Thai govt to probe for satellite service provider Thaicom permit
BANGKOK, Feb 3, 2020, Bangkok Post. Digital Economy and Society (DES) Minister Buddhipongse Punnakanta has…
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SriLankan Airlines to extend full support for probe into Airbus scam
COLOMBO, Feb 3, 2020, News 1st. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has ordered a comprehensive investigation into…
Indian forces martyred 21 Kashmiris in January
ISLAMABAD, Feb 2, 2020, Pakistan Today. Indian troops martyred 21 Kashmiris in January, as New…
Lao PM calls for better trained workforce, labour data improvement
VIENTIANE, Feb 2, 2020, Vientiane Times. Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith has called for authorities in…
Coronavirus contributes to 17.9 percent drop in Cambodia’s foreign tourist arrivals in January
PHNOM PENH, Feb 2, 2020, The Khmer Times. Cambodia’s famed Angkor Archeological Park attracted a…
Electric vehicles to be levied lower registration tax in Thailand
BANGKOK, Feb 2, 2020, The Nation. The Department of Land Transport is joining the campaign…
[Analytics] Forget Britain’s Huawei fumble, China’s helping Malaysia find its 5G spot
Nearly 30 years ago, Malaysia set its sights on achieving self-sufficiency and full industrialisation by…
Philippines reports first death outside China as Duterte orders travel ban on visitors from mainland, Hong Kong
MANILA, Feb 2, 2020, SCMP. The Philippines has reported the first coronavirus death outside China,…
China seeks to import medical face masks from Vietnam
HANOI, Feb 2, 2020, The Hanoi Times. In Vietnam, demand for medical face masks and…
Tremor at Taal indicates magma movement in Philippines
MANILA, Feb 1, 2020, PhilStar. State volcanologists monitoring the Taal Volcano unrest recorded a short-duration…
[Analytics] Myanmar’s get out of jail free card
Myanmar’s government made a stunningly rare admission of wrongdoing recently when it admitted that “war…
Pattaya hotels suffer as Chinese stay home
PATTAYA, Feb 1, 2020, Bangkok Post. Hotel bookings in the resort city have plunged in…