Category: Regional
Burma govt denies breaching reporters’ Gmail accounts
Journalists reporting on Myanmar received warnings from Google saying they were the targets of “state-sponsored attackers”, but the country’s government has [...]
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Chinese plan to invest in Cambodia is big, but vague
The remote district of Rovieng was once a battleground between Cambodian government troops and Pol Pot’s genocidal Khmer Rouge. There are still unexploded bombs in the [...]
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Australia spy case mystery grips Israel
Speculation over the top-secret arrest and suicide of an Australian-Israeli in prison reached fever pitch Thursday amid allegations he may have been about to blow the whistle [...]
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Cambodia’s $11b mystery
The remote district of Rovieng was once a battleground between Cambodian government troops and Pol Pot’s genocidal Khmer Rouge. Unexploded bombs still lurk in its [...]
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Australia rebuffs N Korean delegation over test
Australia said it had cancelled a diplomatic visit by North Korean officials after the secretive state sparked international fury with a third nuclear test. Foreign Minister [...]
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Aung San Suu Kyi offers to mediate Burma peace talks
Burma’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has said she is willing to mediate an end to violence between the government and ethnic minority groups, a move that could [...]
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Burma opposition to hold first party congress
The National League for Democracy (NLD), the opposition party led by Nobel laureate Aung Sang Suu Kyi, said on Monday it would hold its first ever national congress on March [...]
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Burma offers visas to journalists
Foreign reporters will soon be able to work for up to a year in Burma on short and long-term journalist visas after new regulations were introduced aimed at ensuring wider [...]
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Rohingya Muslims flee Burma by boat after sectarian violence
SITTWE, Burma — Abu Kassim clutched his stomach and heaved forward, replaying the moment his uncle was shot dead last summer, one of scores of people who were killed as [...]
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French tourist murdered in Cambodia
Cambodian police have launched a murder investigation after the naked body of a 25-year-old female French tourist was found floating in a river, officials said Monday. The [...]
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Burma observers participate in US-led military exercises in Thailand
Burma’s armed forces are for the first time participating in a United States-led military exercise in Thailand. Known as “Cobra Gold”, it is the largest [...]
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Japan suggests hotline to Beijing over island spat
Japan has suggested setting up a military hotline with China to avoid clashes between the two countries, which are at loggerheads over a group of disputed islands, [...]
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Bangladesh approves law to swiftly execute war criminals
Bangladesh’s cabinet approved on Monday changes to war crime laws to ensure opposition leaders on trial for alleged atrocities during the nation’s 1971 [...]
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Japan plans to donate patrol boats to Manila
Japan plans to donate patrol boats costing $11 million each to the Philippines, ramping up regional efforts to monitor China’s maritime activity in disputed waters, [...]
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Cash crunch threatens Cambodia’s war crimes court
Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge war crimes court has been dogged by controversy since its creation but now the UN-backed tribunal faces a potential threat to its very existence [...]
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