ASEANEWS HEADLINES-COVID OMICRON: BRUNEI- Resiliency key in the new normal

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The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the structure of education systems across the globe, said Chargé d’Affaires at the Embassy of Brunei Darussalam in Egypt Pengiran Ahmad Munir @ Pengiran Abdul Aziim bin Pengiran Haji Nordin, who delivered a national statement on behalf of Minister of Education Dato Seri Setia Awang Haji Hamzah bin Haji Sulaiman as Chairperson of the National Commission of Brunei Darussalam for Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ICESCO) at the 14th Session of the General Conference of ICESCO at St Regis Hotel in Cairo, Egypt. More details in Saturday’s Borneo

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ASEAN Covid-19 Table – 11 December 2021

Khmer Times

Asean as a whole has reported more than 14.3 million COVID-19 cases. Of this, more than 520,000 are active cases as of December 11.

The coronavirus COVID-19 is affecting 219 countries and territories around the world and 2 international conveyances.

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FILE – This March 29, 2018, file photo shows the Facebook logo on screens at the Nasdaq MarketSite, in New York’s Times Square. Facebooks parent company Meta announced Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2021, that it has expanded its ban on postings linked to Myanmars military to include all pages, groups, and accounts representing military-controlled businesses. It had already banned advertising from such businesses in February. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File) /

December 9, 2021

BANGKOK (AFP) – Facebook parent Meta will ban all pages and accounts belonging to Myanmar military-backed businesses, it said, expanding its restraints on the country’s armed forces.

Myanmar’s secretive military has extensive business interests, with tentacles in industries as diverse as transportation, textiles, tourism and banking. Activists and rights groups said they funded crackdowns and abuses even before the February coup that ousted Aung San Suu Kyi and launched a bloody crackdown on dissent.

In late February Facebook removed all accounts linked to the military, also known as the Tatmadaw, citing the junta’s use of deadly force against anti-coup demonstrators. It also banned military-linked firms from advertising on its platforms.

Meta “will now also remove Pages, Groups and Accounts representing military-controlled businesses”, it said in a statement on Tuesday.

The decision was “based on extensive documentation by the international community of these businesses’ direct role in funding the Tatmadaw’s ongoing violence and human rights abuses in Myanmar”, it said, adding it would use the report from a 2019 United Nations (UN) fact-finding mission into the military’s economic interests “as the basis” for its actions.

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SINGAPORE:

Creator of Netflix series Squid Game is The Straits Times Asian of the Year

HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA – NOVEMBER 08: Hwang Dong-hyuk attends the “Squid Game” Guild Screening at NeueHouse Los Angeles on November 08, 2021 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Vivien Killilea/Getty Images for Netflix)

A 50-year-old South Korean filmmaker who has captured the world’s imagination with a dystopian survival drama that throws up uncomfortable questions about contemporary society has been named The Straits Times Asian of the Year.

SINGAPORE – A 50-year-old South Korean film-maker, who captured the world’s imagination with a dystopian survival drama that throws up uncomfortable questions about contemporary society, has been named The Straits Times Asian of the Year.

Every year, the editors of The Straits Times pick a person, a group or an institution that in their judgment has significantly impacted Asia in the year past. Mr Hwang Dong-hyuk, the creator of Squid Game, was chosen this year for an expression of creativity that, while fictional and not without flaws, holds up a useful mirror to society.

The Netflix series created by Mr Hwang has emerged as more than a mere television show, said the citation to the award.

READ MORE: https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/creator-of-netflix-series-squid-game-is-the-straits-times-asian-of-the-year

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Total cases:2,145,241
Recovered:2,055,265
New cases:+4,000
Deaths:20,964
Rank:24

Man dies after Moderna jab following Sinovac

WRITER: SUTTHIWIT CHAYUTWORAKAN

Emergency medical staff from Paolo Hospital Samutprakarn perform CPR on a man who developed chest pains, fell unconscious and died after receiving a second dose of Covid-19 vaccine on Tuesday. (Photo: Sutthiwit Chayutworakan)

SAMUT PRAKAN: A man died at his home in Muang district late on Tuesday night shortly after receiving a second dose of Covid-19 vaccine, Moderna, following an initial dose of Sinovac in September.

Police were called to house 66/189 at Moo 5, tambon Bang Muang in Muang district about 12.30am, Pol Capt Adithes Phocharoen, a duty investigator, said on Wednesday.

They found Sithipol Bovornkittipaisal, 26, lying dead on the ground floor of the house. There was no sign of physical assault.

Sithipol’s mother Sopa Khotpakdi, 50, said her son had recieved the first dose of Sinovac vaccine in early September, but did not say where.

He had also placed an order for Moderna vaccine with Synphaet Theparak Hospital. He went to the hospital on Tuesday afternoon and was inoculated with the Moderna vaccine.

He returned home with no sign of side effects, she said.

However, late on Tuesday night, while playing on his phone on the second floor of the house, Sithipol began experiencing chest pain and breathing difficulties.

Ms Sopa said she called for an emergency team from Paolo Hospital Samutprakarn. While waiting, relatives carried Sithipol, who was by then unconscious, down to the ground floor.