South Asia

Police soon to wrap up investigation into Vietnamese Facebooker

A police probe into a well-known Vietnamese Facebook user will end soon with Bui Van Thuan facing anti-state propaganda charges.…

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Uyghurs in exile mark anniversary of deadly 2009 Urumqi unrest

Uyghur exile groups around the world on Tuesday demanded that China end its persecution of Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims…

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Cambodia’s opposition party cries foul after governor likens them to ‘social plague’

Cambodia’s opposition Candlelight Party is once again urging government officials to stop harassing its members after a provincial governor from…

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Chinese researchers develop device they say can test loyalty of ruling party members

Researchers in the eastern Chinese province of Anhui say they have developed a device that can determine loyalty to the…

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Will Southeast Asia support Russia’s war with semiconductor exports?

Despite the efforts of Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, the war in Ukraine continues. Whether governments in Southeast Asia are willing…

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Thai prime minister downplays Myanmar aircraft entering nation’s airspace

Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-o-cha and the Royal Thai Air Force chief on Friday played down a brief incursion by a…

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New entreaty by ASEAN envoy to meet Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Special Envoy to Myanmar has again requested that the junta let him speak…

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Will the people of Hong Kong ever run their own city again?

On June 30, 1997, pro-democracy members held the majority seats on Hong Kong's Legislative Council (LegCo), the result of the…

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Taiwan hits out at Hong Kong’s vanishing freedoms, vows to protect its sovereignty

Democratic Taiwan on Friday said freedom had "vanished" in Hong Kong, as concerns were raised internationally over a political crackdown…

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‘Hong Kong must not become chaotic again,’ China’s Xi warns on handover anniversary

Chinese leader Xi Jinping swore in a new, security-focused government in Hong Kong on Friday, 25 years after Britain handed…

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