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SX 2024 ends with record attendance, future commitment
Post Reporters, Published on 11/10/2024
» The Sustainability Expo 2024 (SX 2024) has come to a successful close, reaching a record high of over 700,000 visitors.
Delayed Rohingya repatriation becoming a regional crisis
Asia focus, Abantika Kumari, Published on 08/08/2022
» The future of the Rohingya people is not only a Bangladeshi issue, it is now a global issue. Bangladesh has been seeking the cooperation of regional countries and the United Nations to repatriate hundreds of thousands of Rohingya since they were first driven from Myanmar in 2017. But the results have not materialised, and the security risk is growing.
Musk-ruled Twitter: users left to fight trolls and misinformation?
AFP, Published on 26/04/2022
» SAN FRANCISCO: Elon Musk's vow to let everyone say whatever they want on Twitter after his takeover of the social media giant could put the onus on users to combat bullying and misinformation on the platform, experts say.
China's SenseTime relists Hong Kong IPO after US blacklisting
AFP, Published on 20/12/2021
» HONG KONG - Chinese artificial intelligence start-up SenseTime said Monday it will press ahead with its Hong Kong listing, a week after it was blacklisted by the United States over accusations of genocide in Xinjiang.
Activists accuse German firms over Uyghur forced labour
AFP, Published on 07/09/2021
» BERLIN: Rights activists said Monday they had filed a criminal complaint in Germany against five retailers including C&A, Lidl and Hugo Boss, accusing them of benefiting from forced labour among China's Uyghur population.
Restoring respect
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 07/06/2021
» Patama Chantaruck still remembers an unsettling encounter she experienced during her early days of living in the United States 28 years ago.
PRINCIPLES OF QATAR’S FOREIGN POLICY AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
Published on 18/12/2020
» The Constitution of the State of Qatar affirms the following foreign policy principles: preserving sovereignty and independence, defending
RUSSIAN NATIONAL DAY - DAY OF RUSSIA
Published on 12/06/2020
» I am truly pleased to address the readers of the Bangkok Post newspaper on the auspicious occasion of the Day of Russia.
Top brands accused of using forced Chinese labour
AFP, Published on 02/03/2020
» SYDNEY: China is transferring tens of thousands of Uighur detainees out of internment camps and into factories that supply some of the world's leading brands, an Australian think tank said Monday.
Asia's century, China's year
Asia focus, Asia Focus team, Published on 30/12/2019
» Way back when 1999 was winding down, pundits were telling us that the Asian Century was about to dawn. That prediction has not yet been fully realised, but few would disagree that 2019 belonged to China. Over the past 12 months, the top headlines have been about the bruising trade war with America, defiant protests in Hong Kong against Beijing's tightening grip, and the rise of a surveillance state that is herding hundreds of thousands into "re-education" camps on its western fringes. Below, the Asia Focus team looks back on a busy and sometimes troubling 2019.