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The road to 4IR
Asia focus, Published on 28/01/2019
» The world is waking up to the reality of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, as the concept of digitising everything is becoming a reality. Southeast Asia is no exception, as the phenomenon also known as Industry 4.0 or 4IR is affecting the way people live, work, do business and interact.
Proactive Asean essential
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 28/01/2019
» The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) must be more proactive in influencing the discourse on the new geostrategic architecture and play a more active role in shaping the international economic system, says secretary-general Lim Jock Hoi.
Hygiene revolution
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 28/01/2019
» The toilets and bathrooms of Sugna, Meenu and Bimla Holliya do not have a speck of dirt and dust, their clean marble tiles sparkling in the sunlight.
English correctness
News, Postbag, Published on 28/01/2019
» English in Thailand has long been construed as a foreign language because it does not have an official status and because it is mainly learned as a school subject. This is changing.
Property stays hot in chilly times
News, Published on 28/01/2019
» Thailand's booming property market is at risk of cooling this year as rampant construction threatens an oversupply of apartments amid increasing global economic headwinds.
'Yellow vests' back on France's streets to challenge Macron
AFP, Published on 27/01/2019
» PARIS - Thousands of "yellow vest" protesters returned to the streets of France Saturday to protest against President Emmanuel Macron's policies, clashing with police in several cities in a challenge to his bid to quell the movement.
In Cambodia's 'New Macau', Chinese cash in
AFP, Published on 27/01/2019
» SIHANOUKVILLE, Cambodia: A businessman leaves a smoky room $1,500 poorer from a game of Baccarat at a casino in Sihanoukville -- an increasingly common scene in the Cambodian beachtown as it becomes a honeypot for Chinese gamblers and investors at a pace worrying marginalised locals.
Civil MPs preferred
News, Postbag, Published on 27/01/2019
» Re: "Bravo Prayut", (PostBag, Jan 26). It is nice that Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha still has his avid supporters, but 449,900 is not quite right in his letter, in which he insists that "the majority of those polled would prefer Prayut to be the next prime minister". The largest single percentage might still prefer Gen Prayut, but that number is far below a majority. And the poll statistics show a consistent downward trend.
Parties gearing up campaigns
Online Reporters, Published on 26/01/2019
» Politicians roamed the country on Saturday to unveil policies and introduce prospective candidates after the election date was announced this week.
Irrigation Dept must change with the times
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 26/01/2019
» On Friday, a group of angry villagers from Nakhon Si Thammarat travelled to Bangkok to protest against the planned construction of the Wang Heeb Dam in an ecologically pristine watershed forest.