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FROM working at factories and driving lorries to being at the frontlines of emergency response, auxiliary and volunteer firefighters in Johor regularly demonstrate their dedication to helping others. [1]

BANGKOK, Thailand – Step into Nan’s Living Old City — where time slows and traditions thrive This heartfelt journey through Nan, a UNESCO Creative City of Crafts and Folk Art, uncovers a destination shaped by weaving villages, silver craftsmanship, h... [2]

Recognized by UNESCO as Thailand’s latest Creative City of Crafts and Folk Art, Nan Province joins a global network that celebrates creativity, craftsmanship, and cultural heritage as engines for a thriving and beautiful way of life. [3]

Kim Aris is the younger son of Aung San Suu Kyi. OpinionAs Aung San Suu Kyi's son, I appeal to ASEAN's conscience The people of Myanmar deserve more than sympathy; they deserve integrity and action This video grab shows Kim Aris displaying an old fa... [4]

YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia — Whenever heavy rains come at night in her neighborhood in the ancient Indonesian city of Yogyakarta, schoolteacher Muryani remembers the worst floods she experienced, almost 35 years ago. [5]

In August 2010, when he was working with The Irrawaddy, Ba Kaung, a pseudonym for Myanmar Now’s chief editor Swe Win, wrote about the people he met connected to the 1988 Uprising. [6]

Chaimongkol Temple in South Pattaya prepared for Friday’s Loy Krathong holiday by cleaning up the grounds to ensure safety for merit makers. Pattaya city workers removed broken branches and from the garden and fertilized trees. [7]

William Pesek is an award-winning Tokyo-based journalist and author of "Japanization: What the World Can Learn from Japan's Lost Decades." OpinionMalaysia's economy has a serious political problem Squabbling current and former prime ministers preven... [8]

Sources
[1] MY www.thestar.com.my · 2026-03-26 · 50% match

Johor fire dept honours dedicated frontliners

FROM working at factories and driving lorries to being at the frontlines of emergency response, auxiliary and volunteer firefighters in Johor regularly demonstrate their dedication to helping others.

[2] TH www.pattayamail.com · 2026-03-17 · 40% match

Nan invites travelers to discover its living old city and timeless craft traditions

BANGKOK, Thailand – Step into Nan’s Living Old City — where time slows and traditions thrive This heartfelt journey through Nan, a UNESCO Creative City of Crafts and Folk Art, uncovers a destination shaped by weaving villages, silver craftsmanship, h

[3] TH world.thaipbs.or.th · 2025-11-12 · 41% match

Nan: Woven from many hands

Recognized by UNESCO as Thailand’s latest Creative City of Crafts and Folk Art, Nan Province joins a global network that celebrates creativity, craftsmanship, and cultural heritage as engines for a thriving and beautiful way of life.

[4] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-11-09 · 34% match

As Aung San Suu Kyi's son, I appeal to ASEAN's conscience

Kim Aris is the younger son of Aung San Suu Kyi. OpinionAs Aung San Suu Kyi's son, I appeal to ASEAN's conscience The people of Myanmar deserve more than sympathy; they deserve integrity and action This video grab shows Kim Aris displaying an old fa

[5] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2018-04-30 · 37% match

With Warning Drums and River Cleanups, Indonesian Women Head Off Disasters

YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia — Whenever heavy rains come at night in her neighborhood in the ancient Indonesian city of Yogyakarta, schoolteacher Muryani remembers the worst floods she experienced, almost 35 years ago.

[6] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2017-08-08 · 36% match

Awestruck by the Men in Uniform

In August 2010, when he was working with The Irrawaddy, Ba Kaung, a pseudonym for Myanmar Now’s chief editor Swe Win, wrote about the people he met connected to the 1988 Uprising.

[7] TH www.pattayamail.com · 2021-11-17 · 35% match

Wat Chai Mongkol Temple cleans up for Pattaya Loy Krathong

Chaimongkol Temple in South Pattaya prepared for Friday’s Loy Krathong holiday by cleaning up the grounds to ensure safety for merit makers. Pattaya city workers removed broken branches and from the garden and fertilized trees.

[8] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2020-07-09 · 35% match

Malaysia's economy has a serious political problem

William Pesek is an award-winning Tokyo-based journalist and author of "Japanization: What the World Can Learn from Japan's Lost Decades." OpinionMalaysia's economy has a serious political problem Squabbling current and former prime ministers preven

[9] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-02-15 · 34% match

Child care by grandma: Asian model under strain in Mongolia

ULAANBAATAR -- Every weekday at 9 a.m., 66-year-old Munkhtsetseg Sanjaasuren opens her door to welcome 6-year-old grandson Sod-Undrakh.

[10] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2018-03-15 · 34% match

William Pesek: Singapore is about to raise taxes, and good for them

As Singapore meddles with breaking the ultimate taboo of hiking taxes, Lee Hsien Loong's government is offering something truly shocking -- leadership.

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