‘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 […]
UK govt prioritising wellbeing of foreign health workers after death of Malaysian doctor
Malay Mail Sunday, 26 Apr 2020 KUALA LUMPUR, April 26 ― Foreign medical practitioners, including Malaysians, who are serving in the United Kingdom are being given full attention by the British […]
Trump agrees to send Indonesia medical supplies following call with Jokowi
Alya Nurbaiti and Marchio Irfan Gorbiano The Jakarta Post Sat, April 25, 2020 JAKARTA, Indonesia – The United States has agreed to supply Indonesia with medical equipment, including ventilators, for […]
UK-trained Malaysian surgeon Dr Amalina picked to join UK’s Covid-19 vaccine trial team
By Ilah Hafiz Aziz New Straits Times Thu, April 23, 2020 Dr Nur Amalina announced her involvement in the programme through her personal Twitter account last night. -Pic courtesy of […]
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