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    Learning with the best

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

    » Pittsburgh-based Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), known for its science and technology programmes, aims to use Bangkok as a springboard to build an Asean talent pool through collaboration with King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang (KMITL).

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    Steering startups

    Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 04/11/2019

    » James Tan dropped out of school before his final year at National University of Singapore (NUS) during the first dot-com boom to chase his entrepreneurship dream. He did not regret the decision at all. In the end, he says, we only regret the chances we didn't take, and life is too short to wake up full of regrets.

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    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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    Farang correspondent

    Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 17/06/2019

    » Standing as tall as his name, Andrew Biggs is arguably one of the most famous farangs in Thailand. On big screens and small ones alike -- or beaming from the covers of his many books and the pages of the Bangkok Post on Sunday -- his humbly charming manner and easy smile mark him as a local who has earned his spurs.

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    Delivering success

    Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 11/12/2017

    » Asia's first driverless trucks began operating in October at the ExxonMobil plant on Jurong Island in Singapore, while fleets of autonomous delivery vehicles are expected to get rolling on Great Britain's motorways next year. These are just some of the headline-making developments in the brave new world of transport being promoted by the likes of Google, Tesla, Uber and major vehicle manufacturers.

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    Lost in the haze

    Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 02/01/2017

    » Riding on a train that stops at stations where alumni wait to greet you is a pleasant initiation rite that provides a sense of welcome and acceptance for young university students, some of whom have never been away from the comfort of home and parents before.

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    Networked to the future

    Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 21/10/2019

    » Growing up in Gaeta, a coastal city in central Italy between Rome and Naples, Nunzio Mirtillo always wanted to be a doctor to help change people's lives for the better. But new medical graduates have trouble finding work right away, so he decided to study electronic engineering instead. It was a decision he took with his parents in mind as well.

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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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    Medicine man

    Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 21/08/2017

    » Many people living in Thailand know Betadine as ya daeng or "red medicine", but few know much about the company behind this popular medicine that millions of parents apply to their children's frequent cuts and scrapes.

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    Education for life

    Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 25/10/2016

    » With 17 years of experience as a deputy head teacher at Shrewsbury School in the United Kingdom and 11 more years as principal at Shrewsbury International School in Bangkok, Stephen Holroyd can point to many notable successes as an administrator. But even as he prepares for a new role building the Shrewsbury brand across Asia, he remains a teacher at heart.

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