• OPINION

  Climate change urgency grows

  Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 01/07/2019

  » Climate change is global in nature but it is having an especially severe impact on Asia. Chennai, one of India's largest cities, has run out of water as the summer heat intensifies. With monsoon rains below average, four lakes in the city of 4.7 million have dried up. Residents don't have enough water to drink, bathe or wash clothes, malls have closed their washrooms and restaurants are not open for customers.

• OPINION

  Challenging times for Asean

  Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 25/02/2019

  » These are challenging times for Southeast Asian countries. On the economic front, China's slowdown is becoming more pronounced, which could have dire consequences since it is Asean's largest export market and a major source of foreign direct investment (FDI) to the region.

• OPINION

  Avoiding trade-war fallout

  Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 04/02/2019

  » The United States and China ended their latest round of trade talks in Washington on a hopeful note last week, but negotiators are still racing against a March 1 deadline when US tariffs on US$200 million in Chinese goods will rise unless a deal is reached.

• OPINION

  The new Covid challenge

  Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 11/07/2022

  » As many Thais return to the office, entertainment venues reopen and wearing face masks is no longer mandatory in outdoor public places, new daily coronavirus cases have begun to climb lately, notably among school students.

• OPINION

  Tech disrupted by reality

  Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 20/06/2022

  » When Covid-19 emerged more than two years ago, millions of people including myself suddenly found ourselves stuck at home. To survive the unprecedented challenges and stress, I started to befriend mobile apps I hadn't used before to buy things and pay bills online, among them the e-commerce platform Shopee.

• OPINION

  Climate needs urgent actions now

  Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 27/06/2022

  » Cities around the world are no strangers to riverine flooding. In December 2021, the four main rivers running through Kuala Lumpur hit dangerous levels, causing nearby rail lines to shut down and halting mobility across the city. In March this year, storms prompted flood warnings along Australia's east coast, including in Sydney. Thousands of residents had to flee their homes.

• OPINION

  Time to move on from Zero Covid

  Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 23/05/2022

  » It's finally time for Shanghai residents to breathe easier and feel a greater sense of freedom. After nearly two months of lockdown, the commercial hub of 25 million started to allow more people to go out to buy groceries for the first time last Thursday after a fifth straight day of no new Covid-19 infections outside quarantine areas.

• OPINION

  Don't leave small businesses behind

  Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 18/04/2022

  » The time has finally come again for the tourism industry. As many countries start learning to live with Covid-19, travel restrictions are being eased and people are hitting the road after staying put for more than two years.

• OPINION

  Can we stop the baby bust?

  Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 07/06/2021

  » Raising three children might not have been so difficult in the old days when most people lived in extended families. Take my mother and my aunt for example. Mom raised her three kids -- me and two brothers -- at home while she made desserts for sale with the help of grandma, while my auntie did so with a helping hand from her mother-in-law.

• OPINION

  Learning to live with robots

  Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 17/05/2021

  » China's once-in-a-decade census data released last week make clear that the world's most populous country is ageing more rapidly than many developed nations, including the US. People of working age will make up just 60% of China's population in 2050, down from 75% in 2010, the figures show.

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