All posts tagged "ASEAN News"
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0OpinionSingapore’s Enduring Stain
For all its modern wonders and impressive achievements, Singapore can’t seem to move beyond its draconian views on capital punishment. When it...
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0Asia Pacific NewsAs ASEAN Opens Up, Will Malaysia Be Left Behind?
A number of Southeast Asian countries have either opened their borders or announced plans to do so. Malaysia, however, against its own...
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0ASEAN NewsIndonesia Passes Law Approving the Relocation of Its Capital to Borneo
Indonesia’s new capital will be called ‘Nusantara’ — a Javanese name for the Indonesian archipelago chosen by President Joko Widodo. Indonesia’s parliament...
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0ASEAN NewsAt Long Last, Malaysia and Singapore Will Reopen the Border!
After a seemingly interminable closure, the neighbouring countries have agreed to reopen their mutual border with effect from November 29. After more...
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0ASEAN NewsA Tale of Two Countries: Different Journeys, Same Destination
Neighbouring countries Malaysia and Singapore have had wildly divergent experiences with the Covid-19 pandemic, and have reacted in ways almost as different....
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0ASEAN NewsSingapore Appears Increasingly Confused in Its Covid Approach
Singaporeans, long accustomed to decisive, orderly government, have been lashing out on social media at the apparent dithering and reversals by officials...
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0ASEAN NewsAs Malaysia and Singapore Discuss Opening Border, a Clear Data Reporting Gap Emerges
The difference in the way information is reported in the two countries — and the depth and quality of that information —...
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0CommunityMonks in Thailand Rally to Help Economically Impacted Families
Outfitted with a mobile grocery truck, the monks’ selfless act of helping anyone in need has encouraged many from the general public...
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0ASEAN NewsSingapore and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week
Shut out of the Olympic medal race while neighbouring countries fared better, and struggling to launch travel bubbles and a more open...
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0ASEAN NewsBangkok Counters Hospital Bed Shortages with Covid-19 Train Wards
Bangkok’s Covid-19 train wards will serve as ‘isolation centres’ for patients who are currently on waiting lists for hospital beds. The Bangkok...
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0OpinionCovid Report Card: Grading Malaysia’s Coronavirus Crisis Management
Judging any government’s handling of an unprecedented public health crisis with major economic, social, and political ramifications isn’t as straightforward as you...
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0ASEAN NewsSingapore to Start Relaxing Travel Restrictions by September
Adopting a ‘living with Covid plan,’ Singapore’s revised rules include health and treatment protocols that will allow for quarantine-free travel. Singapore’s government...
