Will Cambodia’s Funan Techo Canal Be A Success?
September 20th, 2024
Via Eurasia Review, analysis of Cambodia’s Funan Techo canal: Mot Yen’s ramshackle kitchen is nestled under an old mango tree. It’s near the end of the season and there’s no fruit on the branches. Part of the kitchen wall has fallen off but the family doesn’t plan to fix it. “We’re moving anyway,” the 56-year-old […]
Read more »North Korea and BRICS
September 20th, 2024
Via 38North, a report on North Korea’s engagement with the BRICS: North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui recently attended the Fourth Eurasian Women’s Forum in Russia and the First BRICS Women’s Forum held on the sidelines of the Eurasian women’s forum.[1] Earlier, in June, a North Korean Ministry of Physical Culture and Sports delegation attended a BRICS sports ministers meeting in Russia, which seems […]
Read more »China Spent Millions On A New Trade Route – Then A War Got In The Way
September 20th, 2024
Via BBC, a report on the uncertain fate of China’s ambitious plan to connect its landlocked southwest to the Indian Ocean via Myanmar: “One village, two countries” used to be the tagline for Yinjing on China’s south-western edge. An old tourist sign boasts of a border with Myanmar made of just “bamboo fences, ditches and […]
Read more »Saudi Arabia’s New Brand Has New Myths
September 20th, 2024
Saudi Arabia isn’t just physically transforming itself; the kingdom is also telling its people — and the world — a new story about itself in order to build a modern national identity as reported in Semfor: Expensive skyscrapers, shopping malls, and freeways are being carved out of the red-gold sands of the desert, as Saudi Arabia’s […]
Read more »The Rise of VietJet, Explained
September 20th, 2024
Via The Diplomat, an article on VietJet, the Vietnamese budget carrier which recently announced the acquisition of a $7.4 billion fleet of Airbus widebody aircraft: Low-cost Philippine airline Cebu Pacific recently announced it had signed a preliminary deal to acquire up to 152 new aircraft from Airbus at a cost of around $24 billion. It […]
Read more »Gold-Rich Sudan Talks Mining With Russia as War Alliances Shift
September 20th, 2024
Via Bloomberg, an article on Sudan: North African nation has been mired in conflict for 17 months US President Joe Biden has called for an end to the fighting Gold-rich Sudan discussed boosting cooperation in the mining sector with Russia, as Moscow strengthens ties with the North African nation’s military-led government amid a 17-month civil […]
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