Stateless: The Victims Of The Longest Running Civil War | IMPACT: Stories Of Asia | TRACKS

Large pockets of extreme poverty and hunger exist in Asia – in 19 Asian economies, including the most populous China and India, more than 10 percent of people live on less than $1.25 a day and more than 10 percent are malnourished. These figures stand, despite the region’s success over>>>

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Tackling Poverty In India | IMPACT: Stories of Asia | TRACKS

Large pockets of extreme poverty and hunger exist in Asia – in 19 Asian economies, including the most populous China and India, more than 10 percent of people live on less than $1.25 a day and more than 10 percent are malnourished. These figures stand, despite the region’s success over>>>

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15 Strange Things You Will Only See in Japan

Japan is an incredible place. It belongs to the continent of Asia and has over 6,800 islands. But perhaps the more interesting fact is that it’s an industrialized and innovative nation. Some of the most advanced technology comes from this small island nation, along with a few kooky products. From>>>

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Saving Bears In The Wildlife Trade Across Asia | Bears About The House | BBC Earth

Bears are one of the most valuable animals in the jungles and forests and in captivity in Asia, but incredible conservationists are dedicating their lives to help. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/BBCEarthSub #Bears #WildlifeTrade #BearsAboutTheHouse Watch more: Planet Earth http://bit.ly/PlanetEarthPlaylist Blue Planet http://bit.ly/BluePlanetPlaylist Planet Earth II http://bit.ly/PlanetEarthIIPlaylist Planet Dinosaur http://bit.ly/PlanetDinoPlaylist Extra content from>>>

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China’s feel-good music video on Covid-19 help for Philippines backfires, sparks anger instead, SE Asia News & Top Stories – The Straits Times

MANILA – A music video that was meant to spotlight China’s efforts to help the Philippines check the spread of the coronavirus drew irate responses here, as it instead came across to many Filipinos who had seen it as a veiled attempt by Beijing to reassert its claims over the>>>

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Bus captain invests S$ 2,400 in a month food preparation daily dishes for M’sian bus drivers stuck in S’pore – Mothership.SG – Information from Singapore, Asia as well as around the globe

When we fulfilled Subramaniam s/o Rajoo on Thursday afternoon at Kranji Depot, the spritely 60-year-old was hauling a large bag having a bathtub of poultry curry, a big container of fit to be tied basmati rice, as well as one more box of mixed vegetables.These were for us, the bus>>>

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Coronavirus: Malaysians working, studying in Singapore can’t commute from March 18, SE Asia News & Top Stories – The Straits Times

SINGAPORE – Malaysians who travel to Singapore on a near daily basis for work or study will not be able to do so when a movement restriction order comes into effect on Wednesday (March 18), according to a media statement issued by the National Security Council on Tuesday.  The restrictions on>>>

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Bear market fears spread to Asia as pandemic declared; STI down 1.5%, Companies & Markets News & Top Stories – The Straits Times

TOKYO (REUTERS) – International shares were established for a rocky ride on Thursday (March 12) as investors tally the financial damages of coronavirus, a day after the US Dow Jones stock index went into bearishness region and also world health and wellness authorities proclaimed the coronavirus a pandemic. Markets hopeless>>>

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Central Asia Has Some Very Beautiful, Enigmatic and Coronavirus Free Destinations Waiting For You

Coronavirus gets on the verge of ending up being a pandemic, as the illness has actually contaminated people over numerous continents. The virus that emerged from China’s Wuhan district has currently infected people around the world. New cases keep emerging in the countries which were previously unaffected. This has developed>>>

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