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South East Asia
200,000 forced into emergency shelters in Philippines due to heavy rain
Heavy monsoon rains brought by typhoon “Trami,” which battered the Philippines for four successive days since Sunday, caused massive flooding in Metro Manila and surrounding provinces, killing at least 15 people and forcing thousands of families to flee their homes. In a press briefing Tuesday, Major Rey Balido, spokesman of…
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Malaysian cuisine, mixture of various ethnic foods
Food, one of the important physiological needs is a metabolic requirement for survival and body energy. Generally, the perception of tastes can known as “3S1B” which means sweet, sour, salty and bitter. Food strongly represents one’s country’s living styles and culture. Therefore, countries throughout the world have their unique and…
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South East Asia
Floods cover more than half Manila area after heaviest rain on record
Flooding caused by some of the Philippines’ heaviest rains on record submerged more than half the capital Tuesday, turning roads into rivers and trapping tens of thousands of people in homes and shelters. The government suspended all work except rescues and disaster response for a second day. At least seven…
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South East Asia
Fast growing population, a challenge for Bangladesh’s capital city
DHAKA – Bangladesh’s capital city Dhaka is going to face a tough challenge with its fast growing population, now expected to hit over 20 million by 2025. According to official statistics, Bangladesh’s population at this moment is about 150 million out of which 15 million live in Dhaka city. Experts…
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South East Asia
Death toll rises to 52 in Philippines ferry accident, over 70 still missing
As the MV Thomas Aquinas cruised toward Cebu city in the central Philippines, navy marshal Richard Pestillos prepared for a brief stop while some passengers watched a band and others soaked in the night breeze on the deck. Then the scene turned chaotic when the ferry, with 870 passengers and…
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South East Asia
Typhoon Utor, strongest globally this year slams northern Philippines
A powerful typhoon battered the northern Philippines on Monday, toppling power lines and dumping heavy rain across cities and food-growing plains. The storm left at least two people dead and 44 missing. Typhoon Utor, described as the strongest globally this year, slammed ashore in mountainous eastern Aurora province with sustained…
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South East Asia
Final but unratified Cambodian election results reaffirm victory of ruling party
Final but unratified Cambodian election results released Monday reaffirmed the victory of the ruling Cambodian People’s Party, though the opposition said it would not accept the figures without an impartial probe of alleged electoral irregularities. The new figures announced by the National Election Committee are final pending any complaints filed…
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South East Asia
3000 people evacuated as Mt. Rokatenda erupts in Palue Island, Indonesia
The six people swept up and killed by hot lava from an erupting volcano in eastern Indonesia had refused to leave the area for safer ground when the mountain began rumbling last year, an official said Sunday, one day after the eruption. Officials continued searching Sunday for the bodies of…
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East Asia
[Asia Round-up] 2,290 Chinese officials disciplined for excessive extravagance
Editor’s note: Followings are summaries of editorials from major Asian media on current issues. 2,290 Chinese officials disciplined for excessive extravagance [China, China Daily, 31-07-2013] More than 2,000 Party and government officials have been punished as of late June for violating new Party rules on extravagance and excessive formality according…
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South East Asia
Philippine investigators urges charges against shooting of Taiwanese fisherman
Philippine investigators recommended homicide charges Wednesday against eight coast guard personnel involved in the fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman, an incident that strained ties between the neighbors and highlighted their territorial dispute. An investigation ordered by President Benigno Aquino III into the May 9 shooting in waters where the…
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