Myanmar leader appeals for patriotism in COVID-19 fight
Hmue Angel The Myanmar Times Thu, Apr 30, 2020 State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi appealed for patriotism among young doctors to […]
Indonesia Gov’t Provides Incentives to Nearly 2.5 Million Farmers to Maintain Rice Production
BY :IWAN M PUTUHENA, NOVY LUMANAUW, LENNY TRISTIA TAMBUN JAKARTA GLOBE Tue, APRIL 28, 2020 JAKARTA: The government plans to provide incentives for 2.44 million farmers after President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo ordered […]
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.
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, […]
Malaysia nine-year-old Afia’s skills tailor-made for frontliners
By Amran Yahya New Straits Times Wed, April 29, 2020 Nur Afia Qistina Zamzuri working on a Personal Protective Equipment outfit at her home in Kampung Kepis Hilir, Johol, yesterday. […]
Indonesia President Jokowi Dismisses Child Commissioner for ‘Strong Sperm’ Comment
BY: LENNY TRISTIA TAMBUN JAKARTA GLOBE TUE, APRIL 28, 2020 Sitti Hikmawatty, a former commissioner at the Indonesian Child Protection Commission (KPAI). (B1 Photo) JAKARTA – President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has […]
Indonesia Government disburses $4.5m in village funds as cash aid for poor families
Adrian Wail Akhlas The Jakarta Post Tue, April 28, 2020 Farmers plant rice at a paddy field it Tunggulwulung village, Malang, East Java, on April 10. (JP/Aman Rochman) JAKARTA – […]
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 […]
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