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    Financial transformation

    Asia focus, Pattama Kuentak, Published on 04/07/2022

    » The financial sector is on the cusp of yet another transformation. Customers emerging from Covid-19 are demanding new and better sets of services to meet their new consumption patterns, be it how they shop, eat, work or transfer money. It's a dramatic shift that is compelling banks to transform or risk being left behind.

  • BUSINESS

    Creating Asean's interconnected energy future

    Asia focus, Published on 04/07/2022

    » A comprehensive interconnection of Southeast Asia's power grid has been a long-held dream, first emerging into serious discourse in the 1980s. Now, almost four decades later, we might finally be approaching a moment when the pressure for climate action moves this idea towards a more established reality.

  • BUSINESS

    Behavioural changes key to more effective recycling

    Asia focus, Published on 04/07/2022

    » Environmental sustainability has been top-of-mind in recent years, especially in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic, as we witnessed the (almost immediate) positive effects brought about by a reduction in travel and activity.

  • OPINION

    The new Covid challenge

    Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 11/07/2022

    » As many Thais return to the office, entertainment venues reopen and wearing face masks is no longer mandatory in outdoor public places, new daily coronavirus cases have begun to climb lately, notably among school students.

  • OPINION

    Climate needs urgent actions now

    Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 27/06/2022

    » Cities around the world are no strangers to riverine flooding. In December 2021, the four main rivers running through Kuala Lumpur hit dangerous levels, causing nearby rail lines to shut down and halting mobility across the city. In March this year, storms prompted flood warnings along Australia's east coast, including in Sydney. Thousands of residents had to flee their homes.

  • BUSINESS

    Advancing cautiously

    Asia focus, Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata, Published on 27/06/2022

    » Asian economies are bouncing back amid the so-called Great Reset triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic. But a cautious mood prevails given the possible short-term risks of new waves of the virus, rising inflation and political instability.

  • BUSINESS

    Asia needs to expand care work migration

    Asia focus, Published on 27/06/2022

    » Asia needs millions more long-term care workers to look after its ageing population. A new report, published by the Center for Global Development (CGD), argues that only by expanding migration can this target be met, and outlines how this can be done.

  • BUSINESS

    Healthy planet needs 'ocean action' from Asia

    Asia focus, Published on 27/06/2022

    » As the Second Global Ocean Conference opens today in Lisbon, governments in Asia and the Pacific must seize the opportunity to enhance cooperation and solidarity to address a host of challenges that endanger what is a lifeline for millions of people in the region.

  • BUSINESS

    The fight for press freedom is local

    Asia focus, Published on 20/06/2022

    » A macabre political thriller recently unfolded in the Philippine province of Palawan, an island known mostly for its rich biodiversity and pristine beaches.

  • OPINION

    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.

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