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October 3, 2016
On September 30th 2016, Janice Phuong from the Philippines won the 7th season of Vietnam Idol. It was the first season that “foreigners,” non-Vietnamese singers, could enter...
October 3, 2016
Demonstrators gathered around a steel factory owned by Taiwanese company Formosa on Sunday, in continuing protest of Formosa’s oil spill into the South China Sea in June....
October 3, 2016
Philippine President Duterte claimed that the American CIA is planning to kill him in an address to Filipino nationals in Vietnam. In his words, "They say [that] the CIA...
October 2, 2016
Last year, at the Paris Climate Conference (COP21), Indonesia announced its admirable, if ambitious objective to reduce CO2 emissions by 29% by 2030. Considering Indonesia...
October 2, 2016
The article from the Nhan Dan is reporting on the effects of the 2016 Vietnam Marine Life Disaster caused by Hung Nghiep Formosa Ha Tinh Company, who have taken...
October 2, 2016
This article from the Nhan Dan expresses concern over the Hoa Sen Group’s approved steel project in the wake of the disaster caused by the Formosa Ha Tinh Company, another...
October 2, 2016
Just to follow up on Duterte's recent comments regarding stepping away from Philippine's alliance with the United States, I share an opinion piece by Filipino...

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