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The Jinghong Hydropower Station on the Lancang River, the Chinese part of the Mekong River, in Jinghong city, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan province. Photo: AFP Forum

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China flexes its control on the Mekong

by David Hutt January 11, 2018February 18, 2020

A Vietnamese farmer in water-logged fields at sunset. Photo: iStock/Getty Images

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Climate change refugees imperil Vietnam’s growth

by Alan Boyd January 11, 2018February 18, 2020

A Cambodian boy (L) tries to pick out a can alongside in a canal filled with waste in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Photo: AFP/Tang Chhin Sothy

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China’s clean-up could dump on SEAsia

by David Hutt January 10, 2018February 18, 2020

Lao dancers perform during the Association of Southeast Asian Nations' gala dinner at the National Convention Center in Vientiane, Laos, September 7, 2016. Photo: AFP/Saul Loeb

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Laos dances to survive between China and Vietnam

by John McBeth January 9, 2018February 18, 2020

Malaysian Immigration Department Headquarters, Putrajaya. Photo: Google Maps

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Malaysia allows online direct hiring of maids

by Asia Times staff January 2, 2018February 18, 2020

Air America helicopters land on top of Phou Pha Thi mountain during the US' 'secret war' in Laos. Photo: Walt Darran

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Revolutionary monument to CIA’s fall in Laos

by John McBeth January 2, 2018February 18, 2020

رئيس الوزراء التايلاندي «برايوث تشان أوتشا» (يمينًا)، ونائب رئيس الوزراء ووزير الدفاع «براويت ونجسوان» قبل اجتماع الحكومة اﻷسبوعي في مقر الحكومة في بانكوك في 4 يناير 2017. صورة: Reuters/Athit Perawongmetha

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Thailand: will they stay or will they go?

by Shawn W. Crispin December 31, 2017February 18, 2020

The Independence Monument in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia. The country is home to a thriving pan-regional online gaming industry. Photo: IStockphoto

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14 Cambodian maids arrive in HK, many more due next year

by Asia Times staff December 28, 2017February 18, 2020

Yao Ming walks with a baby elephant in Africa. The basketball star played a key role in the PR campaign against sales of ivory in China. Photo: WildAid

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China’s ban on ivory ‘will greatly reduce elephant poaching’

by Asia Times staff December 26, 2017February 18, 2020

Hambantota port in Sri Lanka has been taken over by China for 99 years. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

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Sri Lanka the latest victim of China’s debt-trap diplomacy

by Brahma Chellaney December 24, 2017February 18, 2020

A special Northern Thai menu served at a branch of Rosa's Cafe.

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Thai and rising: former HK nanny helping to spice up the UK

by Richard Cook December 23, 2017February 18, 2020

China's yuan-based system for oil futures is finally on its way. Photo: Reuters

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China plans to break petrodollar stranglehold

by Pepe Escobar December 21, 2017February 18, 2020

The Pandaw cruises down the Irrawaddy. It was part of hundreds of vessels built in Scotland that were sent to colonial Burma, then sunk when Japanese forces arrived during the war. Photo: Julian Ryall

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Cruising Myanmar: the Irrawaddy Flotilla Company

by Julian Ryall December 17, 2017February 18, 2020

Sombath Somphone with Desmond Tutu in 2012.

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Laotian police likely involved in Sombath abduction, new details suggest

by Shaivalini Parmar and Shiwei Ye December 15, 2017

A man holds an improvised explosive device in Myanmar. These devices are found in multiple areas in many states in the north, east and west where there has been fighting. Photo: via ICBL/ Yeshua Moser-Puangsuwan

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Myanmar still a serial landmine user, monitor says

by Jim Pollard December 15, 2017February 18, 2020

The Sule Pagoda is a stupa in the heart of downtown Yangon. It is in the center of the city and an important space in contemporary Myanmar politics, ideology and geography. Photo: iStock

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Yangon Stock Exchange angst mars second anniversary

by Gary Kleiman December 13, 2017

Lao children in a village setting. The Lao government aims to implement a universal health care scheme to cover remote impoverished areas of the country. Photo: iStock/Getty Images

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China’s aid a matter of life and death for Laos

by David Hutt December 12, 2017February 18, 2020

One Belt, One Road, Chinese strategic investment. Illustration: iPhoto

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One Belt One Road: implications for ASEAN connectivity

by Anushka Kapahi December 12, 2017December 12, 2017

Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen waves as he arrives at the airport in Manila on April 28, 2017, ahead of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit. Photo: AFP/Noel Celis

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So long, US; howdy, Russia

by David Hutt December 7, 2017February 18, 2020

An Air China Boeing 747-8, rumored to be the nation's Air Force One, takes off at Beijing Capital International Airport. Photo: FLX41 / planespotters.net

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Flight delayed: China’s own ‘Air Force One’ yet to carry Xi

by Frank Chen December 5, 2017February 18, 2020

Cambodia has so far proved a disappointing source of domestic workers. Photo: iStock

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Influx of Cambodian maids in HK far below target

by Asia Times staff December 5, 2017February 18, 2020

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Solving the mystery of Jim Thompson’s murder

by Barry Broman December 4, 2017

A Burmese mother holds her child as a health worker gets ready to give another vaccination. Photo: Gavi.

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Millions of lives saved, Rohingya refugees and many more

by Asia Times and Jim Pollard December 1, 2017February 18, 2020

Laos could be a possible source of maids in the future, official says. Photo: iStockphoto.com

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Hong Kong may consider getting maids from Laos

by Asia Times staff November 24, 2017February 18, 2020

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Re-pivoting back to the Middle East? America never left it

by Leon Hadar November 19, 2017

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Junta-run Thailand grasps for more FDI

by Peter Janssen November 15, 2017February 18, 2020

US President Barack Obama takes part in a plenary session on innovation and entrepreneurship during a meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) at Sunnylands estate on February 15, 2016 in Rancho Mirage, California. Photo: AFP/Mandel Ngan

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Big Trump debt to Obama at Asean

by Zachary Haver November 11, 2017February 18, 2020

A Lao vendor carries her goods in the main street of Luang Prabang, Laos. Photo: iStock/Getty Images

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Heavy debt load in Laos

by David Hutt November 4, 2017February 18, 2020

A handout picture taken on October 23, 2010 shows a part of the reservoir of the Nam Theun 2 hydropower station in the Lao central province of Khammouane. Photo: AFP/Nam Theun Power Company

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World Bank fallacy of kinder, gentler dams

by Tom Fawthrop November 4, 2017February 18, 2020

Petronas Twin Towers, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Photo: Google Maps

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Direct online hiring of maids to begin on January 1

by Asia Times staff November 2, 2017February 18, 2020