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Japan Lifts State of Emergency From Most Prefectures

14 May 2020 1 minute read 0 comments AverageVancouverite

After seeing significant decreases in new Covid-19 coronavirus infections and deaths, Japan has lifted a state of emergency from 39 of 47 total prefectures. However, the order has not yet been lifted in areas like Tokyo and Osaka where new cases are...

Taipei, National Palace Museum *Part 1*

29 Apr 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Brickster

Treasury of Chinese Culture The world's largest and most valuable collection of Chinese artworks can be found not in China, but in Taiwan. The National Palace Museum in the north of Taipei has around 700,000 finds and artifacts, only a fraction of wh...

Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall in Taipei

23 Apr 2020 2 minute read 0 comments Brickster

A short historical review. After the Japanese invasion in Korea, which was allied with China, the Chinese-Japanese war began in 1894. China suffered a defeat and had to cede Taiwan to Japan. Until 1945, i.e. for 50 years, the Japanese flag blew over...

WHO Driver Killed While Collecting Covid-19 Samples

21 Apr 2020 1 minute read 1 comment AverageVancouverite

28 year-old Pyae Sone Win Maung, a driver collecting Covid-19 monitoring samples on behalf of the World Health Organization (WHO), was killed and another health worker was injured after their well-marked United Nations vehicle was hit by gunfire near...

Colourful world of gods at Lotus Pond in Kaohsiung, Taiwan

20 Apr 2020 1 minute read 1 comment Brickster

The lake where the gods reside. It should bring luck if you enter the dragon tiger pagodas at the lotus lake through the mouth of the dragon and leave them again through the mouth of the tiger. Colourful pagodas, pavilions and richly decorated templ...

Ways To Successfully Travel And Adventure Asia Using 12GO Asia

13 Apr 2020 2 minute read 1 comment Flying Blue Exites FBE

Asia is one of those destinations most desired by many tourists and adventurers. Asia as a continent is naturally endowed by rare natural demographic features that are so fascinating to explore. This lovely continent is comprised of Thailand, Cambod...

Thailand & Hong Kong enter into Cross Border Cryto Collaboration

24 Jan 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Ghengis

According to the South China Morning Post Thailand and Hong Kong are collaborating on a two-tier digital token as part of the process for creating a prototype for cross-border fund transfers between the two economies using financial technology (finte...

Thailand adopting Ripple's XRP ODL

24 Jan 2020 1 minute read 4 comments Ghengis

The future of Finance is Asia, mark my words. The Siam Commercial Bank, Thailand's oldest bank (111 years old) has just announced they are adding cross border functionality to their mobile app, SCB Easy.  SCB has 16,000,000 customers. SCB launched SC...

My journey through Asia, Borneo - Monkeys live in the wild - What are you talking about?

22 Nov 2019 1 minute read 0 comments marianomariano

    Proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus) - a species of mammal from the family of talapidae (Cercopithecidae). Stands out among other monkeys with a characteristic nose.The male has a prominent, cucumber-shaped nose at the end, in old males the...

Tezos Asia: The combined Chorus Mobility pitch at Hyundai Motors HQ and the Tribe partnership.

22 Nov 2019 1 minute read 0 comments Allen Walters

Tezos Korea and Chorus Mobility had a technology seminar at the Hyundai Motors Headquarter yesterday. They showcased Tezos and discussed future use cases to investigate possibilities for Tezos application in autonomous vehicles.  Chorus Mobility is w...