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Lesson from India to avoid the middle-income trap
Oped, Published on 18/03/2026
» Among Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's most ambitious goals is to transform his country into a developed economy by Aug 15, 2047 -- the centenary of Indian independence. Given India's growth record over the past two decades, the speed and scale of its infrastructure development in recent years, and the Modi government's willingness to enact large-scale economic reforms, India is likely to become one of the few developing countries to avoid the middle-income trap.
International school growth nears plateau
News, Jutamas Tadthiemrom, Published on 04/03/2026
» Thailand's decade-long surge in international schools is approaching a plateau, as falling birth rates and demographic shifts threaten to curb expansion in a sector that has nearly tripled in size since 2014.
Killing the goose that lays the Olympic gold medal
Oped, Published on 24/02/2026
» The Olympic Games have always been about more than sports, with the medal count serving as a measure of national vitality. The 2026 Winter Games in Milan and Cortina are no different. The Americans, like everyone else, want confirmation of their preeminence. So important is that outcome that even US Vice President JD Vance briefly acknowledged the value of non-white immigration to the United States when he complained that Eileen Gu, the US-born medal-winning skier for China, should be competing under the American flag.
Overseas student cap raised at Japan universities to attract talent
Kyodo News, Published on 18/02/2026
» KYODO — Japan's education ministry will allow three universities to accept international students above their enrolment caps under its new exemption system to attract global talent amid intensifying global competition.
Parties tackle population crisis
Published on 02/02/2026
» Thailand's rapidly ageing society has become one of the competing issues in the run-up to the 2026 general election, pushing senior citizens' welfare, healthcare reform and labour participation to the centre of campaign agendas.
‘Our children are next’: Kenyans in fear as drought wipes out livestock
AFP, Published on 27/01/2026
» MANDERA, Kenya - In drought-hit northeastern Kenya, villagers have been forced to drag their dead livestock to distant fields for burning to keep the stench of death and scavenging hyenas away from their homes.
DTV Visa Thailand: Why “letters of acceptance” are changing Muay Thai training enrolment
Published on 16/01/2026
» Thailand’s Destination Thailand Visa (DTV), introduced under new visa measures effective July 15, 2024, has made long-stay options clearer for applicants who can show funds and a qualifying purpose. For people using the “Thai soft power” activity route—Muay Thai included—the most consequential paperwork is often not the application form itself, but the supporting documents that demonstrate an organised activity with a real provider.
Chinese student numbers at Harvard rise despite Trump visa crackdown
South China Morning Post, Published on 14/01/2026
» WASHINGTON — Enrolment at Harvard for Chinese students rose in the autumn from a year earlier, even as the Donald Trump administration moved to rein in visas for them and limit foreign enrolment and funding at the prestigious university.
'Systemic crisis' comes for schools
News, Published on 18/12/2025
» The education sector is facing a turning point as school closures -- once limited -- are increasingly signalling a systemic crisis.
Skilled dentistry education buoyed by local advantages
News, Jutamas Tadthiemrom, Published on 04/12/2025
» As higher education continues to transform globally in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic, leading academic destinations, including those in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, and Europe, have faced declining international enrolment and structural pressures that challenge traditional teaching models.