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Inside Thailand’s Booming Beauty Sector
The Business of Fashion· 7 days agoFor years, global shoppers have bought into the sheet masks, snail mucin and rice water cleansers that made J-beauty and K-beauty products famous. Now,...
The military dictatorship controls less than 50% of Myanmar
The Economist· 5 days agoEver since Myanmar’s military junta seized power in a coup in 2021, hundreds of disparate resistance...
NBC Weapons: South Korea Goes Nuclear
Strategy Page· 3 days agoDecember 17, 2023: South Korea is again considering developing and manufacturing its own nuclear weapons. The cause is the growing instability of North Korea and South Korean ...
UN reports improved prospects for the world economy and forecasts 2.7% growth in 2024
The News-Times· 4 days agoAccording to its mid-2024 report, the world economy is now projected to grow by 2.7% this year – up from the 2.4% forecast in its January report – and by 2.8% in 2025. A 2.7% growth rate would ...
Why having accessible data is important. Here’s how we dived into statistics to understand AAPI...
Los Angeles Times· 5 days agoThe arrival of Asian/Pacific Heritage Month in May led two Times data journalists to consider an...
There's a new top import brand in Japan with model from a surprising country
Automotive News· 6 days agoHonda's soaring import sales aren't driven by shipments from the U.S., which has sent vehicles home before, such as the Ohio-built Acura NSX sports car. This time, they are spurred by an entry-level ...
The modern face of war: ‘Everything, everywhere, all at once’
The Washington Times· 5 days agoAmericans are at war but don’t realize it. Adversarial states and non-state actors such as Islamic State and al Qaeda are deploying asymmetric assets that operate at low risk and low cost across ...
IMF Executive Board Concludes 2024 Article IV Consultation with Iraq
IMF· 6 days agoDomestic stability has improved since the new government took office in October 2022, facilitating the passage of Iraq’s first three-year budget, which entailed a large fiscal ...
Poshmark’s ‘Promoted Closet’ tool lets sellers boost all their listings at once | TechCrunch
TechCrunch· 5 days agoPoshmark’s new feature, called “Promoted Closet,” uses machine learning to automatically promote individual product listings from a seller’s entire inventory, identifying shoppers’ search terms ...
Why the Launch of Airbus’ New Plane Isn’t Going to Plan
Skift· 6 days agoThere’s been a late change of plan for Airbus’ new plane. The A321XLR is the company’s flagship...