Myanmar weathered the early storms of the COVID-19 pandemic with prompt introduction of containment measures in spite of its scarce resources. Prevention measures were applied also during the holding of General Elections on January 18, 2021
The Philippines was hit early and hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, ranking along with Indonesia as the countries with the highest prevalence and fatality rates in the region for most of the pandemic.
One of the richest countries in the world, Singapore gained the reputation of being the “Best Place to be during COVID-19” as an exemplar of administrative efficiency, invested resources and decisiveness.
In Malaysia, the twin crises of the COVID-19 pandemic and the country’s extreme economic downturn coincided with a national political crisis associated with the collapse of the short-lived Mahathir-Anwar led Pakatan Harapan in late February 2020, followed by the Muhyiddin Yassin-government
Since the delayed official recognition of the arrival of COVID-19 on March 2, 2020, the pandemic battered Indonesia’s population in successive waves of growing intensity, making it the country in Southeast Asia with the highest number of infections and deaths for most of the subsequent two years
Tran, as I envision my future, I yearn to see the world beyond these boundless rice fields, earnestly expressed a Vietnamese child in a humble village, her gaze fixed upon the distant horizon.
In her commentary on Southeast Asia Studies, Chou (2006: 128) states that Southeast Asia is difficult to define within clear boundaries. This is because Southeast Asia is so diverse.
“Thread Under Threat” လို့ အမည်ပေးထားပြီး နွေဦးတော်လှန်ရေးမှာ ပါဝင်ခဲ့တဲ့ လူငယ်ပန်းချီအနုပညာရှင် ခြူးဝေရဲ့ ပန်းချီဖန်တီးမှုပြပွဲကို ထိုင်းနိုင်ငံ ဘန်ကောက်မြို့က အနုပညာနဲ့ယဥ်ကျေးမှုစင်တာ BACC မှာ ၁၂ ရက် ကြာ ပြသထားမှာဖြစ်ပါတယ်။
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The main pillars of Sustainable Development Goals emphasise the need to balance economy; society; and ecology at the global scale, encompassing both developed and developing countries.
Formally established in August 1967, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) strived to create diplomatic unity and cohesion among its members in a region that was regaining its independence and had been beset by strife since the Second World War’s conclusion.
