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By Latsamy Phonevilay THE LAOTIAN TIMES Sat, October 24, 2020 Iu Mien, Katu, Oma, and Lanten artisan partners of the Traditional Arts and Ethnology Centre at the Lao Handicrafts Festival. […]


Auntie Yao’s Som Tum Delights Everyone, From Win Motosai to Hiso
By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich Khaosod English September 15, 2020 BANGKOK – “Want any grilled chicken and som tum today?” Auntie Yao calls out to familiar faces walking down the street as […]

ASEAN welcomes further maritime cooperation with Quad, Hanoi says
Quad foreign ministers gather in Tokyo on October 6. Photo: India’s Ministry of External Affairs Linh Pham The Hanoi Times Sat, Oct 17, 2020 HANOI – The Quad can deepen […]

Plans for Malaysian campus of Japan’s Tsukuba University on track
By Azman Ujang, BERNAMA October 17, 2020 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 17 — Plans for the establishment of a branch campus of Japan’s Tsukuba University in Malaysia — the first ever by a […]

India is ‘unlikely to re-think rejection of huge trade deal’
Mark Hughes Khmer Times Fri, October 16, 2020 Ministers from 15 Asia-Pacific countries including Asean who are negotiating a widespread free-trade agreement (FTA) urged India to return to talks they […]

Vietnam protests establishment of Chinese businesses on South China Sea islands
Linh Pham THE HANOI TIMES Sat, Oct 17, 2020 The so-called Sansha City on Vietnam’s Hoang Sa (Paracel) Islands HANOI – A Vietnamese foreign ministry spokesperson has again affirmed that […]


Commonwealth Foreign Affairs Ministers Meeting 2020
LONDON, 14 October 2020 Foreign ministers from across the Commonwealth met today in their first ever virtual meeting. The 20th Commonwealth Foreign Affairs Ministers Meeting (CFAMM) would usually […]