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(People) – With the death of Thailand’s King Bhumibol on Thursday — ending a remarkable 70-year-long reign and making Queen Elizabeth the world’s longest-reigning monarch — the line of succession continues through his only son, Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn. Unusually, the heir to Thailand’s throne, 64, won’t assume his royal duties immediately. That’s because...
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(RT) A new Japanese government poll has shown that a fifth of the country’s employees face the risk of death from overwork. The survey was part of the first research into what the Japanese call ‘karoshi,’ which literally translates to ‘death from overwork.’ The study, which has been endorsed by...
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(SCMP) – Like many others who sought to run as independents in China’s county and district legislature elections this year, factory worker Liu Mingxue saw his candidacy rejected in the northwestern province of Gansu, even though he followed every procedure required by law. Liu was also taken away by...
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(Southeast Asia Globe) – Sara Malakul Lane began acting in Thai soap operas when she was just 15 years old. Although she always dreamed of featuring in a romantic kissing scene à la Hollywood, she ended up in eight rape scenes during her ten-year acting career in Thailand. “The dialogues...
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(Reuters) – North Korea has backed presumptive U.S. Republican nominee Donald Trump, with a propaganda website praising him as “a prescient presidential candidate” who can liberate Americans living under daily fear of nuclear attack by the North. Conservative commentator Bill ‘o Reilly: “Did it surprise you that these tyrants...
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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...
(People) – With the death of Thailand’s King Bhumibol on Thursday — ending a remarkable 70-year-long reign and making Queen Elizabeth the world’s longest-reigning monarch — the line of succession continues through his only son, Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn. Unusually, the heir to Thailand’s throne, 64, won’t assume his royal duties immediately. That’s because...
(SCMP) – Like many others who sought to run as independents in China’s county and district legislature elections this year, factory worker Liu Mingxue saw his candidacy rejected in the northwestern province of Gansu, even though he followed every procedure required by law. Liu was also taken away by...
(Southeast Asia Globe) – Sara Malakul Lane began acting in Thai soap operas when she was just 15 years old. Although she always dreamed of featuring in a romantic kissing scene à la Hollywood, she ended up in eight rape scenes during her ten-year acting career in Thailand. “The dialogues...
(Reuters) – North Korea has backed presumptive U.S. Republican nominee Donald Trump, with a propaganda website praising him as “a prescient presidential candidate” who can liberate Americans living under daily fear of nuclear attack by the North. Conservative commentator Bill ‘o Reilly: “Did it surprise you that these tyrants...
(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...