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  Climate change urgency grows

  Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 01/07/2019

  » Climate change is global in nature but it is having an especially severe impact on Asia. Chennai, one of India's largest cities, has run out of water as the summer heat intensifies. With monsoon rains below average, four lakes in the city of 4.7 million have dried up. Residents don't have enough water to drink, bathe or wash clothes, malls have closed their washrooms and restaurants are not open for customers.

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  Hope for the marginalised in India

  Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 25/07/2022

  » While the final no-confidence debate targeting Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and his crew was under way at home last week, my focus was on India's presidential election. The result was widely welcomed as veteran tribal politician Draupadi Murmu made history.

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  Food security an urgent priority

  Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 04/07/2022

  » While an earlier meeting of G-20 delegates in Yogyakarta focused on strengthening the global health system, it is no surprise that the Russia-Ukraine war dominated talks at the summit of the Group of Seven rich nations last week.

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  Tech disrupted by reality

  Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 20/06/2022

  » When Covid-19 emerged more than two years ago, millions of people including myself suddenly found ourselves stuck at home. To survive the unprecedented challenges and stress, I started to befriend mobile apps I hadn't used before to buy things and pay bills online, among them the e-commerce platform Shopee.

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  Climate needs urgent actions now

  Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 27/06/2022

  » Cities around the world are no strangers to riverine flooding. In December 2021, the four main rivers running through Kuala Lumpur hit dangerous levels, causing nearby rail lines to shut down and halting mobility across the city. In March this year, storms prompted flood warnings along Australia's east coast, including in Sydney. Thousands of residents had to flee their homes.

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  All eyes on the Sandbox

  Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 28/06/2021

  » While most Japanese people are anxiously awaiting the start of the Tokyo Olympics on July 23, here in Thailand we're holding our breath as the country counts down to reopening Phuket.

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  Can we stop the baby bust?

  Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 07/06/2021

  » Raising three children might not have been so difficult in the old days when most people lived in extended families. Take my mother and my aunt for example. Mom raised her three kids -- me and two brothers -- at home while she made desserts for sale with the help of grandma, while my auntie did so with a helping hand from her mother-in-law.

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  Learning to live with robots

  Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 17/05/2021

  » China's once-in-a-decade census data released last week make clear that the world's most populous country is ageing more rapidly than many developed nations, including the US. People of working age will make up just 60% of China's population in 2050, down from 75% in 2010, the figures show.

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  Are the Olympics worth it?

  Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 24/05/2021

  » In an effort to curb the spread of the coronavirus, Japan from today is barring the entry of foreign nationals who have recently travelled to Thailand and six other countries: Cambodia, Sri Lanka, the Seychelles, Saint Lucia, East Timor and Mongolia. That brings to 159 the number of countries and regions under such restrictions by Tokyo.

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  Vaccine confusion must end

  Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 10/05/2021

  » As a new wave of the global pandemic creates growing urgency in many parts of the world, Covid-19 vaccines have been in short supply. Only a handful of rich economies, among them the US and European countries, along with China, have secured sufficient supplies for their domestic vaccination programmes.

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