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  Delivering quality

  Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 23/12/2019

  » The US-China trade war has had little impact on the Asia Pacific operations of the logistics giant DHL thanks to stronger performance from its e-commerce unit, says CEO Frank Appel, who believes the impact of trade conflict on the global economy has been overblown.

• BUSINESS

  Tech tracker

  Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 18/11/2019

  » Being a technology analyst was a fairly undemanding profession when Jun-Fwu Chin started his career with IDC back at the turn of the millennium.

• BUSINESS

  Good as gold

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

  » It is common knowledge among traders that when geopolitical tensions rise, so too does the price of gold as it is considered a safe haven compared with other investments. But Robin Lee believes gold trading shouldn't be limited only to deep-pocketed market professionals. In his view, it is a good tool for anyone interested in saving.

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  Headwinds ahead

  Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 29/04/2019

  » Amid unfavourable external economic conditions and political uncertainties at home, the outlook is dimming for Thailand and other Asian countries facing an export slowdown linked to weak trade and demand growth globally.

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  People from Nowhere

  Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 18/03/2019

  » A person can be born or made stateless, but either way the limitations such a status places on one's rights are severe. The issue has come into sharp focus with the case of Shamima Begum, a 19-year-old Islamic State supporter who was stripped of her British nationality for her decision to joined the self-declared caliphate in 2015.

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  Courses in the cloud

  Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 19/11/2018

  » Finding teachers who are willing to work in the troubled southern border provinces of Thailand has never been easy. Persuading a qualified native English-speaking teacher to work in Pattani, Yala or Narathiwat is almost impossible.

• BUSINESS

  Bloomberg seeks perfect fit between AI and human depth

  Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 10/09/2018

  » The ability of countries and companies to harness technology will be the foundation for the next stage of global economic growth. In line with this new reality, Bloomberg Terminal is banking on artificial intelligence (AI) and big data as its core earners of the future.

• BUSINESS

  Why Jerusalem matters in Asia

  Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 18/12/2017

  » Can turmoil in Jerusalem affect Asia? US President Donald Trump's decision to fulfill a campaign promise to recognise the disputed holy city as Israel's capital, despite opposition from his top officials, has already prompted protests in Muslim-majority countries in Asia. There is even talk in Malaysia about being ready to go to war.

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  Peninsula in peril

  Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 11/09/2017

  » The sense that the Korean War is still being fought doesn't really kick in until you take a ride to the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) that divides the Korean Peninsula in half. Barbed wire, fortified outposts and soldiers with guns are sure to get your attention in what former US president Bill Clinton once called "the scariest place on earth".

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  Learning to improve

  Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 07/08/2017

  » What we teach our children will affect the way our economy develops and even what we trade in the future. Education is how South Korea managed to rise from the ashes of the Korean War to become Asia's fourth largest economy and a high-tech industrialised nation.

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