Death, Destruction & Economic Wins: Duterte’s First Year in Review The first year of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration was marked by sustained GDP growth of 6.7 per cent — the second highest in the […]
4 Firms To Conduct Feasibility Studies For Vientiane-Pakse Highway The government has chosen China Yunnan Sunny Road and Bridge Company, China Road and Bridge Cooperation, Phousy Construction and Development Public Company and Douangchaleun Development Group […]
Law proposed requiring protesters to identify their funding sources Demonstrators in Myanmar will be required to inform authorities in advance their demonstration, the estimated cost of the rally and who will pay for it under […]
Digital transformation to contribute $10 billion to Singapore GDP by 2021: Microsoft Digital transformation is expected to add $10 billion (S$13.2 billion) to Singapore’s GDP by the year 2021, Microsoft said on Wednesday (Feb 21). […]
Philippines to court: Declare communist groups as terrorists Justice officials asked a court Wednesday to formally designate the Communist Party of the Philippines and its armed wing, the New People’s Army, as terrorist groups in […]
In Thailand English-language News for February 21, 2018, Newsline presenter Cholaphansa Narula tells us about: 00:47 | The ‘Love and Warmth at Winter’s End’ festival in the Dusit District of Bangkok was popular with visitors over the weekend […]
Chinese to build large tourism complex in Laos’ prime party town A Chinese developer, Yijin Group, is readying to construct a more than $200-million tourism complex at an abandoned airfield in Vang Vieng district, one […]
Rohingya need an ‘autonomous region’, not repatriation As Myanmar’s Rohingya continue to trickle into neighbouring Bangladesh, extending a six-month exodus, talk of repatriation simmers at the diplomatic level. — Al Jazeera Bangladesh, Myanmar officials visit […]
StanChart robbery: Singapore agrees to UK request to not cane suspect if found guilty The Government has agreed that a sentence of corporal punishment will not be carried out if suspected bank robber David Roach […]
Duterte bans Rappler reporters from presidential palace The president of the Philippines has ordered that two journalists be banned from entering the presidential palace, an act one Filipino reporters’ rights group described as “appalling and […]
UK dedicates 1.4b kip to Luang Prabang’s educational development The United Kingdom (UK) recently granted more than 1.4 billion kip (US$503,297) to develop education of disadvantaged people in rural areas in Luang Prabang province via […]
Myanmar government ‘bulldozing Rohingya mass grave to hide evidence’ The government of Myanmar is bulldozing over the site of a Rohingya mass grave in an effort to destroy evidence of a massacre committed last year […]