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Tech disrupted by reality
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 20/06/2022
» When Covid-19 emerged more than two years ago, millions of people including myself suddenly found ourselves stuck at home. To survive the unprecedented challenges and stress, I started to befriend mobile apps I hadn't used before to buy things and pay bills online, among them the e-commerce platform Shopee.
The Squid Game K-shock
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 18/10/2021
» When I saw the K-pop sensations BTS taking centre stage at the United Nations headquarters in New York ahead of the General Assembly last month, I was surprised by the cheerful mood of the world-renowned boy band from Asia.
US and China should continue talks
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 20/09/2021
» The United States last Wednesday took a major step in challenging China's massive influence in Asia by announcing a plan to help Australia acquire nuclear-powered submarines that could eventually make their way into contested waters claimed by Beijing.
Extreme weather a wake-up call
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 06/09/2021
» Waking up last Wednesday, I was surprised to see pictures of flooding on the Facebook page of my friend, whose house is not far from my place. I live on the eighth floor of a condo so I had no clue there was flooding in my neighbourhood, though it had been raining heavily when I went to bed.
Work-life balance eroding
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 31/05/2021
» Getting up every morning these days, I often feel like falling asleep again, but with nightmares. The unrelenting daily rise in Covid-19 cases and deaths is wearing us all down. Some days I try to avoid social media, telling myself that maybe the less I know, the less I'll worry.
Humour and a helping hand
Asia focus, Published on 03/05/2021
» Atsushi Taketani knows exactly how to make himself stand out in public in a way that also helps promote his home country.
Turkey's slow-motion economic crisis
Asia focus, Selva Demiralp and Sebnem Kalemli-Özcan, Published on 18/01/2021
» No one should be surprised by Turkey's recent economic and financial woes. The country's triple crisis -- currency, banking and sovereign debt -- has been unfolding for years. Whether this economic turmoil will incite political turmoil is now a widely debated question.
A year like no other
Asia focus, Published on 28/12/2020
» In a world under siege from a relentless virus, Asia's resilience was tested to the utmost. Asia Focus staff look back at key events
Carbon-neutral China
Asia focus, Suwatchai Songwanich, Published on 05/10/2020
» While US President Donald Trump concentrated on turning up the political heat on China in his recent address to the United Nations General Assembly, President Xi Jinping surprised many by using his speech to announce China's ambition to become a world leader in tackling global warming and become carbon-neutral by 2060.
Dream state
Asia focus, Ben Bland, Published on 28/09/2020
» When Indonesian President Joko Widodo decided last year to pursue outlandish plans to build a new capital city in far-flung Kalimantan, advisers shook their heads in despair. But they were not surprised.