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November 17th, 2022

Asia's scamdemic

How COVID-19 has supercharged online crime

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Asia's scamdemic: How COVID-19 supercharged online crime

Internet predators are often the prey in Thailand's lawless border zones

Asia's scamdemic: How COVID-19 supercharged online crime
Flooding in Bangkok in July 2022. Disasters caused by rising temperatures and sea levels are costly, and the risk is outsized in industrializing Asia. 
Business Spotlight

Thailand's businesses prepare to face the storm of climate change

Better risk management helps readiness as regulators and investors seek disclosure

Palm oil, derived from the fruit seen here, is widely used as a vegetable oil and is an ingredient in processed foods and many other products, including cosmetics. 
Agriculture

Palm oil faces headwinds amid China lockdowns, EU phaseout

Indonesia sees 'stable' prices in coming months, but future outlook dim

Lippo Karawaci CEO John Riady wants to build schools, hospitals and other infrastructure for Indonesia's new capital, he said in an interview in Tokyo on Nov. 8. (Photo by Satoko Kawasaki)
Global Management Forum 2022

Indonesia's new capital offers 'huge opportunity' to Lippo: CEO

John Riady says conglomerate keen to build schools, hospitals in Nusantara

DeepL CEO Jaroslaw Kutylowski: "One of the languages that we definitely have on our mind and that we are working on is Korean." (Photo by Satoko Kawasaki)
Interview

DeepL hopes to translate Japan success into more Asian markets

Korean among next languages targeted by AI translation service: CEO

The symbiotic relationships between Central Asia's leaders and Vladimir Putin are rearranging themselves as the war in Ukraine weakens Russia.
Asia Insight

Central Asia looks beyond Russia's orbit to secure its future

Jittery over Ukraine war, Kazakhstan and neighbors seek alternative export routes

Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, looks on as his predecessor Hu Jintao is assisted to leave the hall during the closing ceremony of the Chinese Communist Party's National Congress on Oct. 22.
Comment

Xi's removal of Hu points to 'common prosperity,' not Taiwan invasion

Chinese president's dissent-free cabinet hints at unpopular decisions ahead

Indian Dalits convert to Buddhism en masse at an event in New Delhi on Oct. 5. (Photo courtesy of Rajendra Pal Gautam's Twitter account)
Society

Indian Dalits leave Hinduism in droves in blow to ruling BJP

Thousands embrace Buddhism as Modi's party's rights record faces scrutiny

Residents move belongings to safety as the Teesta River swells in Bangladesh in 2016. The country is eyeing ways to better manage the waterway -- possibly with China's help.
International relations

China open to role in Bangladesh river project under India's nose

Beijing's envoy expresses concern Dhaka might back out over 'outside pressure'

Remote work has given women with small children more job opportunities and helped narrow the gender gap in work hours.
Datawatch

Telework moves women off Japan's notorious 'mommy track'

Increased job hours could help working mothers boost pay and promotion prospects

China has no choice but to strive for technological self-sufficiency.
Opinion

China will not overpower U.S. if it keeps losing efficiency

Washington is exploiting key vulnerabilities with trade and tech decoupling

A meeting of Southeast Asian foreign ministers at the ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta on Oct. 27: The bloc is only muddling through amid mounting geopolitical challenges.
Opinion

ASEAN has to take itself more seriously before asking the world to

Wishful denial of geopolitical realities will leave the bloc a bystander

A view of "Get to the Point," part of an installation by art collective AWKNDAFFR at Singapore Biennale 2022, also known as Natasha. (Singapore Biennale 2022)
Arts

Thailand and Singapore lead comeback for Asia's art fests

Post-pandemic biennales challenge Hong Kong's regional dominance

An outdoor office on the Indonesian island of Nusa Lembongan. The unprecedented dearth of tourism caused by pandemic shutdowns has prompted many governments in Southeast Asia to reevaluate digital nomads as a source of long-term income, rather than a nuisance. (Getty Images) 
Tea Leaves

Digital nomads push Southeast Asia's boundaries

New visa rules help remote workers, but need careful consideration