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Slowing the suicide epidemic
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 16/09/2019
» When I was younger, whenever I heard about someone committing suicide, I asked myself how anyone could choose that path, leaving the world and their loved ones...
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Trade Transparency
Asia focus, Tanyatorn Tongwaranan, Published on 16/09/2019
» Another day, another technology to consider. In recent years, the buzz has been all about blockchain, which was created initially to support bitcoin and other...
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India and Pakistan fight a common enemy: locusts
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 16/09/2019
» Madho Singh was struck by panic last month when he saw a swarm of locusts on his farm in Barmer district in Rajasthan, about 150 kilometres east of the India-Pakistan...
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Investing in people: Asean's key to better development
Asia focus, Victoria Kwakwa, Published on 16/09/2019
» Countries in Southeast Asia have achieved strong economic growth and substantially reduced poverty over the past 20 years. A deep political commitment to effective...
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Want to be invincible? Learn to innovate
Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 16/09/2019
» If a company is continuously reinventing itself, it has a good chance of staying ahead of the competition. The problem for many companies is that once they become...
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China's move to semiconductor self-sufficiency
Asia focus, Suwatchai Songwanich, Published on 16/09/2019
» An increase in China's domestic production of semiconductors -- a central component of microchips -- will help to reduce the country's dependence on foreign chips,...
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Stretching our savings
Asia focus, Chiratas Nivatpumin, Published on 16/09/2019
» Thailand and other Southeast Asian countries are facing a "demographic tsunami" as ageing populations will impose new pressures on social safety nets...
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Playing it cool
Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 09/09/2019
» When it comes to sports, skiing and skating are the last activities anyone associates with Southeast Asia. Outside of a few indoor skating rinks in big cities,...
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Good as gold
Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 09/09/2019
» It is common knowledge among traders that when geopolitical tensions rise, so too does the price of gold as it is considered a safe haven compared with other...
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Food sector hungry for innovation
Asia focus, Published on 09/09/2019
» How do we feed an ever growing global population? It's a question that has been on the minds of economists, environmentalists and scientists across the world.