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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.
Help with strings attached
Asia focus, Patpon Sabpaitoon, Published on 30/03/2020
» When Europe was on the verge of collapsing after the carnage of World War II, countries in the region were at risk of drifting into the communist orbit of the Soviet Union. To contain the threat, the United States government in 1948 created a recovery programme worth US$12.7 billion -- $128 billion in today's money.
Approaching India
Asia focus, Patpon Sabpaitoon, Published on 02/03/2020
» There was a time when doing business in India was not for the faint of heart. Local entrepreneurs needed infinite patience just to get a business off the ground, let alone run it to the satisfaction of the country's bureaucrats. As for foreign businesses, forget about it.
Singapore shift
Asia focus, Patpon Sabpaitoon, Published on 06/01/2020
» Tourism has been booming in Singapore, helped in no small part by a surge in visitors seeking to avoid the unrest that has beset Hong Kong for the past seven months.
Don urges cross-border trade boost
News, Patpon Sabpaitoon, Published on 15/08/2018
» NAY PYI TAW: Thai Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai has urged the Thai-Myanmar joint trade commission to hold its next meeting soon to help both countries reach their target of doubling bilateral trade volume by 2022.
The great rail dilemma
News, Patpon Sabpaitoon, Published on 22/07/2018
» Being erected along green fields in the outback of Vientiane, where Lao farmers still busily grow rice, are a great number of meticulously situated colossal concrete columns waiting to support a high-speed railway which will connect China with Laos and change this agrarian society into a prosperous economy. Or so they say.
Subregion summit kicks off in Hanoi
News, Patpon Sabpaitoon, Published on 29/03/2018
» A railway improvement project connecting Denchai, Chiang Rai and Chiang Khong worth more than 30 billion baht will be among 226 projects to be endorsed at the 6th Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Summit being held today until Saturday in Hanoi, Vietnam, assistant government spokesperson Col Atisith Chainuvati said on Wednesday.
Urban awakening
Asia focus, Patpon Sabpaitoon, Published on 26/02/2018
» The rapid growth of cities in developing countries is one of the greatest economic, social and environmental challenges facing the world today. The huge wave of rural-to-urban migration over the last few decades is forcing policymakers to come up with sustainable ways to accommodate rising populations.
Ministers splash extra floodway cash
News, Patpon Sabpaitoon, Published on 07/03/2018
» The cabinet on Tuesday approved an additional 573 million baht for the construction of a floodway in the lower part of Petchaburi province.