China remains the largest foreign investor in Laos
VIENTIANE, Oct 16, 2020, The Laotian Times. China remains the largest foreign investor in Laos,…
[Analytics] Securing an ‘Asian NATO’ or destabilising Korea relations?
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo intended to meet his South Korean counterpart Kang Kyung-wha…
SIA, Cathay Pacific, Far East Hospitality to get fillip from planned travel bubble
SINGAPORE, Oct 16, 2020, BT. Aviation and hospitality stocks listed in Singapore and Hong Kong…
Experimental Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine offered by Chinese city costs $60 per dose
BEIJING, Oct 16, 2020, Reuters. A Chinese city is offering Sinovac Biotech’s experimental COVID-19 vaccine…
Political violence a threat to Myanmar’s election
YANGON, Oct 16, 2020, Frontier Myanmar. Although elections in Myanmar since 2010 have been largely…
Yak farmers urge preservation, promotion of yak farming in Nepal
KATHMANDU, Oct 16, 2020, The Himalayan Times. Yak farmers have stressed on the need to…
China strikes back at US threat of sanctions on int’l financial institutions over Hong Kong
BEIJING, Oct 16, 2020, Xinhua. China on Thursday expressed firm opposition to and denunciation of…
Filipinos allowed to go on non-essential travel abroad starting Oct 21
MANILA, Oct 16, 2020, Eagle News. Filipinos who wish to go on non-essential travel abroad…
Thai cabinet confirms state of emergency, curfew if protests escalate
BANGKOK, Oct 16, 2020, Bangkok Post. The cabinet on Friday formally approved the state of…
Japan to release treated Fukushima water into sea: Reports
TOKYO, Oct 16, 2020, AFP. Japan will release more than a million tonnes of treated…
Dr Mahathir says Malaysia’s political uncertainty won’t end with Anwar as PM
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 16, 2020, Reuters. Former Malaysian Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said…
New timetable for passenger trains may scrap 600 mail and express trains, do away with 10,200 halts in India
NEW DELHI, Oct 16, 2020, ToI. The “zero-based” timetable for all passenger trains, which is…