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Scaling political mountains
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 25/07/2016
» Park Won-soon is no stranger to Thailand, which he visited 10 times before taking office in 2011 as the highly popular mayor of Seoul. He even has business cards with his name and position written in Thai, a small touch but an example of how he likes to relate to people in the other countries he visits.
More work to do
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 06/06/2016
» The decline of commodity prices, a strong dollar and weakened balance sheets have eroded Asia's competitiveness as a whole, though countries including India, Thailand and Japan have moved up this year, says the Switzerland-based International Institute for Management and Development (IMD).
Tough choices
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 23/05/2016
» Asean will continue to work together as an economic community while the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), in which all 10 members are taking part, should be pushed forward along with other regional trade agreements, says a senior Asean diplomat.
The SEZ shift
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 28/03/2016
» Amid the protracted global economic malaise, many countries have seen their exports sink in a weak international trade and investment environment. One of the few bright spots has been border trade, thanks to strengthened regional economic integration.
Trade game-changer
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 19/02/2016
» As the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is poised to change the landscape of international trade and more Southeast Asian nations consider joining it, experts are concerned that the world's largest trade pact will divide Asean and overshadow the arrival of the Asean Economic Community (AEC) at the end of this year.
Power play
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 15/02/2016
» China General Nuclear Power Corporation (CGN) is steadily making inroads into Southeast Asia's high-potential clean energy market, partly through its recently formed partnership with Thailand's largest private power producer Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding Plc (RATCH).
Pacific shift
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 12/02/2016
» Vietnam and Japan have emerged as the biggest potential winners of the newly signed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) while countries such as Thailand could feel the pain from failing to take part in the years-long negotiations of the biggest trade deal in history.
Banner year for NZ relations with Asean
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 20/07/2015
» Asean's intensive economic integration with China as well as the region's fast-growing economy could pave the way for New Zealand and Asean to deepen their economic relations as the two celebrate 40 years of diplomatic ties this year.
Recipe for success
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 20/07/2015
» Walking into a cookery class of seven students at CPIT, the largest vocational training institute on New Zealand's South Island, I am surprised to see almost all Asian faces — both boys and girls — with only one Kiwi as they prepare food as part of their studies.
The China Syndrome
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 25/05/2015
» China's ageing and deflationary cycle will have more far-reaching consequences for the rest of Asia and the world, as the trend is already pushing commodity prices to fall sharply and spreading deflationary pressure in many emerging markets, analysts warn.