Myanmar Morning News For April 19

Myanmar Morning News For April 19

Myanmar Prisoner Amnesty Comes With a Rohingya Massacre Mystery For about an hour on Wednesday, the website of Myanmar National Television carried a surprising report: A mass prisoner amnesty the previous day, it said, had […]

Singapore Morning News For April 19

Singapore Morning News For April 19

Position Singapore as a global Asia node in next phase of economic transformation: Heng Swee Keat Positioning Singapore as the “global Asia node of technology, innovation and enterprise” will be the next “critical” step in […]

Lao Morning News For April 18

Lao Morning News For April 18

China, Laos ink MoU on medicinal plants research cooperation A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed here Tuesday between China and Laos on medicinal plants research cooperation, the Chinese embassy in Laos said. — Xinhua […]

Myanmar Morning News For April 18

Myanmar Morning News For April 18

Myanmar to free more than 8,000 prisoners in New Year amnesty Myanmar began releasing more than 8,000 prisoners on Tuesday on humanitarian grounds under a presidential pardon, with most of those being released convicted of […]

Singapore Morning News For April 18

Singapore Morning News For April 18

Singapore exports fall for 2nd consecutive month in March SINGAPORE’S exports continued to disappoint for the second straight month in March, hit by a triple whammy of high base effects, cooling electronics demand and a […]

Lao Morning News For April 13

Lao Morning News For April 13

Over 300 killed in road accidents in 2018’s first three months More than 300 people have died in road accidents around the country in the first three months of the year, with property worth more […]

Myanmar Morning News For April 13

Myanmar Morning News For April 13

What they said: 10 influential quotes on the Myanmar economy in 2017-18 The last fiscal year was a tough one for the economy owing to the Rakhine crisis and the government’s insufficient attention to deal […]

Singapore Morning News For April 13

Singapore Morning News For April 13

New Naratif’s political activities appear to be funded by foreign entities and foreigners: ACRA The website New Naratif “clearly has a political agenda”, and its political activities in Singapore “would appear to be funded by […]

Lao Morning News For April 12

Lao Morning News For April 12

Laos maintaining growth momentum for 2018, 2019: ADB The nation’s economic growth is likely to be sustained this year and accelerate next year, while inflation will edge up according to the Asian Development Bank (ADB). […]

Myanmar Morning News For April 12

Myanmar Morning News For April 12

Myanmar court refuses to free Reuters journalists A Myanmar court on Wednesday rejected a motion to drop a case against two Reuters journalists arrested while investigating a massacre of Rohingya, even as seven soldiers were […]

Singapore Morning News For April 12

Singapore Morning News For April 12

Childhood obesity: The Singapore fat camps where children are shamed for being overweight In the fight against obesity, government-sponsored fat camps that shame young children into losing weight seem like an extreme approach to public […]

Lao Morning News For April 11

Lao Morning News For April 11

Laos, Germany applaud decades of fruitful development cooperation The Lao People’s Democratic Republic and the Federal Republic of Germany have enjoyed a good relationship and great cooperation over the past more than half a century, […]