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Monitoring Desk. SHANGHAI: Criminal networks are smuggling plastic trash from the West to illegal recycling plants in Asia, profiting from a 2018 ban on waste imports in China where the bulk of used plastic was previously processed, Interpol said on Friday. |
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KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA - A string of mammoth drug busts and low street prices for methamphetamine across Southeast Asia this year suggest COVID-19 has done little to stem the flood of illegal drugs washing over the region, even as the pandemic seals borders. |
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New Delhi [India] Aug 29 (ANI/NewsVoir): Anannke Foundation, the CSR arm of Saba Group Holdings (a commodity company headquartered in Asia)an advocate for underprivileged, partners with Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) and donate 10,000 kg of dry white Rice in the first phase amid COVID-19 response. |
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Emirates has announced the resumption of passenger services to Bangkok with daily flights starting from September 1. The resumption of flights to Bangkok will expand Emirates’ current network to 78 cities including 15 cities in South East and East Asia, according to a media release. |
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Taipei/Beijing – Numerous Chinese and U.S. military exercises, Taiwan missiles tracking Chinese fighters and plummeting China-U.S. ties make for a heady cocktail of tension that is raising fears of conflict touched off by a crisis over Taiwan. In the last three weeks, China has announced four.... |
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— Malaysia has extended its pandemic movement restrictions including banning foreign tourists until the end of the year. Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said in a televised address late Friday that global cases have been rising and the country has seen sporadic virus clusters even though the situation was under control. |
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— Malaysia has extended its pandemic movement restrictions including banning foreign tourists until the end of the year. Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said in a televised address late Friday that global cases have been rising and the country has seen sporadic virus clusters even though the situation was under control. |
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SEOUL (KOREA HERALD/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - South Korea's daily tally of new Covid-19 cases exceeded 300 for the fourth consecutive day on Saturday (Aug 29), with sporadic cluster infections in the Seoul metropolitan area continuing to raise alert. The country reported 323 new virus cases on Saturday -.... |
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— Malaysia has extended its pandemic movement restrictions including banning foreign tourists until the end of the year. Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said in a televised address late Friday that global cases have been rising and the country has seen sporadic virus clusters even though the situation was under control. |
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People wait to give their nasal swab samples to test for COVID-19 in Hyderabad, India, Friday, Aug. 28, 2020. India has the third-highest coronavirus caseload after the United States and Brazil, and the fourth-highest death toll in the world.
A notice of change of business hours and precautions.... |
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Sorry, but your browser needs Javascript to use this site. If you're not sure how to activate it, please refer to this site: https://www.enable-javascript.com/ Student Union of Thailand spokesperson Panusaya "Rung" Sithijirawattanakul (center left) stands with students as she submits a list from.... |
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea has reported 323 new cases of the coronavirus as health officials prepare to tighten distancing restrictions in the greater capital area. The 16th consecutive day of triple-digit jumps brought the national caseload to 19,400. Fatalities reached 321 after five more deaths overnight. |
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Asia Today: Cases still rise in SKorea, improve in Victoria |
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea has reported 323 new cases of the coronavirus as health officials prepare to tighten distancing restrictions in the greater capital area. The 16th consecutive day of triple-digit jumps brought the national caseload to 19,400. Fatalities reached 321 after five more deaths overnight. |
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea has reported 323 new coronavirus cases as health officials prepare to tighten distancing restrictions in the greater capital area. The 16th consecutive day of triple-digit jumps brought the national caseload to 19,400. |
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea has reported 323 new cases of the coronavirus as health officials prepare to tighten distancing restrictions in the greater capital area. The 16th consecutive day of triple-digit jumps brought the national caseload to 19,400. Fatalities reached 321 after five more deaths overnight. |
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— Malaysia has extended its pandemic movement restrictions including banning foreign tourists until the end of the year. Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said in a televised address late Friday that global cases have been rising and the country has seen sporadic virus clusters even though the situation was under control. |
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— Malaysia has extended its pandemic movement restrictions including banning foreign tourists until the end of the year. Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said in a televised address late Friday that global cases have been rising and the country has seen sporadic virus clusters even though the situation was under control. |
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SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korea has reported 323 new cases of the coronavirus as health officials prepare to tighten distancing restrictions in the greater capital area. The 16th consecutive day of triple-digit jumps brought the national caseload to 19,400. Fatalities reached 321 after five more deaths overnight. |
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© Provided by Associated Press Malaysian women wearing face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus wait for the start of National Day rehearsals in Putrajaya, Malaysia, Friday, Aug. 28, 2020. Federation of Malaya gained its independence from Britain on Aug. 31 in 1957. |
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Asia Today: Cases still rise in SKorea, Malaysia stays shut |
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is a graduate student at the School of Politics and International Relations, Queen Mary University of London. His articles have appeared in The Diplomat, East Asia Forum, Policy Forum, Global-is-Asian, Geopolitical Monitor and The Geopolitics.
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SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - South Korea has reported 323 new cases of the coronavirus as health officials prepare to tighten distancing restrictions in the greater capital area. The 16th consecutive day of triple-digit jumps brought the national caseload to 19,400. Fatalities reached 321 after five more deaths overnight. |
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Malaysian women wearing face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus wait for the start of National Day rehearsals in Putrajaya, Malaysia, Friday, Aug. 28, 2020. Federation of Malaya gained its independence from Britain on Aug. 31 in 1957.
People wait to give their nasal swab samples to test for COVID-19 in Hyderabad, India, Friday, Aug. |
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Jack Burton is an American writer, broadcaster, linguist and journalist who has lived in Asia since 1987. A native of the state of Georgia, he attended the The University of Georgia's Henry Grady School of Journalism, which hands out journalism's prestigious Peabody Awards. |
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