Rural schools in Lao give life to students’ dreams (video)
“When I grow up, I want to become a soldier to serve my country”, said…
Beijing25: catalysing change for gender equality
Great strides have been taken to empower women and girls in the Asia-Pacific region since…
Hobbled Indonesian corruption busters show Jokowi is no corruption buster
After he won re-election last April, Indonesian President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo was eager to emphasise…
China stole Philippines’ giant clams while Filipinos sat in court (video)
A seminar in Manila last Friday (Nov 22) heard how reclamation work carried out by…
30th SEA Games: Asean’s elite athletes abandoned at Manila airport (video)
#SEAGames2019 football coaches raise problems on food, accommodation and practice schedules. @angelmovido reports. #ANCRecap pic.twitter.com/0YAzVHpeQD…
Health leaders to ramp up battle against antimicrobial resistance & tobacco (video)
Health leaders from 37 countries attending the 70th session of the World Health Organization (WHO)…
Improving Indonesia’s rice production through improved data collection
In rural Indonesia rice accounts for almost one-quarter of the total expenditures of the poor.…
RFA fake EBA news claim ends an extraordinary seven days in Cambodia politics
The Cambodian government has labelled claims by Radio Free Asia (RFA) that it has a…
Indo-Pacific gets an extra $68 mln for transparency as US investment soars
The United States has pledged an additional $68 million for new programmes under the Indo…
Thai Union Group unaffected by US GSP cut
The decision by US President Donald Trump to cut Thailand’s access to preferential trade concessions…
Trump’s GSP seafood cut gives Thailand 2020 GDP an early whack (video) *updated
The struggling Thailand economy received an unexpected whack for the year ahead yesterday (Oct 26)…
PM focuses on Phnom Penh’s mounting trash woes – Cintri to lose monopoly
One of the lasting impressions many visitors to the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh, are left…
Bangkok Airways staff ‘deport’ Kenyans from Suvarnabhumi: racial profiling claimed
A Kenyan travel agent who was unlawfully ‘deported’ from Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport by Bangkok Airways…
Disappeared: Cambodia Interior Ministry blamed for missing Mexican educator Osman Karaca (video) *updated
A Mexican woman and her friends have taken to social media to try and prevent…
Cambodia civil groups slam court ruling on RFA journalist spy – porn case
A group of 37 Cambodian civil society organisations today (Oct 4) issued a statement condemning…
Dangerous journeys: UNHCR report details the risks faced by asylum seekers
A United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) report released in Bangkok yesterday (Oct 1)…