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Clearing the air
Asia focus, Tanyatorn Tongwaranan, Published on 13/05/2019
» Earlier this year, cities in Thailand were smothered by prolonged, suffocating toxic smog. Schools were closed, tourism sank, and N95 masks flew off store shelves as people started to feel the effects -- sore throats, irritated eyes and trouble breathing -- caused by ultra-fine dust particles known as PM2.5.
Sowing innovation
Asia focus, Tanyatorn Tongwaranan, Published on 29/10/2018
» In a village called Chari, located in the eastern state of Jharkhand in India, Prativa Devi got married at the age of 13 to a man whose family earned a living mainly by farming.
Value-based care
Asia focus, Tanyatorn Tongwaranan, Published on 10/09/2018
» Asia Pacific is on track to becoming one of the oldest regions in the world in the next few decades with an elderly population approaching 923 million. However, most governments are still underprepared for the social and economic consequences of this rapid demographic shift.
Digital movers and shakers
Asia focus, Tanyatorn Tongwaranan, Published on 04/04/2016
» Digital transformation has become an inescapable fact of modern life, with rapidly decreasing technology costs and staggering innovations changing the way we live, work and relate to one another. From intelligent robots to big data to cloud computing, change is happening at lightning speed and all organisations have no choice but to jump on board, as quickly as possible.
Youth movement
Asia focus, Tanyatorn Tongwaranan, Published on 21/03/2016
» The cooperative partnership between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) and Korea has progressed at an impressive pace in the past few decades in every dimension from trade and investments to people-to-people links.
Vietnam awaits
Business, Tanyatorn Tongwaranan, Published on 28/12/2015
» The wait-and-see moment in Vietnam is over. Investors are being told that now is the time to take the plunge in one of Southeast Asia’s most promising economies.
On a roll
Asia focus, Tanyatorn Tongwaranan, Published on 19/10/2015
» Forty years ago on the coast of the Arabian Sea, Apollo Tyres Ltd opened its first manufacturing plant in the southern Indian state of Kerala, producing automobile tyres and tubes, camelback materials and rubber conveyor belts.
Easing the burden
Asia focus, Tanyatorn Tongwaranan, Published on 17/08/2015
» Like many other people who live in rural areas, Phaiboon Maomeesri, 48, decided to leave behind the hardship of northeastern Thailand and move to Bangkok in search for a better life.
Passion and professionalism drive Swiss-Belhotel
Asia focus, Tanyatorn Tongwaranan, Published on 29/06/2015
» Forty years ago, it took a young New Zealander 18 months to save up to afford a plane ticket from his hometown to London. He's still flying today, travelling the world in search of rich dreams.
Frontier finance
Asia focus, Tanyatorn Tongwaranan, Published on 01/06/2015
» Opportunities in frontier markets are always seen as enormous, but doing business in emerging economies is certainly not for the faint-hearted. Aside from the greater risks they have to bear, navigating a financial system that has yet to mature is often a major challenge.