Vietnamese-owned rubber plantations in Cambodia need an additional 105,000 workers from now until 2021
PHNOM PENH, Mar 21, 2020, The Phnom Penh Post. Vietnamese-owned rubber plantations in the Kingdom’s…
[Analytics] Has Malaysia entered a new ethno-nationalist era?
Malaysia’s new ruling coalition, Perikatan Nasional (PN), is exceptional in its ethnic homogeneity. Cobbled together…
Taiwan starts amnesty program for overstaying foreign nationals
TAIPEI, Mar 21, 2020, CNA. Taiwan started a three-month amnesty program for foreign nationals who…
Only one person per household is allowed to go outside with pass during lockdown in the Philippines: Govt
MANILA, Mar 21, 2020, PhilStar. Since the month-long enhanced community quarantine kicked in, municipalities and…
China’s richest have lost billions of dollars as coronavirus weighs on stocks
HONG KONG, Mar 20, 2020, SCMP. China’s wealthiest entrepreneurs suffered tens of billions of dollars…
Argentina under countrywide lockdown until Mar 31: President
BUENOS AIRES, Mar 20, 2020, Anadolu. Argentina on Friday imposed a countrywide lockdown as part…
Fitch nearly halves global growth forecast to 1.3 per cent for 2020 on Covid-19 hit
SINGAPORE, Mar 20, 2020, BT. Fitch Ratings has “aggressively lowered” its global economic forecasts, with…
Italy asks for help from EU crisis fund as death toll spikes
ROME, Mar 20, 2020, CNBC. Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte asked the European Union to use…
ASEAN growth will be 2.9 per cent in 2020: Citi
SINGAPORE, Mar 20, 2020, BT. Citi Research economists have slashed their 2020 economic growth forecast…
[Analytics] A global problem requiring a global solution
The rapidly escalating coronavirus pandemic is, first and foremost, a public health emergency. But as…
Russia starts testing vaccine against coronavirus
MOSCOW, Mar 20, 2020, TASS. Russia’s sanitary watchdog Rospotrebnadzor has launched tests of a vaccine…
Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand among recipients of medical kits from Jack Ma
BANGKOK, Mar 20, 2020, The Nation. The Jack Ma Foundation and Alibaba Foundation are jointly…