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Time for plastic detox
Asia focus, Pattama Kuentak, Published on 09/05/2022
» Anyone who has ever strolled along a beach is familiar with the sight … plastic straws, snack packaging, some of it dating back years, plastic bottles and other junk washed up on the sand. It's enough to spoil your vacation memories -- and it's also part of a global crisis.
China's loss can be Southeast Asia's gain
Asia focus, Keun Lee, Published on 25/10/2021
» Covid-19 has exposed the myriad weaknesses of cross-border value chains. Once the backbone of globalisation, now they are associated with vulnerability to disruption. Thanks to the pandemic, value chains are being reconfigured with a focus on resilience.
Crystal clear
Asia focus, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 27/09/2021
» Brands and people are Lars Schmidt's passion.
Making Thai gems and jewellery shine again
Asia focus, Thaweelap Rittapirom, Published on 30/08/2021
» Thailand's gems and jewellery industry, like many others, has been battered by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Indian opportunity
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 09/11/2020
» India is the world's fifth-largest economy, and one of the fastest-growing in the world. The size of the Indian market, and its increasingly critical role in global supply chains, mean India and its trading partners have much to gain.
Brand new retail
Asia focus, Pattama Kuentak, Published on 25/05/2020
» The retail industry, one of the sectors hardest hit by the Covid-19 pandemic, is gradually reopening its brick-and-mortar operations as lockdown measures start to ease in many countries including Thailand. But simply opening doors to shoppers will no longer be enough in the post-Covid world.
Not only rising, but leading
Asia focus, Nithi Kaveevivitchai, Published on 24/02/2020
» The question of how important Asian economies are for global growth is no longer debatable. The region has become and will continue to be the centre of global economic activity for many decades to come. But the rise of Asia has been faster and more impactful than most forecasters expected.
Year of turbulence
Asia focus, Asia Focus Team, Published on 31/12/2018
» Two unpredictable men with weird haircuts and access to nuclear weapons had a friendly chat in Singapore -- and that was just one of the many noteworthy stories of 2018. Elsewhere in Asia, we witnessed some surprising political developments (Malaysia) and not-so-surprising ones (Cambodia), along with what seemed to be a disturbingly high number of natural disasters. Many see the latter as a manifestation of the growing impact of climate change, and it's a debate that is bound to intensify in the year ahead. Below, Asia Focus looks back on the eventful year now ending.
Storytelling renaissance takes hold in India
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 03/12/2018
» Preeti Mutha was a bundle of nerves. The 32-year-old housewife in Chennai was haunted by bad memories that had shaken her when she was in school. She had just lost her father and was also struggling with post-partum depression after giving birth to her son.