Ripped from the Headlines

October 1, 2021
Myanmar’s Arakan Army (AA), a regional revolutionary group, has been increasing its influence, supplanting the Myanmar state as chief provider of administrative and judiciary...
October 1, 2021
Most people these days won’t recognise the Sihanakhon Temple’s name… unless they’re Cambodian. Sihanakhon, a new Buddhist temple under construction in Buri Ram (a...
https://jakartaglobe.id/news/governor-responds-to-sinking-jakarta-issue-shows-optimism
October 1, 2021
On October 1st, 2021, the Jakarta Globe reported on Jakarta governor Anies Baswedan’s response to the issue of Jakarta’s sinking. Jakarta has a population of 10 million and...
September 30, 2021
In the 2011 General Election, foreign manpower was a big topic for discussion. Singaporeans felt that they were being crowded out on public transport, facing high HDB prices...
September 30, 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...
September 30, 2021
A Bangladeshi woman came to Singapore under the premise that an agent had arranged a domestic worker job for her, but instead, she was told to work as a dancer in a club.*...
September 28, 2021
Over the summer, on the first of July, Thailand opened the “Phuket sandbox:” a quarantine-requirement-free destination for tourists from lower risk countries designed to test...

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