Category: Regional
Mattis pushes closer ties to Vietnam amid tension with China
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is making his second trip this year to Vietnam, and it’s a sign of how much the Trump administration is trying to counter China’s [...]
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Mattis is making his 2nd visit to Vietnam in less than a year a sign of how much the US wants to counter China
By making a rare second trip this year to Vietnam, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is signaling how intensively the Trump administration is trying to counter China’s [...]
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Three from Burma killed in Camerons landslide
Three people died in a landslide this morning at Kampung Raja in Cameron Highlands, Pahang. “The victims from Myanmar were a male and two females,” Cameron [...]
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Cambodia’s ‘Rubbish Man’ schools childrenfor trash
Sitting in a building made from used tyres, plastic bottles and old sneakers, Cambodian student Roeun Bunthon jots down notes during an English lesson at the “Rubbish [...]
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Burma man gets jail for having obscene pictures in handphone
A Myanmar restaurant worker was sentenced to four months’ jail by the Magistrate’s Court here today for keeping obscene pictures in his handphone. Magistrate Nor [...]
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From squalid refugee camp, Rohingya teen plans for higher ed
At an age when many young Rohingya women have children, Rahima Akter has other plans. From the refugee camp in southern Bangladesh where she was born, Akter, a 19-year-old [...]
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Cambodia’s Hun Sen defiant despite EU trade threat
Cambodia’s prime minister Hun Sen has taken a defiant stance following a European Union announcement last week that it would ramp up trade pressure on Cambodia over [...]
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Cambodia’s Hun Sen defiant despite EU trade threat
Cambodia’s prime minister Hun Sen has taken a defiant stance following a European Union announcement last week that it would ramp up trade pressure on Cambodia over [...]
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EU to hit Cambodia with trade sanctions, says Burma may follow
The European Union told Cambodia on Friday it will lose its special access to the world’s largest trading bloc, and said it was considering similar trade sanctions for [...]
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India deports seven Rohingya to Burma despite UN protest
India on Thursday deported seven Rohingya men to Myanmar, despite UN warnings that they faced persecution in a country where the army is accused of genocide against the [...]
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Mongolian minister sacked after official murdered
Mongolia’s transport minister has been sacked after an official was beaten to death inside his ministry’s building in an alleged job dispute, highlighting the [...]
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Cambodia jails 70-year-old in first conviction for royal insult
A Cambodian court has jailed a 70-year-old barber for seven months over a violation of the country’s royal insult law, the first such conviction since the law was [...]
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Fast and seriousVietnam’s first domestic car manufacturer bets big
At a time when auto companies in the developed world are facing a squeeze on their profits from cash-rich tech firms, Vietnam is betting car-making can be a ticket t o a more [...]
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India deports Rohingya Muslims to Burma
India on Thursday deported its first group of Rohingya Muslims since the government last year ordered the expulsion of members of the Myanmar minority group and others who [...]
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Burma torches $1.3m of illegal wildlife parts
Elephant skins, clouded leopard remains and tiger bones were among a $1.3 million haul of illegal wildlife incinerated Thursday in Myanmar’s first ever public event of [...]
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