• 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.

• 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

  Panama keen to forge stronger bond

  News, Patpon Sabpaitoon, Published on 23/10/2018

  » On the highest level visit in the 36-year history of diplomatic relations between Thailand and Panama, the Vice-President and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Isabel de Saint Malo de Alvarado, the first woman in her country's history to be elected to both posts, discussed ways to comprehensively enhance cooperation between the two countries.

• BUSINESS

  Lofty goals elusive

  Asia focus, Patpon Sabpaitoon, Published on 11/05/2020

  » At the close of the last millennium, leaders from around the globe gathered at the United Nations to endorse the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) -- an agenda to combat poverty, hunger, disease, illiteracy, environmental degradation, and discrimination against women. They agreed to achieve the eight goals by 2015.

• BUSINESS

  Prescriptions for recovery

  Asia focus, Patpon Sabpaitoon, Published on 20/04/2020

  » In just four months since the emergence of a mystery virus in China, the world has become a dramatically different place. Covid-19 has become a household word in nearly every country on the planet, leaving a trail of sickness and death that has not been seen in decades.

• BUSINESS

  The coronavirus blame game

  Asia focus, Patpon Sabpaitoon, Published on 27/04/2020

  » 'Avoid writing about Covid-19," I've been telling myself. We're already bombarded with coverage and it's draining to encounter yet another headline about the villain that's forcing us to accept a new way of life. But there are some points I'd like to make.

• BUSINESS

  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.

• BUSINESS

  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.

• BUSINESS

  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.

• BUSINESS

  Saving the world's water

  Asia focus, Patpon Sabpaitoon, Published on 13/01/2020

  » Despite being an essential component of life, water is a commodity that humans usually take for granted. For many, water scarcity is impossible to imagine because after all, 70% of our planet's surface is covered in water.

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