• BUSINESS

  Powering up for progress

  Asia focus, Patpon Sabpaitoon, Published on 10/02/2020

  » Bicky Bhangu describes himself as an academic and engineer at heart. Now president for Southeast Asia, Pacific and South Korea of Rolls-Royce Singapore, the 44-year-old Briton spent much of his earlier career in the realm of academia. His work has been published in over 30 technical journals and he is the author of 12 global patents.

• BUSINESS

  The future of work

  Asia focus, Patpon Sabpaitoon, Published on 06/04/2020

  » Co-working was a little-known concept when JustCo began developing innovative office spaces nine years ago in Singapore. But now it's here to stay, says Kong Wan Long, who is on a mission to make his company a global player in the field alongside the likes of IWC and WeWork.

• BUSINESS

  Relationship builder

  Asia focus, Patpon Sabpaitoon, Published on 20/01/2020

  » Sitting casually in a stylish suit next to colleagues who seem at ease around him, Marlin Brown is explaining how he fuses his passion for business and life to ensure the delivery of a top-notch customer experience.

• THAILAND

  Asean 'must bolster maritime strength'

  News, Patpon Sabpaitoon, Published on 04/12/2018

  » As the chair of Asean next year, Thailand needs to push for a strong initiative on the Code of Conduct (COC) to show the regional bloc's strength in the maritime domain, a Japanese security expert said on Monday.

• THAILAND

  'Help us! We don't want to die!'

  News, Patpon Sabpaitoon, Published on 05/04/2018

  » Among the three people killed when a blaze broke out at Ratchathewi Apartment early Tuesday morning was an 18-year-old student who attended the prestigious Triamudom Suksa School and dreamed of being a doctor. He died of smoke inhalation.

• WORLD

  E-transition will take some time in Thailand

  Asia focus, Patpon Sabpaitoon, Published on 06/11/2017

  » Thailand continues to lay the foundations for a digital economy and is gradually nudging the country in the direction of a cashless society. The centrepiece of the government effort is PromptPay, an electronic money transfer service that links an ID card or mobile number with a bank account and now has more than 32 million registrations.

• THAILAND

  Transgender pupils hail clothes freedom

  News, Patpon Sabpaitoon, Published on 01/10/2020

  » Graduation ceremonies were once dreaded by transgender students because they were forced to wear uniforms that aligned with their biological sexes.

• BUSINESS

  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.

• BUSINESS

  Hands-free healthcare

  Asia focus, Patpon Sabpaitoon, Published on 01/06/2020

  » The devastation caused by the coronavirus pandemic has made it clear that profound changes are needed in the way we live. Everything people do -- from work to school, travel and other activities -- is being reimagined.

• BUSINESS

  Identity defender

  Asia focus, Patpon Sabpaitoon, Published on 08/06/2020

  » In today's deeply interconnected world, protecting our identity is a growing cause for concern. Everything we use to prove who we are, from ID cards and passports to access cards at our workplaces, is underpinned by a lot of impressive technology. But bad actors with equally impressive hacking skills are always lurking in the background, ready to compromise the latest advances in security.

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