With international tourism annihilated, it is now down to respective governments to resuscitate the sector. Cambodia must do the same but critics are sceptical of its intentions A storm beckons on the …
Cambodia: Foreign money leaves trail of ghost towns
Ate Hoekstra reports. A Chinese hotel and entertainment complex under construction in the Preah Sihanoukville province, Cambodia, November 2017 Ngeth Both guards one of the many newly built high …
North Korea lifts lockdown from border city, rejects outside aid
North Korea has lifted a lockdown in and around Kaesong, the border city where its first suspected case of COVID-19 was reported late last month, state-run media said on Friday.
Coronavirus jolts Malaysia’s economy into first contraction since global financial crisis
Malaysia’s economy plunged into its first contraction since the 2009 global financial crisis in the second quarter as the coronavirus pandemic ravaged business activity, prompting the central bank to …
Every Sumatran rhino has died in Malaysia. Scientists want to bring them back with cloning technology
Scientists want to use cells from dead Sumatran rhinos to bring the population back from the brink of extinction.
U.S. Envoy to Uzbekistan Urges Release of Detained Journalist
The U.S. ambassador to Uzbekistan has urged the Central Asian nation and its neighbour Kyrgyzstan to set free an Uzbek journalist detained on suspicion of anonymously criticising the government on …
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan cautiously prepare for second reopening
Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, Central Asia’s largest nations, are set to ease their second coronavirus lockdowns this weekend, which they had to introduce after botched reopenings in May and June led to …
UK ready to share its renewable energy dev’t experience with Uzbekistan (INTERVIEW)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, Aug. 14
There is an enormous opportunity for the UK and Uzbekistan to cooperate more closely in a number of areas, including trade and investment, environmental issues, …
Israel’s Normalization With U.A.E. Squeezes Saudi Arabia
The surprise move of the United Arab Emirates to normalize ties with Israel piles pressure on Saudi Arabia to follow suit—at the risk of inflaming public sentiment and breaking from the monarchy’s …
Afghanistan begins release of 400 Taliban prisoners
The Afghan government and the Taliban are set to meet in Doha within days of the prisoner release being completed.