Ambassadors gather for Hari Raya Aidilfitri celebration hosted by Malaysia ambassador to Vietnam
Hanoi Times Sun, May 31, 2020 Ambassador of Malaysia to Vietnam Dato’ Shariffah Norhana Syed Mustaffa (5th from left) celebrates the festival with ambassadors of Canada, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, […]
Bangkok Grand Palace and Wat Phra Kaeo reopen this week
By The Thaiger Sat, May 30, 2020 Bangkok Grand Palace BANGKOK – As the country slowly dusts off the cobwebs of its tourism machine, the most popular tourist attraction of […]
Cambodia, Thailand tighten border control
Khmer Times Sun, May 31, 2020 The border-crossing in Poipet from the Cambodian side. KT/Chor Sokunthea PHNOM PENH – In Cambodia, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sar Kheng […]
UGM students receive death threats over discussion on removing presidents from office in Indonesia
Alya Nurbaiti The Jakarta Post Sun, May 31, 2020 Gadjah Mada University in Yogyakarta. (JP/Bambang Muryanto) JAKARTA – Yogyakarta’s Gadjah Mada University (UGM) has canceled a planned online discussion about […]
Believing in the good of humanity is a revolutionary act: Rutger Bregman in ‘Humankind’
Devina Heriyanto The Jakarta Post Sun, May 31, 2020 Humankind by Rutger Bregman (Courtesy of Bloomsbury/File) What if people are inherently kind? This question remains at the heart of Humankind, a newly […]
Darr Sann Ye, the story of a Myanmar badass
Zon Pann Pwint The Myanmar Times Fri, May 29, 2020 The front image for the documentary film about Darr Sann Ye. Photo: Ma Nyein Nyein Aung. YANGON – In October […]
Vietnam okays e-visa for citizens of 80 countries from July 1
Nhat Minh – Quy Nguyen Hanoi Times Wed, May 27, 2020 Noi Bai International Airport prepares to welcome a number of foreign visitors once the regulation on issuing e-visa takes […]
Food Not Bombs In Myanmar
Zon Pann Pwint The Myanmar Times Tue, May 26, 2020 Food Not Bombs (Myanmar) organisation is helping people in need during the COVID-19 outbreak. Photos: Food Not Bombs Myanmar/Facebook NAY […]
How Vietnam can attract foreign investors, who are leaving China?
VNS Vietnam Insider Mon, May 25, 2020 HANOI – Vietnam has some great advantages while competing with regional countries in attracting capital flows moving out of China after the COVID-19 […]
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