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North-south divide grows ever more dangerous
News, Mihir Sharma, Published on 25/04/2018
» When Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the southern city of Chennai recently, he must've been startled by the welcome he received. Half the city, it seemed, had turned out to wave black flags at his motorcade, as well as banners that read "Go Back, Modi". When the prime minister hopped into a helicopter, the crowds cleverly sent up black balloons in its wake.
Squeezing the blood out of a durian
News, Soonruth Bunyamanee, Published on 25/04/2018
» With Thai durians selling like hot cakes on Alibaba's Tmall platform, the regime has every reason to believe its deal to have the e-commerce giant promote Thai products will be a resounding success. But Thai farmers may not necessarily gain as much from this as they expect.
Is Ma's 'magic' really worth weaving?
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 26/04/2018
» Jack Ma makes a phenomenal success again. During his high-profile trip to Thailand which gained heavy media attention, the businessman announced he would invest more than 11 billion baht in the country.
Mahakan obliteration is a crying shame
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 26/04/2018
» Bangkok is celebrating its 236th anniversary this week -- with a sad irony. Just as the government kicked off celebratory activities with a fanfare on Saturday, the city is losing its old Mahakan Fort community -- one of its oldest communities known for its wooden houses that represent the architecture of the early Rattanakosin era in the late 18th century.
Cram, jam and pass
News, Postbag, Published on 27/04/2018
» Re: "Education sandbox: Reforming the way to reform", (Opinion, April 25).
Muslims do fit in, though more slowly
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 30/04/2018
» 'Every Continental [European] under the age of 40 -- make that 60, if not 75 -- is all but guaranteed to end his days living in an Islamified Europe," wrote polemicist Mark Steyn in 2006. "Native populations on the continent are aging and fading and being supplanted remorselessly by a young Muslim demographic."
Beware of the Korean peace trap
News, Eli Lake, Published on 30/04/2018
» On the surface it looks like the doubters were wrong. North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-un, travelled into South Korea on Friday to meet his counterpart. They agreed in principle at least to formally end the war that has divided the peninsula they share.
Korean thaw will have Asean impact
News, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 01/05/2018
» It was amazing to watch South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un make their historic handshake and then hug and share smiles on Friday at Panmunjom, the truce village located in the Demilitarised Zone that separates the two Koreas. From now on, the simmering tension on the Korean Peninsula, which the world has become used to over the last 65 years, may quickly fade away. The two Koreas have pledged to cease hostilities and cooperate in their denuclearisation efforts.
EU privacy rules risk giving Google even more power
News, Leonid Bershidsky, Published on 03/05/2018
» The disingenuous way companies are attempting to comply with the letter, not the spirit, of the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is only part of the problem with the new privacy rule, which goes into effect on May 25. For publishers already forced to accept Google's near monopoly on programmatic advertising on their sites, the new regulation could make things worse.
Is 'change agent' Macron rebooting the economy?
News, Leigh Thomas, Published on 04/05/2018
» French President Emmanuel Macron swept into office last May on a pledge to create jobs and improve the lives of workers by rebooting the country's economy. A year on, annual economic growth has picked up -- closing the gap with Germany and pulling away from other major European powers such as Britain and Italy.