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Coronavirus: Malaysia brings in army to enforce partial lockdown
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The Malaysian army will be deployed to assist police in ensuring that people stay in their homes.

Coronavirus: Malaysia brings in army to enforce partial lockdown

The Malaysian army will be deployed to assist police in ensuring that people stay in their homes.

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Philippine workers lose jobs, stocks plunge as virus batters economy
20 Mar 2020 - 9:30AM
Coronavirus: Jack Ma donates masks, test kits to Southeast Asian countries
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Philippine workers lose jobs, stocks plunge as virus batters economy

As Luzon goes into lockdown and other regions place severe restrictions of movement on residents, many businesses are struggling and workers have been let go.

20 Mar 2020 - 9:30AM
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Coronavirus: Jack Ma donates masks, test kits to Southeast Asian countries

The Jack Ma Foundation and Alibaba Foundation are donating 2 million masks and 150,000 test kits to Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand.

The Jack Ma Foundation and Alibaba Foundation are donating 2 million masks and 150,000 test kits to Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand.

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India
India hangs four men convicted of 2012 Delhi bus rape and murder

The brutal attack on the 23-year-old student known as Nirbhaya sparked massive protests and global outrage. She later died in a Singapore hospital.

The brutal attack on the 23-year-old student known as Nirbhaya sparked massive protests and global outrage. She later died in a Singapore hospital.

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Coronavirus: Indian PM Narendra Modi orders one-day curfew
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Coronavirus latest: Californians ordered to stay at home; Korea to test all visitors from Europe
19 Mar 2020 - 7:34PM
How the coronavirus spread at Malaysia’s tabligh Islamic gathering
India hangs four men convicted of 2012 Delhi bus rape and murder
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Coronavirus: Indian PM Narendra Modi orders one-day curfew
20 Mar 2020 - 4:45AM03571EC5-13F4-4283-B996-99444BE88411
Coronavirus latest: Californians ordered to stay at home; Korea to test all visitors from Europe
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How the coronavirus spread at Malaysia’s tabligh Islamic gathering
19 Mar 2020 - 7:34PM
Opinion | Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan: the real Covid-19 world leaders

Governments across Europe and North America have showed an almost callous disregard for the health of their citizens and the world, says PN Balji.

Governments across Europe and North America have showed an almost callous disregard for the health of their citizens and the world, says PN Balji.

19 Mar 2020 - 3:46PM
Coronavirus: nursing home clusters emerge in South Korea

Experts have warned that hundreds of substandard long-term care facilities could serve as hotbeds for infection, just as they have in the US and Italy.

Experts have warned that hundreds of substandard long-term care facilities could serve as hotbeds for infection, just as they have in the US and Italy.

19 Mar 2020 - 5:38PM
Hong Kong, Singapore seen as safe harbours as global virus cases rise

An influx of people seeking treatment and testing are heading to the cities, which are renowned for their health care standards, but experts say this risks starting a new wave of infections.

An influx of people seeking treatment and testing are heading to the cities, which are renowned for their health care standards, but experts say this risks starting a new wave of infections.

18 Mar 2020 - 11:52PM
Opinion | Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan: the real Covid-19 world leaders
19 Mar 2020 - 3:46PM
Opinion | In disputed South China Sea, Asean states are neither friends nor foes
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Asian Angle | Hong Kong is stoic, Italy laughs: what a coronavirus tour taught me
19 Mar 2020 - 12:35AM03571EC5-13F4-4283-B996-99444BE88411
Opinion | Whatever Tokyo says, the fate of the Olympics remains uncertain
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Sino File | Is the coronavirus fatal for economic globalisation?

The Covid-19 outbreak will foist profound changes on the world’s future development in terms of economics, society, diplomacy and geopolitics.

15 Mar 2020 - 11:04AM
Asian Angle | With Western democracy in retreat, Asia may have to forge its own path
15 Mar 2020 - 10:08AM
China Briefing | The people deserve the truth about China’s coronavirus response

While Beijing deserves kudos for its handling of the Covid-19 outbreak, a full accounting of its initial blunders will go a long way towards restoring public confidence in the government.

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South Korea’s ‘phone booth’ coronavirus tests
19 Mar 2020 - 8:06PM
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Handwashing dance promotes hygiene in India
19 Mar 2020 - 7:38PM
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Elderly get ‘exclusive hour’ in Australian supermarkets
18 Mar 2020 - 2:32PM
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Coronavirus: who's most at risk?
17 Mar 2020 - 10:16PM
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Malaysians rush to Singapore ahead of travel ban
17 Mar 2020 - 9:10PM
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South Korean Covid-19 cluster linked to saltwater spray
17 Mar 2020 - 11:51AM
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South Korea’s ‘phone booth’ coronavirus tests
19 Mar 2020 - 8:06PM
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Handwashing dance promotes hygiene in India
19 Mar 2020 - 7:38PM
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Elderly get ‘exclusive hour’ in Australian supermarkets
18 Mar 2020 - 2:32PM
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Coronavirus: who's most at risk?
17 Mar 2020 - 10:16PM
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Malaysians rush to Singapore ahead of travel ban
17 Mar 2020 - 9:10PM
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South Korean Covid-19 cluster linked to saltwater spray
17 Mar 2020 - 11:51AM
Opinion | Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan: the real Covid-19 world leaders

Governments across Europe and North America have showed an almost callous disregard for the health of their citizens and the world, says PN Balji.

19 Mar 2020 - 3:46PM
Opinion | In disputed South China Sea, Asean states are neither friends nor foes

Despite a shared rival in China, the Philippines, Malaysia, Vietnam and Indonesia have separate issues of sovereignty and territorial rights that make the issue deadlocked.

Despite a shared rival in China, the Philippines, Malaysia, Vietnam and Indonesia have separate issues of sovereignty and territorial rights that make the issue deadlocked.

18 Mar 2020 - 7:25AM03571EC5-13F4-4283-B996-99444BE88411
In disputed South China Sea, Asean states are neither friends nor foes
Asian Angle | Hong Kong is stoic, Italy laughs: what a coronavirus tour taught me

When fate intervened, one writer found himself travelling between four locations at different stages of the fight against the coronavirus. What he saw ranged from annoyance to denial to shock and acceptance.

When fate intervened, one writer found himself travelling between four locations at different stages of the fight against the coronavirus. What he saw ranged from annoyance to denial to shock and acceptance.

19 Mar 2020 - 12:35AM03571EC5-13F4-4283-B996-99444BE88411
Hong Kong is stoic, Italy laughs: what a coronavirus tour taught me

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