Chinese hunger for 'world's smelliest fruit' threatens Malaysian forests

Feb 7,2019
Soaring demand for durians in China is being blamed for a new wave of deforestation in Malaysia with environmentalists warning vast amounts of jungle is being cleared to make way for massive plantations of the spiky, pungent fruit.
Malaysia enthrones new king after historic abdication
Jan 31
Malaysia on Thursday installed a new king, Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah, after the last monarch abdicated in a historic first following his reported marriage to a Russian ex-beauty queen.
Air pollution forces Bangkok schools shut
Jan 31
Toxic smog has forced authorities in Bangkok to close the city's public schools.
Grenade attack kills two at southern Philippines mosque
Jan 30
A grenade attack on a mosque in the troubled southern Philippines killed two people early Wednesday, authorities said, just days after a deadly Catholic cathedral bombing and a vote backing Muslim self-rule in the region.
Philippines cathedral bombing sparks peace process worries
Jan 28
The Islamic State-claimed bombing of a Catholic cathedral that killed 20 in the Philippines' restive south put fresh pressure Monday on peace efforts aimed at ending decades of separatist violence.
Youth artists from Lancang-Mekong Countries to be gathered in Mandalay
Jan 26
The meeting of youth artists from six countries in Lancang-Mekong Region will be hosted by the National University
Banks in Vietnam's HCM City see lowest credit growth in 5 years
Jan 25
Total loans of credit institutions in Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City grew 14.69 percent in 2018, the lowest rate over the past five years,