Low cost air carriers flying high in Asia
The global economic crisis has had at least one winner: discount airlines. Many passengers around the world now appear willing to sacrifice luxury for cheaper flights. The Asia-Pacific region, in particular, is where low-cost carriers are proving most popular and the number of people flying is in...
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SE Asia floods ravage Thailand's north
Continuing monsoon rains are devastating parts of Thailand as it swamps through Southeast Asia. The ongoing disaster that began two months ago has deluged one third of Thailand. Twenty-three provinces have been affected and one of its largest cities is being prepared for evacuation. Chiang Mai, a...
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Dealing with Asia Pacific's housing crisis
A UN research has showed that people in the Asia Pacific region are four times more likely than the global average to lose their homes to climate change and natural disasters. This has led to a massive wave of urbanisation, leading to a housing crisis in big cities and creating a desperate need f...
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Chinese casino in 'Golden Triangle' lead to questions of drug ties
A Chinese casino in The Golden Triangle raises new questions about area's notorious drug trade.
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Thailand battles with post-flood clean-up
The floodwaters in and around the Thai capital have receded but authorities still have a lot to do: piles of garbage have to be cleared, canals dredged and water pumps repaired. Adding to the government's woes, it is facing civil lawsuits for the way it handled the worst flooding to hit the South...
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Indonesia may stop sending maids abroad
After Saudi Arabia beheaded an Indonesian maid for murder last year, there was a national outcry in the East Asian nation. Now the Indonesian government is planning to stop sending maids abroad by 2017 amid reports that several maids are enduring abuse. Currently, more than 60 Indonesian workers ...
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Youth in Seoul search for a break
As other countries struggle with unemployment, South Korea is creating jobs at a rapid rate. Even so, many of the nation's young people are still finding it difficult to get started. In the second of a five-part series looking at youth unemployment, Harry Fawcett reports from the South Korean cap...
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Interview: Papua New Guinea troop mutiny
Damien Kingsbury, professor of international relations at Deakin University, talked to Al Jazeera from Melbourne, Australia, about the troop mutiny in Papua New Guinea. He termed the development as "a likely a countercoup". "There is tense and uncertain situation," Kingsbury said. "There is no ex...
Al Jazeera's Steve Chao speaks on Taiwan polls
Taiwanese have voted in a tight presidential election to decide who will run the island and manage crucial ties with China over the next four years. Al Jazeera's Steve Chao says voters had to choose between Ma's pro-China policy over the last four years and opposition Presidential candidate Tsai ...
Myanmar signs ceasefire with ethnic rebels
The Myanmar government has signed a ceasefire agreement with ethnic Karen rebels, taking a major step toward ending one of the world's longest-running insurgencies. The government's peace committee met on Thursday with leaders of the Karen National Union in the Karen state capital, Hpa-an. The ne...
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'Justice on wheels' in the Philippines
In the Philippines, an overburdened court system means that cases can take years to be resolved. There are currently tens of thousands of under-trial prisoners still waiting to see a judge, and the Supreme Court has now introduced a radical new way to dispense justice. Eight custom-made buses are...
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Thailand urges migrants to return
Thailand's migrant workforce are being encouraged to return after mass deportations as the country recovers from its worst floods in more than 50 years. And while immigrating through informal means is often cheaper, albeit riskier - experts are concerned they may be vulnerable to exploitation cit...
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Kachin people in Myanmar face food shortages
Aid agencies in northern Myanmar say tens of thousands of ethnic Kachin people are facing food shortages and health problems. The Kachin, one of many ethnic groups in Myanmar, have been fighting for greater autonomy since the country got independence from Britain more than six decades ago. A seve...
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No tears for Kim Jong-il on S Korean island
The grief following the death of Kim Jong-il, North Korea's leader, has been public and intense. It has also triggered strong emotions on the South Korean island of Yeonpyeong, situated along the maritime border with North Korea and which came under attack from the north 13 months ago, killing fo...
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Illegal logging endangers south Philippines
When a tropical storm struck the south of the Philippines in December, killing more than 1000 people, illegal logging was blamed for making the damage much worse. More than a month later, the logging ban is still being ignored. This, combined with rapid urbanisation and a lack of preparedness, ar...
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- Tags: asia-pacificnews tropical storm Philippines illegal logging Aljazeera Al Jazeera Marga Ortigas
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Thailand's flood waters threaten marine life
Marine life is suffering in the Gulf of Thailand, where the Chao Phraya River, which runs through the capital Bangkok, meets the sea. Following the worst flooding in the country in decades, millions of cubic metres of extra water has been draining into the gulf causing shellfish and other fish to...
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