Thailand
Video von Peter Stryjewski, Textredaktion Katja Dombrowski
In Thailand hat eine Frau wegen majestätsbeleidigender User-Beiträge eine Strafe erhalten. Der Staat betreibt rigide Online-Zensur.
- neue energie
- 11/13
Berlin und Bangkok im Klimadialog
Thailand will den Anteil der Erneuerbaren an seinem Energiemix bis 2021 auf 25 Prozent erhöhen. Deutschland soll dabei helfen, eine entsprechende Ökostrategie zu entwickeln.Die deutsch-thailändische Kooperation zur Bekämpfung des Klimawandels bekommt pohtischen Rückenwind: Im ersten Strategiedialog auf Regierungsebene für grünes Wachstum und eine CO2-arme Wirtschaft haben Berlin und Bangkok eine enge Zusammenarbeit vereinbart, die auch international ausstrahlen soll.
- new energy
- 5/13
Working together
Berlin and Bangkok recently agreed on concrete steps for tackling climate change together Thailand plans to increase the share of renewables in its energy mix to 25 percent by 2021.The German-Thai partnership to fight climate change has acquired political momentum: the first strategic dialogue held at the governmental level on green growth and a low-carbon economy has resulted in an agreement between Berlin and Bangkok to work closely together on these issues. The planned cooperation should also have an international impact.
Thailand's population has virtually stopped growing, and in ten years time it is forecast to contract. The country has one of the best social insurance systems in Asia, but it is still not sufficiently prepared for the impacts of demographic change.
A proposal has recently caused an uproar in Thailand: Terdsak Chomtohsuwan, an economics lecturer at Rangsit University, suggested that singles should pay more tax than people who are married. He also wants the state to provide financial support for parents having their first child. Such support, he believes, will push up the birth rate. The economist has been widely quoted in the Thai media saying: ”In a fast-growing economy, many couples choose to make a living rather than have children.”