Ripped from the Headlines

October 8, 2021
Thailand legalized  the use of kratom, a native Southeast-Asian plant that is popularly used as a painkiller and stimulant. Prior to the legalization, possession of kratom...
October 8, 2021
Maria Ressa, Philippine-American journalist and co-founder of the digital investigative journalism outlet Rappler, won the Nobel peace prize, along with Russian journalist...
October 8, 2021
Although the news of Thailand’s student-led protests are not the most recent, new articles have been published detailing the consistent, daily protests and small-scale...
October 8, 2021
Thai disdain for the government is now being conflated with anti-China rhetoric by officials in Beijing. A recent statement released by China stated that “people and...
October 8, 2021
This article in the Phnom Penh Post highlights the work of Ravynn Karet-Coxen, a Cambodian refugee who founded Sacred Dancers of Angkor, a vocational school that trains...
October 8, 2021
Scientists are continually conducting research and identifying viruses that can cause a global pandemic as Covid-19 has done. A study in Laos has identified three viruses...
October 8, 2021
Vietnam had the COVID-19 virus under control until the more contagious Delta variant struck in early 2021. So as vaccines became available, the Vietnamese public clamored for...

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