ASEAN

Laos to sell $350 million in high-interest bonds to combat inflation

The Lao government is so desperate for cash that it is offering about U.S. $340 million in bonds with a…

2 years ago

More than 40 anti-regime protesters arrested in Yangon in two days

Myanmar’s military junta is targeting younger protesters in the country’s business capital, Yangon, arresting more than 40 men and women…

2 years ago

Membership of a political party ‘cannot be grounds for arrest’ UN group says

The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) has criticized the case against a Vietnamese Australian facing a 12-year…

2 years ago

North Korean doctors in Laos ordered to pay ‘loyalty funds’ to Pyongyang

North Korea is forcing two doctors who set up a highly profitable ward in a hospital in Laos to send…

2 years ago

Police report: ARSA rebel chief ordered Rohingya leader Muhib Ullah gunned down

The leader of the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army rebel group ordered the killing of Rohingya activist Muhib Ullah at a…

2 years ago

UN official urges action to prevent a lost generation of children in Myanmar

The international community must “reengage and refocus” on Myanmar to head off a looming crisis that may leave a “lost…

2 years ago

Cambodian American lawyer gets 6 years for ‘treason’ in mass sentencing of opposition

Police in Phnom Penh on Tuesday arrested a Cambodian American lawyer and activist dressed as the Statue of Liberty outside…

2 years ago

Vietnam state media trained to protect government policies

Reporters and editors employed by state media outlets in Vietnam are being trained to uphold the views of the ruling…

2 years ago

Three die in raid on Sagaing region village

The bodies of a woman and two men have been found after junta troops set fire to Lat Pu Kan…

2 years ago

Family of dead soldier questions military’s drowning claim

The family of a Vietnamese soldier has questioned claims by the military that he drowned while stationed at Ba Vi,…

2 years ago

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