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Fan meeting with rookie K-poppers
Life, Published on 11/07/2019
» Many popular participants from the Korean TV music competition show Produce 101 Season 2 have always received warm welcome by Thai fans when they come to perform here. The rookie boy band AB6IX will be no exception, as they will give their first fan meeting in the Kingdom in the next two months.
Asia's response to interest rate hike
News, Published on 12/06/2017
» For global financial markets, the US interest rate outlook is the elephant in the room. Sharply higher rates could destabilise markets, particularly in emerging Asia where rising debt levels are shaping as a threat to growth.
Silver cycle
Asia focus, Published on 25/05/2015
» The sight of 60-year-old cleaners at McDonald's outlets in Singapore is vivid evidence of the greying of Asia. The demographic transition of the city-state is in an advanced stage, similar to that of Japan and South Korea, and other countries will soon follow suit.
Subsidies under the knife
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 17/11/2014
» Removing fuel price subsidies is a political hot potato for governments, given that doing so can push up the cost of living and has even caused riots in the past. But the current plunge in world oil prices has been a blessing for governments that have started to take the difficult step of nudging fuel prices up to market levels.
Report proposes regional power supply
Business, Published on 20/04/2013
» Asian nations should set up a task force at the ministerial level to consider creating a regional power grid, says the Asian Development Bank.
Pensions: Saving money for old age
Jon Fernquest, Published on 26/09/2012
» When older people stop work, children may not be there to help them, as in the past, so savings for retirement even more important now.
ADB: Pension system inadequate
Online Reporters, Published on 26/09/2012
» Government-run pension schemes in many countries, including Thailand, are poorly managed and not geared to supporting an ageing population, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has warned.