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Lost in the haze
Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 02/01/2017
» Riding on a train that stops at stations where alumni wait to greet you is a pleasant initiation rite that provides a sense of welcome and acceptance for young university students, some of whom have never been away from the comfort of home and parents before.
Escape from North Korea
Asia focus, Alexi Demetriadi, Published on 24/07/2017
» 'I left my home in North Korea in August 2014," Joon Hee recalls. A North Korean defector who has been living and working in Seoul for almost three years, she is like the hundreds of others who make the journey through China to South Korea, seeking a better life in the south.
Indonesia searches for a new top oilman
Asia focus, Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata, Published on 20/02/2017
» Indonesia has two weeks left to determine who will be the next leader of the state-controlled energy company Pertamina, after its two top executives were ousted on Feb 3 because of what its major shareholder said was a lack of teamwork.
Guarded hopefulness
Asia focus, Published on 16/11/2015
» John Micklethwait is a newspaper man seized by fear and hope for the future of journalism. To be sure, "newspaper man" is a bit of an anachronistic description for the new editor-in-chief at Bloomberg News, where no ink is spilled on paper. Across 325,000 Bloomberg terminals, headlines splash upon screens in seconds, bumping stale events much faster than one wraps fish with yesterday's page one.
Global shares sink in bad case of China syndrome
Business, Published on 11/01/2016
» Recap: The new year got off to a miserable start as China suspended share trading twice, the yuan slid to a five-year low, and weak manufacturing and services data in the world's second-largest economy rattled traders everywhere including Thailand.