www.nature.com/scientificreports OPEN received: 08 December 2014 accepted: 05 May 2015 Published: 10 June 2015 Population genetic structure of Oryza sativa in East and Southeast Asia and the discovery of elite alleles for grain traits Xiaojing Dang1, Thu Giang Tran Thi1,2, Wisdom Mawuli...
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 s...
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 t...
Andrea and Brandon Ross fell in love with Southeast Asia on their very first visit, then moved to Cambodia in 2003 to startJourneys Within, a travel agency headquartered in Siem Reap at the threshold of Angkor. They were pioneers at the time. In the aftermath of the Khmer Rouge genocide an...
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 ...
dairy;breakfast;children;nutrient intake;Southeast Asia 1. Introduction Childhood nutrition is important for overall health and development, and breakfast plays a key role in providing essential nutrients for growth and is associated with a lower risk of overweight and obesity among children [1,2,3,...
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, ...
Paleolithictools similar to types found inIndiahave been found inCambodiaandVietnam, and it is possible to trace the movement of population orculturegroups, some of whom probably migrated onward by sea fromSoutheast Asiainto the islands. The important group of speakers ofMon-Khmer languagesmay conc...
(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 ...
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...