• GENERAL

  SET listing powers ANI's regional growth

  Business, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 16/12/2023

  » With fresh funding mobilised from the Stock Exchange of Thailand, Asia Network International Plc (ANI) aims to expand its network of cargo general sales agents (GSAs) across Asia and beyond, partly through mergers and acquisitions.

• BUSINESS

  Securing our digital future

  Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 22/11/2021

  » Paying bills and transferring money using a mobile phone is now second nature for most people in the digital era. My own digital journey started later than some, when the Covid-19 pandemic started to affect my life profoundly. Banks and restaurants were closed and commuting on public transport made me uncomfortable.

• BUSINESS

  Trade game-changer

  Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 19/02/2016

  » As the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is poised to change the landscape of international trade and more Southeast Asian nations consider joining it, experts are concerned that the world's largest trade pact will divide Asean and overshadow the arrival of the Asean Economic Community (AEC) at the end of this year.

• OPINION

  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.

• OPINION

  Pride Month is for everyone

  Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 13/06/2022

  » June marks LGBTQI Pride Month, celebrating people who are "lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex". I think most of us agree with US President Joe Biden's declaration that LGBTQI people are loved and cherished, and they deserve "dignity, respect and support".

• BUSINESS

  Waiting for China

  Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 23/05/2022

  » Since China began to open up and reform its economy in 1978, growth has averaged almost 10% a year, and more than 800 million people have been lifted out of poverty. There have also been significant improvements in access to health, education and other services, with the mainland now an upper-middle-income country.

• OPINION

  Don't leave small businesses behind

  Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 18/04/2022

  » The time has finally come again for the tourism industry. As many countries start learning to live with Covid-19, travel restrictions are being eased and people are hitting the road after staying put for more than two years.

• BUSINESS

  Banks flex digital muscles

  Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 29/11/2021

  » Driven by greater digital adoption across Southeast Asia, consumer habits have changed dramatically over the past five years, prompting businesses to adapt accordingly to continue thriving.

• BUSINESS

  Asean's next move

  Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 29/11/2021

  » The coronavirus pandemic has taken a severe toll on Asean countries again this year, with millions infected and tens of thousands of fatalities. While the worst of the surge appears to have passed, recovery will depend on pandemic management, especially the pace and efficacy of vaccinations, and response to the risks of new variants emerging.

• BUSINESS

  Bright outlook for Asean

  Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 25/10/2021

  » Asean's future is bright and it will benefit further from emerging themes related to the consumption economy, says Standard Chartered.

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