A passion for Southeast Asia and an interest in the region’s poulations and economic development helped inspire amateur cartographer Terence Teo’s striking high definition maps of ASEAN countries.
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SEOUL: Authorities in the North Korean capital Pyongyang have ordered a five-day lockdown due to rising cases of an unspecified respiratory illness, Seoul-based NK News reported on Wednesday (Jan 25), citing a government notice. The notice did not mention COVID-19, but said that residents in the city are required toContinue Reading
The products on sale mainly contain whales caught in Japan, a company spokesperson said, with prices ranging from 1,000 yen (US$8) to 3,000 yen. Although the government maintains that eating whale meat is a cherished part of Japan’s culture, consumption which peaked in the early 1960s has steadily declined asContinue Reading
Ai Fen, director of the emergency department at the Central Hospital of Wuhan, was on the frontline when she started seeing patients with a mysterious SARS-like pneumonia. A snapshot of her initial report – which warned that the illness was likely to be highly contagious and dangerous – was sharedContinue Reading
Lessons from other countries’ experiences suggest herd immunity would not be a realistic goal for China, says this academic.Continue Reading
Nearly two years on from a military coup, Myanmar has slid into civil war. A failed state in the heart of Asia benefits no one, says Bloomberg Opinion’s Clara Ferreira Marques.Continue Reading
LUCKNOW: At least three people were killed and dozens were feared trapped after a four-storey building collapsed in India, officials said late on Tuesday (Jan 24). The state’s deputy chief minister Brajesh Pathak said three people had been killed in the accident in the northern city of Lucknow in UttarContinue Reading
LUCKNOW: At least three people were killed and dozens were feared trapped after a four-storey building collapsed in India, officials said late on Tuesday (Jan 24). The state’s deputy chief minister Brajesh Pathak said three people had been killed in the accident in the northern city of Lucknow in UttarContinue Reading
Transportation costs have been driven up by three-fold to about US$13,000 compared to pre-pandemic years. With China’s reopening, Mr Lam is hopeful that things will look up in the new year. REOPENING IN TIME FOR NEW YEAR China’s reopening after nearly three years of closure is not just good newsContinue Reading
KATHMANDU: At least one person died and more than two dozen houses were damaged in a remote Nepalese district after an earthquake of magnitude 5.6 struck the Himalayan nation on Tuesday (Jan 24), officials said, as tremors were felt as far as India’s capital New Delhi. Military and police teamsContinue Reading