Oct 13, 2018
Meet Cambodia’s ‘Rubbish Man’: he runs a school where children pay for their education in recycled waste materials | South China Morning Post
Meet Cambodia’s ‘Rubbish Man’: he runs a school where children pay for their education in recycled waste materials | South China Morning Post: About 65 kids are enrolled at the school, where classroom walls are made of painted car tyres and the entrance adorned with a mural of the Cambodian flag made entirely from colourful bottle caps
Philippines’ UN envoy Teodoro ‘Teddy Boy’ Locsin named foreign secretary as Duterte eyes cabinet revamp | South China Morning Post
Philippines’ UN envoy Teodoro ‘Teddy Boy’ Locsin named foreign secretary as Duterte eyes cabinet revamp | South China Morning Post: Former three-term congressman and a newspaper publisher will replace Alan Peter Cayetano
India’s Hindu hardliners force meat sellers to shut shops in New Delhi during Navaratri | South China Morning Post
India’s Hindu hardliners force meat sellers to shut shops in New Delhi during Navaratri | South China Morning Post: Muslim meat retailers say they are suffering heavy losses but are too scared to keep their shops open during a religious festival
What a load of rubbish: The impact of the Philippines' sachet economy
What a load of rubbish: The impact of the Philippines' sachet economy: The Philippines has a massive trash problem. And part of the blame has been laid on companies selling products in sachets; shampoo, cooking oil and other low-cost consumer products come in small, single-use plastic packages that are affordable for the country’s bulk of poor and middle-income families.
Bali struck by earthquake as leaders due to attend IMF summit
Bali struck by earthquake as leaders due to attend IMF summit: Bali earthquake that killed three in Indonesia's resort Island of Bali early Thursday leaves IMF, World Bank summit shaken
Why is 1-year-old Gabbie every Filipina's favourite Facebook friend?
Why is 1-year-old Gabbie every Filipina's favourite Facebook friend?: Every year, thousands of Filipinas experience various forms of physical and sexual abuse. But Gabbie could very well change that. Find out how:
Cambodia's Hun Sen Slammed For 'Extravagant' Travel by Chartered Jet
Cambodia's Hun Sen Slammed For 'Extravagant' Travel by Chartered Jet: The cost of renting the plane for himself and large entourage to fly to New York has still not been officially disclosed.
UN criticised over new human rights council members - BBC News
UN criticised over new human rights council members - BBC News: Some of the 18 newly elected members of the UN Human Rights Council are criticised as rights abusers.
Facebook doubles the time needed to delete an account - Tech News | The Star Online
Facebook doubles the time needed to delete an account - Tech News | The Star Online: Anyone who wants to leave Facebook forever now has to wait 30 days, instead of 14, before their profile and all of its data is removed from their social media platform.
C-section rates have nearly doubled worldwide since 2000 - CBS News
C-section rates have nearly doubled worldwide since 2000 - CBS News: The number of women delivering babies via cesarean section has nearly doubled since 2000, a new study shows
All Google Assistant headphones now feature Translate - 9to5Google
All Google Assistant headphones now feature Translate - 9to5Google: Over the past year, the number of Google Assistant headphones available have proliferated. This, unfortunately, is not due to the success of Pixel Buds...
Civil rights activist Jolovan Wham and Singapore Democratic Party's John Tan convicted under new contempt of court laws over Facebook posts allegedly "scandalising the judiciary" - The Online Citizen
Civil rights activist Jolovan Wham and Singapore Democratic Party's John Tan convicted under new contempt of court laws over Facebook posts allegedly "scandalising the judiciary" - The Online Citizen: Civil rights activist Jolovan Wham and Singapore Democratic Party (SDP)'s John Tan Liang Joo became the first individuals to be convicted under new laws governing instances of contempt of court in Singapore, particularly the Administration of Justice (Protection) Act 2016, which came into effect on 1 Oct last year. In deciding that Mr Wham and Mr …
11,2 miljoen euro voor Giro 555-actie Sulawesi | NOS
11,2 miljoen euro voor Giro 555-actie Sulawesi | NOS: De hele dag was op er op radio en televisie aandacht voor de nationale actiedag voor Giro 555, waarmee de samenwerkende hulporganisaties geld willen inzamelen voor Sulawesi.
Berulang kali dibubarkan, mengapa diskusi sejarah dianggap momok? - BBC News Indonesia
Berulang kali dibubarkan, mengapa diskusi sejarah dianggap momok? - BBC News Indonesia: Sejumlah diskusi sejarah, terutama yang berkaitan dengan Peristiwa 1965, selalu menjadi pertentangan kelompok tertent dan kebebasan mimbar akademik pun dipertanyakan.
Where intellectuals have failed in changing the Malay mindset | Free Malaysia Today
Where intellectuals have failed in changing the Malay mindset | Free Malaysia Today: If the Malay intellectuals do not acknowledge the failures of the Malay institutions, administration and religious authorities, what hope is there of changing the less educated or even the well-educated people?
Rohingya teen dreams of higher ed from squalid refugee camp
Rohingya teen dreams of higher ed from squalid refugee camp: KUTUPALONG, Bangladesh (AP) — At an age when many young Rohingya women have children, Rahima Akter has other plans. From the refugee camp in southern Bangladesh where she was born, Akter, a 19-year-old with a confident smile who goes by the name Khushi, says she aspires to become the most educated Rohingya woman in the world. Akter was born and has lived her whole life in the camp, a makeshift settlement of bamboo and tarpaulin huts spread out over rolling hills that were once protected forestland.
132 days, 180 dead in Cebu - SUNSTAR
132 days, 180 dead in Cebu - SUNSTAR: 132 days, 180 dead in Cebu
Misinformation, Ratna the hoaxer, and 1965 - Indonesia at Melbourne
Misinformation, Ratna the hoaxer, and 1965 - Indonesia at Melbourne: What does the 1965 violence have to do with Ratna Sarumpaet? Hellena Souisa examines two incidents that demonstrate how serious the problem of hoaxes has become for Indonesian politics.
Report on Feminist Perspective on Chin Community’s Customary Laws & Practices – Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development
Report on Feminist Perspective on Chin Community’s Customary Laws & Practices – Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development: Our Breaking Out of the Marginalisation Feminist Participatory Action Research (BOOM-FPAR) partner Ninu Women in Action from Burma/Myanmar, have just released their research report titled "Women as the Others: Chin Customary Laws & Practices from a Feminist Perspective" that focuses on the customary laws and practices of the Chin community from a feminist perspective. The study delves into the impact…
Gempa 8,9 Skala Richter dan Tsunami Ancam Padang - nasional Tempo.co
Gempa 8,9 Skala Richter dan Tsunami Ancam Padang - nasional Tempo.co: Kami dari tim sembilan ini rasanya seperti membawa kabar kematian, tetapi hasil kajian ini memang harus disampaikan agar kita bersiap menghadapi bencana.
Indonesia's quake-tsunami death toll could be more than FIVE THOUSAND | Daily Mail Online
Indonesia's quake-tsunami death toll could be more than FIVE THOUSAND | Daily Mail Online: A series of earthquakes hit the northern island of Sulawesi on September 28, including a 7.5-magnitude tremor near Palu City which also triggered a destructive tsunami.
How Trump’s decision on TPP became a setback for democracy in Vietnam - Washington Post
How Trump’s decision on TPP became a setback for democracy in Vietnam - Washington Post: Vietnam had promised more workers’ rights. Without the TPP, it has instead unleashed a crackdown.
Urgent : Myanmar Press Council denounces arrests of three senior journalists of Weekly Eleven
Urgent : Myanmar Press Council denounces arrests of three senior journalists of Weekly Eleven: Myanmar Press Council (MPC) issued a statement on October 11, saying it strongly denounced Yangon regional government’s charge against three senior journalists of the Weekly Eleven News Journal and Yangon regional government needed to lodge a complaint to the press council first.
Gobind: Green light from Cabinet for freeze on Sedition Act | Free Malaysia Today
Gobind: Green light from Cabinet for freeze on Sedition Act | Free Malaysia Today: Minister says Cabinet has agreed to temporarily suspend all action under the act.
Seven Papuans killed in Indonesian military operation | RNZ News
Seven Papuans killed in Indonesian military operation | RNZ News: Seven West Papuans have reportedly been killed in an Indonesian military operation in Papua's remote Puncak Jaya regency.
Returning to Myanmar’s troubled Rakhine state, this time more closely watched than ever - The Washington Post
Returning to Myanmar’s troubled Rakhine state, this time more closely watched than ever - The Washington Post: Dodging Myanmar's media minders and seeking stories on a government-run tour of its ravaged Rohingya region.
While my island nation sinks, Australia is doing nothing to solve climate change | Anote Tong | World news | The Guardian
While my island nation sinks, Australia is doing nothing to solve climate change | Anote Tong | World news | The Guardian: The inaction and recalcitrance of Australia’s federal politicians is making Kiribati despair
Defying China, Malaysia releases Uighur detainees | Reuters
Defying China, Malaysia releases Uighur detainees | Reuters: Malaysia has freed from detention 11 ethnic Uighur Muslims who fled to the southeast Asian nation after a Thai jailbreak last year, and sent them to Turkey, their lawyer said on Thursday, in disregard of China's request to hand them to Beijing.
Three Arakanese Youth Activists Held in Rakhine
Three Arakanese Youth Activists Held in Rakhine: The youths are being held on suspicion of the murder of a military intelligence officer who was shot in Sittwe in late September.
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