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Next-level noodles
Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 03/06/2019
» A staple for millions of Asian workers, students and many others living abroad, instant noodles are the region's favourite comfort food. In the cupboards of shacks and mansions alike, you'll find cups and pouches ready to be mixed with water and served. And competition in the market is fierce.
Facebook losing the war on Myanmar hate speech
Reuters, Published on 16/08/2018
» YANGON: In April, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg told US senators that the social media site was hiring dozens more Burmese speakers to review hate speech posted in Myanmar. The situation was dire.
EU data privacy laws creating local waves
Business, Published on 25/05/2018
» Reactions to the implementation of the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) have been mixed in Thailand, with executives claiming their companies are prepared to handle the additional burden, but third-party observers have expressed scepticism about local firms' ability to adapt to the regulation and its legality in the country.
Free news gets scarcer as paywalls tighten
AFP, Published on 27/02/2018
» WASHINGTON: For those looking for free news online, the search is becoming harder.
Empowering the sightless
Business, Apornrath Phoonphongphiphat, Published on 29/01/2018
» Walking up a dim and narrow staircase would give anyone feelings of trepidation. The walls are painted black, darkening the walkway, forcing customers to tread carefully with each step and read the short messages written on each stair.
Harvesting the green benefits of urban gardening
Spectrum, Published on 19/11/2017
» He's called the "Prince of Vegetables" for a reason. It's because he's dedicated his life to growing highly nutritious produce. But unlike your conventional farmer, Nakorn Limpacuptathavon does it without chemicals and without much space -- on a 480-square-metre plot of land in northern Bangkok.
GoogleFacebookTwitter fight to hold off US regulation
Bloomberg News, Published on 11/10/2017
» Google summoned about 200 policy staff from around the world last month for a debate on whether the company's size has made it too attractive as a target for government regulators.
Betting big on bitcoin
Business, Published on 28/06/2017
» Lim Lao Ngow, a fishball noodle shop, has been running for more than 80 years in Bangkok's bustling Chinatown. It remains a lucrative and vibrant business.
Photojournalist in the eye of the storm no more
News, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 09/10/2016
» The horrible traffic jams, the disgusting air and the "sh*tty" place at Khao San Road were the reasons that German photojournalist Nick Nostitz hated Bangkok when he first arrived in 1989. Arriving as a backpacker carrying a surfboard, the 21-year-old wrote in his diary that "I will never come back to this awful place".
Email inventor Ray Tomlinson dies at 74
AFP, Published on 08/03/2016
» WASHINGTON - Ray Tomlinson, the US programmer credited with inventing email in the 1970s and choosing the "@" symbol for the messaging system, died at the age of 74, his employer said Monday.