• BUSINESS

  Journeys of discovery

  Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 16/08/2021

  » Sipping green tea after having a Thai lunch at his house, Farid Bidgoli looks relaxed yet energetic, and ready for an interview. From his appearance and accent, the 42-year-old executive looks exactly like someone from the UK where he was born, though he is half Iranian with a spirit inherited from his father.

• BUSINESS

  Rise of the Robots

  Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 17/05/2021

  » The world is witnessing the rapid advancement of technologies and automation in almost every aspect of work today. Businesses are adopting automation and robotics to revolutionise their workplaces, partly to help save costs but also to boost productivity and growth, and for safety reasons.

• BUSINESS

  Seeds of resilience

  Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 03/08/2020

  » Khing Khing Soe has been growing rice, groundnuts, pigeon peas, sesame, chickpeas and onions for over two decades on her farm at Ba Lon village in Myingyan district of Myanmar. But in the past three years declining rainfall as a result of climate change has reduced her crop yields by about 30%.

• BUSINESS

  Get a grip on bullying

  Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 22/06/2020

  » As a corporate employee, I feel privileged that I'm able to work from home for most of the week. While the nature of my job allows me and my small team to carry on as usual, many other kinds of work require the physical presence of staff in a place of business.

• BUSINESS

  Japan's mission

  Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 23/12/2019

  » Waves of change -- geopolitical, technological and demographic -- have been sweeping across the world, and Japan is among the countries experiencing challenges on all those fronts. Amid a steady but slow economic recovery since he took office in 2012, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has also seen his skills at international diplomacy tested, given his country's close ties with the United States.

• BUSINESS

  Global first

  Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 02/12/2019

  » In 1990, King's College law student Milton Cheng joined Baker McKenzie in London, believing that the international law firm was the only one in those days that had a clear plan to invest in Asian talent.

• OPINION

  Make time to enjoy Japan

  Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 02/12/2019

  » Landing at Tokyo's Haneda Airport early on a Sunday morning (5.30 am), I was pleasantly surprised to find how convenient it was to commute to the city hotel where I had reserved a room for my one-week visit. I was welcomed at the airport exit by a Japan Travel Bureau (JTB) staffer who accompanied me to an airport bus that took me on a non-stop journey to the hotel.

• BUSINESS

  From the Alps to Asia

  Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 11/11/2019

  » Nestled between Switzerland and Austria, the Principality of Liechtenstein is one of the world's smallest countries with an area of only 160 square kilometres and some 38,000 inhabitants.

• BUSINESS

  Choose safety over selfies

  Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 21/10/2019

  » During my most recent visit to Ho Chi Minh City, I was captivated by the sight of an old apartment building that had been converted into a fantastic collection of restaurants, coffee shops, co-working spaces and a bookshop.

• LIFE

  Overhauling the office

  Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 04/03/2019

  » Noelle Coak doesn't hesitate when asked about the place she calls home. "My home is in Japan, Tokyo. My family is in Japan, my husband, my son and two dogs," she replies.

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