by Teuvo Tuomi | Sep 2, 2024 | ASEAN, Asia, Health, News, Thailand
Thailand’s Rural Doctors Movement (RDM) has won the 2024 Ramon Magsaysay Award for its long and continuing contribution to Thai people’s health. The board of trustees of the Foundation says that the RDM was among five awardees this year. The four others are...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Aug 18, 2024 | ASEAN, Environment, News, Reports, Southeast Asia
A new study shows Southeast Asians feel more prepared than most in the face of disaster. In response to survey questions, people from South-East Asia scored highly in preparedness, household planning and feelings of agency when it came to disasters. Roughly two-thirds...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Aug 14, 2024 | Thailand, ASEAN, Investment, News, Southeast Asia
According to the report by the World Gold Council, Thailand’s gold bar and coin investment surged 22% year-on-year in the second quarter, reflecting ongoing weakness in the baht. Meanwhile, consumer gold demand across Southeast Asia grew by 20% year-on-year....
by Teuvo Tuomi | Aug 12, 2024 | ASEAN, News, Southeast Asia, Sports
At Paris Olympics 2024, Southeast Asian countries won 15 medals, including five golds. The Philippines won two gold medals thanks to Carlos Yulo’s double in gymnastics, and Thai taekwondo athlete Panipak Wongpattanakit successfully defended her title in the...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Aug 5, 2024 | ASEAN, News, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Sports
Team Philippines gymnast Carlos Yulo has become the first Filipino to win more than one gold medal in the Summer Games. His incentives are expected to keep increasing, as more private companies want to reward the most successful Olympian the Philippines has ever...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Aug 4, 2024 | ASEAN, Climate, Environment, News, Reports, Research, Southeast Asia, Weather
Typhoon modelling studies done by researchers at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and two United States institutes have found that coastal cities such as Thailand’s Bangkok, Myanmar’s Yangon and Hai Phong in Vietnam are likely to suffer from...
