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Alternative investments will cost Gen Zs dearly
News, Nir Kaissar, Published on 17/07/2024
» Younger investors are thinking about their investment portfolios all wrong, and it's not entirely their fault. Ultimately, it's up to them to recognise where the best long-term returns lie before too much precious time is wasted.
Sam Yan shows need to save history
Oped, Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal & Settanant Thanakitkoses, Published on 23/05/2024
» What distinguishes Thailand from many other countries is our rich diversity in culture and history. Yet slowly but surely, the distinctive heritage of our local communities is disappearing. Often property developers destroy historic buildings in pursuit of profit. But why do their rights always seem to come first? Why do we have to beg to protect our cultural assets?
'Generation Dupe': Why Gen Z loves knockoffs
News, Erin Lowry, Published on 23/12/2023
» Parents of Gen Z might be surprised to find knockoffs on their children's wish lists this holiday season. More affectionately called "dupes", cheap imitation purses, beauty products and other items have become all the rage with Gen Z and younger millennials. Buying knockoffs is a tradition going back generations, but the new twist is publicly outing yourself as owning and wearing them.
Don't mock Gen Z's #LazyGirlJobs. Be envious.
News, Erin Lowry, Published on 18/09/2023
» The latest TikTok fad seems to involve combining "girl" with a host of other words to communicate a concept or movement. There's #GirlMath aka the justifications women use to spend on non-essentials. There's #GirlDinner, which is dinner for one that looks like a chaotic plate of what you want or leftovers or essentially riffing on a charcuterie board. Then we have the recent #GirlHammer trend in which TikTokers complete a handyman task without the use of a hammer, such as using a rolling pin to bang a nail into a wall. Some of these trends are silly. Some are helpful. But the one facing the most backlash is the #LazyGirlJob. It's a term that's united elder millennials, Gen X and boomers against Gen Z because what does an early 20-something know about burn out and struggling with work-life balance?
All you need is love?
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 14/11/2022
» In uncertain modern times, the young generation grapples with questions like whether to have children or not? Or is it safe to have another child?
Testing question
Oped, Postbag, Published on 21/08/2021
» Re: "Cabinet approves medic immunity bill," (BP, Aug 18).
Stuck with status quo
News, Postbag, Published on 01/03/2020
» I think the Future Forward Party offered hope that things would change and this government has crushed that hope. It is only natural that young people would feel disappointed and are expressing that disappointment.
Jokowi II: Indonesia becoming a 'family state'?
News, Hafiz Noer, Published on 23/11/2019
» Last month, Joko "Jokowi" Widodo was inaugurated as Indonesia's seventh president for his second and final term. After a wide 55.5% to 45.5% victory at the polls, the president also secured backing for his policies in both legislative chambers, ensuring a solid platform for government over the next five years.
The farthest fall
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 14/07/2019
» I once attended a birthday party at a house in Soi Ari where I was introduced to a middle-aged man with a rotating jaw.
Heard of the Holocaust?
News, Editorial, Published on 04/05/2019
» In Israel on Thursday, with sirens wailing as the entire country paused for two minutes of silence for its yearly commemoration of the six million Jews who perished in the Holocaust, who could not have been moved by the sight of pedestrians and motorists standing stock-still on roadsides and in the middle of streets, heads bowed in remembrance?