Ripped from the Headlines

October 8, 2017
In VietNam Net Bridge's article "Vietnam urged to reform IT training amid demand for workers," the author briefly discusses the issue of insufficient educated...
The people, who attend the first rehearsal of the royal procession, raise the portrait of HM the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej over their heads with tear in their eyes, as the royal chariot is passing yesterday.
October 8, 2017
This article from The Nation, an English-language newspaper in Thailand, describes the reaction to the rehearsal of the Royal Cremation procession of the late King Bhumibol...
October 7, 2017
In Johor, Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskander has set aside Wednesdays as an "Open Day", in which he is briefed by aides and experts on developments in his state. His...
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...

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