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Healthy ageing in Southeast Asia
The Southeast Asia region is undergoing one of the most profound demographic shifts in its history. By 2050, the proportion of people aged 60 years and above will nearly double -- from 11.3% in 2024 to 20.9%. That means 441 million older people --...
Owner: Chirathivat Family
COMO Metropolitan Bangkok reopens
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The Hotel Conversation
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COMO Hotels and Resorts announce the full reopening of COMO Metropolitan Bangkok this month, marking an exciting new chapter in the hotel’s 22-year evolution, and a vibrant new lure to the Central Business District at the heart of the Thai...
Owner: Mark Williams
Gamescom Asia x Thailand Game Show 2025 Wraps Up with Record Attendance
It appears that merging Gamescom Asia with the Thailand Game Show has proven to be a resounding success story for both gamers and gaming industry professionals in Southeast Asia, since Gamescom Asia x Thai Game Show 2025 just enjoyed 206,159...
Owner: Ziff Davis, Inc.
Spike in influenza cases prompts calls for stronger public health measures
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The Jakarta Post
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jump in cases of Influenza A nationwide over the past few weeks has prompted calls for the government to bolster health protocols and boost awareness to ensure the safety of vulnerable groups, including children and the elderly. In recent weeks,...
Owner: Lilik Oetama
World : Top News Headlines In Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, The Philippines, Singapore, Thailand & Vietnam: Oct 20, 2025
INDONESIA 1.PRABOWO TIGHTENS GRIP, RESHAPES POLITICS -- THE JAKARTA POST President Prabowo Subianto has spent his first year in office consolidating power, expanding an already bloated cabinet, redrawing the political map and strengthening the...
Owner: Malaysian Government
Top News Headlines In Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, The Philippines, Singapore, Thailand & Vietnam: Oct 20, 2025
INDONESIA 1.PRABOWO TIGHTENS GRIP, RESHAPES POLITICS -- THE JAKARTA POST President Prabowo Subianto has spent his first year in office consolidating power, expanding an already bloated cabinet, redrawing the political map and strengthening the...
Owner: Malaysian Government
More Thai rivers and downstream communities at risk from Myanmar’s rare earth mines
Satellite data reveal 513 rare earth mining sites across rivers feeding into the Mekong, Salween and Irrawaddy in Myanmar, including 40 new ones in 2025 — far more than previously estimated. Toxic runoff from unregulated mines in Shan and Kachin...
Owner: Rhett Ayers Butler
Anantara Spa And ELEMIS Unite To Redefine Luxury Wellness
Science meets soul in a new era of spa excellence. Anantara Spa, globally celebrated for its refined wellness experiences that honour authentic cultural traditions, has announced a new partnership with the award-winning British skincare brand...
Owner: Simon Grover
Unmet healthcare demand in Asia presents Chinese hospitals with opportunities
Driven by accelerating healthcare demand, Fosun Health plans to target markets in South Asia, Southeast Asia and the Middle East to capitalise on their economic growth and fragmented health systems, according to chairman and CEO Frank Hu Hang. The...
Owner: Alibaba Group
Pension tension as Thailand eyes 65
The country's working-age demographics are a topic of widespread debate, with Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul floating the idea of raising the retirement age from 60 to 65. His initiative contrasts with the private sector, which recently...
Owner: Chirathivat Family
Israel Identifies Remains of Two Hamas Hostages, Including One Thai National
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said the remains of two hostages released by Hamas overnight belonged to Ronen Engel, a father from Kibbutz Nir Oz, and Sonthaya Akkharasri, a Thai agricultural worker from...
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Tragic End to German Couple’s Thai Holiday as Wife Dies in Crash
PHANG NGA — What was meant to be a dream vacation in Thailand ended in heartbreak for an elderly German couple when a high-speed collision on Saturday claimed the wife’s life and left her husband fighting for survival. The tragedy unfolded at 5:20...
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Thai govt 'has plan' to deal with Cambodia
PUBLISHED : 19 Oct 2025 at 18:44 Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said the government has a plan to deal with the conflict with Cambodia, before warning that any intrusion into the kingdom's sovereign territory will be met with firm action....
Owner: Chirathivat Family
State-funded Nonprofit Spotlight: Humboldt Park Health
Humboldt Park Health, a tax-exempt nonprofit that receives significant public funding to perform services also offered by the state, was approved to receive two grants totaling $13,600,000 in FY2024, according to passed legislation data extracted...
Owner: Brian Timpone
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I ditched the UK for Thailand – I’ve got a big house with a swimming pool & people say it’s ‘unbelievable’ for the price
A MOTHER has revealed that she ditched life in the UK and moved to Thailand. Now, the mum-of-three, who is chasing a “calm, healing and better quality of life” lives in a large home – and it’s even got a swimming pool. Sign up for Scottish Sun...
Owner: Murdoch Family
Bangkok governor denies tunnel beneath collapsed Samsen Road is 'moving'
PUBLISHED : 19 Oct 2025 at 07:03 Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt says the underground railway tunnel beneath the collapsed Samsen Road is stable, denying claims the structure is moving. Speaking on a Facebook livestream on Saturday, he said...
Owner: Chirathivat Family
Thailand startet Plan „Gesunder Körper, Geldbeutel geschont“, um steigende Medikamentenkosten in Privatkliniken zu senken
Ab dem 28. Oktober können Patienten in über 300 Privatkliniken in ganz Thailand verschriebene Medikamente in externen Apotheken kaufen – ein Schritt der Regierung, der voraussichtlich jährlich mehr als 32 Milliarden Baht spart und die...
Owner: Pratheep “Peter” Malhotra
Ronen Engel, Thailand’s Sonthaya Oakkharasri identified as hostage bodies returned by Hamas
Military representatives on Sunday morning notified the families of slain hostages Ronen Engel, 54, and Thai national Sonthaya Oakkharasri, 30, that their bodies had been returned to Israel by Hamas the night prior and identified by forensic...
Owner: David Horovitz & Seth Klarman
Indonesia's Health Ministry Urges Mask Use as Influenza-Like Illnesses Spread Nationwide
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Indonesia's Deputy Health Minister Benjamin Paulus has urged the public to wear masks to curb the spread of Influenza-Like Illnesses (ILI), as cases of flu-like infections have risen in several regions in recent weeks....
Owner: Ciputra Family
Lost in Thailand: Missing British teen survives two weeks in jungle on ants and tree bark
BANGKOK, Oct 19 — A 19-year-old British national who vanished from Pattaya has been found alive in a remote part of western Thailand after spending two weeks lost in the jungle, surviving on ants and tree bark, Khaosod English reported. The...
Owner: Dato' Siew Ka Wei