Difficult post-election period for Malaysia – The Diplomat
KUALA LUMPUR -- After a disputed election, Malaysia’s opposition appears to be in something of a bind as to what comes next ahead of the opening of parliament on June…
Asians wonder about Latin American Pope – The Diplomat
ROME – The day after former Archbishop of Buenos Aires Jorge Bergoglio was elected head of the world's estimated 1.2 billion Catholics, Ariadna Estetania Cabello Rendace was among a group…
Political jockeying ahead of Malaysia election – The Diplomat
http://thediplomat.com/2013/01/17/political-jockeying-ahead-of-malaysias-elections/ SINGAPORE – The police said 45,000 people. Some politicians claimed it was 60,000. Other independent estimates were as high 150,000 individuals. Such squabbling over crowd numbers at political events…
Businesses look for ways ahead in Burma – The Diplomat
http://thediplomat.com/2012/12/22/empowering-burmas-entrepreneurs/ RANGOON – Khin Yu Waddy Myint is manager at Pyrex Trading and Distribution, a Burmese pharmaceutical company that employs 250 people across the country. Part of her job is…
A Battle Unending: The Vietnam War and Agent Orange – The Diplomat/RTÉ World Report
DANANG - Nguyen Nguc Phuong is 33 years of age and a confident, articulate public speaker – comfortable on a podium in front of an audience. He is resourceful and…
Could Asia Catch Europe’s Cold? – The Diplomat
http://the-diplomat.com/asean-beat/2012/06/06/could-asia-catch-europe%e2%80%99s-cold/ Last week saw the World Economic Forum (WEF) park its bandwagon in Bangkok, the East Asia leg of the forum’s global tour. The WEF – a highly-publicized gathering of…
Malaysia rally turns ugly – The Diplomat/RTÉ World Report
KUALA LUMPUR – On Saturday, tens of thousands of yellow and green-clad protestors seeking changes to Malaysia's electoral system were driven back from the city's Independence Square by volleys of…
Time for Burma’s exiles to go home? – The Diplomat
http://the-diplomat.com/2012/01/19/time-for-burma-exiles-to-go-home/ Some await more reforms and a government role for Aung San Suu Kyi, as Burma’s foreign-based media eye up the home market. India-based Mizzima is hoping to set up…
Inflation a concern as Vietnam’s small businesses struggle – The Diplomat
HO CHI MINH CITY - With the streetlights warming to a low glow outside as dusk turns to dark, Trang Hoang Yen is still running t-shirts through a sewing machine…
Thailand floods: Central Bangkok spared for now – The Diplomat/RTÉ World Report
http://the-diplomat.com/2011/10/30/central-bangkok-spared-for-now/ radio report here – http://www.rte.ie/news/av/2011/1030/worldreport.html#&autoplay=true BANGKOK – “We sat on a wall outside, and the army truck picked us up”, recounted Sinyodsai, discussing the day she and her family…