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Cambodia's women tuk-tuk drivers fighting prejudice
AFP, Published on 13/12/2023
» SIEM REAP (CAMBODIA) - Every day Roeung Sorphy deftly weaves through the streets of Siem Reap, zigzagging past cars, motorbikes and the occasional stray dog as she shepherds tourists to the famed Angkor Wat temple complex.
The soundtrack of the Arab uprisings in 10 songs
AFP, Published on 30/11/2020
» BEIRUT - Few of the pro-democracy protesters who took the Middle East by storm a decade ago had a flag to raise or a leader to follow. But all of them had a song to sing.
SE Asia tourism splutters as virus keeps Chinese at home
AFP, Published on 16/02/2020
» LUANG PRABANG, Laos: Elephant parks unvisited, curios at markets unsold as tuk-tuks sit idle: Southeast Asia is facing billions of dollars in losses from a collapse in Chinese tourism since the outbreak of a deadly new coronavirus.
Medic, driver, witness, baker: four faces of Iraqi's uprising
AFP, Published on 10/12/2019
» BAGHDAD - Tears roll out from behind Ayat's oversized glasses but her hands, facing the sky, are steady. Her friends are gone, killed protesting Iraq's government, but their "revolution" continues.
Iraqi protestors vow to press on as 'nothing to lose'
AFP, Published on 05/10/2019
» BAGHDAD - "We're not infiltrators", Sayyed said over and over again as he marched Friday to Baghdad's iconic Tahrir Square after Iraqi officials accused "aggressors" of being behind four days of anti-government protests.
Ride-hailing apps run Indonesian tuk-tuks off road
AFP, Published on 25/03/2018
» JAKARTA: Auto-rickshaw driver Zainuddin used to make decent money navigating Jakarta's congested roads and narrow alleyways.
Early nights in Bangkok as coup tames tourist party
AFP, Published on 24/05/2014
» Foreign tourists navigating Bangkok's temples lamented the taming effect of a military coup on the city's rowdy nightlife but otherwise shrugged off any safety fears despite warnings by foreign governments.
Bangkok creeps back to life after Thai-style coup
AFP, Published on 23/05/2014
» An uneasy calm settled over Bangkok Friday, with tourists venturing onto the streets and shoppers filling the malls as one of the world's most vibrant cities absorbed the effects of a very Thai coup.
Bangkok creeps back to life after Thai-style coup
AFP, Published on 23/05/2014
» An uneasy calm settled over Bangkok Friday as one of the world's most vibrant cities crept back to life after a night-time curfew imposed by the military as part of a very Thai coup.
Move over, rickshaw: Cambodia launches public buses
AFP, Published on 09/02/2014
» Motorcycles, cars, tuk-tuks and the humble rickshaw dominate its traffic-clogged roads, but now the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh is launching a new weapon in the fight against chronic congestion: its first public buses in over a decade.