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    South peace chief wants BRN talks

    News, Erich Parpart, Published on 30/11/2019

    » The new head of the Thai dialogue team in the southern peace talks has urged "all groups of people with different views", including the Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN), to come to the negotiation table for a new round of mediation.

  • 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.

  • BUSINESS

    Plastic peril

    Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 20/05/2019

    » The spectacle of the ever-changing sunset above a beach in front of a five-star resort on a beautiful Pacific island was a memory I will cherish forever. But my reverie was rudely interrupted by the sight that greeted me on a public beach nearby.

  • BUSINESS

    ADB dour on Thai growth, seeing 3.9%

    Business, Erich Parpart, Published on 03/05/2019

    » NADI, Fiji: The global economic slowdown is expected to hamper Thailand's GDP expansion from this year to 2020, with the slump in world export demand affecting the country more than some neighbours, says Asian Development Bank's (ADB) chief economist.

  • BUSINESS

    Saviours at sea

    Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 18/03/2019

    » The Boxing Day tsunami in 2004 took a terrible toll across South and Southeast Asia, with an estimated 230,000 people killed in 14 countries. In Thailand, the hardest hit area was in Khao Lak in Phangnga where some 4,000 people lost their lives when the wall of water overwhelmed them.

  • BUSINESS

    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.

  • BUSINESS

    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.

  • BUSINESS

    Connected to win

    Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 17/12/2018

    » Flying over the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge gives you the best perspective on the growing links between the semi-autonomous region and China. Among them is the US$11-billion Guangshengang rail line that connects Hong Kong with the mainland's high-speed network.

  • BUSINESS

    Korea ties need tightening

    Business, Erich Parpart, Published on 26/11/2018

    » After 60 years, bilateral relations between Thailand and South Korea are considered "well developed". The countries could still do more to promote business cooperation and understanding, says Pyung-oh Kwon, president and chief executive of the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (Kotra).

  • BUSINESS

    Courses in the cloud

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

    » Finding teachers who are willing to work in the troubled southern border provinces of Thailand has never been easy. Persuading a qualified native English-speaking teacher to work in Pattani, Yala or Narathiwat is almost impossible.

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