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Deputy governor of Myanmar central bank shot by gunmen at her Yangon home

The deputy governor of Myanmar’s central bank was shot by unknown assailants on Thursday, according to sources and media reports,…

3 years ago

Meeting may signal warmer relations between Myanmar and China

A recent meeting between the Myanmar junta’s foreign minister and his Chinese counterpart may signal China’s softening to the military…

3 years ago

North Korea issues high-denomination money voucher, photo evidence shows

North Korea’s Central Bank has printed a 50,000 won (U.S. $8.30) money voucher worth 10 times its highest currency denomination,…

3 years ago

Bribes are a common business expense in Laos, a new report says

Almost 70 percent of businesses that applied for registrations, licenses and permits in Laos paid bribes to government officials to…

3 years ago

Lack of engine could sink Thai purchase of Chinese submarine

Thailand’s long-planned purchase of three Chinese submarines, which a former top Bangkok diplomat described as “an insult to the Thai-U.S.…

3 years ago

Concerns grow over sale of UK’s largest semiconductor plant to Chinese company

Concerns are growing over plans by a state-backed Chinese company to acquire the U.K.'s largest semiconductor plant for U.S. $82…

3 years ago

Jailed Vietnamese rights activist marks one year in pre-trial detention

A well-known Vietnamese human rights activist who raised money for families of prisoners jailed for their political or religious views…

3 years ago

Smuggled sketches offer glimpses into notorious Myanmar prison

Fourteen sketches smuggled out of Myanmar's Insein Prison and interviews with eight former prisoners offer a rare glimpse inside the…

3 years ago

Human trafficking in Cambodia nearly doubled in 2021

Human trafficking cases in Cambodia almost doubled in 2021 compared to 2020 because the government was preoccupied with the coronavirus…

3 years ago

Junta troops arrest kindergartner from Yangon school

Junta security forces have detained a four-year-old boy from a preschool in Myanmar’s commercial capital Yangon, according to eyewitnesses, who…

3 years ago

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