By John Koppisch Forbes Asia For the eighth straight year we spotlight notable philanthropists in the Asia-Pacific region, especially those who made news in the past year by launching new and innovative projects. The 48-member honor roll ranges from billionaires with expansive visions of how best to help society to less well-known business people whose... Continue Reading →
* Burma’s Last Royals—Los Angeles Review of Books
Along with the stories of King Thibaw and Queen Supayalat, The King in Exile tells of the strange, twisted lives of their four daughters and seven grandchildren. As foreign visitors surge in, drawn by the idea of a new frontier, the book erodes the mythology, so pervasive in the region, of a happier, fairer era when white European men kept the grateful dumb natives gently in place.
* Keeping Up With Rocket’s Southeast Asian Adventures
Rocket’s founders, the three German Samwer brothers, still have a reputation as cloners, flippers and operators of grueling, ruthless workplaces with high staff churn. Rocket executives readily acknowledge that their sites are copycats, usually of sites pioneered in the U.S. ...
* Pete Bodharamik Goes Big on Broadband—Forbes Asia
In the race to wire all these homes Jasmine is mostly vying with True, backed by the deep pockets of Thailand’s richest clan, the Chearavanont family.
* Thai Beverage Man Tan Passakornnatee Is On a Mission—Forbes Asia
Each day, after he announces a winning number, there’s another human interest story for the 2.7 million fans of his TanMaiTan, the most popular Facebook page in Thailand.
Susan J Cunningham 