Singapore’s virus-hit economy suffers worst decline in 2020
SINGAPORE (AFP) -- Singapore's economy suffered its worst ever annual contraction in 2020 as the coronavirus pandemic hammered the…
4 years ago
ASEAN IN FOCUS
Bangkok imposes partial lockdown to combat virus
BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) -- Bangkok's nightlife will go quiet as a ban on bars, nightclubs and restaurant alcohol sales goes…
4 years ago
Singapore begins coronavirus vaccination campaign
SINGAPORE (AFP) -- Singapore began a coronavirus vaccination campaign Wednesday with a nurse receiving the first jab, making it…
4 years ago
Thai seafood market coronavirus infections top 1,000
BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) -- A coronavirus outbreak linked to a seafood market in Thailand passed 1,000 cases on Tuesday, as…
4 years ago
Vietnamese victim’s father pities men convicted in UK over migrant deaths
HANOI, Vietnam (AFP) -- The father of one of the 39 Vietnamese migrants who suffocated in a truck in Britain…
4 years ago
Vietnam’s pharmaceutical firm starts human trial of coronavirus vaccine
HANOI, Vietnam (AFP) -- A Vietnamese pharmaceutical company began testing a coronavirus vaccine on volunteers in Hanoi on Thursday,…
4 years ago
Indonesia’s president to receive country’s first Covid-19 vaccine shot
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) -- Indonesian President Joko Widodo said Wednesday he would be the first person in the country to…
4 years ago
Indonesia arrests senior JI leader linked to Bali bombings
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) -- Indonesia has arrested a senior leader of the Al-Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) network for an…
4 years ago
Malaysia coast guard makes record $26mn meth seizure
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) -- Malaysia's coastguard has made its largest ever seizure of methamphetamine, a top official said…
4 years ago
Palace dismayed as PHL lags behind other ASEAN countries in internet speed
(Eagle News) – Malacanang is very much dismayed that the country’s internet speed remains slow despite the deadline given…
4 years ago
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