Category: Regional
British pilot with coronavirus in Vietnam wakes from coma
A British pilot who was critically ill with Covid-19 in Vietnam has awoken from a coma and is showing signs of improvement, yet his long-term outlook remains ominous, doctors [...]
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Virus misinformation fuels panic in Asia
False alerts about a man shot dead at a coronavirus checkpoint, old footage of a supermarket stampede in reports of panic buying, and a 2015 video of a police raid on a [...]
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Vietnamese cops bust $2.6bn online gambling ring
Vietnamese police have smashed a massive online card ring with revenues estimated at $2.6 billion, the biggest ever bust of its kind in a country where most gambling is [...]
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Cambodia risks being left behind while other Asean members announce reopening of economy
As the number of unemployed climb day by day and with limited employment opportunities, mounting debts and lack of economic opportunities, Cambodia risks being left behind by [...]
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Europe moves ahead with lockdown easing, but caution in Asia
Several European countries including France and Britain on Thursday moved to further lift crippling coronavirus lockdown measures, but fresh restrictions in parts of Asia [...]
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Asia Today: S Korea virus cases make biggest jump in 50 days
South Korea on Thursday reported its biggest jump in coronavirus cases in more than 50 days, a resurgence that health officials warn is getting harder to track and risks [...]
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Asean military meet focuses on virus cooperation
The Asean Centre of Military Medicine (ACMM) discussed cooperation in the eradication of Covid-19 in the region and the prevention of a second wave of the outbreak in a video [...]
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China and India move troops as border tensions escalate
Thousands of Chinese troops reportedly move into sensitive areas along Himalayan frontier Tensions between China and India over their Himalayan border have escalated, with [...]
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Myanmar village destruction has ‘hallmarks’ of military: HRW
At least 200 houses and other buildings were destroyed by fire in a conflict-ridden state in Myanmar in an incident that has “all the hallmarks” of previous [...]
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Vietnam stuns world with not a single COVID-19 death to date
Vietnam is one of those rare countries that maintains it is largely free of the scourge of the new coronavirus pandemic, asserting it has not had a single related death to [...]
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Asia virus latest: SKorean jailed for breaking quarantine, Indonesia deploys troops
Here are the latest developments in Asia related to the coronavirus pandemic: SKorea quarantine breaker jailed A South Korean man was jailed for four months on Tuesday for [...]
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Two journalists detained on anti-state charges in Vietnam
Vietnam should immediately release journalists Nguyen Tuong Thuy and Pham Chi Thanh, and drop all charges against them, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. On [...]
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Asia Today: S. Korea cases rise, China weighs health changes
South Korea reported 40 new cases of the coronavirus on Wednesday, its biggest daily jump in nearly 50 days, causing alarm as millions of children return to school. Active [...]
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Riding to the rescue: Hanoi motorbike taxi drivers turn first aiders
On the tarmac of a dark Hanoi street, motorbike taxi driver Pham Quoc Viet mops the bloodied knee of a fellow rider, one of the hundreds of traffic victims he’s tended [...]
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Asia virus latest: Korean jailed for breaking quarantine; Indonesia deploys troops
Here are the latest developments in Asia related to the coronavirus pandemic: South Korean quarantine breaker jailed A South Korean man was jailed for four months on Tuesday [...]
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