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  • OPINION

    Disney's 'Shogun' has a lot to teach the West

    News, Published on 28/02/2024

    » One of the most famous tales ever set in Japan is back. Walt Disney Co is spending millions on a glossy new adaptation of the James Clavell saga Shogun, the story of the Englishman who arrives in 1600s Japan and goes on to become a samurai.

  • GENERAL

    Unleashing the power of AI

    Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 15/01/2024

    » The recent launches of more artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled devices, especially PCs and smartphones, provide consumers with AI assistants that will enable them to perform tasks conveniently and efficiently, according to tech analysts.

  • BUSINESS

    Fragile, uneven recovery

    Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 24/01/2022

    » The world has entered 2022 facing numerous uncertainties. After two years of fighting the coronavirus pandemic, the emergence of the Omicron variant now poses challenges to economies even in countries where vaccination rates are high.

  • BUSINESS

    Renewable race

    Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 23/09/2019

    » As the world's population continues to expand, our hunger for energy shows no signs of slowing. But it has become clear to (almost) everyone that the sources of that energy must change if we are to avoid the catastrophic impact of climate change in the next few decades.

  • OPINION

    The Cambridge Analytica red herring

    News, Leonid Bershidsky, Published on 21/03/2018

    » Facebook is being hammered for allowing the data firm Cambridge Analytica to acquire 50 million user profiles in the US, which it may or may not have used to help the Trump campaign. But the outrage misses the target: There's nothing Cambridge Analytica could have done that Facebook itself doesn't offer political clients.

  • OPINION

    That special human 'thing' will always beat AI

    News, Leonid Bershidsky, Published on 19/12/2016

    » This year's news about what artificial intelligence can do in the arts has been both exciting and scary. Neural networks have learned to paint like masters and compose sophisticated music. Those of us in creative endeavours might be as endangered by technological advances as blue-collar workers are often said to be -- though we are protected by certain limitations that technology is never likely to overcome.

  • BUSINESS

    Reset in Phuket

    Spectrum, Published on 02/10/2016

    » Sales in the Phuket luxury residential market have slowed down in recent years as demand has grown at a slower pace. An adverse reaction to this is that the number of new residential project launches has started declining in response to slower sales.

  • THAILAND

    Government to woo Western investors

    News, Published on 08/10/2015

    » Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha's UN trip has eased international concerns over the military coup, paving the way for other cabinet ministers to make overseas visits to boost foreign investor confidence in Thailand, Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak said Wednesday.

  • OPINION

    Hong Kong can't escape the turmoil and rot next door

    News, William Pesek, Published on 25/08/2015

    » Twelve months ago, it seemed Beijing's retrograde politics would eventually sink Hong Kong's exalted international reputation. Now China's ailing economy seems likely to finish off the job sooner than anyone expected.

  • BUSINESS

    Shanghai leads Asia markets

    Published on 05/01/2015

    » HONG KONG — Shanghai shares began the new year the same way they ended 2014, surging almost 4% Monday, while the euro touched an almost nine-year low against the dollar on expectations of fresh European Central Bank (ECB) stimulus.

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