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...
Actors Connect in ‘Subconscious’ to Play Young, Old Hokusai
AdvertisementA new film portraying the life of Edo-era painter and printer Hokusai features the artistry of two modern-day Japanese actors. Yuya Yagira, who won a Cannes Best Actor award for his role in Hirokazu Koreeda’s “Nobody Knows,” plays the younger...
UN and UEFA score Sustainable Goals as women’s Euro tournament kicks off
FFTG is also intended to achieve behavioural change, and bring about sustainable practices in the football industry. The first organization to join up is UEFA, the game’s European governing body, and the UN has invited other members of the wider football community –...
Thai opposition happy with 45 hours for their censure debate
The government and the opposition have reached an agreement that the censure debate will last four days, from July 19th to 22nd, with voting to take place on July 23rd, and the opposition will be given 45 hours to speak, in the fourth and last debate against Prime...
China mandates Covid-19 vaccinations in Beijing, relaxes curbs on domestic travellers
BEIJING (REUTERS) - Beijing said on Wednesday (July 6) people eligible for Covid-19 vaccinations will have to take the shot before they enter crowded venues, in the Chinese capital's first such mandate for the general public as it faces new sporadic cases. From July...
Decapitation Video Points to Increasing Military Atrocities in Myanmar
AdvertisementAmong the latest of many distressing videos to emerge from the killing fields of Myanmar was one of a young woman being decapitated, allegedly by army personnel who suspected her of being involved with a resistance group.On July 1, the two-minute video...
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...