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Women's work
Asia focus, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 18/10/2021
» Amid wave after wave of Covid-19 in Japan, Mariko, a college lecturer and mother, has been working and raising her four-year-old daughter in an apartment shared by a family of four in Tokyo.
Healthy outlook
Asia focus, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 11/01/2021
» 2005 was a turning point, and also a heartbreaking year for Mihai Irimescu. When his mother passed away after years of battling cancer, he began to approach life with a new sense of purpose. One result was a decision to switch his career focus from telecoms and information technology to healthcare.
Workers should have say in restart talks
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 20/04/2020
» When Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha announced during the government's Friday television programme that he would seek advice from top 20 Thai billionaires on how to overcome the economic crisis resulting from the coronavirus pandemic, the nation's jaw dropped.
Region's businesses lag on rights issues
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 24/06/2019
» Even though economic development was one the key agenda items at the 34th Asean Summit held in Bangkok last week, human rights protection in the context of business operations seemed to not get sufficient attention from Asean leaders.
Health chiefs, medics split in funding row
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 27/01/2015
» Healthcare reform is on the public's wishlist after last year's coup but is causing conflicts among health authorities, inevitably affecting the public interest.
Migrant children face perils
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 18/08/2014
» A decade after Dey fled the hardship of his war-torn home village in Myanmar's Shan state with his ethnic Tai parents, his life is still not free of difficulties.