ASEAN nations offer huge rewards to Olympic medalists

Philippines' first gold medalist to receive homes and more

20210730 SEA medalists

Philippine weightlifter and gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz, center, Thailand's taekwondo gold medalist Panipak Wongpattanakit, left, and Indonesian weightlifter and silver medalist Eko Yuli Irawan are eligible for compensation worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. (Source photos by Reuters)

YUICHI SHIGA and MARIMI KISHIMOTO, Nikkei staff writers

MANILA/BANGKOK -- Southeast Asian medalists at the Tokyo Olympics are receiving lavish rewards for their accomplishments, in addition to a hero's welcome when they return home.

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