UN rapporteurs’ concerns rebuffed by Cambodia
Ry Sochan THE PHNOM PENH POST Mon, August 09, 2021 The UN rights experts call for the release of seven activists detained while awaiting trial. OHCHR CAMBODIA Cambodian officials have […]
UK becomes ASEAN’s newest dialogue partner, ending 25-year moratorium
Dian Septiari The Jakarta Post Fri, August 6, 2021 The United Kingdom has officially become ASEAN’s 11th dialogue partner, officials announced on Thursday, ending the regional bloc’s 25-year moratorium on […]
ASEAN-EU set to embark on free trade deal negotiation
Ngoc Thuy HANOI TIMES Sat, August 7, 2021 Overview of the meeting. Source: baoquocte.vn A potential ASEAN-EU free trade agreement (FTA) should be based on existing trade deals between the […]
Singapore man regrets going to Raffles City for vaccination, says ‘I am not racist but if I knew there were a hundred Indian foreign workers I would have missed the appt’
Obbana Rajah THE INDEPENDENT SINGAPORE Mon, August 2, 2021 He pointed out there were many cases where travellers from India tested negative for Covid-19 within the SHN period, but tested […]
Fears of Another Long Dictatorship as Myanmar Coup Maker Appoints Himself PM
By The Irrawaddy Mon, August 2, 2021 Myanmar coup leader Snr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing Fears are growing in Myanmar that the country is facing another decades-long dictatorship, as coup leader […]
Cambodia’s Bunong, Bollore land dispute overruled by French tribunal
Nov Sivutha The Phnom Penh Post Thu, 15 July 2021 Share Bunong ethnic community members from Mondulkiri province hold a press conference over their land dispute with a French firm, […]
MALAYSIA – Sabah Migrants left out of food aid – let us help them, say NGOs
Durie Rainer Fong FREE MALAYSIA TODAY Sat, July 17, 2021 Villagers from a squatter colony who raised a white flag retrieving food items brought by Borneo Komrad Kota Kinabalu. (Borneo […]
CAMBODIA – “I don’t know where to go”. Heartbreak as 700 families in floating houses ordered out in 7 days
Son Minea Khmer Times June 3, 2021 Phnom Penh City Hall set a one-week deadline for people who live in floating houses along the Mekong and Tonle Sap Rivers […]
Laos and Russia Agree to Strengthen Ties and Expand Cooperation
By Latsamy Phonevilay THE LAOTIAN TIMES Thu, July 8, 2021 Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov with Lao Foreign Minister Saleumxay Kommasith. Foreign ministers from Laos and Russia have agreed that […]
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