Philippines will not send overseas workers to Libya
Ban on labor deployment to Libya up as civil war erupts. The government has banned the deployment of Filipino workers to Libya as civil war has erupted again in the north African…
Debate rages on in Malaysia over U-turn from signing Rome Statute
The Southeast Asian nation had chosen to withdraw from the ICC statute. As debate rages on over Malaysia’s decision not to accede to the founding treaty of the International…
Firefighters battle Gangwon mountain fires
Fire agency issues highest level alert after 2 people die. Fire trucks from different regions of South Korea are being deployed to Gangwon Province following a series of mountain…
Haze hits Songkran hotel bookings in Chiang Mai
Smog levels in the northern Thai city are at an all time high. The smog crisis has taken its toll on the North’s tourism, with a significant drop seen in hotel-room bookings…
Opium farming goes unchecked, difficult to locate plantation sites
Nepalese farmers are finding new ways to combat inspections. Opium cultivation in Rautahat district is currently going unchecked by authorities, as local administration is having…
30 die in Iran’s unprecedented floods
Widespread destruction and devastation has hit Golestan province, Iran this month. At least 30 people died in the flash floods that ravaged most parts of Iran over the last days,…
Japanese self-defense units deployed for defense of islands in Japan’s southwest
About 380 personnel have been deployed in advance. The Ground Self-Defense Force established on Tuesday new bases on Amami-Oshima island in Kagoshima Prefecture and Miyakojima…
What’s wrong with development in Pakistan?
Pakistan doesn’t suffer from a lack of development, but from flaws in the model of its pursuit. The key implicit assumption in the mainstream development theory is that…
No sign of concrete policies for conflict in Thailand’s restive south
Parties offer few if any answers for a 15-year-old deadly insurgency that successive govts have failed to quell. Peace and conflict have never been significant parts of any…
Japanese Olympic Committee was step behind when dealing with Takeda charges
The head of Japan’s Olympic Committee said he would step down, as French authorities probe his involvement in payments made before Tokyo was awarded the 2020 Summer Games.…