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Malaysians tagged as Asia’s worst plastic polluters – dpa international

17 February 2020

KUALA LUMPUR -- A report published on Monday listed Malaysians as the biggest per capita users of plastic packaging in a region responsible for more than half the plastic litter…

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Southeast Asia most vulnerable to coronavirus spread – Licas News

30 January 2020

KUALA LUMPUR -- Southeast Asia is the region most vulnerable to the new coronavirus outbreak, which has killed 170 people in China and infected almost 8,000 since the turn of…

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Life-giving Mekong dying a slow death – Asia Times

5 December 2019

BANGKOK -- A confluence of drought and dams along the Mekong River has renewed concerns about the future of the 4,763 kilometer waterway, upon which tens of millions of people…

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Asia-Pacific trade deal moves on without India – Asia Times

5 November 2019

PHNOM PENH -- The world’s proposed biggest free trade agreement was dealt a blow on Monday when India made a last minute but unsurprising withdrawal from seven-year-old negotiations during a…

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Vietnam’s dependence on tech investors leaves it vulnerable to trade war swings – Southeast Asia Globe/RTÉ World Report

27 August 2019

PHNOM PENH - Going by the sometimes breathless reports about how well Vietnam has done out of the US-China tariff joust, a reader would be forgiven for thinking that an…

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Low tax, low spend – Southeast Asia Globe

25 July 2019

PHNOM PENH - Tax And Spend has rarely been part of the Southeast Asian governance lexicon. And judging by the region’s dismal tax-to-gross domestic product (GDP) ratios, it doesn’t look…

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Despite tensions with U.S., Cambodia joins trade war beneficiaries – Asia Times

24 July 2019

PHNOM PENH - Cambodia appears to be the latest beneficiary of the US-China trade war, joining the already exhaustively profiled Vietnam among the countries enjoying increased exports to the US…

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Remittances to Asia bigger than GDPs of Vietnam and Myanmar combined – Asia Times

2 May 2019

KUALA LUMPUR -- New economic data shows that foreign remittances sent to Asian countries hit US$300 billion for the first time last year, underscoring the ever-rising importance overseas work for…

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Outcome remains unclear a month after Thailand’s elections – RTÉ World Report

28 April 2019

BANGKOK — More than a month after parliamentary elections, the 38 million Thais who voted still waiting for results, with the prospect of a handover to a civilian government diminishing…

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Fact-checkers battle against “fake news” ahead of Asia’s elections – Nikkei Asian Review

23 March 2019

KUALA LUMPUR -- The spread of online political rumors, false content and hoaxes has fact-checkers working overtime ahead of elections in Thailand, India, Indonesia and the Philippines. In February, a…