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Meth menace
Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 18/11/2019
» Boshe, a community of 14,000 in Guangdong province in southern China, was once known as the "Breaking Bad Village" because it supplied one-third of the methamphetamine consumed in the country.
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Manila urges closer tie-up against China
News, Erich Parpart, Published on 04/11/2019
» The Secretary of the Philippines' Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO), Martin Andanar, urged Asean to increase its cooperation against China's growing assertiveness in the South China Sea and ramp up counter-terrorism efforts against the Islamic State (IS) group within the region.
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Fight fake news with education
Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 14/10/2019
» The fight against fake news is becoming more challenging, but a lot can be done by educating people in how to identify unreliable sources and fact checking. Just creating laws against people who spread such information doesn't fix the problem because they are like the Hydra -- you cut off one head and two more will pop up as the cyber-population grows.
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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.
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Let's stop being fossil fools
Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 23/09/2019
» Why do we still need fossil fuels? Why are we still burning these finite resources that spew out air pollution when we can harness power from cleaner sources? It all comes down to human greed.
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Green salvation, one bag at a time
Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 02/09/2019
» South America and Africa are on fire, the icecaps are melting and sea levels keep rising. Natural disasters have become more common on every continent and July 2019 was the hottest month on record globally. People are dying while thousands of animal and plant species are disappearing forever.
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Russia enthusiastic on EEC
Business, Erich Parpart, Published on 27/08/2019
» Russia sees Thailand as a gateway to Asean and it wants to improve bilateral relations, especially in the energy and mineral resources sectors, says Alexey Gruzdev, deputy minister of economic development for the Russian Federation.
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FTI says trade solution runs through Russia
Business, Erich Parpart, Published on 16/08/2019
» Thailand's trade with Russia could help improve slumbering exports because the sprawling Eurasian country has potential as a rich channel for Thai goods and services, says Supant Mongkolsuthree, chairman of the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI).
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Time for a Seoul-Tokyo peace pact
Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 12/08/2019
» I love kimchi and I love ramen. I love the bushido way of life and Japanese humility, and I love South Koreans' resilience and devotion to education that helped them lift their country from poverty after World War II to become an Asian economic powerhouse. And in my opinion, both South Koreans and Japanese are among the nicest people in the world.
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Army unwilling to yield to democracy
News, Erich Parpart, Published on 31/07/2019
» For the country like Thailand where the military staged two putsches within the past 13 years, a coup d'état should no longer be necessary.
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