Sep 3, 2018
Shame on you, America - Opinion - Israel News | Haaretz.com
Shame on you, America - Opinion - Israel News | Haaretz.com: The United States has spent hundreds of billions on unnecessary wars, but only the UN relief agency for the Palestinians is improperly run
Author lauds Cambodia’s effort to revive traditional silk weaving - Khmer Times
Author lauds Cambodia’s effort to revive traditional silk weaving - Khmer Times: Yuen Yuen Ang, associate professor of political science at the University of Michigan and the author of ‘How China Escaped the Poverty Trap’, lauded Cambodia’s efforts to revive the traditional silk weaving industry.
Brazil National Museum housing 20mn+ exhibits devoured by massive blaze (PHOTOS, VIDEO) — RT World News
Brazil National Museum housing 20mn+ exhibits devoured by massive blaze (PHOTOS, VIDEO) — RT World News: The National Museum of Brazil in Rio de Janeiro has been hit by a massive fire on Sunday night, with images from the scene showing the entire building engulfed in flames. The cause of the blaze is unknown so far.
Pacific Islands Forum: what is it and why have some media been banned? | World news | The Guardian
Pacific Islands Forum: what is it and why have some media been banned? | World news | The Guardian: The forum brings together nations from the Pacific, but the location this year means not everyone is welcome
Reuters Journalists: Aung San Suu Kyi Must Release Them Today | Burma Campaign UK
Reuters Journalists: Aung San Suu Kyi Must Release Them Today | Burma Campaign UK: Burma Campaign UK today condemned the sentencing of Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, and urged Aung San Suu Kyi to release them today, and to repeal all repressive laws
Sport and the Indonesian nation - Inside Indonesia
Sport and the Indonesian nation - Inside Indonesia: Indonesia’s leaders use sporting events to remind the people of their shared history and foster national pride
Special Report - How Myanmar punished two reporters for uncovering an atrocity | Reuters
Special Report - How Myanmar punished two reporters for uncovering an atrocity | Reuters: Time and again, Myanmar's government appeared at risk of blowing its prosecution of two young journalists who had exposed a massacre of 10 Muslim men and implicated security forces in the killings.
“We hope to help Indonesian teachers to better inform their students about the Holocaust and genocide”
“We hope to help Indonesian teachers to better inform their students about the Holocaust and genocide”: Interview with Baskara T. Wardaya on education about the Holocaust and genocide in Indonesia
Myanmar Rohingya: How a 'genocide' was investigated - BBC News
Myanmar Rohingya: How a 'genocide' was investigated - BBC News: Investigators say a genocide may have been committed in Myanmar. This is how they came to that conclusion.
Sun Yat-sen to Mao Zedong, I watched the birth of a new China: the Wang Gungwu memoir | This Week In Asia | South China Morning Post
Sun Yat-sen to Mao Zedong, I watched the birth of a new China: the Wang Gungwu memoir | This Week In Asia | South China Morning Post: In an extract from his memoir ‘Home is Not Here’, one of the world’s foremost scholars on Chinese civilisation recalls visiting the country as a student – and witnessing the birth of Mao Zedong’s China
Sep 2, 2018
A beginner's guide to online censorship - Comparitech
A beginner's guide to online censorship - Comparitech: Who censors? What is censored online? How is the web censored? How to fight censorship? Organizations that fight censorship.
Why Facebook Is Cracking Down on Myanmar Military Accounts | Time
Why Facebook Is Cracking Down on Myanmar Military Accounts | Time: The company linked a covert propaganda campaign to an army accused of genocide
A saviour by speaking Japanese - Nation | The Star Online
A saviour by speaking Japanese - Nation | The Star Online: JOHOR BARU: Thanks to her fluency in the Japanese language, Yap Chwee Lan is one of several unsung heroes who saved hundreds of lives during the Japanese Occupation in then Malaya.
Stop asking for govt handouts, bumi businessmen told - Nation | The Star Online
Stop asking for govt handouts, bumi businessmen told - Nation | The Star Online: GEORGE TOWN: Bumiputra entrepreneurs have been told to stop expecting government handouts and move forward on their own instead.
Dr M says will honour Pakatan agreement on succession - Nation | The Star Online
Dr M says will honour Pakatan agreement on succession - Nation | The Star Online: BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (Bernama): Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said he will honour the agreement by Pakatan Harapan partners that he will be interim Prime Minister, with the time frame mentioned as two years, before he hands over the reins to Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
Mahathir cannot ignore the Malay undercurrents - Analysis | The Star Online
Mahathir cannot ignore the Malay undercurrents - Analysis | The Star Online: IT was a whirlwind weekend for the Mahathir government and everyone could sense just how thrilled the first-time ministers were to be up on stage for the Merdeka Day parade.
A taste of Myitkyina | Frontier Myanmar
A taste of Myitkyina | Frontier Myanmar: The Kachin State capital boasts a spectacular array of eateries offering authentic Kachin fare and dishes from neighbouring Shan State.
Belt and Road project runs into debt speed bump, East Asia News & Top Stories - The Straits Times
Belt and Road project runs into debt speed bump, East Asia News & Top Stories - The Straits Times: BEIJING • China's massive and expanding Belt and Road trade infrastructure project is running into speed bumps as some countries begin to grumble about being buried under Chinese debt.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Why China’s overseas students find things aren’t always better back home | South China Morning Post
Why China’s overseas students find things aren’t always better back home | South China Morning Post: More Chinese than ever before are studying overseas, but when they return many struggle to find jobs that satisfy their high aspirations
Study of Portuguese and Spanish explodes as China expands role in Latin America | South China Morning Post
Study of Portuguese and Spanish explodes as China expands role in Latin America | South China Morning Post: Record numbers are doing so, wagering it will guarantee them work as diplomats, interpreters or lawyers for Chinese ministries or firms
Myanmar dam breach drives more than 63,000 people from homes in 85 villages | South China Morning Post
Myanmar dam breach drives more than 63,000 people from homes in 85 villages | South China Morning Post: Traffic between major cities of Yangon and Mandalay and the capital, Naypyidaw, was disrupted after the flooding damaged a bridge on the motorway linking the cities
Eight Malaysian former spies under probe for corruption | South China Morning Post
Eight Malaysian former spies under probe for corruption | South China Morning Post: Investigation is latest in widening crackdown by Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad’s government on corruption linked to previous administration
Food fight: Singapore’s bid for UN hawker honour sparks clash with Malaysia | South China Morning Post
Food fight: Singapore’s bid for UN hawker honour sparks clash with Malaysia | South China Morning Post: City state’s bid for Unesco cultural-heritage recognition for its street food draws ire of chefs from neighbouring country
‘Who am I?’: Mahathir’s right-hand man Daim Zainuddin on claims he is blocking Anwar | This Week In Asia | South China Morning Post
‘Who am I?’: Mahathir’s right-hand man Daim Zainuddin on claims he is blocking Anwar | This Week In Asia | South China Morning Post: In an interview with This Week in Asia, the influential adviser to Mahathir Mohamad scotches claims he is emerging as an unelected political force
‘Non-halal’ measles-rubella vaccine hits resistance in Muslim Indonesia | This Week In Asia | South China Morning Post
‘Non-halal’ measles-rubella vaccine hits resistance in Muslim Indonesia | This Week In Asia | South China Morning Post: The country is running out of time to achieve its goal of inoculating 32 million infants and children by the end of September
Trump’s decision to skip two summits in Asia fuels doubts about US commitment | South China Morning Post
Trump’s decision to skip two summits in Asia fuels doubts about US commitment | South China Morning Post: Without the US president at two major upcoming summits, Chinese President Xi Jinping will have more space to advocate Chinese trade and development projects, such as his ambitious Belt and Road Initiative
And the winner of the Asian Games is … Indonesian President Joko Widodo’s re-election campaign | South China Morning Post
And the winner of the Asian Games is … Indonesian President Joko Widodo’s re-election campaign | South China Morning Post: A well-received opening ceremony, an absence of major organisational problems, and Widodo’s surprise announcement that Indonesia would bid for the 2032 Olympics have fuelled feel-good nationalism
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