China’s post-Covid-19 travel industry sees green shoots with tourists embracing short trips
BEIJING, Sep 6, 2020, SCMP. In China’s post-Covid-19 tourism market, short-distance travelling and luxury holidays…
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Trip to Asian, European countries produces key consensus: Senior Chinese diplomat
BEIJING, Sep 6, 2020, Xinhua. Senior Chinese official Yang Jiechi has said that his visits…
Laotian Sepon gold project expects to generate $30M annually
VIENTIANE, Sep 5, 2020, Vientiane Times. Chifeng Gold’s Lane Xang Minerals Limited (LXML) Sepon Mine…
[Analytics] Is Rakhine a Covid-19 time bomb?
ASEAN member state Myanmar confirmed its first case of the coronavirus disease on 23 March….
Cambodia to host Seas of East Asia general assembly in 2021
PHNOM PENH, Sep 5, 2020, Khmer Times. Cambodia will host a general assembly of the…
Kashmir can’t be removed from UN agenda: Pakistan
UN, Sep 5, 2020, Dawn. Pakistan reminded India on Friday that Kashmir cannot be removed…
First vessel to use Indo-Bangla inland waterways route
NEW DELHI, Sep 5, 2020, HT. After a long wait, Tripura is going to witness…
Polluting factory that caused water disruption in Malaysia’s Selangor to be kicked out of land
KUALA LUMPUR, Sep 5, 2020, Malay Mail. Selangor Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari said…
Thai exporters urged to tap US market amid shortages of medical products
BANGKOK, Sep 5, 2020, The Nation. Thai manufacturers have been urged to tap the opportunity…
Bangladeshi PM mourns loss of lives, injuries at Narayanganj mosque fire
DHAKA, Sep 5, 2020, Dhaka Tribune. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has expressed deep shock and…
Philippine police to ‘regularly monitor’ social media for quarantine violations
MANILA, Sep 5, 2020, Rappler. Social media photos and videos of drinking sessions and other…
Gas blast during evening prayers at Bangladesh mosque kills at least 12, burns dozens
DHAKA, Sep 5, 2020, SCMP. A suspected gas explosion tore through a Bangladesh mosque killing…