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Growing pains for Myanmar amidst reform
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 17/05/2018
» When San Dar Aye, a young ethnic Mon woman living in Ye town in the south of Myanmar, showed me a vast mudflat where her fellow villagers had replanted a mangrove forest, she told me the saplings would be "the future" of their communities.
Regulate innovation but don't kill it
Asia focus, Tanyatorn Tongwaranan, Published on 23/04/2018
» It's been an exhausting few weeks for Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, who stands accused of failing to prevent major data breaches and malign interference in the political process in the US and elsewhere. The CEO of the world's largest social network was roasted by US lawmakers in 10 hours of hearings for failing to protect Facebook users' private data.
Hailing ride to better urban mobility
News, Published on 28/03/2018
» The emergence of ride-hailing firms such as Uber and Grab, which recently merged their services in Southeast Asia, has received mixed responses. With the use of smartphone apps to connect commuters with drivers, this service, said to be a disruptive innovation to the existing point-to-point transport industry, has enjoyed consumer support due to its convenience and other benefits.
Take shark fin off the menu for good
News, Editorial, Published on 18/02/2018
» Thailand once again is under the international spotlight. A global report has pinpointed Thailand as a country with high consumption of shark fin, which is popular in Chinese food and traditional medicine but which raise conservation concerns.
Russia's role in helping Asia prosper
News, Vladimir Putin, Published on 10/11/2017
» Russia values the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum -- which begins this week in Da Nang, Vietnam -- for the opportunities it affords all participants to engage in discussions and coordinate positions on a variety of economic, social, environmental and cultural issues. Member states strive to cooperate based on the principles of consensus and voluntary participation, mutual respect and willingness to compromise, regardless of the political situation. This is what Apec's spirit of partnership is all about.
MRTA needs to adopt holistic way
News, Editorial, Published on 24/09/2017
» Once again the Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) has disappointed commuters of the four electric train rail routes in Bangkok. It came out to say on Wednesday that the planned implementation of the common ticketing system on the four rail lines will face another delay of more than a year from the initial plan of having it up and running by October this year.
Time for some road justice, if for a day
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 21/09/2017
» Friday is World Car-Free Day. But the annual event will pass by without any state activities. By skipping the event, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) does not seem to realise the importance of the day which could be an opportunity to encourage commuters to give up their private cars -- at least for that day.
Fast train to where, exactly?
Asia focus, Published on 14/08/2017
» Described by the British historian Peter Hopkirk as "the greatest assistance to the civil power in the administration of the country", an expansive railway network can bring prosperity to the settlements alongside its rails and the region it serves.
Thailand amid Asean economic integration
News, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 11/08/2017
» The first year and a half of the Asean Community has transpired not with a bang but a whimper. Thailand's role in it has been correspondingly uneventful. The first 18 months of the Asean Economic Community (AEC), one of three pillars together with the Asean Political-Security Community and Asean Socio-Cultural Community, witnessed no fundamental or qualitative differences from trade and investment patterns prior to its introduction. If the AEC is to work out as intended, it has to be reshaped and reoriented from traditional lenses to new realities based on intra-regional investments in tandem with global value chains.
Queue for accountability
News, Editorial, Published on 09/08/2017
» Last week saw one of the most disgraceful scenes put on view for the world to mock and gasp at in astonishment. Through what can only be described as gross incompetence, visitors and tourists arriving at Don Mueang International Airport were greeted by four- and five-hour waits in immigration lines. Government ministers responsible for this travesty have been unavailable for comment, and the head of the Immigration Bureau claims a "staff shortage" and therefore unacceptable planning and personnel training.