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2 Jul 2020 1 minute read 1 comment AverageVancouverite $0.03
At least 162 bodies have been recovered, 54 injured people have taken to local hospitals, and many others remain missing after a heap of mining waste collapsed into a lake, burying many miners at a jade mining site in the Hpakant area of Myanmar's Ka...
29 Jun 2020 1 minute read 0 comments AverageVancouverite $0.01
Bangladeshi local media reported that at least 32 people are confirmed dead while about 20 others are missing after a ferry called the Morning Bird suffered a collision with another vessel and capsized on the Burigana River near the Sadarghat river p...
14 May 2020 1 minute read 0 comments AverageVancouverite $0.01
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...
29 Apr 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Brickster $0.17
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...
23 Apr 2020 2 minute read 0 comments Brickster $0.18
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...
21 Apr 2020 1 minute read 1 comment AverageVancouverite $0.02
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...
20 Apr 2020 1 minute read 1 comment Brickster $0.20
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...
13 Apr 2020 2 minute read 1 comment Flying Blue Exites FBE $0.05
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...
24 Jan 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Ghengis $0.17
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...
24 Jan 2020 1 minute read 4 comments Ghengis $0.20
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...
