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Based on 10 verified sources covering Myanmar, Thailand:
Pattaya, Chonburi – March 20th, 2026 – A video circulating widely on social media shows a frustrated local man punching a well-known consistently intoxicated vagrant unconscious in the middle of a busy traffic light intersection in South Pattaya, sho... [1]
HONG KONG -- A Chinese state-run media outlet has poured cold water on stock investors' enthusiasm for a famous distiller as the government steps up efforts to thwart a crisis in the country's overleveraged financial system. [2]
TOKYO/OSAKA -- The town of Shimamoto, near Kyoto, is known as the site of a bloody 16th-century samurai battle and as a source of pure water for traditional tea ceremony. These days, however, travelers come for the tipple. [3]
TOKYO -- For those looking forward to be June brides next month, the government's decision to extend the state of emergency for the capital and other parts of Japan was deeply disappointing. [4]
The relative openness that Myanmar enjoyed from 2011 until the coup this year is not the only casualty of Senior General Min Aung Hlaing’s power grab. [5]
TOKYO -- Japan's izakaya pubs have a problem. The nation's young people are imbibing less alcohol than previous generations. What is a watering-hole operator to do? Some are turning to the swelling ranks of middle-income drinkers elsewhere in Asia. [6]
South Korea's political turmoil has finally resulted in Park Geun-hye becoming the first South Korean president in the country's history to be forced from office. [7]
The uproar triggered by the newly amended Alcohol Beverage Control Act has underscored a recurring dilemma for the government: how to balance social order and public health with a tourism-driven economy that demands flexibility and international frie... [9]
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Pattaya, Chonburi – March 20th, 2026 – A video circulating widely on social media shows a frustrated local man punching a well-known consistently intoxicated vagrant unconscious in the middle of a busy traffic light intersection in South Pattaya, sho
HONG KONG -- A Chinese state-run media outlet has poured cold water on stock investors' enthusiasm for a famous distiller as the government steps up efforts to thwart a crisis in the country's overleveraged financial system.
TOKYO/OSAKA -- The town of Shimamoto, near Kyoto, is known as the site of a bloody 16th-century samurai battle and as a source of pure water for traditional tea ceremony. These days, however, travelers come for the tipple.
TOKYO -- For those looking forward to be June brides next month, the government's decision to extend the state of emergency for the capital and other parts of Japan was deeply disappointing.
The relative openness that Myanmar enjoyed from 2011 until the coup this year is not the only casualty of Senior General Min Aung Hlaing’s power grab.
TOKYO -- Japan's izakaya pubs have a problem. The nation's young people are imbibing less alcohol than previous generations. What is a watering-hole operator to do? Some are turning to the swelling ranks of middle-income drinkers elsewhere in Asia.
South Korea's political turmoil has finally resulted in Park Geun-hye becoming the first South Korean president in the country's history to be forced from office.
The uproar triggered by the newly amended Alcohol Beverage Control Act has underscored a recurring dilemma for the government: how to balance social order and public health with a tourism-driven economy that demands flexibility and international frie
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