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'I sold the piano and bought a camera'
Spectrum, Published on 03/12/2017
» Journalism requires taking risks beyond the regular (and sometimes legal) call of duty. When breaking news happens or an injustice is found lurking in the shadows, journalists are often the first ones there to shed light on the stories that impact society's most marginalised. It requires a deep passion for sharing people's stories with the rest of the world.
Strong SW China quake kills at least 7
Associated Press, Published on 09/08/2017
» BEIJING - A strong earthquake shook a mountainous region in southwestern China near a famous national park, killing seven people, injuring 88 others and knocking out power and phone networks.
Forest too precious for housing
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 03/04/2017
» Many years ago I visited Mahachai, a fishery port zone in Samut Sakhon province. As I walked around I felt like I was a township in Myanmar. The community is dubbed Little Myanmar, with good reason. It is a place where you can hear many people talk in unfamiliar dialects, posters are written in the round letters of the Myanmar alphabet, and of course, women and men have yellowish tanaka paste on their faces.
The road not taken
Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 20/02/2017
» Long before "connectivity" emerged as the all-purpose buzzword to describe the goal of regional integration, an ambitious plan was hatched for a land route from the Andaman to the South China Sea via Myanmar, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam. As good roads took shape, industries and economic development would follow. At least, that was the idea.
Myanmar jade mine slide kills 9
Published on 11/02/2017
» Nine men were killed and another one injured by a collapsing slag heap as they scavenged jade remnants at a mine in Hpakant township in Kachin state in northern Myanmar, officials said on Saturday.
India breathes new life into Buddhist circuit
Asia focus, Prangthong Jitcharoenkul, Published on 31/10/2016
» India is scaling up its efforts through heavy investments in connectivity to attract Buddhist pilgrims from across South and Southeast Asia, according to Union Tourism Secretary Vinod Zutshi.
Fast track to India
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 31/10/2016
» India has made significant strides under Prime Minister Narendra Modi to position itself as more friendly to foreign investment, but the actual process of getting a new business off the ground is still not as smooth as investors or authorities want it to be.
Echoing a film's murderous blueprint
News, New York Times, Published on 12/08/2016
» The three miners befriended a lonely, luckless man and offered him work down an iron mine in eastern China.
Myanmar women forced to marry in China
AFP, Published on 01/07/2016
» HLAING THAR YAR, MYANMAR - Enticed by work in China, hundreds of poor young Myanmar women are instead being forced into marriage, and left to scramble to get back across remote borders before they are compelled into life with husbands they have never met.
Taiwan flies on
Life, Pongpet Mekloy, Published on 30/06/2016
» Of all the countries and territories on the planet, only a few boast strong armies of devoted Thai fans; Taiwan is one of them.