JAKARTA (THE JAKARTA POST/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Htoo Myat Win, 13, was playing around his house in Myanmar’s northern Mandalay region when a stray bullet…
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Indonesia leads the world on reducing deforestation: Jakarta Post columnist
JAKARTA (THE JAKARTA POST/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – No doubt 2021 will be a pivotal year in global efforts to combat climate change. US President Joe…
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Where are the vaccines?: Inquirer columnist
MANILA (PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – President Duterte railed in September 2020 against Western vaccine manufacturers for requiring vaccine buyers to make advance payments…
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Putting Sino-Indian ties back on track: China Daily contributor
BEIJING (CHINA DAILY/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin’s visit to India last week, his first foreign visit after assuming office, was…
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A pan-Asian foreign policy alternative for Philippines: Inquirer contributor
MANILA (PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – The Philippines currently projects a Janus-faced foreign policy, acutely marked by a bipolar character as displayed by the…
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Not the best of times for Asian Americans: Inquirer columnist
MANILA (PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Last week, six Asian American women, four of Korean descent, were killed in shootings in the US state…
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Economic dimension key to Quad success: The Statesman contributor
NEW DELHI (THE STATESMAN/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – The virtual foreign ministers’ meeting of the Quad hosted by the new US administration last week sent a…
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Please don't send the Myanmar refugees back: The Star columnist
KUALA LUMPUR (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) This month’s military coup in Myanmar shook the region. Malaysia rightfully condemned this return to military dictatorship, but then…
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Suu Kyi's constitutional change behind Myanmar's coup: Daily Star contributor
DHAKA (THE DAILY STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Myanmar started its democratic journey in 2011 with a quasi-civilian government headed by the retired General U Thein…
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The tragedy of vaccine apartheid: Inquirer columnist
MANILA (PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – No one is safe unless everyone is safe.” This is the mantra we repeatedly hear, underlining the need…
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Biden's human rights interest will impact Pakistan greatly: Dawn contributor
ISLAMABAD (DAWN/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Human rights may be back on the global agenda. In his first foreign policy speech as president, Joe Biden restored…
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Fair, humane drug policies for Asia in 2021: Inquirer contributors
MANILA (PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) -Life was made harder for many people when the Covid-19 virus swept the world. It was even harder for…
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A turning point for news media in South Korea: Korea Herald columnist
SEOUL (THE KOREA HERALD/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – In recent years, newspapers in South Korea have struggled to stay relevant for mainstream readers, many of whom…
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Five things Duterte should learn from Philippines' neighbours: Inquirer columnist
MANILA (PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – It’s an unmitigated disaster. By every key metric, the year 2020 devastated the Philippines way more than it…
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