Thailand's government is being criticized for even considering allowing Singapore Airlines to turn the Thai city of Chiang Mai into a regional aviation hub. Several Thai airline operators believe that the idea of a regional hub is sound, but that its development should not be handled by...
Private airline operators have expressed sharp disapproval of the Thaksin government's plan to let Singapore Airlines develop Chiang Mai into a regional aviation hub.
This follows a remark by Transport Minister...
Skype, WhatsApp and Viber offer an array of free messaging and telephone calls. All are cross-platform internet services with widely popular free plans that reach out to numerous nations. Demanding the right to monitor the applications, the government has given the three companies a week to respond...
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More than 250,000 US State Department cables were released to WikiLeaks and, starting in November 2010, gradually published in newspapers around the globe with the understanding that sensitive details, including names of informants, would be redacted. Under the threat of denial-of-service attacks...
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Repercussions of nuclear accidents are not easily contained within borders, as demonstrated after an earthquake-tsunami damaged reactors at the Fukushima power plant. Explosions spewed radioactivity into the air, and Japan soon dumped more than 11,000 metric tons of radioactive-tainted water into...
Pulling the plug: After Fukushima disaster, German protesters demand an end to relying on nuclear power
BERLIN: Two months after the earthquake and nuclear accidents in Fukushima, the debates on the future of nuclear power continue unabated. The...
South Korean television stardom is no longer the exclusive domain of Korean nationals. The emergence of foreign stars on Korean television programs draws international attention to South Korea’s entertainment and media industries. Hailing from Australia, France, Ghana, the United States and other...
A roly-poly Australian funnyman, a chatty seaweed-loving Ghanaian and a kick-ass French taekwondo athlete have one thing in common: These foreigners have adopted Seoul as their home and are making audiences laugh on Korean TV.
SAM HAMMINGTON, 37...
Creating a regional “mesh” online connection, avoiding the internet, began as a cost-cutting move in rural areas of Spain, Greece and Africa to avoid costly connection fees. But activists in countries as diverse as Syria and the United States now create exclusive mesh networking systems as a way to...
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Biologists monitoring Earth’s loss of biodiversity predict a sixth great mass extinction could be underway. Overfishing, overhunting, deforestation, development and climate could be behind some eerie changes: polar bears losing ice; whales, fish and birds adjusting migration patterns; butterflies...
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With global economic recession, many nations look inward, prioritizing domestic concerns and rejecting globalization. But the inward focus may not last for long, predicts Nandan Nilekani, author and former chief executive of Infosys, writing for Financial Times. India’s and China’s growth, combined...
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