Myanmar Regime Shores Up Ties With Two Powerful Northern Ethnic Armies
By The Irrawaddy Sat, April 10, 2021 Senior officials of the Myanmar military regime recently met with two powerful ethnic Wa and Shan armed groups to cement relations with them. […]
Cambodia – CHRC rebukes Amnesty International over biased report
Ben Sokhean / Khmer Times Fri, April 9, 2021 Justice Ministry spokesman Chin Malin speaks at a press conference. KT/Siv Channa The government’s Cambodian Human Rights Committee (CHRC) yesterday rebuked […]
European parliamentarians should apologise first for their past human rights record
KHMER TIMES March 22, 2021 PHNOM PENH – European parliamentarians should be shameful of their colonial past, and have humility in preaching to Cambodia and other countries in Asia and […]
Laos Third Most Corrupt Country in ASEAN
By Phayboune Thanabouasy THE LAOTIAN TIMES Fri, April 9, 2021 VIENTIANE – Laos was perceived to be the third most corrupt country in the ASEAN bloc in 2020. According to […]
Thai Foreign Minister says Karen refugees were not forced back to Myanmar
The Thaiger Monday, April 5, 2021 Following reports and criticism on Thailand forcing Karen refugees back across the Myanmar border, Foreign Minister and Deputy PM Don Pramudwinai says the claims […]
Nguyen Xuan Phuc elected Vietnam State President
Ngoc Thuy – My Hoa HANOI TIMES Mon, April 5. 2021 The newly-elected State President later took the oath of office. Photo: Nhat Bac HANOI – Phuc is Vietnam’s 11th […]
Vietnam has new prime minister
Nguyen Tung – My Hoa HANOI TIMES Mon, April 5. 2021 Vietnam’s new prime minister Pham Minh Chinh takes the oath of office. Photo: VNA Pham Minh Chinh, Head of […]
US reminded of ‘moral debt’ by Cambodia
Ben Sokhean / Khmer Times Mon, April 5, 2021 Merge photo of secretary of state Antony J Blinken (L), US Department of State, and Foreign Affairs Minister Prak Sokhonn. state.gov/ […]
H&M faces boycott in Vietnam over nine-dash line
Duy Nguyen HANOI TIMES Sun, April 4, 2021 H&M said last week it wanted to regain the trust of its customers in China Vietnam’s netizens are furious at Swedish fashion […]