• BUSINESS

  Restoring respect

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

  » Patama Chantaruck still remembers an unsettling encounter she experienced during her early days of living in the United States 28 years ago.

• BUSINESS

  Speaking up about forced labour

  Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 20/12/2021

  » In a move that could further sour relations between the world's two largest economies, the US Congress last week agreed on legislation aimed at punishing China for the alleged oppression of Uighur Muslims.

• BUSINESS

  Light behind the Covid cloud

  Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 03/05/2021

  » Even as several countries, notably India and Southeast Asian nations, are struggling to contain a new Covid-19 wave, Asia appears on course for an economic revival on the back of a healthy global recovery and early progress on vaccines.

• BUSINESS

  Trading up

  Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 06/07/2020

  » The Covid-19 pandemic has set off a wave of destruction in the global economy and it could be years before full health is restored. Global merchandise trade could fall by as much as 32% this year under the worst-case scenario outlined by the World Trade Organization (WTO) in April.

• BUSINESS

  The other C-word: Climate

  Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 08/06/2020

  » As the world has been gripped by the prolonged Covid-19 pandemic, the dramatic slowdown in economic activity has resulted in cleaner air to breathe in traffic-congested Bangkok and other big cities worldwide.

• BUSINESS

  Covid-19 fight needs clarity

  Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 30/03/2020

  » The number of Covid-19 cases doesn't seem to slowing down anywhere except for China where the new coronavirus originated. But while the domestic outbreak seems to have been brought under control, imported cases had soared to 595 as of Friday, raising fears of a second wave and prompting Beijing to bar all foreign travellers.

• OPINION

  Little progress in war on graft

  Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 11/03/2019

  » Corruption is rarely out of the news in Southeast Asia, but the last three weeks have been busier than usual. In Vietnam, two former information ministers were arrested on suspicion of mismanaging public investment. The prosecution order issued on Feb 23 for Nguyen Bac Son and Truong Minh Tuan accuses them of "violations of regulations on management and use of public investment capital that cause serious consequences". The news cast a shadow over Hanoi's preparations fo the Trump-Kim nuclear summit.

• BUSINESS

  Virtuous circle

  Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 20/08/2018

  » The ever-growing population coupled with lifestyle shifts have put our planet at risk as natural resources dwindle. Meanwhile, wasteful production and consumption behaviours have resulted in growing pollution and other environmental challenges.

• BUSINESS

  Transformed by tech

  Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 28/05/2018

  » Financial technology (fintech) and innovation have the potential to transform and accelerate sustainable development, which requires huge sums of money, and businesses can make a significant contribution, policymakers and business leaders agree.

• OPINION

  When children go hungry

  Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 11/06/2018

  » Few things are sadder than the sight of a hungry child. My sadness turned to anger when I learned that corrupt adults were stealing food from the mouths of children in my own country.

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