‘It was unnerving’: Female protesters harassed during Indonesia International Women’s Day rally
Rizki Fachriansyah The Jakarta Post Tue, March 10, 2020 Women take part in an International Women’s Day march in Central Jakarta on Sunday. (JP/Riand Alfiandy) JAKARTA, Indoneia – While many […]
New Malaysia FM Hishammuddin: Strengthening Malaysia’s ties my main agenda
Malay Mail Tuesday, 10 Mar 2020 Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein said he would work towards raising Malaysia’s good name at regional and world levels. — Bernama pic KUALA […]
In eyeing Kuala Langat development, conservationists say Selangor government risks floods and destruction
BY SYED JAYMAL ZAHIID Malay Mail Monday, March 9, 2020 Local Temuan tribes said it could mount a legal challenge against what they saw was encroachment on their ancestral land. […]
In ASEAN, gender equality still very much a ‘tick-the-box’ issue
Dian Septiari The Jakarta Post Sun, March 8, 2020 Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi (left, facing camera) poses with other female foreign ministers (left to right) of the European Union, South […]
All travelers entering Vietnam must declare health conditions
Anh Kiet The Hanoi Times Sat, March 7, 2020 At the meeting. Photo: Doan Tan HANOI, Vietnam – This is a bolder move to prevent the Covid-19 epidemic from spreading […]
Western pressure pushes Myanmar towards China, research firm says
John Liu Myanmar Times Fri, March 6, 2020 Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi and Chinese President Xi Jinping inked a slew of memoranda of understanding (MOUs) at the […]
Idrus Harun is new Malaysia AG
FMT Reporters Free Malaysia Today March 6, 2020 Idrus Harun will serve as the attorney-general until 2022. PETALING JAYA, Malaysia: Federal Court judge Idrus Harun has been named as the […]
PM Hun Sen calls on citizens to use Cambodian way of greeting instead of handshake to prevent Covid-19 spread
Khmer Times Thu, March 5, 2020 Prime Minister Hun Sen shows how it is done – the sampeah to greet and not have bodi contact to minimize contracting of COVID-19. […]
Singapore donates COVID-19 detection machines to Myanmar
The Irrawaddy Thu, March 5, 2020 YANGON, Myanmar – The Singapore Government on Wednesday donated 3,000 diagnostic tests and two polymerase chain reaction (PCR) machines for the detection of COVID-19 […]
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