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Indigenous voices raised
Asia focus, Apiradee Treerutkuarkul, Published on 07/09/2020
» Minorities and indigenous people are often among the most marginalised communities in many societies. Systemically excluded from participation in the socio‐economic life of many countries, they lack access to political power and encounter obstacles to asserting their identity.
Innovation in the pandemic age
Asia focus, Zhu Min, Published on 18/05/2020
» The Covid-19 pandemic poses a threat on a scale not seen since the so-called Spanish flu killed more than 50 million people in 1918-19. To confront the scourge, many governments have imposed stay-at-home orders and strict lockdowns, bringing the global economy nearly to a standstill. But the real solution to this crisis is not containment. It is innovation.
When confusion goes viral
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 03/02/2020
» Movie lovers like me have been drawn irresistibly to Dark Waters, the 2019 American legal thriller that has won positive reviews from critics and accolades for lead actor Mark Ruffalo.
Meth menace
Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 18/11/2019
» Boshe, a community of 14,000 in Guangdong province in southern China, was once known as the "Breaking Bad Village" because it supplied one-third of the methamphetamine consumed in the country.
Digital finance and China's bubble economy
Asia focus, Anbound Consulting, Published on 18/11/2019
» The development of inclusive finance has been vigorously promoted by the Chinese government in recent years. The goal is to provide more convenient and accessible financial services for its domestic market. Many of the initiatives involve digital applications, which is also consistent with strong government support for the digital economy.
The scourge of human trafficking
Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 28/10/2019
» The case of 39 people, most Vietnamese, found dead in a refrigerated trailer in Britain highlighted the fact that human trafficking and modern slavery are still a huge problem for Asia, and the entire world for that matter.
Bringing an end to malaria
Asia focus, Clint Coo, Published on 21/10/2019
» Do you know the deadliest animal in the world? Other humans? Snakes, spiders or even some of the large predators? No. It's actually the mosquito. And out of all the many diseases that mosquitoes carry, malaria is possibly the biggest killer in human history.
Saviours at sea
Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 18/03/2019
» The Boxing Day tsunami in 2004 took a terrible toll across South and Southeast Asia, with an estimated 230,000 people killed in 14 countries. In Thailand, the hardest hit area was in Khao Lak in Phangnga where some 4,000 people lost their lives when the wall of water overwhelmed them.
Fake goods a growing scourge
Asia focus, Meng Sokhouy, Published on 17/09/2018
» Listening to the news and enjoying a half-hour bubble bath are part of my morning routine. But a news item I heard recently got my day off to a bad start. I rushed through my post-bath preparations without touching any of the products I normally use.
How can we retain the benefits of globalisation?
Asia focus, Koichi Hamada, Published on 16/07/2018
» In the last few years, for many people and their leaders, globalisation has become a scourge to be purged in favour of greater protectionism and unilateralism. This represents a sharp departure from the recent past, when globalisation was widely regarded as a positive force. What changed, and why?