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    Green rush

    Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 20/01/2020

    » Attitudes toward marijuana are starting to change in Southeast Asia. In some countries there is increasing social acceptance, growing research interest, easing of regulations and even modest legalisation, with Thailand leading the way.

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    Delivering quality

    Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 23/12/2019

    » The US-China trade war has had little impact on the Asia Pacific operations of the logistics giant DHL thanks to stronger performance from its e-commerce unit, says CEO Frank Appel, who believes the impact of trade conflict on the global economy has been overblown.

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    Beyond booking

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

    » Traveloka, the Indonesian travel booking and lifestyle platform, has expanded aggressively to enhance the user experience for customers researching and booking trips, with new offerings including credit and installment payment options.

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    Playing it cool

    Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 09/09/2019

    » When it comes to sports, skiing and skating are the last activities anyone associates with Southeast Asia. Outside of a few indoor skating rinks in big cities, the only ice you'll find is in drinks. And as for snow, it's non-existent except at the highest reaches of remote and forbidding Hkakabo Razi in northern Myanmar.

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    Tapping into the future

    Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 10/06/2019

    » The first mobile-only bank in Asean has made its debut in Thailand, tapping into a global trend among customers seeking increasing convenience and control over their financial affairs.

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    British, Thai democratic systems can't be compared

    News, Erich Parpart, Published on 30/05/2019

    » The National Council for Peace and Order's (NCPO) appointment of their allies, friends and family members to sit in the 250-member Senate has turned the NCPO members, particularly its leader and incumbent premier Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha into the subjects of accusations of nepotism.

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    Two-way prosperity

    Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 29/04/2019

    » Thailand and Hong Kong expect to strengthen their economic partnership in light of the great potential of China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and the Greater Bay Area (GBA) project, representatives of both sides say.

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    Covered for life

    Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 18/02/2019

    » Tan Hak Leh is accustomed to occupying lofty corporate positions as an insurance executive with 25 years of industry experience, 17 of them in management positions in Singapore. But the chief executive officer of AIA Thailand turns out to be very down-to-earth in person, soft-spoken and easy to chat with.

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    Perilous journeys

    Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 11/02/2019

    » On Jan 12, a fishing boat carrying more than 100 Indian migrants -- the precise number is not known -- left the Munambam harbour in Kerala. Its destination was New Zealand, more than 11,000 kilometres away.

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    Hope for refugee children

    Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 28/01/2019

    » The cause of children's rights got a lift last week when immigration police in Thailand announced that they would stop holding migrant and refugee children in the country's crowded immigration detention facilities.

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