Cambodia Royal Ploughing Ceremony cancelled
Va Sonyka / Khmer Times Sun, April 12, 2020 Royal oxen eating crops during the ceremony. KT/Khem Sovannara PHNOM PENH – The Royal Ploughing Ceremony that was set to be […]
The Padauk flower still blooms in Myanmar, despite restrictions
Phoe Wa The Myanmar Times Wed, Apr 8, 2020 Although water is not sufficient for daily use, villagers in Magwe Region are happy splashing each other during last year’s Thingyan […]
Malaysia Health Ministry Friendship
NST Online Thu, April 9, 2020 Photos: NSTP Asyraf Hamzah KUALA LUMPUR ‘…for good times, and bad times, I’ll be by your side forever more, that’s what friends are […]
MALAYSIA – RM30,850.00 of food aid distributed in one day to Orang Asli (Indigenous People)
Center for Orang Asli Concerns (COAC) Wed, April 8, 2020 20 villages were able to distribute their food rations on Tuesday (7 April 2020). There were 4 Temuan villages in […]
Keep Calm and Puff Away: Indonesian Smokers Unfazed by Coronavirus
BY :NUR YASMIN JAKARTA GLOBE FRI, APRIL 3, 2020 A worker rolling cigarettes in a factory in Munjung Agung, a village in Tegal, Central Java. (Antara Photo/Oky Lukmansyah) JAKARTA – […]
Malaysian author Kulleh Grasi’s ‘Tell Me, Kenyalang’ makes it to longlist of America’s Best Translated Book Awards 2020
BY ANNE GRACE SAVITHA MALAY MAIL Friday, Apr 3, 2020 Malaysia author Kulleh Grasi made it onto the longlist of the Best Translated Book Awards 2020 with his collection of […]
Myanmar journalists start “Journalism is not a Crime” campaign online
Ei Ei Toe Lwin the Myanmar Times Fri, Apr 3, 2020 Ko Nay Myo Lin (centre) is escorted by police during his arrest in Mandalay. Photo – Supplied Myanmar journalists […]
Myanmar – Purity and Danger, on Yangon’s streets
Andrew King The Myanmar Times Fri, Apr 3, 2020 A makeshift sink for hand washing on the streets of Yangon. Photos – Andrew King Mary Douglas’ 1966 book Purity and Danger illustrates […]
Snapshots of Vietnam capital Hanoi’s empty streets after closure of non-essential services
Nhat Minh The Hanoi Times Mar 27, 2020 Numerous non-essential service establishments such as bars, coffee shops and fitness centers in Hoan Kiem District are requested to suspend their operations […]
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