Taiwan’s govt, journalists and citizens work together to fight fake election news
TAIPEI, Jan 5, 2020, The Straits Times. With a presidential election just a week away,…
Month: January 2020
Level 3 autonomous car to be sold in S. Korea from July
SEOUL, Jan 5, 2020, Yonhap. South Korea will allow carmakers to sell a vehicle with…
Tuna fetches $1.8 million at New Year auction in Tokyo
TOKYO, Jan 5, 2020, Kyodo. A bluefin tuna fetched 193.2 million yen ($1.8 million) on…
Inca quipu gets cultural heritage status in Peru
LIMA, Jan 5, 2020, Xinhua. The quipu, an intriguing method of keeping records and accounts…
[Analytics] Iran and the China–Russia pivot in Eurasia
Iran’s integration into the China–Russia Eurasian architecture is as complicated as it is consequential for…
‘Unprecedented’: Firestorms destroy scores of properties across New South Wales
SYDNEY, Jan 5, 2020, SMH. Hundreds of properties are likely to have been destroyed in…
Myanmar’s govt officials to be given vehicle import licences
YANGON, Jan 5, 2020, Myanmar Times. The commerce ministry is set to grant individual licences…
Six more Hong Kong patients taken to hospital over Wuhan pneumonia fears as number of cases in city rises to 14
HONG KONG, Jan 5, 2019, SCMP. Six more patients have been identified with fever and…
Rescue operation ends with 36 deaths in Cambodia
PHNOM PENH, Jan 5, 2020, The Khmer Times. The death toll in the collapse of…
Protesters slam Chinese traders in Hong Kong border town
HONG KONG, Jan 5, 2020, Reuters. Over a thousand protesters in Hong Kong gathered in…
Over 270,000 trees planted nationwide in past year after jungles cleared: Malaysia’s minister
KLANG, Jan 5, 2020, Malay Mail. The government has replanted roughly 277,000 trees covering a…
[Analytics] East vs West battle for SE Asia’s 5G rollout
Chinese telecom giant Huawei predicted in late December that the number of 5G connections worldwide…