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Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 20/05/2019
» During her student years in Temora in New South Wales, Helen Masters always thought that her interests lay in economics, but her inquisitiveness instead led her on another path. Her personal observations on how new technologies were changing her hometown eventually landed her a career she has followed to this day.
Business, Erich Parpart, Published on 13/05/2019
» Regulatory support for a smart grid should be the next government's top priority for renewable energy policy, as finding funding sources for environmentally friendly projects is becoming easier in Thailand, says B.Grimm Power's president.
Business, Erich Parpart, Published on 04/05/2019
» The Asian Development Bank (ADB) launched a US$5 billion (160 billion baht) healthy oceans action plan for Asia-Pacific on May 2 at its 52nd annual board of governors meeting.
Business, Erich Parpart, Published on 03/05/2019
» NADI, Fiji: The global economic slowdown is expected to hamper Thailand's GDP expansion from this year to 2020, with the slump in world export demand affecting the country more than some neighbours, says Asian Development Bank's (ADB) chief economist.
Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 29/04/2019
» Amid unfavourable external economic conditions and political uncertainties at home, the outlook is dimming for Thailand and other Asian countries facing an export slowdown linked to weak trade and demand growth globally.
Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 22/04/2019
» Do you remember what you were doing when you were 13? Aaron Tan, a teenage prodigy in Singapore, was running his first tech startup. He then went on to set up two more companies before turning 21. Today he is the CEO of Singapore-based Carro, an automotive marketplace and services portal that started from his love of trading cars, not driving them.
Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 08/04/2019
» When the international school market specialist ISC Research looked into its crystal ball in 2012, it predicted that the world would have 11,000 international schools serving 6.2 million students by 2022.
News, Erich Parpart, Published on 06/04/2019
» Two senior US officials from Washington DC yesterday reaffirmed the North American superpower's economic and military commitments in Thailand and Asean amid China's growing influence with the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and its increasing aggressiveness in the South China Sea.
Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 01/04/2019
» Repression at home, assertiveness in disputed territory on its doorstep, and expansion of soft power, economic and technological influence worldwide have all become hallmarks of confident China in the 21st century.
Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 25/03/2019
» With an eye on health care and education as the most promising sectors, Indonesia is expected to be home to five startups worth at least US$1 billion by the end of 2019.