Cold winter weather and burgeoning industrial economies have made for difficult breathing in Asia and the Middle East this January. News reports from Ankara, Tehran, Beijing, and other cities have described hazy skies with very low visibility; restrictions on… Read More
Thailand lost its three-decades-old title as the world’s top rice exporter last year, falling behind India and Vietnam. The top three exporters. India’s rice exports last year exceeded 9.5 million tonnes. Vietnam announced… Read More
Reblogged from Kafila: On 16 December, 2012, a 23-year old woman and her friend hailed a bus at a crossing in South Delhi. In the bus, they were both brutally attacked by a… Read More
The Black Marble. Scientists are using new images of Earth’s dark side to gain insight on human activity and poorly understood natural events. Source: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=79790
Thousands of foreign workers have died in Malaysia in recent years from accidents, illnesses and suicide. They work in so-called ’3D’ conditions – dirty, dangerous and difficult. Critics say the death rate is… Read More
Every fall, Hindus around the world light lamps, candles, and firecrackers as part of a five-day festival known as Diwali. The celebration, which has roots as a harvest festival, usually falls between mid-October… Read More
A personal choice of major news headlines from “The Kingdom of Wonder” over the recent weekend. Over 10,000 forces to safeguard forthcoming ASEAN Summit in Cambodia កម្ពុជាត្រៀមកម្លាំង ជាង១ម៉ឺននាក់សម្រាប់ ការពារកិច្ចប្រជុំកំពូល អាស៊ានលើកទី២១ Humanitarian Hypocrisy: US… Read More
Tourist statistics in August showed arrivals from Laos to Cambodia almost doubled, while arrivals from Thailand continued to grow but at a much slower rate. Cambodia’s Statistics and Tourist Information Department, Ministry of… Read More
An Analysis by Anis Bajrektarevic On the eastern, ascendant flank of Eurasian continent, the Chinese vertigo economy is overheated and too-well integrated in the petrodollar system. Beijing, presently, cannot contemplate or afford to… Read More
