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These are the top stories making the front pages of major newspapers from across Southeast Asia today.Get up to speed with what’s happening in the fastest growing region in the world. Stay informed with The ASEAN Post. Myanmar court to give first rulings in Aung San Suu Kyi trialA court in Myanmar is due to deliver the first rulings on Monday (Dec 6) in the trial of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, the popular former leader ousted by the military in a coup 10 mon

6 December 2021
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These are the top stories making the front pages of major newspapers from across Southeast Asia today.Get up to speed with what’s happening in the fastest growing region in the world. Stay informed with The ASEAN Post. Singapore detects first 2 imported Covid-19 cases who test preliminarily positive for OmicronTwo imported Covid-19 cases have preliminarily tested positive for the Omicron variant on Thursday (Dec 2), the Ministry of Health (MOH) said.Both cases were isolated

3 December 2021
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These are the top stories making the front pages of major newspapers from across Southeast Asia today.Get up to speed with what’s happening in the fastest-growing region in the world. Stay informed with The ASEAN Post. Omicron variant a warning against under-vaccination in AsiaThe emergence of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus underscores the price of vaccine inequity.Across Africa, just 10.4 per cent of the population has received one dose of a vaccine.

2 December 2021
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These are the top stories making the front pages of major newspapers from across Southeast Asia today.Get up to speed with what’s happening in the fastest growing region in the world. Stay informed with The ASEAN Post. WHO warns against blanket travel bans over Omicron but urges those vulnerable to defer overseas tripsThe World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Tuesday (Nov 30) that while blanket travel bans would not stop the spread of the Omicron variant, Covid-19 vulnerab

1 December 2021
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These are the top stories making the front pages of major newspapers from across Southeast Asia today.Get up to speed with what’s happening in the fastest growing region in the world. Stay informed with The ASEAN Post. 2 SIA passengers who tested positive for Covid-19 variant Omicron transited in S’pore but did not leave airportTwo passengers on a Singapore Airlines flight who were infected with the Covid-19 variant Omicron were travelling from Johannesburg and were in trans

30 November 2021
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These are the top stories making the front pages of major newspapers from across Southeast Asia today.Get up to speed with what’s happening in the fastest growing region in the world. Stay informed with The ASEAN Post. Singapore tracking Omicron Covid-19 variant closely, may be forced to take steps back: PM LeeSingapore is watching the new coronavirus variant Omicron closely and may be forced to roll back the easing up of safety measures as it moves forward to tackle the dis

29 November 2021
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These are the top stories making the front pages of major newspapers from across Southeast Asia today.Get up to speed with what’s happening in the fastest growing region in the world. Stay informed with The ASEAN Post. Bulk of bus tickets for S'pore-Malaysia VTL still available despite technical problems on first daySome 4,400 bus tickets have been snapped up for quarantine-free land travel between Singapore and Johor Baru on the first day that they went on sale.Three-q

26 November 2021
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These are the top stories making the front pages of major newspapers from across Southeast Asia today.Get up to speed with what’s happening in the fastest growing region in the world. Stay informed with The ASEAN Post. Novavax applies for approval to use its Covid-19 vaccine in S'poreA new Covid-19 vaccine could be available in Singapore, with American firm Novavax having applied for interim authorisation by the Health Sciences Authority (HSA).Confirming this, the autho

25 November 2021
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These are the top stories making the front pages of major newspapers from across Southeast Asia today.Get up to speed with what’s happening in the fastest growing region in the world. Stay informed with The ASEAN Post. Singapore GDP growth to slow to 3-5% in 2022 after 7% gain this yearSingapore's economic growth will slow to between 3 per cent and 5 per cent next year amid an uneven recovery at home and lingering uncertainty over global growth, the Ministry of Trade an

24 November 2021
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These are the top stories making the front pages of major newspapers from across Southeast Asia today.Get up to speed with what’s happening in the fastest growing region in the world. Stay informed with The ASEAN Post. China will not bully smaller countries, Xi tells Asean leadersChinese President Xi Jinping has assured South-east Asian leaders that China does not seek hegemony and will not bully its smaller neighbours, even while tensions in the South China Sea have escalat

23 November 2021
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These are the top stories making the front pages of major newspapers from across Southeast Asia today.Get up to speed with what’s happening in the fastest growing region in the world. Stay informed with The ASEAN Post. Fresh protests, violence in Europe against Covid-19 restrictionsA fresh wave of protests broke out in several European cities and in some French overseas territories on Sunday (Nov 21), as protesters reacted, sometimes violently, to moves to reintroduce corona

22 November 2021
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These are the top stories making the front pages of major newspapers from across Southeast Asia today.Get up to speed with what’s happening in the fastest growing region in the world. Stay informed with The ASEAN Post. Good progress in talks on reopening of S'pore-Malaysia land borders: MTIThe reopening of land borders between Singapore and Malaysia for quarantine-free travel could take place soon, with good progress in talks on this front.The Ministry of Trade and Indu

19 November 2021
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