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Young Brit breaks down revealing the medical condition that made Australia BAN her from ever entering the country: 'I will never be allowed in' ⊖
British woman Regan Sparks, 23, had spent years travelling solo around Europe and South East Asia when she was rejected for a working holiday visa in Australia.
4 months ago
The Chinese planemaker taking on Boeing and Airbus ⊕
Comac's passenger jet is attracting customers in South East Asia where demand for affordable aircraft is growing.
Alleged scam mastermind arrested after being exposed by BBC ⊖⊖
Kuong Li featured in a 2023 BBC Eye investigation into alleged scam compounds in South East Asia.
5 months ago
BBC visits Myanmar polling station as civil war rages on ⊖
Voters in Myanmar's election say the poll is taking place in a "climate of fear", the
BBC's South East Asia Correspondent Jonathan Head reports.
6 months ago
The streets painted red by paan: Locals call for crackdown in spitting hotspots where 'gross' stains splatter bins, floors and trees ○
Parts of Leicester are being covered by a rust-coloured mix of saliva and paan after people commonly from South and South East Asia have finished chewing it.
The habit costing taxpayers £30,000 and staining Britain's streets brown: How tobacco popular with South East Asian community is being spat on roads and paths ⊕
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The rust-coloured mix of saliva and paan is blighting the streets of Wembley in North West London, where it is commonly chewed by people from South East Asia.
The paradise beaches in danger of 'Bali-fication': These are the places to visit NOW before overtourism ruins them ⊕
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A host of other destinations in South East Asia face a similar fate to the Indonesian island of Bali, where tourism has tarnished its most beautiful resorts, say tourism gurus.
9 months ago
I saw a kaleidoscopic light before going blind, says survivor of Laos methanol poisoning ○
Calum Macdonald and the families of three people who died in South East Asia call on the Foreign Office for clearer travel advice.
10 months ago
WhatsApp deletes over 6.8m accounts linked to scams worldwide, Meta says ○
Many of the accounts were linked to criminal groups operating in South East Asia, the social media giant said.