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A harbinger of things to come
Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 30/05/2018
» The fifth floor of an office tower may seem an unusual choice of venue for Indonesia's first museum of modern and contemporary art, but its geographical location puzzled local and regional art aficionados the most.
Guru's Weekly Pick: Jan 12-18
Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 12/01/2018
» Every week, we sift through tonnes of activities, shows, art exhibitions and things to do. Here is our especially curated list of what's hot this week in Bangkok and beyond. Enjoy!
Back in graft spotlight
News, Published on 28/11/2017
» Implicated in five corruption scandals since the 1990s but never convicted, the speaker of Indonesia's parliament Setya Novanto is a political survivor.
Leaked documents show hidden wealth of the elite
Bloomberg News, Published on 06/11/2017
» SINGAPORE: A new set of data taken from an offshore law firm again threatens to expose the hidden wealth of individuals and show how corporations, hedge funds and others may have skirted taxes.
Grim realities
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 12/09/2017
» Hajee Ismail has hardly slept since receiving news late last month from his family in Buthidaung township that the Myanmar military had begun a brutal crackdown of Rohingya villages in Rakhine state. Ismail's community where he once played as a young boy had been burnt down.
Bad flood dreams
News, Postbag, Published on 20/05/2017
» Not surprisingly the better part of Bangkok flooded during the heavy rain in the early morning of May 16 and it looks like the BMA once again was caught off guard. We live in the Bang Na area just opposite Central City and since the last rainy season ended all the equipment used to pump out water has just been left without any sign of regular maintenance. Suddenly required, the BMA will have to get hold of technicians, required spares, operators, etc.
Indonesian graft investigator attacked by unidentified men
Published on 11/04/2017
» JAKARTA - A senior investigator of Indonesia's Corruption Eradication Commission was attacked early Tuesday in North Jakarta by unidentified men with a chemical substance, the commission's spokesman said.
Indonesia lags regional peers on intellectual property
Asia focus, Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata, Published on 06/03/2017
» Despite efforts to improve its intellectual property regime over the past years, Indonesia remains among the bottom 10 of 45 world economies surveyed in the US Chamber of Commerce’s fifth annual International Intellectual Property Index, “The Roots of Innovation”.
Goldman Sachs files $1bn counter-suit against Indonesian tycoon
Reuters, Published on 24/01/2017
» JAKARTA - Goldman Sachs filed a $1-billion counter lawsuit on Tuesday against an Indonesian businessman who is seeking damages from the US bank for conducting what he called "unlawful" trades in the shares of a property firm.
Temple of Dawn offers a beacon of hope
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 14/01/2017
» To many, an education and a better future are a privilege and a luxury, although exception do arise such as in the case of the learning centre in active operation under the roof of the iconic Wat Arun in the old Bangkok quarters.