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Thailand’s corruption score slips
Online Reporters, Published on 10/02/2026
» Thailand’s score in the 2025 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) survey declined to 33 out of 100 from 34 the year before, while its global ranking fell nine places to 116th, according to Transparency International.
What’s New for the Thailand Elite Visa in 2024
Published on 18/03/2024
» New updates to Thailand’s premier long-term visa option: Thailand Privilege Elite Visa, the easiest and most rewarding way to stay in the Kingdom
Ukraine War's Global Economic Impact Will Hit Poorest Hardest, OECD Says
Business, Paul Hannon, Published on 19/03/2022
» Russia's invasion of Ukraine will be felt by households around the world through higher energy and food prices, with disruptions to trade and fragile confidence contributing to a significant weakening of global economic growth, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said Thursday.
Rough sailing
Asia focus, Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata, Published on 29/06/2020
» Life aboard a Chinese fishing vessel was a nightmare of abuse for Mashuri, who says he's never going to sea again. The 22-year old Indonesian is now safely back on dry land, working as a technician at a motorcycle garage in Lumajang, East Java.
Stuck in the middle
Asia focus, Patpon Sabpaitoon, Published on 22/06/2020
» In 2015-16 during one of the grimmest humanitarian crises in decades, more than 300,000 displaced people tried to cross the Mediterranean Sea to safety in Europe and away from persecution and danger in war-ravaged North Africa. At least 15,000 lost their lives in the crossings, according to the the International Organization for Migration (IOM). That was just the tip of an iceberg.
India and Pakistan fight a common enemy: locusts
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 16/09/2019
» Madho Singh was struck by panic last month when he saw a swarm of locusts on his farm in Barmer district in Rajasthan, about 150 kilometres east of the India-Pakistan border. He immediately alerted a village officer, who put him in touch with the Locust Warning Organisation (LWO).
Microsoft, Amazon, Google join fight to prevent famine
AFP, Published on 24/09/2018
» WASHINGTON: Tech giants Microsoft, Amazon and Google are joining forces with international organizations to help identify and head off famines in developing nations using data analysis and artificial intelligence, a new initiative unveiled Sunday.