Asia Nepal Public opinion questions the rationale of the national identity card, officially launched with a distribution campaign in 2018, as it will be a long time before the card replaces the citizenship certificate
Asia Cambodia Apsara National Authority and AJE reached an MoU on enhancing beauty, sanitation and the environment in the Angkor Archaeological Park focusing on two main points: waste management and go-green
Asia Georgia Prime Minister Garibashvili stated in Parliament that there have been many attempts to open a "second front", pushing for Georgia's involvement in the war, describing conspiracy theories as the greatest danger to the country
Asia Myanmar Myanmar authorities recently arrested around 150 Rohingya suspected of trying to flee to Malaysia; Muslim minority faces restrictions on travel within Myanmar, with rights groups saying they live in apartheid conditions
Asia East Timor The maiden flight of the first Timorese-flagged aircraft, an A320 operated by the national airline Aero Dili Transport Service S.A., took place on 20 March 2023
Asia Bangladesh Effective measures should be taken for the registration of online news portals, suggested the Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
Asia Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif inaugurated two coal-fired power plants in Tharparkar, describing them as a testimony to the enduring partnership between China and Pakistan
Asia Mongolia Mongolia women's national football team will participate in the AFC 2024 Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Thailand in April 2023 to take part in the Paris 2024 Olympics
Asia Japan Official campaigning for quadrennial unified local elections started, with the results likely to determine whether PM Kishida will decide to dissolve the lower house for a snap general election
Asia Kazakhstan With a turnout in the 2023 Kazakh parliamentary elections of 53,25%, the AMANAT party obtained 53,46% of the total votes
Asia Kyrgyzstan There has been an increase in the incidence of tuberculosis, according to the National Centre of Physiology, 4.018 patients (or 60 per 100.000 people), compared to 3.891 (58,1 per 100.000) in 2021
Asia Thailand A petition with the signatures of 8.517 people, joined by Amnesty International Thailand and other activists, has been delivered to acting Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, asking to drop charges against all political activists
Asia Philippines President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. emphasised the need to use new and emerging technologies to improve the management of the country's water resources