Southeast Asia’s GDP growth to contract by 4.2 per cent in 2020: ICAEW
SINGAPORE, Sep 7, 2020, BT. Recovery prospects look brightest for Vietnam, according to the latest…
China records 6 per cent rise in foreign trade in August
BEIJING, Sep 7, 2020, China Daily. China saw its foreign trade increase 6 percent on…
Japan cancels up to 600 flights over typhoon Haishen
TOKYO, Sep 7, 2020, TASS. Up to 600 air flights were cancelled in Japan starting…
Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh reopens bars, dance clubs
HO CHI MINH CITY, Sep 7, 2020, VN Express. HCMC authorities allowed 180 bars and…
Malaysia bars entry of Indonesian citizens
JAKARTA, Sep 7, 2020, The Jakarta Post. Indonesians, as well as citizens of several other…
Back-to-back typhoons leave S. Korea’s southeastern regions in tatters
SEOUL, Sep 7, 2020, Yonhap. Typhoon Haishen escaped off the Korean Peninsula on Monday afternoon,…
Bangladesh mosque gas explosion toll rises to 24
NARAYANGANJ, Sep 7, 2020, AFP. The death toll from a gas explosion that tore through…
Pattaya and Eastern provinces tourism improved on long holiday
BANGKOK, Sep 7, 2020, Pattaya Mail. Crowds of tourists flocked to Pattaya City and many…
Lawyers for ex-cartel boss ‘El Chapo’ file appeal
MEXICO CITY, Sep 7, 2020, Mexico News Daily. Lawyers for Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán have…
Costa Rica launches campaign to attract tourists from the US and Canada
SAN JOSE, Sep 7, 2020, The Costa Rica News. Through the #MadeInCostaRica campaign, Costa Rica…
Samsung inks $6.6B mega deal with Verizon
SEOUL, Sep 7, 2020, The Korea Times. While Chinese telecom firms are seemingly slowing down…
UN human rights office demands Paraguay impartially investigates the deaths of two Argentine girls
UN, Sep 7, 2020, Merco Press. The Paraguayan government must investigate “impartially and without delay”…