Myanmar Morning News For March 21
Myanmar is worst-performing country for aid access Myanmar tops a list of countries where the ability of aid groups to reach people in need has worsened in the past six months, the Geneva-based research group […]
Singapore Morning News For March 21
Singapore again named Asia’s most liveable city, ranks 25th in the world Singapore has come in 25th globally and retained its position as the Asian city with the highest quality of living, according to human […]
Lao Morning News For March 20
Govt to step up community awareness of UXO risk The National Regulatory Authority (NRA) for the UXO/Mine Action sector plans to continue to remove and destroy unexploded ordnance (UXO) while also providing more education to […]
Myanmar Morning News For March 20
Malcolm Turnbull encourages Aung San Suu Kyi to resettle Rohingya Malcolm Turnbull has encouraged Aung San Suu Kyi to resettle displaced Rohingya but Amnesty International has criticised Australia for adopting a “softly softly” approach on […]
Singapore Morning News For March 20
MAS fines StanChart Singapore S$5.2m for anti-money laundering, terrorism financing breaches Standard Chartered Bank, Singapore Branch (SCBS) has been fined S$5.2 million and Standard Chartered Trust (Singapore) Limited (SCTS) has been fined S$1.2 million for […]
Lao Morning News For March 19
Laos placed 110th on UN’s ranking of world’s happiest nations Laos has been placed 110th out of 156 countries in the United Nations’ ranking of the world’s happiest nations, coming in behind several other Asean […]
Myanmar Morning News For March 19
UN appeals for nearly $1 billion to address ‘critical needs’ of Rohingya refugees The United Nations agencies and their humanitarian partners appealed jointly on Friday for $951 million in order to meet the urgent needs […]
Singapore Morning News For March 19
Quick fix? Struggling Singapore retailers turn to vending machines With sales stagnating and high rent and manpower costs eating away at his profits, Azan Tengku, the director of Singaporean gift company Kalms, decided to close […]
Lao Morning News For March 16
Corruption ‘Worse’ in Laos Last Year, Sources in Country Say Corruption in Laos, thought last year to be coming under control, grew worse in 2017 despite widely publicized government efforts to rein in profiteering officials […]
Myanmar Morning News For March 16
Australia to raise rights concerns with Myanmar, Cambodia at ASEAN summit Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said she will raise human rights concerns with Myanmar and Cambodian leaders during a three-day summit of the Association […]
Singapore Morning News For March 16
Singapore and Paris Top World’s Most Expensive Cities Singapore is the world’s most expensive city for the fifth straight year in the Economist Intelligence Unit’s latest Worldwide Cost of Living report, with Paris and Zurich […]
Lao Morning News For March 15
One trillion kip in state assets misappropriated in past year Over 1 trillion kip was siphoned off last year in the implementation of development projects through the violation of laws and financial disciplines by government […]