Tag: Asia Pacific
Coffee’s in danger: Can Vietnam’s Robusta save it from climate change? | Food
Buon Ma Thuot, Vietnam – The white-walled room in a house on the outskirts of Buon Ma Thuot, Vietnam’s coffee capital, is ...Hong Kong government releases draft new national security law | Politics News
New bill includes lengthy prison terms for offences such as treason and longer sentences for acts deemed to be sedition. The Hong ...Money, power and the peril of courting Chinese nationalism | Politics News
In January, a Chinese ultranationalist vlogger – video blogger – came across red circular stickers on the glass doors of a shopping ...At least 64 killed in ‘largest’ tribal clashes in Papua New Guinea | Gun Violence ...
Police retrieve 64 bodies after fighting breaks out between rival tribes in Papua New Guinea’s northern highlands. At least 64 people have ...In legal no-man’s land, refugees in Malaysia struggle to eat, pay rent | Refugees News
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – It is late afternoon in Kuala Lumpur and in the harsh heat, Zabi* concludes his third visit to ...The Sikh kitchen that feeds Manila’s moneylenders | Fork the System
Manila, Philippines – “Don’t treat this like a full dinner. Only take small portions,” a mother warns her son as he reaches for ...The beautiful game: Still a crucible for protest in Hong Kong? | Sports
In 2019, as pro-democracy protesters marched through the streets of Hong Kong, Nathan Law could hear the pro-democracy songs almost everywhere he ...Palestinians slam suspension of UNRWA funding by some Western nations | News
Top Palestinian officials and Hamas have criticised the decision by some Western countries to suspend funding to the United Nations relief agency ...These Filipinos paid thousands for a job in Poland. Now they feel cheated | Labour ...
This is the first article in a two-part series about alleged exploitation of Filipino domestic workers. Hong Kong, China – The sizzling ...Japan sentences man to death for Kyoto anime studio fire that killed 36 | Crime ...
Judge says attack on renowned Kyoto Animation by Shinji Aoba, 45, ‘instantly turned the studio into hell’. A court in Japan has ...