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Women-only train carriages on Aug 1
Amornrat Mahitthirook, Published on 16/07/2014
» The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) will re-introduce a Lady Car project on Aug 1 to restore the confidence of passengers following a horror murder on a southern train.
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Amazon to Buy MGM, Bagging a Lion to Help Wage Streaming Battle
Business, Published on 28/05/2021
» Amazon.com Inc. said it has agreed to acquire the Hollywood studio MGM in a deal that the e-commerce company is betting can jump-start its Prime Video streaming platform and position it to compete with industry heavyweights including Netflix Inc. and Walt Disney Co.
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Erasing the stain of racism
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 15/02/2021
» When Rawiri Waititi got up to ask a question in the New Zealand parliament last Tuesday, he didn't get far. Speaker Trevor Mallard warned the Maori MP that (male) members could only do so if they were wearing a necktie.
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Asia's century, China's year
Asia focus, Published on 30/12/2019
» Way back when 1999 was winding down, pundits were telling us that the Asian Century was about to dawn. That prediction has not yet been fully realised, but few would disagree that 2019 belonged to China. Over the past 12 months, the top headlines have been about the bruising trade war with America, defiant protests in Hong Kong against Beijing's tightening grip, and the rise of a surveillance state that is herding hundreds of thousands into "re-education" camps on its western fringes. Below, the Asia Focus team looks back on a busy and sometimes troubling 2019.
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The third path
Asia focus, Tanyatorn Tongwaranan, Published on 23/04/2018
» Rooted in traditional norms and religious beliefs dating back centuries, our world has long accepted gender as a binary concept consisting of two identities: male and female. Thus, only those whose gender identities match their birth-sex enjoy fundamental human rights.
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Point of view
Business, Published on 27/10/2018
» On Oct 24, the S&P 500 registered a month-to-date return of -8.8%, the worst monthly showing since February 2009 (the bottom of the financial crisis), wiping out the entire year-to-date gain.
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Journalists under increasing attack in India
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 30/10/2017
» Deeksha Sharma was scared and baffled at the same time when she received a death threat on her WhatsApp messaging account on Sept 16.
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Clinging to hope
Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 21/05/2018
» They have survived many challenges, from a genocide that killed nearly 3 million of their people, the ultimate fight for freedom from Pakistan, a series of coups since independence in 1971, and the assassination of the Father of the Nation, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. But the people of Bangladesh still find it in their hearts to help those even less fortunate than themselves, in this case hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees.
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Among the Adivasi
Asia focus, Published on 02/10/2017
» My eyes struggle to capture everything around me as quickly as I possibly can. I register the lush green rice fields and small brown huts scattered over a small expanse of land as I get out of the car. It's unusually quiet, but not in a bad way. I whip out my camera, almost on impulse. I feel as if I have stepped into another world.
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Sikhs up in arms against sect leader turned screen superhero
Asia focus, Published on 12/01/2015
» Parts of northern India are on the boil over the release of MSG (Messenger of God), a film that portrays the controversial head of the Dera Sacha Sauda religious sect as a superhero who beats to a pulp criminals involved in trafficking of drugs and women. The sect, according to "godman" Gurmeet Ram Rahim, has more than 50 million members and has ashrams in 11 states of India.
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