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Shifting ties: Thailand's new balancing act
Business, Marthe M Hinojales and Allen Ng, Published on 05/01/2024
» Thailand finds itself at a crossroads as global geoeconomic alignments shift amid rapid changes in the technological landscape. Its top trading partners and foreign investors are changing, raising concerns about the relevance of its development model.
Thailand at economic crossroads
Oped, Marthe M Hinojales & Allen Ng, Published on 28/11/2023
» Thailand finds itself at a crossroads as global geoeconomic alignments shift amid rapid changes in the technological landscape. Its top trading partners and foreign investors are changing, raising concerns about the relevance of its development model. While boosting competitiveness remains crucial.
Trouble in paradise
Life, Jaymee Ng, Published on 15/04/2021
» It has been a bad year for tourism and a boom in the travel and hospitality sector would no doubt be good for the economy. However, it could also be a nightmare for people living and working amid the flux of transient tourists. It wasn't that long ago that we saw media reports of tourist misbehaviour from carving names on ancient Egyptian bas reliefs to chasing geishas down the streets in Kyoto. Around the world, countries are looking for ways to curb bad behaviour from tourists. Iceland, for instance, launched the Inspired by Iceland pledge in June 2017 that urges tourists to travel responsibly. Apart from implementing official rules, a recent research study reveals that poor tourist behaviour could be reduced by simply making the tourists feel closer to the locals.
Year after Kim Jong-nam's killing, suspected masterminds evade trial
Spectrum, Eileen Ng and Eric Talmadge, Published on 18/02/2018
» Lost in the glare of North Korea's missile launches, rhetorical battles with Washington and charm offensive at the Winter Olympics, two women stand accused of a crime that could send them to the gallows -- the stunning assassination of Kim Jong-un's estranged half brother.