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'Silent revolution': Myanmar workers strike to force junta's hand
AFP, Published on 04/04/2021
» Tens of thousands of Myanmar workers have gone on strike over the past two months, hoping that economic paralysis will force the hand of the wealthy generals who ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi on February 1.
Bangladesh at 50: Booming economy, shrinking rights
AFP, Published on 25/03/2021
» GAZIPUR (BANGLADESH) - Bangladesh turns 50 this week as an economic success story but also an increasingly repressive de facto one-party state where a cartoon or Facebook post can land you in jail, or worse.
Free fall
Asia focus, Larry Jagan, Published on 22/03/2021
» Yangon is burning: Plumes of smoke rose into the skyline in the north of the city every day last week. Large parts of Myanmar's biggest city and main commercial centre resembled a battle zone after the military junta imposed martial law in several neighbourhoods.
Anti-China outrage pulls Beijing into Myanmar coup crisis
Published on 17/03/2021
» Chinese factories torched as mainland workers hunker down under martial law -- Beijing is being pulled into the ulcerous crisis in Myanmar, an unravelling country it had carefully stitched into its big plans for Asia.
Rangoon residents flee martial law area as Myanmar death toll grows
AFP, Published on 16/03/2021
» YANGON: Residents of a protest flashpoint district in Myanmar's biggest city fled on flatbed trucks and tuk-tuks Tuesday after security forces escalated the use of lethal force against anti-coup protesters, despite international appeals for restraint.
Indonesian businesses join jab drive
Asia focus, Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata, Published on 15/03/2021
» More than 9,000 private companies in Indonesia are gearing up to inoculate their employees and their family members in a bid to revive productivity that has been severely curtailed by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Garment workers in Tak receive full compensation after wages expose
Published on 24/02/2021
» Migrant garment workers in Tak province who were illegally underpaid while making products for major brands have received all the wages owed to them after theme park operator and film producer Universal Studios agreed to pay the outstanding amount.
Myanmar spirit mediums take aim at military coup
AFP, Published on 14/02/2021
» YANGON: Otherworldly forces are displeased with the generals behind Myanmar's coup, according to the ornately dressed spirit mediums joining street protests to denounce the country's sudden turn back to army rule.
Singapore swap shops offer alternative to fast fashion
AFP, Published on 14/02/2021
» SINGAPORE: Singaporean Sue-Anne Chng used to wear a different outfit on all 15 days of the Lunar New Year, when it is customary to don new clothes to symbolise a fresh start.
Myanmar's protesters back on the streets as US sanctions coup leaders
AFP, Published on 12/02/2021
» YANGON - Myanmar's military regime braced for a seventh straight day of street protests on Friday after Washington announced sanctions on leaders of the coup that ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi.