, South Asia, South Korea, Thailand, World

Pre-election politics heating up in Thailand

by Richard S Ehrlich October 3, 2018February 18, 2020

Australian protesters carry placards in front of Parliament in Canberra demanding the closure of offshore detention camps for boat-people. Photo: AFP/Nathanial Howells

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Iran, Middle East, Oceania, Singapore, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Syria, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Australia’s cruel closed door to child refugees

by Alan Boyd September 29, 2018February 18, 2020

Indonesian President Joko Widodo and Golkar Party leader Airlangga Hartarto playing music together. Photo: Facebook

AT Finance, Indonesia, Philippines, South Asia

Are Widodo and Golkar headed for a pre-poll split?

by John McBeth September 21, 2018February 18, 2020

The plant expansion is part of the infrastructure-centered economic development policy being pushed by the administration of President Joko Widodo. Photo: AFP

AT Finance, China, India, Indonesia, Middle East, South Asia, Turkey, World

Indonesia’s Widodo wobbles as the rupiah tumbles

by John McBeth September 7, 2018February 18, 2020

Indonesia's President Joko Widodo salutes during the country's 73rd Independence Day celebrations at the presidential palace in Jakarta on August 17, 2018.Photo: AFP/Sonny Tumbelaka

AT Finance, Indonesia, Iran, Middle East, Northeast Asia

Military minds aim to keep Widodo in power

by John McBeth September 4, 2018February 18, 2020

Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte in a file photo. Photo: Twitter

AT Finance, China, Philippines, South Asia

The rise and rise of Sara Duterte

by Bong S Sarmiento August 31, 2018February 18, 2020

Australia's Treasurer Scott Morrison (C) was on August 24 picked as new prime minister after a Liberal Party coup in a stunning upset against key challenger Peter Dutton. / Photo: AFP/Pool/David Gray

Australia, France, Oceania, United Kingdom, World

New PM Morrison fixes nothing for Australia

by Lachlan Colquhoun August 24, 2018February 18, 2020

Australia's then Treasurer Scott Morrison (R) speaking beside Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on August 22, 2018 in Parliament House, Canberra. Photo: AFP / Mark Graham

Australia, New Zealand, Oceania

Turnbull’s out, Morrison’s in as Oz politics implode

by Alan Boyd August 24, 2018February 18, 2020

Thailand's Democrat Party leader and ex-Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva speaks to the press in a 2016 file photo. Photo: AFP/Lillian Suwanrumpha

AT Finance, Thailand, World

Abhisit says Thais deserve better than military rule

by Shawn W. Crispin August 22, 2018February 18, 2020

Australia's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull gestures as he takes part in a press conference in Canberra on August 21, 2018. Photo: AFP/Sean Davey

Australia, Oceania

Ahead of elections, Turnbull a dead man walking

by Alan Boyd August 21, 2018February 18, 2020

Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto greets his supporters after registering his candidacy for 2019 elections in front of General Elections Commission (KPU) office, Jakarta, August 10 2018. Photo: Andalou via AFP Forum/ Eko Siswono Toyudho

AT Finance, China, Indonesia, Iran, Middle East, Northeast Asia, South Korea, Taiwan

Prabowo’s past haunts his electoral future

by John McBeth August 14, 2018February 18, 2020

Indonesian President Joko Widodo prays during Nuzulul Quran event at Presidential Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia on June 5, 2018. Photo: NurPhoto via AFP Forum

AT Finance, Egypt, Indonesia, Middle East, World

Eye on re-election, Widodo plays the Islam card

by John McBeth August 14, 2018February 18, 2020

Peua Thai politician and former deputy premier Pongthep Kanchanathep in a file photo. Photo: Flickr

AT Finance, European Union, Malaysia, Thailand, World

Peua Thai to Prayut: ‘If you’re so popular, hold elections now’

by Shawn W. Crispin August 8, 2018February 18, 2020

Thailand Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha in Paris on June 25, 2018. Photo: AFP/Eric Piermont

AT Finance, European Union, Germany, Northeast Asia, South Asia, Thailand, World

Thailand’s Prayut running on a false sense of security

by Shawn W. Crispin August 8, 2018February 18, 2020

President elect Joko Widodo (R) and presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto (L) meet at Prabowo's compound in Jakarta on October 17, 2014 ahead of Widodo's official inauguration. Photo: AFP/Bay Ismoyo

AT Finance, Indonesia, Iran, Middle East

Can Prabowo take Widodo’s crown?

by John McBeth August 2, 2018February 18, 2020

BRICS countries Photo: iStock

Beijing, China, European Union, India, Russia, Shanghai, South Asia, World

BRICS summit extends market misgivings

by Gary Kleiman July 31, 2018

Indonesian President Joko Widodo (R), sits on the back side of a decoration bicycle with a picture of himself at a newly opened terminal at Semarang city airport, in Central Java, on June 7, 2018. Photo: AFP/ Presidential Palace/Handout

AT Finance, Australia, Egypt, Indonesia, Middle East, Oceania

Pre-election jockeying rides wild in Indonesia

by John McBeth July 24, 2018February 18, 2020

There are better ways to manage wheat and other crops. Photo: Pavo

India, South Asia

India’s minimum support price for crops useless without procurement

by Vivek Kaul July 16, 2018

Indonesia's President Joko Widodo (R) meets with supporters as he leaves the parliament after meeting New Zealand's prime minister in Wellington on March 19, 2018. Photo: AFP/Marty Melville

AT Finance, Australia, China, Indonesia, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Oceania, World

Widodo’s re-election strategy comes into view

by John McBeth July 2, 2018February 18, 2020