Category: Regional
Tourists rail against Hanoi ‘train street’ ban
Selfie-snapping tourists railed against the closure of Hanoi’s ‘train street’ on Thursday after police blocked off the Instagram-famous tracks for safety [...]
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Off the rails: Hanoi closes trackside cafes thronged by selfie-seeking tourists
It’s the kind of shot every Instagram connoisseur yearns for: century-old railway tracks cutting through dusty backstreets, flanked by tourists drinking beer or iced [...]
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Major Asia markets rebound to trade higher after report Trump may announce Huawei concessions
Major Asian stock markets recovered from earlier lows to trade higher Thursday afternoon as investors watched for developments on the US-China trade front ahead of high-level [...]
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Air quality app back online in Vietnam after attacks over smog ranking
Independent online air quality index monitor AirVisual said on Wednesday its air quality monitoring app is available for download again in Vietnam after it suspended it in [...]
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Southeast Asia takes on haze problem as long-term danger looms
A toxic smog settled over Malaysia and Singapore for most of September fuelled by fires that had been raging in neighbouring Indonesia for weeks. Schools were forced to [...]
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Pollution app pulled in Vietnam after ‘coordinated campaign’ of abuse
A leading air quality monitoring app was removed from Vietnam’s Apple and Google stores after it said it was attacked in a “coordinated campaign” for [...]
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Cambodian judge orders reinvestigation in spying case against reporters
A Cambodian judge on Thursday ordered a reinvestigation of the espionage case against two former Radio Free Asia journalists, saying he could not rule on their guilt or [...]
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Nuclear weapons, interfaith ties top agenda for pope in Asia
Pope Francis will voice his opposition to nuclear weapons and honor victims of Japan’s 2011 nuclear disaster during a visit to the country that is expected to be a [...]
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Burma’s NLD Presides Over Sharp Rise in Cost of Living
Improving people’s lives was a key goal of the policy platform announced by Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) ahead of the 2015 election. [...]
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In Vietnam, men parade but women rule at a festival called ‘Kate’
Thousands of Vietnam’s ethnic Cham people met under rainy late September skies for their annual “Kate” festival that, according to the multi-faith [...]
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Citing ‘unhealthy air’, Vietnam tells people to limit outdoor activities
US briefing: impeachment inquiry, Hong Kong protests and Irish borderVietnam warned its people on Tuesday to limit outdoor activities because the air quality in the Southeast [...]
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Asian American groups oppose Cambodian refugee deportations
Asian American groups are objecting to the Trump administration’s efforts to step up deportations of Cambodians, as dozens of refugees with criminal convictions are [...]
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Burma: No sign of lasting peace in Wa State
In Myanmar, it has been almost four years since a so-called Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement was signed between ethnic rebel armies and the government. But there is still no [...]
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Two Rohingya killed in gun battle with Bangladesh border guards
Two Rohingya refugees were killed in a gun battle with Bangladeshi border guards as they tried to cross into Bangladesh from Myanmar on Friday, officials said. More than [...]
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Southeast Asia catches swine fever, US crop exporters get the chills
Last year, Southeast Asian farms offered a lifeline to US grain exporters wounded in a bitter trade war with China. Now, African swine fever is set to tear through those [...]
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