Life will not go back to normal in Singapore after coronavirus restrictions end on June 1: Minister
SINGAPORE, May 9, 2020, ST. Life will not go back to normal immediately after June…
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Bangladesh Muslims join Jummah prayers at mosques after a month
DHAKA, May 8, 2020, Dhaka Tribune. Many Muslims in the capital took part in Jummah…
Some Thai additional shops and premises would reopen on May 17: PM
BANGKOK, May 8, 2020, Bangkok Post. The economy would improve once businesses reopen and employ…
Taiwan develops 10-minute coronavirus test kit with 100 per cent sensitivity and 95 specificity
TAIPEI, May 8, 2020, Taiwan News. A local Taiwanese biomedical company has developed a test…
Thousands of Vietnamese students in Cambodia unable to resume school in Vietnam due to border control
PHNOM PENH, May 8, 2020, The Khmer Times. The young Vietnamese diaspora in Cambodia is…
Asia’s oncoming labour pangs to be ‘unprecedented’: ANZ Research
SINGAPORE, May 8, 2020, BT. The oncoming rise in unemployment will dwarf that during the…
Vietnam’s tra fish industry may fully recover in Q3: Officials
AN GIANG, May 8, 2020, VNA. Vietnam’s tra fish exports fell 29.3 percent year on…
Hanoi unties knots to speed up building of largest waste-to-energy plant
HANOI, May 8, 2020, The Hanoi Times. The plant will have a processing capacity of…
Coronavirus lockdown sends solo sailor from Singapore on Pacific odyssey
SINGAPORE, May 8, 2020, BBC. One man’s dream to spend three years sailing solo around…
Some Metro Manila cities’ coronavirus quarantine restrictions may be eased in the Philippines
MANILA, May 8, 2020, PhilStar. The government may ease quarantine restrictions in parts of Metro…
Little hope ASEAN can rein in China in sea dispute: Analyst
MANILA, May 8, 2020, Rappler. Not even a pandemic has stopped China’s assertive actions in…
Malaysia’s Parliament allows vote on PM Muhyiddin’s leadership
KUALA LUMPUR, May 8, 2020, The Straits Times. Malaysia’s Parliament will allow a vote of…