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    Deputy premier hopeful for 2023

    Business, Published on 28/10/2022

    » Thailand's economy should not succumb to the global economic slowdown projected for next year, but rather continue its recovery propelled by new infrastructure development and increasing digital know-how among people, says Deputy Prime Minister Supattanapong Punmeechaow.

  • News & article

    Green recovery

    Asia focus, Pattama Kuentak, Published on 08/08/2022

    » As the world emerges from Covid-19 and faces stagflation and war, climate crisis remains one of the greatest threats to humanity. A green recovery has become a priority for policymakers in Southeast Asia and around the world, who aim to create a more sustainable path that focuses on the environment, climate change and disaster preparedness.

  • News & article

    Robust and risky Asean

    Asia focus, Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata, Published on 30/05/2022

    » Asian economies are looking ahead with optimism for a recovery in economic growth but with some reservations about the current global dynamics marked by the Russia-Ukraine conflict, rising inflation and commodity prices.

  • News & article

    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.

  • News & article

    Year of Turbulence

    Asia focus, Published on 27/12/2021

    » Pandemic drags on recovery: In the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, many Asian countries had enviable success, avoiding large-scale outbreaks and mass deaths. But the arrival of the more transmissible Delta variant this year and sluggish vaccine rollouts compounded by low availability sent cases surging. Combined with poor monitoring and easy movement among countries, often unofficially, Southeast Asia became a virus hotspot. The ballooning health crisis collided with churning political discontent in the case of Myanmar, Thailand and Malaysia. Economically, the new wave of infections, and attendant restrictions imposed to curb the spread, stalled recoveries. After nearly two years of strict border controls, many countries started to loosen up and live with Covid. But the rise of the Omicron variant now threatens to scuttle those tentative reopening plans and usher in a third year of economic anxiety.

  • News & article

    Time to deliver

    Asia focus, Larry Jagan, Published on 25/11/2019

    » The Myanmar government knows it needs to improve the country's economic performance and extend the benefits of development more evenly across society. With elections only a year away, the ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) needs some big wins to prove to the country's entrepreneurs and the urban middle class that it is pro-business.

  • News & article

    Sinking Cities

    Asia focus, Published on 02/09/2019

    » One of the most pressing challenges the world is facing as a result of climate change is rising sea levels. Scientists predict that oceans will rise by between 0.3 and 2.5 metres by 2100. This will put many coastal areas at risk, with potentially catastrophic consequences for large cities.

  • News & article

    Belt and Road: Just a vast mess?

    News, David Fickling, Published on 10/01/2019

    » Is China's Belt and Road Initiative a bold infrastructure vision, or a slush fund? The question is becoming more pressing.

  • Forum

    Thailand: an Economy on the Rise

    By prnews, Created on: 21/09/2018, Last updated on: 21/09/2018

    » [b:2g7fbz6f]Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kingdom of Thailand[/b:2g7fbz6f] Amid all the focus on the countdown towards general elections in Thailand, one piece of positive news that has gone somewhat under the radar is the strong economic figures coming out of the country. Official statistics...

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    A safercyber world

    Asia focus, Published on 03/09/2018

    » E-commerce and other digital services are becoming a part of mainstream life in Southeast Asia, part of a transformation that is driving strong economic growth. But the advances are not universal and the system is still not nearly as secure as it should be.

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