• THAILAND

  Students stranded, shaken and alone

  News, Published on 26/04/2020

  » As Covid-19 continues to rear its ugly head, people around the world stay separated from their families and friends as they try to make sense of a virus that has brought the world to its knees.

• WORLD

  Hundreds held as Kazakhs vote for first new leader in decades

  AFP, Published on 09/06/2019

  » ALMATY, Kazakhstan: Police in Kazakhstan arrested hundreds of opposition protesters Sunday at polls to elect the country's first new president in 30 years following the departure of historic leader Nursultan Nazarbayev.

• SPORTS

  Chayanisa vaults to historic medal

  Published on 29/08/2018

  » It was another quiet day for Thailand at the Asian Games in Indonesia Tuesday as pole vault star Chayanisa Chomchuendee won the country's only medal - a silver.

• BUSINESS

  Among the Adivasi

  Asia focus, Published on 02/10/2017

  » My eyes struggle to capture everything around me as quickly as I possibly can. I register the lush green rice fields and small brown huts scattered over a small expanse of land as I get out of the car. It's unusually quiet, but not in a bad way. I whip out my camera, almost on impulse. I feel as if I have stepped into another world.

• BUSINESS

  Beyond the Green Desert

  Asia focus, Published on 04/09/2017

  » An arrangement of carefully framed photographs featuring famous places from around the world is the first thing I see as I walk through the gate into Jagannath Vartak's home. A light drizzle is falling outside but the trees surrounding the sturdy house create a protective canopy of leaves, sheltering everything below it. Mr Vartak sits outside on his porch. "I've been waiting for you," he says in Marathi with a smile.

• BUSINESS

  Not your typical rags-to-riches tale

  Asia focus, Published on 04/09/2017

  » The intense heat is the first thing your body notices. Your arms are sore, blisters adorn your palms from yesterday's labour at the construction site. Overhead, the sun shines brightly ahead, and you wipe that first layer of perspiration away with the back of your hand. Almost on instinct, you reach into your pockets. Good, you think. The money is safe.

• BUSINESS

  The heat is on

  Asia focus, Published on 21/08/2017

  » Floods in India, Nepal and Bangladesh left more that 250 people dead earlier this month. Scores of communities in central and southern China were submerged after torrential rains. Meanwhile, northern Chinese cities including Beijing, Hebei and Henan baked in temperatures exceeding 40 degrees Celsius. In Thailand, floods ravaged the northeastern provinces and parts of the South, including the tourist island of Lipe in the Andaman Sea.

• BUSINESS

  In praise of internship

  Asia focus, Published on 21/08/2017

  » Having a job or an internship during your high-school or university years might seem like an unnecessary distraction or a hassle. But not everyone who pursues this path agrees.

• WORLD

  Mutual optimism

  Asia focus, Published on 14/08/2017

  » While Asean celebrated its golden anniversary last week, it was also marking the silver anniversary of official ties with India. The official dialogue partnership that began in 1992 has made substantial progress on the economic and political fronts but both sides believe the potential is just beginning to be tapped.

• BUSINESS

  HIV battle slowly being won, but new fronts opening

  Asia focus, Published on 07/08/2017

  » Investments to combat HIV/Aids and help those living with HIV are increasing across Asia Pacific, with generally encouraging results, but experts agree that reaching vulnerable groups with preventive messages is a never-ending challenge.

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