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  • OPINION

    'Invisible' brides boost economy

    Oped, Published on 08/12/2022

    » Mail-order brides are those who register themselves in catalogues to be chosen by men for marriage. Since the mail-order bride industry forms an essential part of the informal economy in several underdeveloped and developing Asian economies, data misses the economic participation of Asian mail-order brides, making them "invisible" recruits in the process.

  • BUSINESS

    'Ni Hao' and 'Namaste'

    Asia focus, Published on 01/08/2016

    » China and India, each with a distinctive history dating back thousands of years, are the world's two most populous nations, home to 30% of the world's citizens. Politically and economically they have evolved in very different ways, but a closer look at their beliefs, practices, behaviour and even food reveals many similarities that are often overlooked.

  • ADVANCED NEWS

    Chilean miners warn Thai boys

    Gary Boyle, Published on 13/07/2018

    » SANTIAGO, Chile: Guard against exploitation: that's the message Chilean miners have offered the 12 Thai boys and their football coach following the harrowing ordeal of spending 18 days trapped in a cave.

  • THAILAND

    Can Myanmar cinema get a second act?

    Spectrum, Published on 14/07/2013

    » During its 93-year history, Myanmar's film industry has experienced more than its fair share of ups and downs. However, to say that its downward spiral began following the 1962 coup that brought the military and a socialist regime to power _ as many commentators contend _ isn't entirely accurate. Total shutdowns preceded the coup and an arguably more sinister atmosphere developed decades afterwards it.

  • BUSINESS

    Guarded hopefulness

    Asia focus, Published on 16/11/2015

    » John Micklethwait is a newspaper man seized by fear and hope for the future of journalism. To be sure, "newspaper man" is a bit of an anachronistic description for the new editor-in-chief at Bloomberg News, where no ink is spilled on paper. Across 325,000 Bloomberg terminals, headlines splash upon screens in seconds, bumping stale events much faster than one wraps fish with yesterday's page one.

  • EASY NEWS

    Happy no more

    Terry Fredrickson, Published on 18/05/2011

    » In all those happy pictures taken over the past 10 years with his wife Maria Shriver, Arnold Schwarzenegger had a secret. AFP photo

  • ADVANCED NEWS

    Apple's Steve Jobs is dead at 56

    Terry Fredrickson, Published on 06/10/2011

    » Apple on Wednesday announced the death of its visionary co-founder Steve Jobs, at age 56. Here some information on his death and life.

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