1 In Southeast Asia, although lung cancer was the third most commonly diagnosed cancer (185,636 new cases; 7.8%), it surpassed other cancers as the commonest cause of cancer mortality, causing 166,260 (10.9%) deaths.2 Most registries from Southeast Asian countries have reported lung cancer ...
Southeast Asia: The ‘wallet first’ region McKinsey:How do you account for the massive uptake of wallet technology in the region? And are you optimistic that this growth will persist after COVID-19 wanes? Martha Sazon:In the Philippines, internet adoption was fast because of sma...
Southeast Asia’s private sector should work with the region’s governments and regulatory bodies to address these challenges. First, companies can help educate public officials on the powerful contribution that digital technologies and e-commerce can make to economic growth, particularly for SMEs that...
Proceedings of the Eighth Southeast Asia Design Research (SEA-DR) & the Second Science, Technology, Education, Arts, Culture, and Humanity (STEACH) International Conference (SEADR-STEACH 2021) home preface articles authors sessions organizers publishing information ...
Nevertheless, Lu Qijian, Secretary General of the Kampuchea Garment Association, said in an interview that "at present, no country in Southeast Asia can take the place of China's" world factory "at least in the world. It is understood that a complete textile industry chain needs to include ...
(foundedc.849), architecture is the dominant art. Except for the big brick icons, mostly ruined,sculptureandpaintingplay asubordinaterole. Pagan contains the largest surviving group of buildings in brick and plaster of the many thousands that once stood in various parts ofSoutheast Asia. The ...
Southeast Asian arts - Sculpture, Textiles, Architecture: Hindu royal temples in Indian styles provide the basis for the architectural and decorative elements found in the ancient monuments of Southeast Asia. But a distinct local aesthetic emerged early
Some dramatic population and economic gains for outcaste communities coincided with the Mongol invasion beginning in 1231, when non-Buddhist meat eaters and their allies, including exotic butchers and entertainers from central Asia, entered and occupied the entire peninsula for nearly a century, ...
During this same period in Upper Burma, the people called Pyu, speaking aTibeto-Burman languageand perhaps originating inCentral Asia, built cities whose magnificence was known to contemporary compilers of the ChineseTang dynastyhistory. In the 8th century one city was recorded as being some 50-od...
Southeast Asia the arts Southeast Asian architecture batik Southeast Asian music See all related content DvaravatiMon kingdom: 6th–11th century Nakhon Pathom: Phra PathomPhra Pathom stupa, Nakhon Pathom, Thai. Archaeologyhas recovered in central Thailand substantial glimpses of the magnificent early la...