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    Brands should go global with local flavour

    News, Mike Bastin, Published on 21/02/2017

    » What now for rapidly emerging Thai fashion brands? The inevitability of internationalisation has become more and more apparent and more and more likely in the very short term. Thai fashion brands now find themselves at a crossroads and future overseas expansion and penetration now depend on choice of brand strategy.

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    Asia's strongmen not strong enough

    News, Michael Schuman, Published on 21/02/2017

    » Across Asia, the world has supposedly been witnessing the return of the strongman. Chinese President Xi Jinping has been grasping more and more control in his own hands since claiming power in 2012. Two years later, Prime Minister Narendra Modi in India and President Joko Widodo (known as "Jokowi") in Indonesia won office by selling themselves as forceful economic and political reformers. All three were heralded as the firm hands these giant developing nations needed to rejuvenate their promising but troubled economies.

  • OPINION

    Unacceptably North Korean

    News, Editorial, Published on 21/02/2017

    » Once again North Korean agents have triggered tensions and outrage in Southeast Asia, this time spilling blood in Malaysia. The killing of Kim Jong-nam last week at Kuala Lumpur International Airport was far beyond the description of a "diplomatic incident".

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    If coal plant rises, house of cards may fall

    News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 21/02/2017

    » Just a day after activists protesting against a coal-fired power plant in the popular resort town of Krabi dispersed following the government's agreement to have the project's environment and health impact assessment (EHIA) reviewed, Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon insisted the power plant will be built no matter what.

  • OPINION

    Multilingual education is a door that must stay open

    News, Kate McDermott, Published on 21/02/2017

    » A popular Chinese proverb says that, "To learn a language is to have one more window from which to look at the world." Home to tremendous linguistic diversity, the Asia-Pacific region is seeing these windows closing rapidly.

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