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Frustration in Myanmar over ASEAN envoy's peace mission

Small protests took place in military-ruled Myanmar on Tuesday against a visit by a Southeast Asian envoy, whose peace mission has been derided by critics as a failure and an endorsement of a junta condemned by the United Nations for its harsh rule.

Reuters

Hong Kong airport to lift transit passenger ban from April 1

Hong Kong airport will allow transit passengers for the first time in three months, building on the wider relaxation of strict Covid-19 border controls in the Asian financial hub.

Bangkok Post

Ukraine War: Asian Nations Feel Economic Brunt of Conflict

India, Bangladesh, and Southeast Asian countries are all feeling economic strain triggered by the war. India’s edible oil market and exports are suffering, while Bangladesh-Russia trade has taken a hit due to sanctions.

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East Coast ports rushed to attract mega ships. Now, one is stuck outside DC

The $5.25 billion expansion of the Panama Canal doubled its capacity in 2016, allowing the world’s largest cargo ships to sail more easily to America’s East Coast from Asia. Now, one of those giant vessels has been stuck near the U.S. capital for more than a week.

Tribune News Service

TuSimple Seeks Options At Subsidiary Level For Asia-Pacific-Focused Businesses

TuSimple Holdings Inc's (NASDAQ:TSP) Board intends to explore certain transactions at a subsidiary level for its Asia-Pacific-focused businesses. The company's board expects such a transaction can highlight the value in its Asia-Pacific-focused businesses and enhance overall value for shareholders. Related: TuSimple Shares Soar As It Looks To Divest China Operations "We believe this is…

Benzinga

AUDACIOUS Opens Medical Cannabis Clinic In Southeast Asia

AUDACIOUS (OTCQB: AUSAF) and Thai-based partner Golden Triangle Health have partnered to open the first Herbidus Medical Center in Bangkok. Herbidus is among the first clinics in Asia that can prescribe cannabis for medical treatments in compliance with the law.

Benzinga

China Warns of ‘Unimaginable’ Fallout if Ukraine-Like Crisis Happened in Asia

Vice Foreign Minister Le Yucheng says that region could be pushed into ‘an abyss’ resulting from Washington’s Indo-Pacific strategy that is ‘as dangerous as the NATO strategy of eastward expansion in Europe’

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Record-breaking bridge opens between Europe and Asia

Suspension bridge spans Turkey’s Dardanelles Strait

The Independent UK

As global brands shun Russia, Asian firms sit out controversy

Different government policies and public perceptions fuel reluctance to follow Western-led corporate exodus, experts say

Al Jazeera

New Covid variant may be weak, say experts in Kolkata

KOLKATA: The Covid surge sweeping across Europe and east Asia could reach India by end-May but with a lower mortality rate than Omicron despite high virulence, felt experts in Kolkata.

The Times of India

Indonesia MotoGP qualifying - Start time, how to watch

MotoGP makes its first trip to Indonesia in 25 years as the South East Asian circuit hosts the second round of the 2022 season. Here's how you can watch qualifying for the Indonesian Grand Prix.

Motorsport

'Pop-up' at Seattle port aims to fill empty shipping containers bound for Asia

As "pop-ups" go, the one coming to the Port of Seattle is pure pandemic.

Tribune News Service

Sanctions aren't new, ask the Romans

Attacks on a state's economy can inflict immense damage, but sanctions and other tools of economic warfare are unlikely to defeat a superior military power. Instead, economic disruptions may prompt the state to fight even harder to defend itself. The anger and anxiety economic disruptions produce can accelerate rather than…

Bangkok Post

East Timor, Asia's youngest nation, votes for president

Polls have closed in East Timor after Asia's youngest nation held its fifth presidential election since independence on Saturday, with political stability and economic security at the forefront of voters' minds.

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Letters to the Editor — March 19, 2022

Pandemic in Asia

Benzinga

KeyBanc Downgrades This Diversified Industrial Company

NN Inc (NASDAQ:NNBR) was downgraded to Sector Weight from Overweight by KeyBanc analyst Steve Barger without a price target. Barger takes a conservative approach to the NNBR's industrial and semicap equipment coverage, citing ongoing uncertainty around the Russia-Ukraine conflict, persisting inflationary surges in commodity and energy costs, and the COVID resurgence in Asia.…

Salon

Think the pandemic is over? Wake up

Republicans are pretending it's all over — and so is everybody else. Data from Europe and Asia suggest otherwise

The Conversation

Calling Asians 'robotic' is a racist stereotype with a long, troubled history

When U.S. figure skater Nathan Chen won the gold medal in men’s figure skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics, a Washington Post article attributed his win to a fierce, focused, “robotic” zeal. This robotic characterization draws on a dated stereotype of Asians as stoic, unfeeling workaholics.

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Factbox-East Timor, Asia's youngest nation, goes to the polls

East Timor, also known as Timor Leste, will hold its fifth presidential election on Saturday, with Nobel laureate Jose Ramos-Horta, incumbent leader Francisco "Lu Olo" Guterres, and 14 other candidates in the running.

Los Angeles Times

‘It’s a nightmare’: Hong Kong runs low on coffins as omicron exacts deadly toll

SINGAPORE — The repurposed AsiaWorld Expo center in Hong Kong echoes with the moans of elderly COVID-19 patients. Kept in 8-square-foot cubicles, many go weeks without fresh air, sunlight or a bath. Some take their last breaths under the harsh glow of the convention hall lights. On a good day,…

The Hindu

Centre asks States to restart monitoring respiratory infections amid COVID-19 surge in southeast Asia

India’s infection tally now stands at 4,30,04,005, while the count of active cases fell below 30,000 after around 685 days, according to the Union Health Ministry on March 18

Reuters

East Timor's Ramos-Horta makes pitch for stability ahead of election

The frontrunner in East Timor's presidential election, independence figure and Nobel laureate Jose Ramos-Horta, has said he hopes to restore political stability to Asia's youngest democracy, as the nation prepares to head to the polls.

The Independent UK

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March 11-17, 2022

Bangkok Post

Thai AirAsia eyes year of regional growth

The aviation sector can recover from the pandemic by pursuing international routes after more Asian countries eased travel curbs amid regional pent-up demand, according to the head of Thai AirAsia (TAA).

Bangkok Post

Where is World Expo 2020 host Dubai leading us?

'Connecting minds, creating the future", the slogan of World Expo 2020, is everywhere in Dubai. The ongoing event, which opened a year late in October 2021, is the first of its kind since the beginning of the pandemic. Few other places in the world are as future-oriented as Dubai. But…

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