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Fight back or flee? Myanmar draft forces hard choices on youth
Reuters, Published on 08/04/2024
» Weeks after Myanmar's military government announced a nationwide draft, two young women from far-flung parts of the Southeast Asian country headed to the jungles to take up arms against the junta.
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Vietnam arms imports drop to trickle despite regional tensions
Reuters, Published on 14/03/2024
» HANOI - Vietnam's imports of weapons last year slowed to a trickle as it worked to diversify supplies away from Russia, data released on Monday show, while experts warned the country could be vulnerable during a regional conflict.
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Thailand to expand visa-free access, says Srettha
Reuters, Published on 16/02/2024
» The government plans to offer visa-free travel to citizens of several more countries, Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said on Friday.
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Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore hope to lure Chinese with visa-free travel
Reuters, Published on 09/02/2024
» SINGAPORE/BANGKOK - Chinese engineer and aviation enthusiast Wei Ming is exactly the kind of visitor the tourism authorities in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand are looking for.
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China kicks off Lunar New Year travel rush, expects record 9 billion trips
Reuters, Published on 26/01/2024
» BEIJING - China on Friday kicked off its busiest annual period of mass migration with a record 9 billion domestic trips expected to be made during a 40-day travel rush around the Lunar New Year holidays, state media predicted.
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WHO sees 'incredibly low' Covid, flu vaccination rates
Reuters, Published on 12/01/2024
» LONDON/CHICAGO - Low vaccination rates against the latest versions of coronavirus 2019 (Covid-19) and influenza are putting pressure on healthcare systems this winter, leading public health officials told Reuters.
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Bhutan opposition party wins election
Reuters, Published on 10/01/2024
» THIMPHU - An opposition party in Bhutan led by former Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay won the final round of national parliamentary elections held Tuesday, according to preliminary results reported by state media.
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Philippines' Black Nazarene feast draws hundreds of thousands of devotees
Reuters, Published on 09/01/2024
» MANILA - The streets of the Philippine capital turned into a sea of maroon and yellow on Tuesday as hundreds of thousands of Catholic devotees joined a procession in honour of the Black Nazarene in Asia's largest Catholic nation.
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China's investments to Vietnam boom as Xi visits Hanoi, US spending down
Reuters, Published on 08/12/2023
» HANOI - Chinese investments in Vietnam have boomed this year in contrast to a slowdown in spending and trade in the United States, official data show, as the world's two largest economies vie for influence in the strategic Southeast Asian country.
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China lures Taiwan politicians with cheap trips
Reuters, Published on 01/12/2023
» TAIPEI - Beijing has sponsored cut-price trips to China for hundreds of Taiwanese politicians ahead of key elections on the island, according to Taiwan sources and documents, unnerving officials with a broad campaign that one called "election interference".
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