Japan Health Ministry plans to let patients register at multiple transplant facilities
The step will be taken in response to transplant facilities having to turn down organs from brain-dead patients due to a lack of necessary personnel or beds.
National affairs
HIV infections and deaths decline in Nepal, but stigma runs deep
Every day, at least one person gets infected with HIV in the country.
Indonesian government defends slashing free meal budget for first year
President Prabowo Subianto has said that a pilot program based on a per meal cost of Rp 10,000, around two-thirds the initial estimate of Rp 15,000, showed that the reduced budget…
The spectacle of selective justice: Philippine Daily Inquirer
The recent theatrics of Vice President Sara Duterte over a House committee’s contempt orders against her chief of staff, Zuleika Lopez, for evading questions on her office’s…
Online scams related to charity and aid activities ‘a serious problem’ in Thailand
Common scams include fake requests for donations to save livestock, aid injured animals, or contribute to purchasing oxygen tanks.
Vietnam set to impose stricter rules for social media, news aggregator sites
Social media platforms are barred from organising user posts into fixed sections or publishing content in the form of investigative reports, interviews or journalistic features.
Thai PM Paetongtarn denies ignoring southern flood victims
She said she could not travel to the deep South to oversee flood mitigation herself because she had to attend mobile Cabinet meetings in Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai, and those…
The roots of Kurram’s cycles of bloodshed
Rather than simply sectarian divides, the reasons for the discord are far more complex.
A hasty retreat: Dawn
Much harm has already been caused to national unity by the authorities’ mishandling of the PTI protest march and the violence that surrounded it.
Big win: The Jakarta Post
For those who closely watched the state of the race, there was nothing from the quick count results on Wednesday afternoon that came as a surprise.