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KATHMANDU, AUGUST 8. World Health Organisation has urged member countries, including Nepal, in the South-East Asia Region to accelerate resumption of disrupted health-care services, hit by the pandemic, as an integral part of the COVID-19 response. “The pandemic has put immense strain on health systems across the South- East Asia Region. |
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JAKARTA (JAKARTA POST/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - The National Police's Criminal Investigation Department (Bareskrim) arrested Ms Anita Kolopaking, the lawyer of graft convict Djoko Sugiarto Tjandra, on Saturday (Aug 8). National Police spokesman Brigadier-General Awi Setiyono said investigators arrested.... |
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One has always been of the view that the war against terror fought in Waziristan, Swat and other parts of Pakistan was only a sideshow. The battleground for a decisive outcome remains to be Balochistan. He who wins this battle shall dominate the South Asian and Middle Eastern region including the.... |
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TOKYO/BANGKOK -- For convenience store operator FamilyMart , the sign of trouble in Thailand may be traced back to its fraught rollout of Japanese oden stew pots to unfamiliar customers. The offering, widely popular in the home market, never gained much traction. "I have never tried that before," said one customer coming out of the store. |
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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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VGP - Foreign Ministers of 10 ASEAN member States have issued a statement reaffirming the bloc' vision, commitments and fundamental principles to build ASEAN into a region of peace, progress and prosperity as inspired in the 1967 ASEAN Declaration.
Following is the full text of the statement: We,.... |
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Satellite alerts on loss of tree cover increase 77% as collapse in economies pushes exploitation of resources . Forests have been razed at an alarming rate across Asia, Africa and Latin America during the coronavirus.... |
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Indian students take a Korean class at the King Sejong Institute in New Delhi. Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism via The Korea Herald/Asia News Network. SEOUL — On July 30, the Indian government announced the selection of Korean language as one of the foreign languages taught at secondary school level. |
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Vietnam reported two more COVID-19 cases on August 9 morning, taking the national count to 812, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control. Of the new patients, one is in Hanoi and the other, in the northern province of Bac Giang. Earlier, Vietnam reported 21 more coronavirus cases on August 8 evening. |
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A serious crisis is looming over journalism in India, which is increasingly vested in the hands of authority. On the one hand, Indian President Pranab Mukherjee asks for “discussion and dissension” for a vibrant democracy. “There should always be room for the argumentative Indian, and not the intolerant Indian. |
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Inspired by the movement “Black Lives Matter” after the murder of George Floyd, on 25 May 2020. Many other movements are gaining momentum against discrimination around the world. Kashmiri movement for their legitimate right of self-determination, also gained momentum. |
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In her opening remarks, Vietnamese Ambassador Le Linh Lan said over the past five decades after it was founded, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has become a widely-recognised regional organisation that plays an important role in promoting peace, stability and prosperity in Southeast Asia. |
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Asia Africans Continue To Make History With The Successful Return Of Space ... AUG 4, 2020 ASIA.
Australia Australians vote in first 'climate election' MAY 18, 2019 AUSTRALIA.
Europe Paris confirms compulsory face masks outdoors amid Covid-19 spike 9 HOURS AGO EUROPE. |
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MANILA, Philippines—The Department of Foreign Affairs on August tallied 15 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) among Filipinos living abroad bringing the total number of infections to 9,725. In a Twitter post, the DFA said that the new cases came from six countries across Asia and the Pacific, Middle East, and Europe. |
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Source: Asia Development Bank. The Dujiangyan Water Resource Management System in the People’s Republic of China is the world’s only existing dam-less water diversion structure. It was designed and first constructed in 256 B.C. and is still functioning today. |
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A boy looks on as health workers screen people for COVID-19 symptoms at a residential building in Dharavi, one of Asia's biggest slums, in Mumbai, India, Friday, Aug. 7, 2020. As India hit another grim milestone in the coronavirus pandemic on Friday, crossing 2 million cases and more than 41,000.... |
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Song Hoi-see of Plaza Premium says it has 70% market share of global independent lounge traffic. Jocelyn Tam for Forbes Asia It was his own frustration with air travel that inspired Malaysian Song Hoi-see to get into the airport lounge business. “I founded this business out of my own bad.... |
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The ceremony was attended by President of the UN General Assembly Tijjani Muhammad Bande, UN Under-Secretary-General Atul Khare, UN Assistant Secretary-General Alexander Zuev and more than 4,000 delegates from UN member states. Bande applauded ASEAN’s key role in maintaining peace, stability and.... |
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HANOI, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) released a statement on Saturday, marking the bloc's 53rd anniversary. The statement recalled the aspirations of the 1967 ASEAN Declaration to promote regional cooperation in the spirit of equality and.... |
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LOS BAÑOS, Laguna: The Philippine government-hosted Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (Searca) is set to support the coconut industry development plan of Quezon Province in the areas of value addition to coconut products, linkages of farmers to the market and farmers’ organization. |
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published: 1.8. 19:25. The corona situation in Asia is deteriorating, and in the Philippines and Japan, Okinawa, infections are on the rise. Thousands of opponents of interest rate restrictions gathered in central Berlin on Saturday. According to police, about 15,000 people were present, although.... |
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A Regional Manager at Softlogic Life, Lahiru Maduranga won the ‘Rookie Insurance Agency Leader of the Year’ at the Fifth Asia Trusted Life Agents and Advisers Awards 2020, organised by the Asian Insurance Review Magazine. Lahiru’s inspiring role as a young agency leader and a productive advisor.... |
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Sri Lanka Telecom - the national ICT service provider and Epic Technology Group – one of the leading digital technology solution providers in the region, launched the Helaviru Digital Economic Center Online Platform for the first time in South Asia recently. |
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A boy looks on as health workers screen people for COVID-19 symptoms at a residential building in Dharavi, one of Asia's biggest slums, in Mumbai, India, Friday, Aug. 7, 2020. As India hit another grim milestone in the coronavirus pandemic on Friday, crossing 2 million cases and more than 41,000.... |
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By Rhany Chairunissa Rufinaldo Health authorities in Southeast Asian countries Friday confirmed more coronavirus cases and deaths. The death toll in member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) now stands at 7,990, with 96 new fatalities reported in the last 24 hours. |
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