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October 7, 2017
In the Viet Nam News article, "An obstacles course for highlands kids," the author discusses the issue of the accessibility of education in the highland region of...
October 6, 2017
As the headline suggests, this article by The Sun, a British Tabloid, describes the cancellation of the Full Moon parties and public entertainment this month as part mourning...
October 6, 2017
I have always been puzzled by the choice of 320,000 migrant workers, overwhelmingly women, to work in Hong Kong. As an Indonesian, I would constantly wonder why 150,000...
October 6, 2017
Echoing Nancy Smith-Hefner's 2007 study of higher rates of veiling in Indonesia, this article from the Straits Times details how young women are simultaneously both more...
October 5, 2017
In another article for Inside Indonesia M Zamzam Fauzanafi discusses digital citizenship, an element which, much like throughout the rest of the world, has become a topic of...
October 5, 2017
The headline of this article by Matichon (progressive Thai newspaper) may be slightly misleading. This article points out that in a recent interview, the Thai prime minister...
October 3, 2017
This article presents an interesting analysis of the first year of King Vajilalongkorn's reign. Two main points raised are Thailand's transition towards '...

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