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Gwen Robinson

Bangkok

Editor-at-Large at Nikkei Asia

NIkkei Asian Review editor-at-large, & senior fellow at Chulalongkorn University's ISIS (Thailand), former FT correspondent & President, FCCT

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  • 2 months ago | asia.nikkei.com | Gwen Robinson

    It was only when I clicked the "payment" button on a hard-gained hotel reservation for a weekend in Fukuoka, gateway to Japan's western main island of Kyushu, that I noticed the small print: "We are an unmanned business hotel."Unmanned? I had missed that little word. I wasn't even sure what "unmanned" really meant. And anyway, in this gender-sensitive day and age, shouldn't it be "unpersonned"? And did this mean NO human staff at all? Would there be anyone to help with luggage or check-in problems?

  • Jul 30, 2024 | asia.nikkei.com | Gwen Robinson |Nikkei Asia Editor-at-large

    BANGKOK -- Stunning gains by resistance forces in Myanmar and resulting shifts in territorial control between key armed groups have prompted concerned countries -- notably China, the U.S., Thailand and Japan -- to recalibrate their stances toward the military regime. Ahead of Wednesday's expiry of the current six-month period of emergency rule in Myanmar, pressure has intensified on regime head Min Aung Hlaing for a leadership change and implementation of long-promised elections.

  • May 23, 2024 | qualitysafety.bmj.com | Surbhi Leekha |Gwen Robinson |Jesse T. Jacob |Scott K. Fridkin

    DiscussionWe studied over 2000 HOB events in adults and children at 13 US hospitals, with the motivation to inform development of HOB as a healthcare quality measure. Among 1789 HOB events with non-commensal organisms, gastrointestinal (including neutropenic translocation) (35%) and endovascular (32%) were the most common sources, and overall, 36% of non-commensal HOB events were rated potentially preventable.

  • May 19, 2024 | asia.nikkei.com | Gwen Robinson

    BANGKOK -- Intense fighting in Myanmar's Rakhine state between the military regime and the Arakan Army (AA) ethnic armed group has dealt a further setback to the country's military rulers. It has also fueled concerns about mass displacement and the destruction of dwellings amid spiraling communal tensions between ethnic Rakhine and Rohingya.

  • May 13, 2024 | asia.nikkei.com | Gwen Robinson

    BANGKOK -- Moves by Thailand and Japan to engage with Myanmar's resistance indicate a shift in policies that previously favored Naypyitaw's military regime and excluded key resistance organizations such as the parallel National Unity Government. These include a growing crackdown on Thai involvement in supplying and supporting scam centers run by Chinese and local criminal groups inside Myanmar's Karen state, near the Thai-Myanmar border.

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Gwen Robinson @RobinsonBKK
4 Mar 25

RT @pakhead: Thousands of workers freed from scam centres in Myanmar are still trapped there in crowded and unsanitary conditions. Many alr…

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Gwen Robinson @RobinsonBKK
28 Feb 25

If you care about media freedom (and suppression) in the Mekong region, spend 2 hours late this afternoon @FCCThai (Feb 28, 4pm) for expert briefings by leading press freedom campaigners from Cambodia, Myanmar and Vietnam. All welcome. Free coffee & tea. https://t.co/un6zw1AGFH

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Gwen Robinson @RobinsonBKK
27 Feb 25

Background briefing tomorrow, Fri Feb 28, @FCCThai, with reps of Cambodia, Vietnamese & Myanmar media: new research and insights on state of indy media in Mekong region - all welcome, non members just THB 150 entry, free coffee/tea https://t.co/un6zw1AGFH