Coronavirus Update for Phuket & Thailand
Thursday 13th of January, 2022: As of January 12th Phuket has had 452 new local infections confirmed across the island, but no new deaths, bringing the total number of people recognised as infected with COVID-19 in Phuket since Apr 3 to 24,968. Phuket is still open to...
Taiwan Accused of Failing to Protect Medical Rights of Southeast Asian Workers
AdvertisementTaiwan has become used to receiving heaps of praise from international media for its commitment to democracy, its human rights record, and, more recently, its sterling coronavirus response.Its 700,000 Southeast Asian foreign workers live in an alternate...
Fate of G-20 meeting rests on Indonesian diplomacy
JAKARTA (THE JAKARTA POST/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - Indonesia will need to sharpen its diplomatic skills for the Group of 20 (G-20) Foreign Ministers' Meeting later this week to ensure productivity, experts have said, as 20 top diplomats from around the world descend on...
Campaigners Urge Clemency Ahead of Singapore Drug Executions
AdvertisementAnti-death penalty campaigners are urging Singapore’s government to halt the pending execution of a Malaysian and Singaporean who are currently on death row on drug trafficking charges.Kalwant Singh, a Malaysian inmate who is scheduled to be executed...
Whatever Happened to Gwadar University?
AdvertisementIn Balochistan the use of social media is increasingly helping people make their issues visible and bring attention to marginalization and inequalities. In that vein, on November 12 #GwadarNeedsUniversity was one of the top trending hashtags on social...
Euro slumps to two-decade low as recession fears bite
The signature of the President of the European Central Bank (ECB), Mario Draghi, is seen on the new 50 euro banknote during a presentation by the German Central Bank (Bundesbank) at its headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany, March 16, 2017. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach...
Thai PM, Chinese FM in talks on trade, investment and connectivity
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (left) and Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha (right). Photo: Thailand’s government Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held discussions today (Tuesday) at Government House on trade, economic...
TAT working to further develop Carbon Neutral Tourism in Thailand
Bangkok, 5 July, 2022 – The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is continuing with its mission to grow the Carbon Neutral Tourism sector in Thailan, in accordance with the Thai government’s Bio-Circular-Green or BCG Economy Model that is taking Thai tourism in a more...
Russian Foreign Minister to Visit Vietnam Ahead of G-20
AdvertisementRussian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is set to arrive in Hanoi today for a two-day visit to Vietnam, en route to a G-20 meeting later this week in Indonesia, in a move that is likely to court friction with Vietnam’s Western partners.According to a...
Sri Lanka aims to stop printing money as inflation nears 60%
COLOMBO (BLOOMBERG, REUTERS) - Sri Lanka, which has run out of dollars to purchase fuel and is printing rupees to pay local salaries, aims to stop injecting local currency to quash Asia's fastest inflation. The inflation rate is estimated to reach 60 per cent, Prime...
The Social Costs of Chinese Transnational Crime in Sihanoukville
AdvertisementSince the inauguration of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in 2013, the town of Sihanoukville, the location of Cambodia’s only deep-sea port, has received a massive influx of Chinese immigrants.In 2013, there were around 80,000 Chinese nationals...
Australia floods worsen as thousands more Sydney residents evacuate
State Emergency Service (SES) personnel prepare to deploy as floodwaters submerge residential areas following heavy rains in the Windsor suburb of Sydney, Australia, July 5, 2022. REUTERS/Loren Elliott SYDNEY, July 5 (Reuters) – Torrential rains kept...
Malaysia Group Teaches Refugee Women how to Read and Write
AdvertisementIn a bare room, students seated on the floor recite the alphabet. But these are not children. The students are refugee women in Malaysia, some in their late 50s, who for the first time are learning how to read and write, both in Malay and English.The...