• BUSINESS

  Social success stories

  Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 12/12/2016

  » Despite limited government support and funding, an increasing number of women in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) have embraced the concept of social entrepreneurship (SE), saying they want to do good things for the community while also running their own businesses.

• BUSINESS

  Steps to wellness

  Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 13/06/2022

  » It takes about 90 minutes for an eight-seater plane departing Suvarnabhumi International Airport to reach an airport on a small island in Trat province in eastern Thailand. Then all the guests of Soneva Kiri, a luxury resort operated by an award-winning sustainable resort operator, board a speedboat for the five-minute trip to their destination on the unspoiled island of Koh Kood.

• BUSINESS

  Mastering the message

  Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 08/02/2021

  » The room where Michael Macdonald, chief digital officer of Huawei Technologies, works every day doesn't look like a typical executive office. Most of the large space is almost empty and without furniture, except for a plain desk with a large-screen PC on it and a microphone stand clamped to one corner.

• BUSINESS

  The world on his plate

  Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 05/06/2017

  » At the age of 71, Adirek Sripratak shows no signs of slowing down. The former president and CEO of Charoen Pokphand Foods Plc (CPF) officially became chairman in March, but he is still travelling far and wide in search of new markets and merger and acquisition (M&A) opportunities for one of the world's leading protein food companies.

• BUSINESS

  At home in Asean

  Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 05/02/2018

  » The first thing that impressed me about Hideaki Iwasaki, country director for the Thailand Resident Mission of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), was his fluent English. I assumed it was the result of his educational background.

• BUSINESS

  Almost famous

  Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 23/05/2016

  » At first glance, Michael Punke doesn't look very different from his peers at the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva except for his extraordinary height. When the nattily dressed 51-year-old talks about his role as a trade negotiator representing the US government, he sounds convincing and determined to pursue what can be a controversial job.

• INVESTMENT

  MTL sets out plans to expand overseas

  Business, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 30/01/2024

  » Muang Thai Life Assurance (MTL) is planning to make investments in medical treatment businesses this year while there are also plans to expand its presence overseas under the company's strategy to become a regional insurer, said president and chief executive Sara Lamsam.

• OPINION

  Japan's crucial moments after Abe murder

  Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 18/07/2022

  » It was a bullet that some people said would change Japan forever, and it certainly had people outside taking a closer look at the world's third largest economy. For me, hearing the news that Shinzo Abe had been shot on July 8 was a shock similar to the events of Sept 11, 2001, which most people agree changed the world.

• BUSINESS

  Banks flex digital muscles

  Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 29/11/2021

  » Driven by greater digital adoption across Southeast Asia, consumer habits have changed dramatically over the past five years, prompting businesses to adapt accordingly to continue thriving.

• BUSINESS

  We need better ways to work

  Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 13/09/2021

  » Having worked from home since mid-April, I have found myself feeling burned out. It is true that working from home helps corporate employees like me to cut travel time and expense, but that commuting time allows our brain to relax. Chatting with a friend on Line or checking on Facebook while heading home gives me a short break from thinking about work.

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