JAKARTA: Indonesia has confirmed its first monkeypox infection, detected in a person who had returned from an unidentified country with documented cases, a health ministry spokesman said on Saturday (Aug 20). The 27-year-old male tested positive in the capital Jakarta late on Friday, the spokesman told a news conference. TheContinue Reading
Cambodia’s haphazard conservation, severance pay loss and Malaysia’s renewed Hindu festivities
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MANILA: Dozens of people were injured in the southern Philippines on Saturday (Aug 20) in a crush of students and parents seeking a cash handout ahead of the reopening of schools, authorities said. Crowds began gathering outside distribution sites across the country Friday after the government announced financial aid ofContinue Reading
BANGKOK: The death toll from a Thai nightclub inferno has risen to 20, health officials said, as victims continue to receive medical treatment. The blaze broke out on Aug 5 at Mountain B Club in Chonburi province – roughly 150km southeast of Bangkok. Authorities found 13 charred bodies inside theContinue Reading
Since the United States launched an unprecedented trade war against China in 2018, the US-China relationship has soured at an alarming rate. Not even the signing of the Economic and Trade Agreement, also known as the Phase One Agreement, in 2020 was able to boost optimism about the future of bilateral trade relations. Many tariffs that […]
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Best Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and government authorities on Friday was released in defence of the Office of the Excellent Minister’s spending on ads, after it was positioned 13th out of 20 agencies for most advertisement spending in the country based on a recent poll simply by US-based research firm Nielsen.Continue Reading
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and government officials on Friday defended spending by the Office of the Prime Minister on advertising, after it was ranked 13th out of 20 businesses and organisations for the highest ad spending in the country according to a recent poll by the US-based research firm Nielsen.Continue Reading
Around 60 sculptures were on display, some silly but others designed to showcase the artists’ solid skills. “They are not actual, but they look therefore real. It’s wonderful, ” said exhibit attendee Reiko Ichimaru. “BURGERS ARE FOR BEGINNERS” All the models were handmade by specialists at Iwasaki Team, Japan’s leadingContinue Reading
Small hydropower dams increase, grow, contemporary city artscapes, Malaysia refugees’ legal limbo.
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Women were not recruited for suicide bombing missions in the region till 2016. But their function is growing. CNA’s Undercover Asia speaks to 1 of the men behind the idea and increases rare access to 2 women inmates.Continue Reading