Indonesia: Jakarta’s Environmental Activists Raises the Alarm for Climate Crisis
By :YUDHA BASKORO Jakarta Globe Sat, June 05, 2021 Protesters making their way to the Arjuna Wijaya horse statue area during a protest against the climate crisis in Central Jakarta […]
Malaysia: KL icon Coliseum Cafe on Jalan TAR shuts for good, a victim of pandemic
By JERRY CHOONG Malay Mail Sun, Jun 06, 2021 The Coliseum Café was one of the capital’s oldest and most iconic restaurants. — Picture courtesy of Facebook/Coliseum Café KUALA […]
Pink Dot Singapore stays connected, spreading love in 2021
Hana O THE INDEPENDENT SG Sun, June 13, 2021 Hosted by Pam Oei and Harris Zaidi, the Pink Dot 13 livestream was filled with a line-up of performance and […]
Cambodia’s food and traditional culture in book of royal recipes
Raksmey Hong The Phnom Penh Post Tue, June 02, 2021 The Culinary Art of Cambodia is a royal cookbook that recreates the late King Father’s favourite dishes from the height […]
Myanmar’s Unrest Triggers Rise in Golden Triangle Drug Trade
By CTN News Chiang Rai Times Wed, June 2, 2021 As Myanmar slumps deeper into chaos, and armed rebel groups hunt money to stockpile guns to fight the army known […]
Thailand – Believe it or not rain falls after Chachoengsao villagers build enormous phallus in religious rain-making ceremony
By Goong Nang(GN) PATTAYA NEWS Saturday, 12 June 2021 PHOTO: screen capture from Koson Samang CHACHOENGSAO – An enormous phallus which was built on a small dead-end road as a […]
Vaccine passports expected to be hot topic at ASEAN Summit
Sar Socheath Khmer Times Thu, June 10, 2021 The Thai Ministry of Public Health shows a sample of a Covid-19 vaccine passport. Bangkok Post Some prominent Cambodian think-tank intellectuals have […]
Covid Restrictions Fail to Slow Expansion of Synthetic Drug Production in Southeast Asia
By Latsamy Phonevilay THE LAOTIAN TIMES Thu, Jun 10, 2021 “Authorities in Bangkok, Thailand display a large crystal methamphetamine seizure from the Golden Triangle concealed in Chinese tea bags totaling […]
Global Medical Charity MSF Told to Close Operation in Myanmar’s South
By The Irrawaddy Wed, June 09, 2021 MSF in Myanmar. / MSF Myanmar Facebook Myanmar’s regime has suspended the humanitarian organization Médecins Sans Frontières’ (MSF) operations in Dawei, Tanintharyi Region, […]
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