Landowners panic over tax changes in Thailand
BANGKOK, Dec 26, 2019, Bangkok Post. Operators of homestay and home-sharing premises will soon face…
Myanmar’s protesters demand end to internet blackout in Rakhine
YANGON, Dec 26, 2019, Myanmar Times. Around 50 activists, mostly ethnic Rakhine, protested in Yangon’s…
[Analytics] Duterte better call Trump on visa ban
Abusive Philippine officials in panic over the US Magnitsky law that could ban them from…
Indonesia closes down over 1,000 illegal streaming sites
JAKARTA, Dec 26, 2019, Jakarta Globe. The Indonesian government has blocked 1,130 illegal streaming websites…
81 measles deaths now in Samoa
APIA, Dec 26, 2019, RNZ. Samoa’s Ministry of Health has confirmed another death in the…
Cambodia can play strategic role in resolving Rohingya crisis
DHAKA, Dec 26, 2019, The Khmer Times. Bangladeshi Foreign Affairs Minister AK Abdul Momen has…
E-commerce website Lotte.vn to down shutters
HANOI, Dec 26, 2019, VN Express. E-commerce website Lotte.vn will stop operating from January 20…
[Analytics] Can India survive in a China-centered Asia-Pacific?
The successful completion of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) with Asia-Pacific countries is more…
Kazakh leader ratifies protocol amending lease deal on Baikonur launch pad
NUR-SULTAN, Dec 26, 2019, TASS. On Wednesday, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signed a law ratifying…
Police use tear gas, pepper spray as Hong Kong Christmas protests turn ugly
HONG KONG, Dec 26, 2019, SCMP. Defiant anti-government protesters took to the streets of Hong…
In Malaysia, solar eclipse after 21 years
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 26, 2019, Malay Mail. The solar eclipse phenomenon occuring once every several…
Tanker in Singapore Strait boarded by pirates on Christmas Day, 30 incidents recorded so far in 2019
SINGAPORE, Dec 26, 2019, The Straits Times. A tanker in the Singapore Strait was boarded…