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 […]
Vietnam is ready to be the world’s factory. What’s next?
Thien Ly VNS Vietnam Insider Mon, May 25, 2020 HANOI – Vietnam attracted US$12.33 billion worth of foreign direct investment in the first four months of 2020, a year-on-year decrease […]
Malaysia: In a Sabah forest, two sisters build a ‘school’ to keep lessons going
Robin Augustin Free Malaysia Today Mon, May 25, 2020 Rechellyna and Ryverra Rinus have built their own schoolhouse on a hilltop to carry on studying. PETALING JAYA: On a hilltop […]
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