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  • BUSINESS

    You make the news: How Spectee mines social media

    Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 13/01/2020

    » Spectee, a Tokyo-based information analysis company and online news agency, is looking for partnership in Southeast Asia where it is seeing huge growth in demand for video content.

  • THAILAND

    Mahathir recast as Malaysia's saviour

    News, Erich Parpart, Published on 11/05/2018

    » At the ripe old age of 92, Mahathir Mohamad has come out of retirement and is now set to become the world's oldest elected leader and the seventh prime minister of Malaysia after pulling off a surprise victory over his former apprentice Najib Razak on Wednesday.

  • BUSINESS

    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.

  • OPINION

    Smoked out? Not yet

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

    » No one disputes that cigarettes can kill. Each year smoking accounts for 7 million deaths worldwide -- that's seven times more than those attributable to the world's deadliest animal, the mosquito.

  • BUSINESS

    Special delivery

    Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 03/09/2018

    » Jim O'Gara's story is both inspirational and captivating. The protagonist is a humble and devoted man who went from driving a delivery truck for UPS in the United Kingdom to being the company's number one man in South Asia.

  • BUSINESS

    Turned off in Asia

    Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 11/06/2018

    » Uruguay became the first country to legalise marijuana entirely in July last year. Residents over age 18 can smoke cannabis in public and purchase it either from a pharmacy or harvest a crop of up to six plants.

  • BUSINESS

    Covering Asia

    Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 09/10/2017

    » Many Asians who have never owned a private insurance policy or received benefits have negative attitudes toward health and life insurance. Many lower-income consumers see it as something they cannot afford, while others are deterred by stories of fraud. More superstitious types see buying insurance as increasing the risk of something bad happening to them.

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