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Untangling bond market credit ratings
News, Published on 07/05/2025
» The Thai bond market now averages 65 billion baht in daily transactions -- a remarkable increase from just 1 million baht in 1994.
AIT Hosts Forum on AI and Asia’s Future
Published on 06/05/2025
» The School of Management (SOM) at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) recently hosted “AI & The Future of Asia,” a dynamic forum that brought together prominent voices from academia and industry to explore the transformative role of artificial intelligence in shaping the region’s future.
Mennonite communities raise hackles in Peruvian Amazon
AFP, Published on 06/05/2025
» MASISEA — When they saw men with arrows and machetes bearing down on them, Daniel Braun and other Mennonites living in the Peruvian Amazon fled across rice paddies, some of their barns ablaze behind them.
Trouble beneath the calm surface
News, Post Reporters, Published on 06/05/2025
» Under the scorching sun, the Kok River glimmers as it winds its way through the northern provinces of Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai, before flowing into the Mekong River. Once a lifeline for local farms, fisheries, and tourism, the river is now a source of fear and uncertainty.
France, EU take aim at Trump's assault on science, seek to lure US researchers
AFP, Published on 05/05/2025
» PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron and European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen took aim at Donald Trump's policies on science on Monday, as the European Union seeks to encourage disgruntled US researchers to relocate to Europe.
New medical AI database aims to boost diagnosis
News, Post Reporters, Published on 03/05/2025
» The Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation has launched its Medical AI Data Platform, a centralised digital infrastructure designed to use artificial intelligence to accelerate medical diagnosis and reduce healthcare disparities.
Microsoft Unveils 'Frontier Firms' in AI Work Era
Published on 02/05/2025
» Bangkok, 2 May 2025 – Microsoft has released the latest edition of the Work Trend Index report. The 2025 edition highlights how organisations in Thailand and around the world are transforming with an eye on becoming “Frontier Firms”. These businesses are operating at the forefront of innovation with AI and drawing from enhanced capabilities of hybrid teams – where human employees led, AI Agent operated automate processes as their digital teammates.
Dugongs 'flourishing' off Trang isles
News, Post Reporters, Published on 29/04/2025
» Abundant seagrass meadows around Koh Libong and Koh Muk in Trang have allowed the local dugong population to flourish, with a recent survey showing the herd has grown in size since the last one.
Running may have similar benefits as antidepressants
Life, Published on 29/04/2025
» DEAR DOCTORS: I started taking meds for depression. When I let my doctor know at my last visit, he told me about a study that says running also helps with depression symptoms. Do you know anything about that? Maybe if I try running, I can stop taking these meds.
Unite to solve neglected diseases
Oped, Published on 29/04/2025
» The successful collaboration between the health ministries of Malaysia and Thailand, industry partners in Egypt and Malaysia, and the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) to bring a new hepatitis C antiviral drug -- ravidasvir -- to market in 2022 was an important milestone. For years, a 12-week course of treatment using sofosbuvir cost between $70,000 (2.34 million baht) and $80,000, putting it out of reach for many in the Global South. But ravidasvir -- a safe and effective alternative when combined with sofosbuvir -- costs far less, averaging less than $500 per course.