CPTPP meeting wraps up in Melbourne. Unsurprisingly, zero joy for China or Taiwan. Their bids to join pact still going nowhere. CPTPP pushing ahead instead with applications from Costa Rica, Indonesia, Uruguay, UAE, Philippines. Farrell says discussions on others will "continue"

pub trivia is one of the biggest scams out there. You think the pub is hosting it because they're dedicated to the pursuit and celebration of knowledge? Think again. It's all a ploy to get you to stay longer and buy more meals and more drinks. And we all just go along with it.

Really perceptive points about what fuels the scam economy in SE Asia from ⁦@Neiloughlin⁩

Holly shit! They automated 70% of Indonesian male 🤯

They've updated it, but they have reported the error as the Thai army's "claim" without quoting Bernama's clarification. Pretty misleading framing.

Learn why these women are choosing Waymo over traditional ride-hailing services and say they feel much safer.

It looks like the Khmer Times has taken down the story lol

Chinese President Xi Jinping welcomes King Maha Vajiralongkorn in Beijing on a historic first state visit to China. His Majesty is being accompanied by Queen Suthida and many cabinet ministers incl. PM Anutin and FM Sihasak.

Cambodianess, one of the better English-language Cambodian news sites, has reported on the correction in full. There is no byline on the article, a possible result of the febrile state of public opinion in the country right now:

there’s ai slop and there’s ai kino. this is ai kino.

The Phnom Penh Post has noted the change, but says it is unclear "whether the minister misspoke or was misquoted, or whether other forces were at play behind the edit." (Bernama stated earlier that it was a mistranslation.)

Quite a thing to get wrong, given the current climate. Not holding my breath that the Khmer Times will update its story:

Thailand and Cambodia have traded accusations over another outbreak of violence along their shared border, marking the likely collapse of the “peace accord” agreed between the two nations last month.

Interesting. Despite the earlier mistranslation, the Malaysian FM is also saying the latest landmine incident on the #Cambodia-#Thailand border involved a new munition.

Sad thing is majority of Thais & Cambodians are ready to believe without an iota of doubt in whatever their gov't tell them—that the other side shot first yest. If you were neither Thai nor Cambodian, you would likely try to consider evidence from both sides. #ThailandCambodia

I'm still puzzled about whether the worst stylistic traits of AI generated text ("it's not X, it's Y," etc) are "baked in" to the LLMs, or simply reflect what the people who designed these systems think good writing is.

Thailand and Cambodia have traded accusations over another outbreak of violence along their shared border, marking the likely collapse of the “peace accord” agreed between the two nations last month.

United States issues new sanctions against Myanmar individuals and organisations linked to organised crime/scam centres.

I've always been baffled by this policy. Why is it fine to get loaded between 11am and 2, but not between 2 and 5? Midnight to 11am is also stupid, though I imagine this will be widely ignored in Bangkok's night districts.

I was skeptical of the Oct 26 "KL Peace Accord," given that its primary motivation was to give Trump a peace agreement over which he could preside. But I didn't expect things to unravel this quickly. #Cambodia #Thailand

When China started investigating them in 2020, the Prince Group's leadership started looking for a safe haven to call home, a former insider told me. The US wouldn't take them, but the UK left the door wide open. My latest for @thetimes w/@dicklp: https://t.co/m3qBwbxw3G