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 […]
Myanmar Celebrities Send Out COVID-19 Prevention Messages
The Irrawaddy Fri, April 3, 2020 Amid a steady rise in the number of COVID-19 postive cases in Myanmar, the country’s music and movie celebrities are encouraging people to stay […]
PRESS RELEASE – MONOLOGUES FROM MY BEDROOM
PRESS RELEASE RUMAH X COGNATUS present MONOLOGUES FROM MY BEDROOM
Malaysia Women Ministry apologises for ‘sexist’ MCO advice – but not in Doraemon’s voice
By Farah Solhi New Straits Times Tue, March 31, 2020 The online posters, which offered advice on how women could avoid domestic conflicts during the ongoing Movement Control Order (MCO). […]
Myanma Aswe, a symbol of national spirit of Myanmar
Zon Pann Pwint The Myanmar Times Fri, Ma 17, 2020 Dewar’s “White Label” Whisky and Gilbey’s Rustan Brown Sherry advertisements were discovered in-tact in the Myanmar Aswe (Burmese Favourite co.) […]
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