Dec 13, 2013

check @reuters interview with Indonesian President candidate from Golkar Party

Ghost of Indonesia's Suharto gives life to his old political party | Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/13/us-indonesia-bakrie-idUSBRE9BC05O20131213

SUHARTO VS SUKARNO LEGACY

Asked if next year's election would be a battle between the Sukarno and Suharto legacies, Bakrie replied: "I don't think that you are wrong," but added he was also a fan of Sukarno and Indonesia's shift to democracy.

 

Dec 11, 2013

Dec 10, 2013

Understanding the background of the Singapore's riot in Little India

Using the title of Forbes's report, the riot is "a shock, but not a total surprise." This blog post is not about the incident itself, but see what academic has done to understand the South Asian migrants or migrants issue in Singapore.
Doing some research, researches about South Asian migrants in Singapore is not as many as studies about domestic workers.

Dec 9, 2013

Dec 8, 2013

What does Southeast Asia look in OECD’s latest PISA survey? (Updated)

Yesterday, news talked about the PISA result. There were five ASEAN countries participated in PISA 2012. They were Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. Most SE Asian PISA-related news was only appeared in their local news headline but not in international news. This post summarized the PISA result of SEA participants and the local commentary about the result.

@Reuters Special Report: Thailand secretly dumps Myanmar refugees into trafficking rings (Add feedback from Thai PM)


Different special report from SCMP (HK):