Category: Regional
Buddhist monks in Burma split on anti-junta movement
Myanmar’s Buddhist monkhood led an earlier struggle against military rule but is split on the coup that ended the country’s nascent democracy, with some prominent [...] » More
Moderna to deliver 25 mn vaccines to Australia by 2022
US pharmaceutical company Moderna on Wednesday agreed to deliver 25 million Covid-19 vaccine shots to Australia by the end of next year as the country deals with a lagging [...] » More
Australia’s Wright launches lawsuit over $5.7 billion bitcoin haul
An Australian computer scientist who alleges he created bitcoin has launched a London High Court lawsuit against 16 software developers in an effort to secure bitcoin worth [...] » More
Burma arrests 39 over blasts, seeking training with rebels-media
Myanmar security forces have arrested 39 people suspected of being behind explosions and arson attacks as well as trying to get military training with an ethnic minority [...] » More
WHO reviewing Vietnam proposal to produce mRNA COVID-19 vaccines
The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday it was reviewing a proposal by an unidentified vaccine manufacturer in Vietnam to become an mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine [...] » More
Red Cross warns that coronavirus cases are exploding in Asia
Coronavirus cases are exploding in Asia and the Pacific with over 5.9 million new confirmed infections in the past two weeks, more than in all other regions combined, the [...] » More
Vietnamese masseuse fatally stabbed in Taipei apartment
A Vietnamese masseuse has died from an apparent knife attack in her apartment in Taipei’s red-light district. A Vietnamese woman in her 40s was found dead in an [...] » More
Burma marks 100 days of junta rule with protests, strikes
Protesters rallied in towns and cities around Myanmar on Tuesday to denounce its military rulers, 100 days after the generals’ overthrow of an elected government [...] » More
Group proposes replacing Asean, citing body’s failure to uphold human rights, reform
Former and current lawmakers from South-east Asia have called for the Association of South-east Asian Nations (Asean) to be replaced, citing the regional body’s failure [...] » More
Global firms leave Burma office block with military ties
A number of tenants of a high-end office block in Myanmar that the United Nations said is built on military-owned land have moved out or are reviewing their leases, including [...] » More
Vietnam seeks mRNA tech transfer amid COVID-19 vaccine supply issues
Vietnam is seeking the transfer of mRNA technology to domestically manufacture COVID-19 vaccines, state media reported on Tuesday, as officials warned of supply issues until [...] » More
Woman fights on for damages over Vietnam War use of ‘Agent Orange’
An elderly French-Vietnamese woman vowed on Tuesday to pursue her legal fight to obtain compensation for health problems which she says were caused by exposure to the toxic [...] » More
How a daring mission behind enemy lines turned into a disaster for the US’s secretive Vietnam-era special operators
Fifty-four years ago, a group of American and indigenous commandos fought for their very lives in a small, far away valley in one of the boldest special-operations missions [...] » More
Aung San Suu Kyi to appear in court May 24, lawyer says
A judge on Monday ordered Myanmar’s deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi to appear in person in court for the first time on May 24, her lawyer said, after weeks of delays in [...] » More
100 days in power, Burma junta holds pretense of control
After Myanmar’s military seized power by ousting the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi, it couldn’t even make the trains run on time. State railway workers [...] » More
