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. The writer is a distinguished Fellow of the Asia Global Institute at the University of Hong Kong and a member of the UNEP Advisory Council on Sustainable Finance.
The end of the year is a good time to reflect. The devastating pandemic marked a year few of us would ever forget. |
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Trading in Tokyo and South Korea was closed for the New Year’s holiday on Thursday, while the handful of bourses that remained open in Asia were mixed. In Taiwan, the TAIEX closed higher on Thursday, registering a rise of 22.8 percent, or 2,735.39 points, for the whole of the year. The index edged up 44. |
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As Asian oil demand looks set to increase over the next decade, Cambodia is taking advantage of the opportunity with its first crude oil production. Cambodia’s plan is to extract oil from the Gulf of Thailand oil fields in a joint project with Singapore's KrisEnergy Ltd, a plan that has seen several years of delays. |
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(Reuters) - As Asia says goodbye to 2020 - a tumultuous year that saw the planet roiled by a deadly pandemic - celebrations will be smaller, shorter and more muted amid fears of coronavirus flare-ups. In Beijing, the capital of the world's most-populous country, an annual New Year light show at the.... |
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The Music Lane Festival Okinawa debuts on 16 and 17 January at select venues in the cities of Okinawa and Naha, Japan. The concert, along with an international conference program, the annual Trans Asia Music Meeting (TAMM), will stream online for free. |
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Nickel Asia Corp. (NAC) employees has skipped their annual Christmas party to extend their event fund of P332,000 to the victims of the recent typhoons in Cagayan. NAC employees regularly commit to Personal Social Responsibility (PSR) programs where they pool together personal funds to extend support and assistance to the communities. |
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Chinese billionaire Jack Ma - the man behind Asia's version of Amazon - has slipped to third in the country's rich list after criticising authorities and disappearing from his own TV show. Chief executive and founder of budget e-commerce marketplace Pinduoduo Colin Huang has overtaken Ma of Alibaba.... |
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either despite the apparent bonhomie between Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Vietnam has been kept on the edge with threats of tariffs after the US-China trade war saw its trade surplus with the US rise. That's why a Biden win has come as a sigh of relief for Asian economies. |
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YANGON,MYANMAR – Myanmar Airways International’s (MAI) first E190 commenced operations from Yangon operating four flights throughout the day. In addition, MAI’s second E190 arrives in the country on 23 December 2020 and the airline will expand its E190 routes to include nine destinations across the.... |
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1. Breakthroughs in international integration: Many initiatives initiated by the industry and trade sector during 2020’s Vietnam’s ASEAN Chairmanship have been effectively deployed. Vietnam signed, negotiated and successfully implemented several important trade agreements (FTAs). |
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(To watch the full press briefing with sign language interpretation, click here.) The Centre for Health Protection today said it is investigating 35 additional COVID-19 cases, of which 34 are locally transmitted. The patients include 15 males and 20 females aged between four and 82. Among the local cases, 10 have unknown sources of infection. |
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The Ho Chi Minh City Pasteur Institute made the confirmation on January 2. The patient, born in 1976, was brought home from the UK on Flight VN50, which landed at Can Tho International Airport in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on December 22, and was quarantined upon arrival. |
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In the morning, competent forces at Kim Thanh border gate also conducted customs clearance procedures for 18 declarations from 12 enterprises exporting and importing dragon fruits, melons, sweet tangerines with a total value of over US$268,000. According to Deputy Head of the Lao Cai International.... |
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They are Hanoi Trade Joint Stock Corporation (Hapro), Vietnam National Tea Corporation (VinaTea), Tuan Minh Trading and Production Co., Ltd (Tuan Minh Export), Lotus Rice JSC, SongHau Food Company and Agrotex Vietnam JSC. Exhibitors also come from seven other countries, including Algeria, Brazil,.... |
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The Ho Chi Minh City Pasteur Institute made the confirmation on January 2. The patient, born in 1976, was brought home from the UK on Flight VN50, which landed at Can Tho International Airport in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on December 22, and was quarantined upon arrival. |
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Warmer Pacific Ocean currents during the ice age may also have supported early human settlements. New research reveals significant changes in the circulation of the North Pacific Ocean and their impact on the initial migration of humans from Asia to North America. |
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Kazakhstan has abolished the death penalty, making permanent a nearly two-decade freeze on capital punishment in the Central Asian country, a
on the presidential website said on January 2. The statement said Kazakh President Qasym-Zhomart Toqaev had signed off on parliamentary ratification of the.... |
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SYDNEY (AP) — Australia’s leading medical group says the New South Wales state government has put the rest of the country at risk by its decision not to go “hard and early” in its response to the COVID-19 outbreak on Sydney’s northern beaches, which is suspected to have also caused new cases in neighboring Victoria state. |
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Over VND62 trillion in support of 20 million people affected by COVID-19. On April 9, the Government issued Resolution No. 42/NQ-CP on measures to support people facing difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. With the spirit of “Not letting anyone be left behind”, about 20 million people.... |
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January 02, 2021 6:28 PM SEOUL (THE KOREA HERALD/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - South Korea's Ministry of Health and Welfare took down a video it had posted on social media encouraging dancing to beat the coronavirus blues. |
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Contributed by NAMPA / Associated Press.
Asia Today: Australian state under fire for slow response |
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Chinese police have detained a woman in the southwestern province of Yunnan on suspicion of subversion, as part of a crackdown on dissent in the southern province of Guangdong, her associates confirmed Friday. Wei Yani, who hails from the southern region of Guangxi, was detained by police in Yunnan in November as part of a nationwide operation. |
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The Myanmar military on Wednesday denied that it is reinforcing troops in war-torn Rakhine state amid reports by civilians of a buildup of manpower, and said that its talks with the rebel Arakan Army are still underway to prevent further clashes in the region. |
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Moscow (AsiaNews) - Kazakhstan has decided to assign refugee status to four Chinese of Kazakh origin, fleeing Xinjiang to avoid persecution. The decision taken on 24 December last has been welcomed by national public opinion, revealing the discontent of the Kazakhs towards China (see photo), accused.... |
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SYDNEY (AP) — Australia’s leading medical group says the New South Wales state government has put the rest of the country at risk by its decision not to go “hard and early” in its response to the COVID-19 outbreak on Sydney’s northern beaches, which is suspected to have also caused new cases in neighboring Victoria state. |
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