Most of the people in the West or in North Asia usually never think about it, but Southeast Asia is one of the most depressed and depressing parts of the world.
It has been through genocides, wars and atrocious military regimes.
Then, those monstrous income disparities.
Jakarta beggars at night
According to The Bangkok Post, in 2018, “the 10% poorest Thais had 0% wealth.
Superyacht linked to Malaysia’s state fund looting scandal © AFP / Sonny Tumbelaka RT | August 9, 2019 Malaysia has extended pressure on Wall Street titan Goldman Sachs, filing criminal charges against 17 current and former directors of the bank’s subsidiaries over alleged involvement in the multi-billion-dollar 1MDB scandal. Goldman Sachs has been under scrutiny […]
On Wednesday, the Dutch chief prosecutor and co-ordinator for the Joint Investigation Team (JIT), Fred Westerbeke announced charges would be laid against four men – three Russians and one Ukrainian, for the downing of the Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 in July 2014.
The Dutch-led JIT announced the names of four suspects: Russians Sergey Dubinsky, Oleg Pulatov and Igor Girkin, and Ukrainian Leonid Kharchenko.
Joseph said to "watch Italy," and the latest currency moves in that country, plus Russia and China, provide some data for some high octane […]
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Interesting and suggestive news out of Malaysia, which is proposing a gold-backed Asian "euro" for foreign trade, i.e., a two-tiered system: Malaysia Proposes Common […]
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By Tyler Durden – Zero Hedge – 05/10/2019 Pras Michel, the Fugees rapper who once included a cameo appearance from a pre-Apprentice Donald Trump on his hit solo album “Ghetto Supastar”, has been indicted alongside the Malaysian banker and alleged mastermind of the $4.5 billion 1MDB fraud for funneling money stolen from the doomed sovereign […]
The Malaysian government last year expressed a surprise change of heart on a policy long held dear; it would reconsider the death penalty. The case of Muhammad Lukman, sentenced to death in August for the purchase and sharing of medicinal marijuana, did much to stimulate outrage. On October 10th, law minister Liew Vui Keong announced that it would be abolished. Doing so would leave such last bastions as Vietnam, Singapore, Thailand and Indonesia.
By Max Parry • Unz Review • March 27, 2019 Ever since the news broke on March 15 of two consecutive mass shootings at the Al Noor Mosque and Linwood Islamic Centre in Christchurch, New Zealand, corporate media has been determined to establish that suspect Brenton Tarrant acted alone in the terrorist attacks that took […]
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA — In a move consistent with the Palestinian call for boycott, divestment and sanctions, BDS, against Israel, the Malaysian government has refused entry visas to athletes representing Israel in the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships that were slated to be held in Sarawak, Malaysia this July.
