Myanmar Junta Frees Political Prisoners and Journalists
By The Irrawaddy Tue, June 30, 2021 Myanmar Now reporter Kay Zon Nway (left) hugs a relative outside Insein Prison in Yangon on Wednesday. / The Irrawaddy Myanmar’s regime released […]
Vietnam, Laos sign series of agreements in Lao President Thongloun Sisoulith’s visit
Minh Vu HANOI TIMES Mon, June 28, 2021 Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc (L) and his Lao counterpart Thongloun Sisoulith. Photo: VGP An agreement on the strategic cooperation for 2021-2030 […]
Regional trade deal may hurt Cambodia exporters, manufacturers
Michael Firn / Khmer Times Mon, June 28, 2021 Cambodian garment factories may not necessarily benefit from increased investment from China under the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership. KT/Chor Sokunthea An […]
Singapore YouTuber Preetipls tells racists to ‘Buck it up’ in new rap song because ‘Shanmugam asked for our views’
Obbana Rajah THE INDEPENDENT SINGAPORE June 21, 2021 Racists! Buck it up! SINGAPORE – Coming back with another rap video to the same tune as the ‘F*ck It Up’ one […]
Vietnam Int’l Travel Mart scheduled to open in July
Jenna Duong HANOI TIMES Wed, Jun 16, 2021 The Vietnam International Travel Mart 2020. Photo: VITM After being suspended in May, the opening day of Vietnam’s biggest tourism industry event is scheduled […]
EU expects to build university in Hanoi
Minh Vu HANOI TIMES Thu, June 17, 2021 Ambassador of the EU to Vietnam Giorgio Aliberti (L) and Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Chu Ngoc Anh at a meeting […]
Cambodia KhmerSME site launches this year
Thou Vireak THE PHNOM PENH POST Wed, June 16, 2021 As of end-2019, there were 52,154 formally registered small- and medium-sized enterprises (SME) in the Kingdom, with 824,245 employees. Heng […]
Mitsubishi to Invest in Wind Power Project in Laos
By Latsamy Phonevilay THE LAOTIAN TIMES Thu, June 17, 2021 Japan’s Mitsubishi Corp is to invest in a 600 MW wind farm project in Laos that will export power to […]
Cambodia to grow Cannabis for export to USA?
Khmer Times Tue, June 15, 2021 A Japanese company is exploring the possibility of growing marijuana in Cambodia for export to Japan and the USA. PHNOM PENH – On June […]
Hong Kong singer Karen Mok suffers backlash for wearing Dolce and Gabbana
Lydia Koh The Independent Singapore Mon, June 14, 2021 Anger against the Italian brand in China Karen Mok wore a D&G outfit that angered Chinese netizens. She removed photos of […]
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