Category: Regional
Kim or Trump? Hanoi barber offers leaders’ hairdos for free
At a barbershop tucked away in a small Hanoi alley, Le Phuc Hai patiently waits for his hair dye to bleach his natural black into the color of the president of the United [...]
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Hair Force Un: Vietnamese barber marks summit with free Trump-Kim haircuts
For those who like to push the cutting edge of style, two of the world’s most talked-about haircuts are now available for free, in Vietnam. In honor of an upcoming [...]
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Ruthless meth networks get ill-prepared Burma hooked
Mobs of stick-wielding church-goers in Myanmar’s northeast used to descend on dealers and addicts in a desperate effort to save their communities from a meth-induced [...]
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Vietnam police seize nearly 300 kilograms of meth
A massive haul of nearly 300 kilograms of methamphetamine pills was seized in central Vietnam on Sunday, police said, the latest major drug bust in a country where the use of [...]
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Vietnam police seize nearly 300 kilograms of meth
A massive haul of nearly 300 kilograms of methamphetamine pills was seized in central Vietnam on Sunday, police said, the latest major drug bust in a country where the use of [...]
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Former MP denies involvement in Cambodia jobs syndicate
Former Julau MP Datuk Sng Chee Hua lodged a police report today, denying that he was involved in a syndicate that sent locals to work in Cambodia only to have them arrested [...]
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Australia’s left in blunt warning to Asian boat migrants
Australia’s centre-left Labour party has warned would-be migrants considering the boat journey from Indonesia they will be forcibly returned if it wins May’s [...]
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Burma court sentences two to death for Muslim lawyer’s murder
A Myanmar court Friday sentenced two people to death for the murder of a Muslim lawyer and Aung San Suu Kyi advisor, after a drawn-out trial backlit by allegations of [...]
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Vietnamese airlines granted access to US market for first time
Vietnamese airlines will be able to fly to the United States and codeshare with American carriers after the US Federal Aviation Administration declared the Southeast Asian [...]
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3 trends that will drive Vietnamese e-commerce sector in 2019
Last year, Vietnam’s e-commerce went through its most exciting year yet, starting with big funding news across the board and ending with Google and Temasek’s [...]
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5 Asian countries that are emerging as tech leaders
It’s the eye of the tiger and Asia is rising up to the challenges of the tech world There was a time when Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan (aka the Four [...]
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Refugee footballer returns to hero’s welcome in Australia after Thailand sets him free
Hundreds of supporters carrying welcome signs greet 25-year-old at Melbourne Airport A refugee football player was welcomed home by hundreds of Australian supporters after [...]
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Burma police crack down on protest against divisive statue
Police fired rubber bullets into a crowd of several thousand demonstrators in eastern Myanmar on Tuesday, activists said, as protests mount over a new and controversial [...]
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Bangladesh stops more Rohingya taking risky trip to Malaysia
Bangladesh security forces stopped 22 Rohingya Muslims from being smuggled to Malaysia by boat, officials said Monday, the second group in three days prevented from leaving [...]
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Report: Cambodia to review case of 47 Malaysian held in prison
The Cambodian Justice Ministry will look into the case of 47 Malaysians detained in Banteay Meanchey provisional prison over suspicions of fraud and running an illegal [...]
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