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(Brunei Times) – Brunei is the most improved economy in the world for the second year running according to the World Bank’s latest report which measures the efficiency and regulation of domestic businesses, the Energy and Industry Department at the Prime Minister’s Office (EIDPMO) said yesterday. Brunei: Most improved economy...
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(Tuoi Tre News) – U.S. Pacific Command Commander, Admiral Harry B. Harris, Jr., paid a three-day visit to Vietnam that concluded on Friday, according to the U.S. Embassy in Vietnam. Adm. Harris’s visit to Vietnam from October 26 to 28 included meetings with a number of Vietnamese military officers and government...
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(MMTimes) – Though coffee has been grown in this country for 100 years, production volumes were low and the quality was hidden under a bushel. But now international aficionados are starting to take Myanmar seriously as a producer of first-class joe. #Myanmar specialty #coffee making waves, thanks to @USAIDBurma...
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(Chiang Rai Times) – Dutch cannabis pioneer Johan van Laarhoven, who faces a 103-year jail sentence in Thai prison, has written a letter to King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, pleading for help freeing him from “this Thai hell.” “I didn’t do anything illegal,” Van Laarhoven, 53, wrote in his...
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(Breitbart) – A March 2016 email published Monday by the organization Wikileaks reveals that George Soros, in anticipation of a meeting with Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta, requested Podesta read a memo accusing President Barack Obama of emboldening radical Islam in Malaysia in order to get the Trans-Pacific Partnership...
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(AsiaOne) – Asked which presidential candidate he would get along with in the White House, Duterte on Friday said he was “better off in saying that my favourite hero is Putin.” “I would like to answer your question candidly, honestly, and truthfully. Problem is, personally, it...
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(IB Times) – The adoration many Thai citizens felt for the late King Bhumibol, expressed through the near certainty of seeing pictures of the monarch on the walls of homes, restaurants and taxis throughout the nation of nearly 70 million people, has for some turned into bitter anger toward those who have allegedly...
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(MMO) – Religious authorities’ decision to deny halal certification over the word “hot dog” is stupid and backward, said (Malaysian) Tourism and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz. #JAKIM says that "hot dog" is confusing for Malays. @nazri_aziz says "hot dog is hot dog lah". Hilarious! #Malaysia https://t.co/1HKYxNikAH —...
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(Today) – The Sultan (of the Malaysian state of Johor) has urged Malays to retain their culture instead of trying to imitate the Arabs, amid growing conservatism among Muslims and adoption of Arabic cultural practices. Sultan Ibrahim Ibni Sultan Iskandar told English language daily The Star that he preferred using...
(Brunei Times) – Brunei is the most improved economy in the world for the second year running according to the World Bank’s latest report which measures the efficiency and regulation of domestic businesses, the Energy and Industry Department at the Prime Minister’s Office (EIDPMO) said yesterday. Brunei: Most improved economy...
(Tuoi Tre News) – U.S. Pacific Command Commander, Admiral Harry B. Harris, Jr., paid a three-day visit to Vietnam that concluded on Friday, according to the U.S. Embassy in Vietnam. Adm. Harris’s visit to Vietnam from October 26 to 28 included meetings with a number of Vietnamese military officers and government...
(MMTimes) – Though coffee has been grown in this country for 100 years, production volumes were low and the quality was hidden under a bushel. But now international aficionados are starting to take Myanmar seriously as a producer of first-class joe. #Myanmar specialty #coffee making waves, thanks to @USAIDBurma...
(Chiang Rai Times) – Dutch cannabis pioneer Johan van Laarhoven, who faces a 103-year jail sentence in Thai prison, has written a letter to King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, pleading for help freeing him from “this Thai hell.” “I didn’t do anything illegal,” Van Laarhoven, 53, wrote in his...
(Breitbart) – A March 2016 email published Monday by the organization Wikileaks reveals that George Soros, in anticipation of a meeting with Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta, requested Podesta read a memo accusing President Barack Obama of emboldening radical Islam in Malaysia in order to get the Trans-Pacific Partnership...
(AsiaOne) – Asked which presidential candidate he would get along with in the White House, Duterte on Friday said he was “better off in saying that my favourite hero is Putin.” “I would like to answer your question candidly, honestly, and truthfully. Problem is, personally, it...
(IB Times) – The adoration many Thai citizens felt for the late King Bhumibol, expressed through the near certainty of seeing pictures of the monarch on the walls of homes, restaurants and taxis throughout the nation of nearly 70 million people, has for some turned into bitter anger toward those who have allegedly...
(MMO) – Religious authorities’ decision to deny halal certification over the word “hot dog” is stupid and backward, said (Malaysian) Tourism and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz. #JAKIM says that "hot dog" is confusing for Malays. @nazri_aziz says "hot dog is hot dog lah". Hilarious! #Malaysia https://t.co/1HKYxNikAH —...
(Today) – The Sultan (of the Malaysian state of Johor) has urged Malays to retain their culture instead of trying to imitate the Arabs, amid growing conservatism among Muslims and adoption of Arabic cultural practices. Sultan Ibrahim Ibni Sultan Iskandar told English language daily The Star that he preferred using...