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Bangkok: Natthaphong's pragmatic shift
The People's Party, heir to Move Forward in the progressive camp, leads the polls for tomorrow's vote in Thailand. But it is taking a more moderate line towards the monarchy and the elite to avoid facing dissolution, as happened to its predec...
| 07/02/2026
| THAILAND
 
Beijing and the trap of permanent exports
by Andrea Ferrario
Despite the tariff war in 2025, China broke through the trillion mark in its trade surplus, 45% of which is now generated in Southeast Asia, Africa and Latin America. However, this wealth is not driving domestic consumption, because the fall in producer ...
| 06/02/2026
| CHINA
 
Dora D'Rozario, the pioneer who brought the Ordo Virginum to Dhaka
by Sumon Corraya
In 1985, she was the first in Bangladesh to embrace this vocation, reintroduced after the Second Vatican Council and now practised by eleven women in the country. For more than 40 years, Dora has served in providing spiritual direction, offering family ...
| 02/02/2026
| BANGLADESH
 
Fr Dominic: “My 52 years as a priest in the Gulf”
by Dario Salvi
In the latest instalment of AsiaNews' reportage from the Vicariate of Northern Arabia, the testimony of the priest from Goa, a friendly face and memory of the local Christian community. He records every celebration and his intentions in a diary: ...
| 30/01/2026
| KUWAIT - GULF
 
The deserted factories of Gazipur: A journey among the victims of the textile crisis
by Sumon Corraya
Since August 2024, over 300 companies have closed in a heavily industrialised area of Bangladesh, leaving tens of thousands of people out of work. ‘My wife and I used to earn a good salary. Now I drive a rickshaw and we've cut back on meals.’ ...
| 29/01/2026
| BANGLADESH
 
Cambodia ratifies the Law of the Sea treaty (with Thailand in mind)
The decision to join UNCLOS comes after 40 years of delays, opening a new front with Thailand over the disputed oil fields off Koh Kood Island. In 2001, then Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra signed an agreement with his Cambodian counterpart Hun Sen, for joint ...
| 27/01/2026
| CAMBODIA – THAILAND – CHINA
 
Catholic doctor, Armida Fernandez, receives the Padma Shri Award
by Nirmala Carvalho
One of India's highest honours was bestowed upon the Mumbai neonatologist who drastically cut infant mortality. Founder of India's first milk bank, she also put her work in the service of women in the city slums. Many times, “I have felt ...
| 26/01/2026
| INDIA
 
Shadows of deception: A missionary's lament for Cambodia's scam plague
by Father Will Conquer*
From Sihanoukville, a missionary talks about the many ambiguities behind the high-profile operations and arrests targeting the local scam farm system. With so much hypocrisy, he sees “silent complicity” and “utter abdication of responsibility.” ...
| 20/01/2026
| CAMBODIA

 

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