Philippine TV5 may absorb displaced ABS-CBN talents
MANILA, Jul 20, 2020, PhilStar. TV5 Network Inc. could serve as a new home for…
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Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong seeking seat in legislature
HONG KONG, Jul 20, 2020, AP. Pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong filed candidacy papers Monday for…
[Analytics] What does the Covid-19 boom in gaming mean for Southeast Asia?
The global video game industry is booming despite the prevalent economic hardships caused by the…
Cambodia, Myanmar, Vietnam to gain most from apparel shifts: Fitch
SINGAPORE, Jul 20, 2020, BT. Cambodia, Myanmar, and Vietnam are among the Asian countries poised…
Partial lockdown eyed as part of tougher measures to contain Covid-19 in Hong Kong
HONG KONG, Jul 20, 2020, ST. Civil servants in Hong Kong returned to working from…
Malaysia losing up to 25 per cent of palm oil yield due to labour crunch: MPOA
KUALA LUMPUR, Jul 20, 2020, Reuters. Malaysia is losing up to 25% of its potential…
[Analytics] Inside China’s plans to claim ocean dominance
Inch by inch. Step by step. China is stealing the South China Sea. Jamie Seidel…
[Analytics] Covid-19 crisis stirs military politics in Indonesia
Buffed Indonesian Army Chief of Staff General Andika Perkasa, whose military career didn’t seem to…
Malaysia’s glove industry undeterred by US detention
KUALA LUMPUR, Jul 19, 2020, Bernama. When Covid-19 first started to send cataclysmic waves through…
Muhyiddin gave up principles to become Malaysia’s PM: Former PM
PETALING JAYA, Jul 19, 2020, FMT. Former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad claimed tonight that…
Select Asian flight routes may resume this August: Vietnam’s ministry
HANOI, Jul 19, 2020, VN Express. The Transport Ministry has proposed that commercial routes between…
No mandatory quarantine for Chinese vessels, seafarers in Bangladesh in waters: Official
DHAKA, Jul 19, 2020, Xinhua. Chinese seafarers and vessels have been exempted from a mandatory…