No limit on borrowing as Thailand’s DPM plots the biggest stimulus package yet to address the virus crisis
by Joseph O’ Connor Thai Examiner Fri, March 27, 2020 Deputy Prime Minister for the Economy, Somkid Jatusripitak said on Thursday after meeting with the Bank of Thailand Governor and […]
Vietnam demands China stop complicating South China Sea situation
Minh Anh The Hanoi Times Thu, Mar 26, 2020 Spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang of Vietnam’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the online press meeting on March 26. Photo: MOFA […]
Vietnam launches books asserting its maritime sovereignty
Minh Anh The Hanoi Times Tue, Mar 24, 2020 The books that assert Vietnam’s sovereignty over the East Sea. Photo: Information and Communication Publishing House HANOI, Vietnam – The books […]
China launches new facilities in Vietnam islands as nations fight coronavirus
Linh Pham The Hanoi Times Tue, Mar 24, 2020 Da Chu Thap (Fiery Cross Reef) in Vietnam’s Truong Sa islands. Photo: CSIS/AMTI HANOI, Vietnam – China’s move at this moment […]
THAILAND: Government declares a state of emergency with sweeping powers to curb the spread of the coronavirus
by News Desk Thai Examiner Tue, March 24, 2020 BANGKOK: The government today has announced a state of emergency to come into effect on Thursday next giving the government sweeping […]
Myanmar Govt Declares Arakan Army a Terrorist Group
By Nyein Nyein The Irrawaddy Tue, March 24, 2020 AA leader Major General Tun Myat Naing (second from the right) attends an ethnic armed organizations peace conference in Kachin State […]
Indonesia public decries ‘elite privilege’ as lawmakers, relatives get tested first for COVID-19
Ghina Ghaliya The Jakarta Post Mon, March 23, 2020 Members of the House of Representatives sit in session. (JP/Dhoni Setiawan) Members of the House of Representatives and their families are […]
Your democracy is killing you and how China suppressed Covid-19
By Tim Newton The Thaiger Sat, March 21, 2020 OPINION On January 25, 2020 the Chinese government started locking down around 930 million citizens over the following few weeks, starting […]
Senior UN official abandons Myanmar colleagues over virus
The Myanmar Times Sat, Mar 21, 2020 Bijay Karmacharya, the Myanmar programme manager of UN-Habitat, speaks at a consultation workshop on June 4, 2018 at Thingaha Hotel in Nay Pyi […]
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