Christine Schraner Burgener says UN must put junta ‘on notice’ and stand with people of Myanmar ... ( read original story ...)
Myanmar ethnic groups are uniting against a common enemy: the military
For many of Myanmar's ethnic minorities, the bloodshed inflicted across the country's towns and cities this week is a continuation of the oppression they have suffered at the hands of the military for ... ( read original story ...)
United Nations urged to hear the ‘desperate pleas’ of Myanmar’s pro-democracy protestors at meetings of the Security Council
The Security Council took up the escalating crisis and heard from Christine Schraner Burgener, the UN special envoy on Myanmar, who warned against any moves to grant legitimacy to the junta. ( read original story ...)
YouTube removes Myanmar military channels as violence intensifies
YouTube said Friday that it has removed videos and channels associated with Myanmar's military after an apparent coup last month has erupted in deadly violence. ( read original story ...)
Thailand mulls Covid-19 vaccine passports to boost tourism sector
Thailand is considering Covid-19 vaccine passports and quarantine exemption amid efforts to boost the ailing tourism sector as inoculation rolled out worldwide. ( read original story ...)
Vietnam striving to be self-sufficient in COVID-19 vaccines
Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long has said that Vietnam will focus on the research and production of homegrown COVID-19 vaccines alongside imports, viewing this as a long-term strategy. ( read original story ...)
Vietnam needs to build hub airports
Vietnam should invest in hub airports in terms of scale and capacity instead of massively building ones, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV)’s proposal on its draft plan on the ... ( read original story ...)
Philippines in talks with US Dep’t of Agriculture to secure ASF vaccines
The Philippine Department of Agriculture (DA) is in talks with its US counterpart to secure vaccines against the African swine fever, which decimated much of the local hog population and caused pork ... ( read original story ...)
Galvez: Remaining 58,400 AstraZeneca doses to arrive in the Philippines on March 7
The remaining 58,400 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Oxford University and British-Swedish pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca are set to arrive in the Philippines on Sunday, March 7, 2021, ... ( read original story ...)
Monde Nissin seeks US$1.3bil in Philippines’ biggest IPO
Philippine food maker Monde Nissin Corp. filed for an initial public offering to raise as much as 63 billion pesos ($1.3 billion) in what could be the nation’s biggest ever first-time share sale. ( read original story ...)