#PeriodPoverty—lack of access to resources & education linked to #MenstrualHealth & hygiene, including essential items like period products, washing facilities & proper waste management—is a pressing concern in #India. It can be traced back to #patriarchal notions that label #menstruation as impure/dirty, restricting the freedom of those who menstruate during periods.
(My beloved country, the #Philippines, is the last country in the world, save for #VaticanCity, to forbid most citizens from getting #divorced.
As with Vatican City, the Philippine ban survives primarily due to the influence of the #CatholicChurch. Indeed, Muslim Filipinos can get legally divorced.)
"So that is how these Chinese new villages came about, and they were given the name as it was made up of 100% #ChineseSettlers and the only non-Chinese were the policemen staying in the #police quarters,” Teo told Malay Mail.
Trinh Thi Nhung, wife of Bui Van Thuan, said she was questioned by police in #ThanhHoa province about a #Facebook account which used her husband’s photo as her profile picture.
#AirAsia has converted 36 of its #A321neo (new engine option) orders to #A321LR (long-range) as it aims to merge its #shorthaul and #longhaul divisions into one global network
The decision to change aircraft type is so that AirAsia could have more flying range to connect the #SoutheastAsia region to Africa, Europe and America
Bilyonaryo Ramon S. Ang’s San Miguel Corp. (SMC) has taken a groundbreaking step towards #SustainableDevelopment with the inauguration of “Saribuhay sa Dampalit.”
On Feb 18, 1946, approx. 2,000 #Indian sailors initiated a #revolt in #Mumbai, leading to the deaths of around 400 individuals by security forces’ gunfire. As the #IndianNavy laid a wreath at the Naval Uprising memorial in Cooperage on Sunday, memories of this revolt are revived, honouring the sailors whose act of bravery sparked the #mutiny’s spread to places like #Karachi, #Aden, and #SoutheastAsia, sending a clear message to the #British to relinquish their dominion.
"Dao, Pho Va Piano," which opened on Lunar New Year, initially had a limited screening.
The film, produced by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, cost VND20 billion (US$815,080) to make.
It narrates the story of a young couple's attempt to reunite on Feb. 17, 1947, amid the 60-day Battle of Hanoi that marked the beginning of the First #IndochinaWar.
The #VietnameseGovernment will begin collecting #biometric information from its citizens for identification purposes beginning in July this year.
Prime minister Pham Minh Chinh instructed the nation's Ministry of Public Security to collect the #data in the form of iris scans, voice samples and actual #DNA, in accordance with amendments to #Vietnam's Law on Citizen Identification.
On the day that Indonesia went to the polls — Valentine’s Day, February 14 — Benny Wenda, president of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP), accused Jakarta’s military of continuing its “reign of terror” in rural West Papua....
Quick count tallies by independent agencies show the pair with nearly 60 per cent of the votes. Indonesia’s presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto and his running mate Gibran Rakabuming Raka are ahead of their rivals in the Feb 14 polls, unofficial quick counts of sample ballots showed....
Spoke at this event, about how to counter #China economic coercion, a key reason I believe that #SoutheastAsia countries are wary about speaking out about things like the #Uyghur#humanrights crisis, or the #southchinasea conflict.
But I found it wonderful that the world map pic chosen by the organizers has #Tibet has an independent country, not part of China.
"Deliberately grounded on a tiny reef in the #SouthChinaSea, part of an island chain claimed by the two Asian countries, the #BRPSierraMadre is now the unlikely base for a detachment of Filipino marines who stand guard over the atoll, scanning the turquoise waters for Chinese ships." #AyunginShoal#SecondThomasShoal#Philippines
Because of #Beijing’s massive defence build-up in the region, #SoutheastAsia air forces are ordering new equipment and eyeing more potent capabilities.
Wenda accuses Indonesia of more human rights atrocities in Papua (asiapacificreport.nz)
On the day that Indonesia went to the polls — Valentine’s Day, February 14 — Benny Wenda, president of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP), accused Jakarta’s military of continuing its “reign of terror” in rural West Papua....
Prabowo-Gibran lead Indonesian presidential race, based on quick counts of sample votes (www.straitstimes.com)
Quick count tallies by independent agencies show the pair with nearly 60 per cent of the votes. Indonesia’s presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto and his running mate Gibran Rakabuming Raka are ahead of their rivals in the Feb 14 polls, unofficial quick counts of sample ballots showed....