[Analytics] From BTS to Netflix and beyond: Culture offers key to future in Asia
Technology may spearhead the progress of mankind, but with so many around the world mesmerized…
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Meeting of Asia-Pacific news agency chiefs opens for 2nd day in S. Korea
SEOUL, Nov 8, 2019, Yonhap. Leaders of key news agencies in the Asia-Pacific region gathered…
All 39 UK truck victims are Vietnamese
HANOI, Nov 8, 2019, VN Express. All 39 people found dead in a refrigerated truck…
Laos’ PM optimistic about sustainable economic growth
VIENTIANE, Nov 8, 2019, Vientiane Times. Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith expressed optimism that economic…
Disasters to hit rice output in Thailand
BANGKOK, Nov 8, 2019, Bangkok Post. Alternating drought conditions and flooding in northeastern Thailand are…
[Analytics] Malaysian PM Mahathir vows to speed up a pace of reforms
Last year, the Malaysia’s government said it had identified 113 laws to be repealed, amended…
[Analytics] Comparing Myanmar and North Korea’s resentful reliance on China
Myanmar and North Korea were long known as Asia’s ‘pariah states’ — internationally sanctioned and…
Duterte foe accepts Philippine drug war post
MANILA, Nov 7, 2019, AFP. A fierce critic of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s deadly anti-drug…
Smog returns to greater Bangkok
BANGKOK, Nov 7, 2019, Bangkok Post. Fine dust reached unsafe levels in 14 areas of…
Malaysia detains Cambodian opposition leader Mu Sochua
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 7, 2019, Reuters. Malaysian authorities have detained an official of a banned…
Mitsubishi to shut Singapore oil-trading unit after losses by trader
TOKYO, Nov 6, 2019, Reuters. Trading house Mitsubishi Corp. said Wednesday it will shut down…
China-based SE Asian tsunami warning hub now in full operation
BEIJING, Nov 6, 2019, China Daily. With the full operation of an advisory center authorized…