Food sharing pantries across Thailand help the hungry
By Caitlin Ashworth The Thaiger Mon, May 11, 2020 BANGKOK – The coronavirus outbreak hit some families hard and some are without income and in need of basic food. Community pantries, […]
EU Ambassadors in Myanmar hand aid to medical staff for Europe Day
By Mizzima Sun, May 10, 2020 Photo: European Union in Myanmar/Facebook YANGON – At the occasion of Europe Day on 9 May, European Union (EU) Ambassador Kristian Schmidt handed over […]
Malaysia CMCO extended until June 9
By New Straits Times Sun, May 10, 2020 KUALA LUMPUR: The Conditional Movement Control Order (CMCO) has been extended for another four weeks from May 12 until June 9.
In Malaysia the good doctor’s Ops Telur Sardin is feeding the country’s hungry
Reena Sekaran Free Malaysia Today Sat, May 9, 2020 Ops Telur Sardin (OTS) food packs being delivered to poor villages in Sabah. (Pic courtesy of Imran) PETALING JAYA: The Covid-19 […]
MALAYSIA – Karak town’s food-for-all initiative gaining popularity
By T.N.Alagesh New Straits Times Sat, May 9, 2020 Pertubuhan Kebajikan Karak 2020 decided to prepare and distribute cooked meals at a bus stop in Jalan Besar here to the […]
End the Wildlife Trade in Laos and Prevent Future Pandemics
By Laotian Times Fri, May 8, 2020 Wildlife for sale at a local market in Laos. VIENTIANE – The severity of the Covid-19 outbreak calls for greater attention of governments […]
Malaysia CMCO now federal law, states have no choice but to comply, say legal experts
Predeep Nambiar Free Malaysia Today Mon, May 4, 2020 The conditional movement control order went into effect today. GEORGE TOWN: State governments have no choice but to accept the conditional […]
Indonesia COVID-19 aid stalled, used for political stunts
Sausan Atika, Ganug Nugroho Adi and Fadli The Jakarta Post Mon, May 4, 2020 Workers from Jakarta-owned food security company PT Food Station Tjipinang Jaya are seen packing staple food into […]
INDONESIA – North Sumatra residents deny Chinese fishing vessel permission to dock
Apriadi Gunawan The Jakarta Post Mon, May 4, 2020 Fishermen unload fish from their boat in Muara Angke Port, North Jakarta, on April 17, 2016. Residents in Pulau Sembilan village […]
Indonesia Mass Produces Covid-19 Testing Kits
BY :ARI SUPRIYANTI RIKIN, HERU ANDRIYANTO JAKARTA GLOBE MON, MAY 4, 2020 Jakarta. A consortium of Indonesian research agencies and companies began mass producing Covid-19 testing kits this week to […]
‘God gave me 10 fingers to work’: IndonesiaNTT resident refuses govt COVID-19 aid in viral video
The Jakarta Post Sun, May 3, 2020 East Nusa Tenggara resident Salomi Malaka (left) declines government staple food aid, saying that she would not accept handouts. (Courtesy of Instagram/@baliaman_) EAST […]
COVID-19: ASEAN rights body urges members to respond to pandemic humanely
Dyaning Pangestika The Jakarta Post Sun, May 3, 2020 JAKARTA – The ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) has called on member states to integrate human rights values into […]
Vietnam flings open the doors, Thailand and Malaysia peek through the curtains
By The Thaiger Tue, April 28, 2020 BANGKOK – Peeking through the curtains and testing the water, or flinging wide the door and going for it. Or somewhere in between.
The Baduys Of Indonesia Shut Themselves Off From Outside World
BY: YUDHA BASKORO JAKARTA GLOBE TUE, APRIL 28, 2020 Baduy women wear traditional bamboo hats called ‘caping’ for the Kawalu ritual in Kanekes Village, Banten, on Tuesday. (JG Photo/Yudha Baskoro) […]
Market reports paint a bright, post-pandemic future for Indonesian ‘jamu’
Farida Susanty The Jakarta Post Wed, April 29, 2020 Sunita “Suni” Bhagchandani, the owner of Jamu Mbak Suni, serves up a glass of ‘jamu’ (herbal medicine) on Tuesday, Dec. 10, […]
Myanmar Town Finds Way to Protect Market Vendors, Customers Amid COVID-19
By Nyein Nyein The Irrawaddy Tue, April 28, 2020 The vegetable market in Kalaw, a tourist town in southern Shan State / Chan Myae Aung / Kalaw KALAW, Shan State […]
