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The Covid-19 debt deluge
Asia focus, Published on 06/04/2020
» Pandemics like Covid-19, alarming and destructive as they are, can serve a useful purpose if they remind everyone of the critical importance of public health....
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Migration mess
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 06/04/2020
» When Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a 21-day lockdown on March 24, it was aimed at ensuring social distancing and giving authorities time to ramp...
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Road to equality
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 06/04/2020
» Indian film actor Celina Jaitly faced a lot of discrimination and harassment during the early years of her career. When she started out as a 16-year old in Kolkata,...
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Fighting Covid-19 together
Asia focus, Suwatchai Songwanich, Published on 06/04/2020
» Economic forecasts for this year were gloomy enough before Covid-19 started to spread around the world. The outbreak has only increased global turbulence as countries...
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Healthy crisis management
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 06/04/2020
» With cases confirmed in more than 200 countries and topping one million worldwide, it's no surprise that the mere mention of Covid-19 makes many of us feel ill,...
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The future of work
Asia focus, Patpon Sabpaitoon, Published on 06/04/2020
» Co-working was a little-known concept when JustCo began developing innovative office spaces nine years ago in Singapore. But now it's here to stay, says Kong...
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What's next for climate change?
Asia focus, Suwatchai Songwanich, Published on 30/03/2020
» Relentless efforts to combat Covid-19 have shifted the world's focus away from other hot-button issues that had been gaining momentum, such as climate change.
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Covid-19 fight needs clarity
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 30/03/2020
» The number of Covid-19 cases doesn't seem to slowing down anywhere except for China where the new coronavirus originated. But while the domestic outbreak seems...
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Help with strings attached
Asia focus, Patpon Sabpaitoon, Published on 30/03/2020
» When Europe was on the verge of collapsing after the carnage of World War II, countries in the region were at risk of drifting into the communist orbit of the...
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The virus of fear
Asia focus, Published on 30/03/2020
» In September 1923, the Great Kanto earthquake devastated large parts of Tokyo, mostly owing to firestorms. Rumours spread, and were often repeated in the press,...