PM Lee, German Chancellor Merkel welcome upcoming signing of EU-Singapore trade deal Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday (Oct 18) welcomed the upcoming signing of the European Union-Singapore Free […]
U.N. says Rohingya refugee girls sold into forced labor in Bangladesh Rohingya refugee girls are being sold into forced labor to raise money for desperate families in overcrowded camps in Bangladesh, according to the United […]
Unitel to provide Internet access to 80 pct of Lao population Star Telecom (Unitel), a joint venture between Vietnam’s Viettel Global JSC and Laos Asia Telecom, sets to provide high-speed Internet access to 80 percent […]
Here’s what kept Singapore from being the most competitive country in the world If the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitive Index 2018 is anything to go by, Singapore could improve on business dynamism, and innovation […]
Facebook Bans More Myanmar Military-Linked Accounts for Spreading Propaganda (video) Facebook has removed nearly two dozen more accounts and pages linked to Myanmar’s military, which the U.N. is investigating for possible charges of genocide during […]
Maybank Foundation Expands Silk Weaving Centre in Laos Maybank Foundation has expanded its Maybank Women Eco-Weavers centre in Laos with the addition of a hostel for the women who are being trained in this traditional […]
SPH print media operating revenue drops for 6th year; falls by $69 million in FY2018 The Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) has released their annual report for the financial year (FY) ending August 31, 2018, which […]
Dozens injured in crackdown on Myanmar garment worker protest Dozens of Myanmar garment workers were injured on Monday after a clash with assailants wielding iron bars outside a Chinese-owned factory in Yangon, witnesses and hospital […]
France, UNICEF Renew Commitment To Strengthen Child Protection System In Lao PDR The Ambassador of France to the Lao PDR, Florence Jeanblanc-Risler, and Octavian Bivol, UNICEF Representative, signed on Oct 10 a new agreement to […]
Why Singapore’s defence tech agency asked 300 hackers to test its systems In the Singapore Government’s first-ever bug bounty programme, the Defence Science and Technology Agency of Singapore (DSTA) invited 300 ethical hackers from around […]
Singapore agency predicts a positive forecast for Myanmar economy A positive forecast and outlook in terms of recovery of Myanmar’s economy is presented by a Singapore based macro economic surveillance agency, ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office […]