ANN partner Phnom Penh Post sold to Malaysian investor
The Phnom Penh Post has been sold to Sivakumar Ganapathy, a Malaysian investor and executive at a public relations firm that has previously done work for Prime Minister Hun…
Rohingyas, locals unite to prepare for monsoon in vulnerable camps
Rohingyas and local people in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh are racing to prepare for monsoon rains forecast to start as early as this week. IOM, the UN Migration Agency, has been…
Southeast Asia celebrates Songkran
Thousands of tourists and locals across the region took to the streets last week to celebrate the Buddhist New Year. The annual festival is celebrated in many Asian countries…
E-sports here to stay in Asia
Despite a lack of acceptance by older generations, the competitive video game arena is more popular than ever and worth an estimated$900 million US. Whether its pushing down…
Singapore leads ASEAN in climate change initiatives
Singapore, ASEAN chairman for the year, is leading the way in fighting back against climate change. According to The Straits Times, Environment and Water Resources Minister…
Caste protests disrupts India
A supreme court decision to review a discrimination law has prompted caste violence across India. Dalit protests swept India’s caste-conscious north on April 2, leaving nine…
Editor’s Conversation: Explaining the caste system
Cod Satrusayang and Lamat Hasan have a conversation about the caste system in India. Confession time, I have very little knowledge of the Indian caste system. What I do know, I…
Malala returns to Pakistan for first time since attack
Malala Yousafzai arrived in Pakistan on Thursday, more than five years after she survived a Taliban attack. Youngest Nobel Prize laureate and education activist Malala Yousafzai…
Three films that helped put Asia on the production map
Asia is quickly becoming the choice du jour for Hollywood filmmakers looking for exotic locales and cheaper production costs. Film tourism – it’s a modern trend. Around the…
Japan cuts small bluefin tuna quotas
The Fisheries Agency plans to reduce next season’s quota for small Pacific bluefin tuna that can be caught. The Fisheries Agency plans to reduce next season’s quota for small…