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Gurkha soldiers take part in 2015 Remembrance Day celebrations in London. Photo: Handout
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Gurkha soldiers who dedicated their lives to Hong Kong feel betrayed by UK

31 Aug 2019 - 8:00PM

Nepali military veterans are waging one last battle for years of pension payments they insist are owed for their dedicated service to the crown in Hong Kong

Gurkha soldiers take part in 2015 Remembrance Day celebrations in London. Photo: Handout

Gurkha soldiers who dedicated their lives to Hong Kong feel betrayed by UK

Nepali military veterans are waging one last battle for years of pension payments they insist are owed for their dedicated service to the crown in Hong Kong

31 Aug 2019 - 8:00PM

Australia moves to clamp down on foreign interference at universities

The launch of the task force comes amid heightened scrutiny of China’s influence at Australian universities following a spate of cyberattacks, aggressive demonstrations, and incidents of Australian research allegedly being used by Beijing to violate human rights.

28 Aug 2019 - 10:31PM

Philippines hits pause on early release for former mayor amid public outrage

Sanchez was set to have been freed on August 20, his family said, after serving 24 years of a 360-year sentence for rape and multiple murders.

28 Aug 2019 - 5:45PM
Students in Brisbane hold placards during a protest against the Chinese government’s funding of education organisations in Queensland. Photo: EPA-EFE

Australia moves to clamp down on foreign interference at universities

The launch of the task force comes amid heightened scrutiny of China’s influence at Australian universities following a spate of cyberattacks, aggressive demonstrations, and incidents of Australian research allegedly being used by Beijing to violate human rights.

28 Aug 2019 - 10:31PM
The Philippines

Philippines hits pause on early release for former mayor amid public outrage

Sanchez was set to have been freed on August 20, his family said, after serving 24 years of a 360-year sentence for rape and multiple murders.

Sanchez was set to have been freed on August 20, his family said, after serving 24 years of a 360-year sentence for rape and multiple murders.

28 Aug 2019 - 5:45PM
Singapore

Singapore’s nightlife boring? Unshackle us and it won’t be, operators say

To many politicians in the Lion City, club culture represents little more than crime, illicit substances, sex and overindulgence, but businesses say the nightlife sector is ripe for a renaissance, if only officials would see the light.

To many politicians in the Lion City, club culture represents little more than crime, illicit substances, sex and overindulgence, but businesses say the nightlife sector is ripe for a renaissance, if only officials would see the light.

25 Aug 2019 - 5:19PM

Singapore universities stop Hong Kong exchanges on ministry advice

The Singapore education ministry’s guidance to universities to postpone trips to Hong Kong comes on the back of a government advisory for Singaporeans to defer all non-essential travel to the protest-hit city.

22 Aug 2019 - 11:34PM
Singapore universities stop Hong Kong exchanges on ministry advice

Vietnam gets a bite at the cherry as US farm exports find new market

American producers wrestling with the US-China trade war are being forced to offload meat and fruit at knockdown prices in countries such as Vietnam. Shoppers are delighted but local farmers are struggling to compete.

21 Aug 2019 - 9:17PM
Vietnam gets a bite at the cherry as US farm exports find new market

Singapore’s nightlife boring? Unshackle us and it won’t be, operators say

To many politicians in the Lion City, club culture represents little more than crime, illicit substances, sex and overindulgence, but businesses say the nightlife sector is ripe for a renaissance, if only officials would see the light.

25 Aug 2019 - 5:19PM

Singapore universities stop Hong Kong exchanges on ministry advice

The Singapore education ministry’s guidance to universities to postpone trips to Hong Kong comes on the back of a government advisory for Singaporeans to defer all non-essential travel to the protest-hit city.

22 Aug 2019 - 11:34PM

Vietnam gets a bite at the cherry as US farm exports find new market

American producers wrestling with the US-China trade war are being forced to offload meat and fruit at knockdown prices in countries such as Vietnam. Shoppers are delighted but local farmers are struggling to compete.

21 Aug 2019 - 9:17PM
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The First Baptist Church still serves congregations whose ancestors were converted by Victorian missionaries. Photo: Team Ceritalah

Ceritalah | Sleepy Mawlamyine a city on the decline, as Myanmar youths eye exit

A former bustling British port, Mawlamyine today is a far cry from its glory years in the 1800s, and young people are yearning to leave in search of jobs and money.

20 Aug 2019 - 10:02AM

Opinion | An Asian future? Not if we don’t admit to some inconvenient histories

Asia’s leaders, intent on dragging their countries into developed status, kicking and screaming, are ignoring festering historical fissures that threaten any developmental gains, writes Imran Shamsunahar

Asia’s leaders, intent on dragging their countries into developed status, kicking and screaming, are ignoring festering historical fissures that threaten any developmental gains, writes Imran Shamsunahar

9 Aug 2019 - 7:41PM
An Asian future? Not if we don’t admit to some inconvenient histories

Ceritalah | In drought-stricken Chennai, water now costs more than petrol

Government think tank estimates 21 of the country’s cities will run out of groundwater by 2020. The monsoon arrived later and weaker than usual this year, raising concerns these cities will be squeezed dry.

Government think tank estimates 21 of the country’s cities will run out of groundwater by 2020. The monsoon arrived later and weaker than usual this year, raising concerns these cities will be squeezed dry.

22 Jul 2019 - 12:05PM
In drought-stricken Chennai, water now costs more than petrol

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