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Seeds of innovation
Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 22/01/2018
» Amid rising energy and fertiliser prices, climate change and ageing farmer populations in Asia, rice farmers need to apply innovations to maximise profits and continue earning a sustainable living.
Economists see stability in Xi supremacy, Chinese eye exit
AFP, Published on 28/02/2018
» BEIJING: As Xi Jinping marches toward presidency for life, economists are lauding the stability of his continued rule but the move has caused some Chinese people to consider moving assets, or themselves, abroad.
The more the merrier
B Magazine, Published on 04/03/2018
» The scaly-breasted munia is known by several names all around the world. The other names with which it is addressed are spotted munia or nutmeg mannikin or spice finch. It is a species of the genus Lonchura.
Challenges to gender equality in Thailand
News, Vitit Muntarbhorn, Published on 08/03/2018
» Thailand's formal commitment to women's rights began in 1985 when it became a party to the key UN treaty on the subject: the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW).
Xi's rise crushes political reform predictions
AFP, Published on 12/03/2018
» BEIJING - China's Xi Jinping strode onto the leadership stage in 2012 to sunny predictions that he would usher in a new era of political reform. But after a stunning power grab, all bets are off.
The summer madness that bites
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 14/03/2018
» Thailand has become a bundle of nerves in recent weeks after reports on rising rabies cases and the latest announcement of 22 provinces as epidemic red zones. As of now, the Department of Livestock Development has reported four deaths.
Global warming could threaten half of species in 33 key areas
AFP, Published on 14/03/2018
» PARIS: Global warming could place 25 to 50% of species in the Amazon, Madagascar and other biodiverse areas at risk of localised extinction within decades, a report said Wednesday.
Starting a food {Re}volution
Life, Published on 16/03/2018
» The latest culinary trend: sustainable dining, at the heart of the world's environmental, social and economic challenges. But what are these challenges, how are they being dealt with, and what needs to change are questions that often spoken about but hardly dealt with.
Immunising Asean
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 19/03/2018
» Southeast Asia has become a hot spot for emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases, which has led to stepped-up international efforts to strengthen national and regional pandemic preparedness capacity.
Temple dogs a victim of religious commercialisation
Spectrum, Nattha Thepbamrung, Published on 25/03/2018
» Temples in tourist hotspot Phuket are experiencing a crisis of identity: are they places of compassion, contemplation and meditation, the spritual and social centres of the community? Or are they tourist attractions, beholden mainly to visitors?