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Four-way street
Asia focus, Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata, Published on 13/09/2021
» 'China versus the Quad" emerged as the theme of a recent panel discussion about the four-nation grouping and how it could shape its relations with other major players in the Indo-Pacific region.
Australia taking China to WTO over wine duties
AFP, Published on 19/06/2021
» SYDNEY: Australia is lodging a formal complaint with the World Trade Organization over China's imposition of anti-dumping duties on Australian wine exports, the government announced Saturday.
Migrant workers deserve far better
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 01/02/2021
» Migrant workers contribute significantly to various industries in Southeast Asia, particularly labour-intensive sectors. In Thailand, the seafood supply chain relies on thousands of workers from Myanmar, while Malaysia's rubber glove industry employs workers from Bangladesh, Nepal, Indonesia, and also Myanmar.
Investigative Interviewing: An efficient approach to torture-free investigation
Published on 20/09/2019
» The Thailand Institute of Justice (TIJ) joined hands with the Department of Special Investigation (DSI), Association for the Prevention of Torture (API), and Norwegian Centre for Human Rights (NCHR) in organising “Professional Forum on Future of Investigation: Investigative Interviewing and Associated Safeguards for Thailand”.
Hope for global action on migrants
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 17/12/2018
» It was very welcome news that a landmark accord on migration was endorsed last week at the United Nations migration conference in Marrakech, Morocco. The Global Compact on Migration (GCM) is a pledge by 164 countries to reduce discrimination with the aim of making mass migration safer, more orderly and humane.
A 'nudge' from Japan
Asia focus, Published on 16/10/2017
» Back in 2009, behavioural economist Richard Thaler found a kindred spirit in a small museum nestled in the heart of Tokyo. This year's Nobel Prize winner in economics was struck by the simple words of the calligrapher and poet Mitsuo Aida, written with brash, broad strokes in black ink.
Tsai tweets Taiwan back into the global conversation
Asia focus, Published on 17/07/2017
» TAIPEI - During the past year, China has doubled down on its campaign to reduce Taiwan's presence on the world stage, whether by luring away its few remaining diplomatic allies -- most recently Panama -- or blocking its participation in international organisations such as Interpol and the World Health Organization.
'Sextortion' a blind spot in fight against corruption
Asia focus, Published on 21/09/2015
» The US immigration officer told a young Colombian woman that he wanted sex, once or twice, and in return would give her a green card, the coveted document that would allow her to live and work in the United States permanently.