• THAILAND

  Manila urges closer tie-up against China

  News, Erich Parpart, Published on 04/11/2019

  » The Secretary of the Philippines' Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO), Martin Andanar, urged Asean to increase its cooperation against China's growing assertiveness in the South China Sea and ramp up counter-terrorism efforts against the Islamic State (IS) group within the region.

• BUSINESS

  Want to be invincible? Learn to innovate

  Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 16/09/2019

  » If a company is continuously reinventing itself, it has a good chance of staying ahead of the competition. The problem for many companies is that once they become successful, or find a business model that works, they tend to focus on that and forget to renew themselves, says Alexander Osterwalder, a Swiss business theorist and author.

• OPINION

  Time for a Seoul-Tokyo peace pact

  Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 12/08/2019

  » I love kimchi and I love ramen. I love the bushido way of life and Japanese humility, and I love South Koreans' resilience and devotion to education that helped them lift their country from poverty after World War II to become an Asian economic powerhouse. And in my opinion, both South Koreans and Japanese are among the nicest people in the world.

• BUSINESS

  Dying and dignity

  Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 21/01/2019

  » In rapidly ageing Asian countries, a growing number of people are starting to worry about what their old age will be like. Medical advances may make it possible for us to live to 100, but what if the last decades of life are filled with infirmity, pain and suffering?

• BUSINESS

  Canada comes calling

  Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 22/10/2018

  » The bilateral relationship with Asia Pacific is becoming "very important" for Canada amid rising trade tension in the world, says Jim Carr, minister of international trade diversification.

• BUSINESS

  Looking ahead with hope

  Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 06/01/2020

  » First of all, welcome back to work to anyone who is lucky enough to be starting today instead of last week. I hope everyone had a wonderful New Year celebration with their friends and families.

• WORLD

  When tradition trumps reason

  Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 09/12/2019

  » The senseless killing of animals is something that should be condemned not celebrated. But a notoriously bloody spectacle that went ahead last week in Nepal reminds us how difficult it can be to overturn centuries of "tradition".

• OPINION

  Denial spells irrelevance for Asean

  Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 24/06/2019

  » One big reason why members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) get along so splendidly is that they avoid talking about uncomfortable subjects, such as stunted democratic development or human rights abuses.

• OPINION

  Duterte can run but he can't hide

  Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 25/03/2019

  » Last week the Philippines became the second country in the world to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC) after Burundi, which left in 2017. Many observers, myself included, see this as an attempt to evade an investigation into President Rodrigo Duterte's deadly war on drugs, but it is not going to work.

• OPINION

  Araibi case: own goals all round

  Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 11/02/2019

  » The contention that Thailand would not have been involved in the controversial case of Hakeem al-Araibi had it not received a red alert notice from Australian Interpol sounded ridiculous when I first heard it. Why would Australia issue an arrest warrant for a person it had granted asylum to?

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