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Inside Nanyang Technological University’s so-called tornado bulding. Source: Andrey Novitskiy / Shutterstock NANYANG Technological University (NTU) in Singapore held onto first place in this year’s…
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Signs accepting WeChat Pay and AliPay are displayed at a shop in Singapore May 22, 2018. Source: Reuters /Edgar Su IN recent years, countries in…
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Former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra arrives at Thailand’s Supreme Court on 1 August 2017. Source: Sek Samyan / Shutterstock SINCE fleeing Thailand nearly 10 months…
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SEVERAL economies in the Asia Pacific are some of the freest on the planet according to an influential ranking. The 2018 Index of Economic Freedom…
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Source: Lano Lan/Shutterstock MORE than 150,000 children are stuck in child marriages in Malaysia as a culture of shame and stigma continues to drive the…
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EMBROILED in a huge corruption scandal, former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has moved to explain the source of hundreds of millions in cash, jewellery,…
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ANTI-US propaganda that was prevalent around North Korea just a matter of weeks ago is starting to disappear, according to tour guides and people inside…
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Sand mining is destroying Malaysia’s rivers and coastline. Source: Shutterstock MALAYSIA’S newly elected prime minister once said that illegal sand miners were “digging up Malaysia…
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Muslim girls attend a yoga lesson at a school ahead of International Yoga Day in Ahmedabad, India, June 19, 2018. Source: Reuters/Amit Dave AS the…
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(File) People stand atop a tower in Shenzhen, China. Source: Denys Nevozhai/Unsplash LIKE most cities in China, Shenzhen has been battling air pollution, one of…
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