Malaysia pays Singapore $76M for canceling high-speed rail
KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 29, 2021, Bloomberg. Malaysia has paid Singapore S$102.8 million ($76 million) as…
Chinese seen leading tourist arrivals in Phuket after reopening
BANGKOK, Mar 29, 2021, Bloomberg. The government expects about two million foreign tourists, mostly Chinese…
Cambodia’s got coronavirus vaccines from China and India, but take-up is painfully slow
PHNOM PENH, Mar 28, 2021, SCMP. Two months after Cambodia launched its Covid-19 vaccination programme…
[Analytics] Will it ever be Anwar Ibrahim’s turn?
What will it take to make Anwar Ibrahim Malaysia’s prime minister? It’s a question that…
Palau president visits Taiwan to open travel bubble
TAIPEI, Mar 28, 2021, AFP. Palau’s leader flew into Taiwan on Sunday as the two…
Myanmar junta is committing ‘mass murder’: UN
YANGON, Mar 28, 2021, CNN. Human rights officials are calling on the international community to…
[Analytics] Malaysia faces risk of regression if efforts to reduce voting age to 18 curbed
Malaysia is already some fifty years behind the developed world — do we want to…
India begins voting in two eastern states in key test for Modi
KOLKATA, Mar 27, 2021, Reuters. Voting began in Assam and West Bengal on Saturday in…
At least 2 dead, 8 wounded on ‘very chaotic night’ in US
VIRGINIA BEACH, Mar 27, 2021, Fox News. Multiple shootings — one of them involving a…
Protests erupt again amid a show of force by coup leaders in Myanmar
YANGON, Mar 27, 2021, BBC. Myanmar’s security forces have cracked down on new protests as…
Thai Phuket to rekindle tourism
BANGKOK, Mar 27, 2021, Bangkok Post. Foreign tourists who have been vaccinated against Covid-19 will…
Biden invites Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping to climate summit
WASHINGTON D.C., Mar 27, 2021, CNBC. President Joe Biden on Friday said that Vladimir Putin…