Cambodia, Thailand tighten border control
Khmer Times Sun, May 31, 2020 The border-crossing in Poipet from the Cambodian side. KT/Chor Sokunthea PHNOM PENH – In Cambodia, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sar Kheng […]
UGM students receive death threats over discussion on removing presidents from office in Indonesia
Alya Nurbaiti The Jakarta Post Sun, May 31, 2020 Gadjah Mada University in Yogyakarta. (JP/Bambang Muryanto) JAKARTA – Yogyakarta’s Gadjah Mada University (UGM) has canceled a planned online discussion about […]
Food Not Bombs In Myanmar
Zon Pann Pwint The Myanmar Times Tue, May 26, 2020 Food Not Bombs (Myanmar) organisation is helping people in need during the COVID-19 outbreak. Photos: Food Not Bombs Myanmar/Facebook NAY […]
How Vietnam can attract foreign investors, who are leaving China?
VNS Vietnam Insider Mon, May 25, 2020 HANOI – Vietnam has some great advantages while competing with regional countries in attracting capital flows moving out of China after the COVID-19 […]
Vietnam is ready to be the world’s factory. What’s next?
Thien Ly VNS Vietnam Insider Mon, May 25, 2020 HANOI – Vietnam attracted US$12.33 billion worth of foreign direct investment in the first four months of 2020, a year-on-year decrease […]
COVID-19 in Myanmar douses election fever
Min Wathan The Myanmar Times Wed, May 20, 2020 A woman casts her ballot in the 2015 election in this file image. Photo: Zarni Phyo/The Myanmar Times NAY PYI TAW […]
India resumes purchase of Malaysian palm oil, ending diplomatic row
By New Straits Times Tue, May 19, 2020 File Photo: India has resumed purchasing Malaysian palm oil following a four-month gap sparked by a diplomatic row over the former Malaysian […]
Indonesia Air Force gets first female fighter pilot
Tri Indah Oktavianti The Jakarta Post Mon, May 18, 2020 Second Lt. Ajeng Tresna Dwi Wijayanti, the first female fighter pilot in the Indonesian Military (TNI). (Handout/Indonesian Air Force) JAKARTA […]
Don’t spark another crisis, Malaysia King tells MPs
FMT Reporters Free Malaysia Today Mon, May 18, 2020 Malaysian parliament sits for first time after new government forms Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah gives his royal […]
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