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反對中資萊比塘銅礦的示威人士在緬甸仰光高舉橫額。相片：Facebook

AT Finance, China, Myanmar

昂山素姬被孤立之際中國抓緊機會

by Bertil Lintner December 7, 2018February 18, 2020

Protestors against the China-backed Letpadaung copper mine unfurl a banner in Yangon, Myanmar. Photo: Facebook

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Myanmar

China seizes opportunity in Suu Kyi’s isolation

by Bertil Lintner December 5, 2018February 18, 2020

Fishermen mostly from Myanmar and Thailand are rescued in 2015 by Indonesian and Thai officials on remote Benjina island in Maluku province. Jakarta set up a team to investigate slavery in the industry, as these men were sent home. Photo: AFP/ Ugeng Nugroho /Ministry of Fishery

AT Finance, European Union, Myanmar, Thailand, World

Thailand ratifies ILO convention on ‘work in fishing’

by Asia Times staff December 3, 2018February 18, 2020

HDB Block 488C is located on Choa Chu Kang Ave 5 in Singapore. Photo: Google Maps

AT Finance, Middle East, Myanmar, Singapore

Police probe domestic worker’s fatal fall in Choa Chu Kang

by Asia Times staff December 3, 2018February 18, 2020

Mro parabiologists set up camera traps, collect GPS data, measure animals, and conduct social surveys. Photo: Scott Trageser Photography / Creative Conservation Alliance.

AT Finance, Bangladesh, India, Middle East, Myanmar, South Asia, World

Hunters become saviors in remote Bangladesh forests

by Shreya Dasgupta December 2, 2018February 18, 2020

Myanmar's then military junta leader in a 2010 file photo. Photo: AFP/Liu Jin

AT Finance, Myanmar

Myanmar’s ex-junta chief resurfaces as conciliator

by Bertil Lintner December 1, 2018February 18, 2020

Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi (C), presides over a meeting in Naypyidaw with chairman of the Karen National Union General Saw Mutu Say Poe (L) and military chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing on the third anniversary of the signing of Myanmar's Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement on October 15, 2018. Photo: AFP via Myanmar State Counsellor's Office/handout

AT Finance, Myanmar, Thailand, World

Little trust, little hope for Myanmar’s faltering peace try

by Brian McCartan November 30, 2018February 18, 2020

Map of Sri Lanka: iStock

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Beijing, Bhutan, China, India, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Shanghai, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Thailand

New Delhi and Beijing vie for influence in Sri Lanka

by Manoj Kumar Mishra November 29, 2018

Rohingya at the Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh. Photo: AFP

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Myanmar, South Asia

Rohingya refugees protest against Smart Card

by Faisal Mahmud November 28, 2018February 18, 2020

Nepal's Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli (R) reviews a military honor guard with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on June 21, 2018. Photo: AFP/Greg Baker

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Beijing, Bhutan, China, India, Middle East, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tianjin, World

China reaching deeper and deeper into Nepal

by Bertil Lintner November 26, 2018February 18, 2020

A rice paddy field in rural Karnataka, India. Photo: iStock/Getty Images

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Iran, Middle East, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Philippines, Shanghai, South Asia, Thailand, Vietnam, World

A rice revolution is underway in Asia

by John McBeth November 23, 2018February 18, 2020

Photo: Transitions Abroad

AT Finance, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, Thailand, World

English skills provide opportunities for Filipinos in Thailand

by Eunice Barbara C Novio November 23, 2018

An aerial photo of the Andaman Island chain, a remote Indian archipelago in the Bay of Bengal, where American John Chau was killed last week. Photo: Hari Kumar / AFP

AT Finance, India, Myanmar, South Asia, World

Police at a loss over killing of American on remote isle

by Asia Times staff November 22, 2018February 18, 2020

Photo: iStock.

AT Finance, Indonesia, Lebanon, Malaysia, Middle East, Myanmar, Philippines

Malaysia slow on educating refugee, migrant children: UN

by Asia Times staff November 22, 2018February 18, 2020

A Burmese vendor sells a large python skin at a traditional medicine shop at the sprawling grounds of Golden Rock pagoda in Mon State. Photo: AFP/Romeo Gacad

AT Finance, China, Myanmar, World

Myanmar’s wildlife gets a new champion

by Bertil Lintner November 18, 2018February 18, 2020

Karen children next to a barbed wire fence at Mae La refugee camp in Mae Sot near the Thai-Myanmar border. At least 87,000 people remain in the camps which were set up in 1984. Photo: AFP/Pornchai Kittiwongsakul

AT Finance, Myanmar, Thailand

Forgotten refugee crisis on the Thai-Myanmar border

by Jim Pollard November 17, 2018February 18, 2020

Rohingya at the Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh. Photo: AFP

AT Finance, Bangladesh, China, Myanmar, South Asia, World

Repatriation plan fails as Rohingyas refuse to return

by Faisal Mahmud November 16, 2018February 18, 2020

Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong makes a speech during the 6th Asean-US Summit in Singapore on November 15, 2018. Photo: AFP via Anadolu Agency/Anton Raharjo

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Myanmar, New Zealand, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Singapore’s ASEAN tenure marked by crises and disputes

by Nile Bowie November 15, 2018February 18, 2020

An activist holds a poster of then pro-democracy opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi during a rally calling for peace and democracy in Myanmar, outside the building housing the Myanmar Embassy in Makati City, Manila September 26, 2007. Photo:
Reuters/Darren Whiteside

AT Finance, Bangladesh, European Union, France, Japan, Middle East, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

End of days for Suu Kyi’s iconography

by David Scott Mathieson November 14, 2018February 18, 2020

Rohingya refugees perform prayers as they attend a ceremony organized to remember the first anniversary of a military crackdown that prompted a massive exodus of people from Myanmar to Bangladesh, at the Kutupalong refugee camp in Ukhia on August 25, 2018. Photo: AFP / Dibyangshu Sarkar

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Singapore, South Asia

Rohingya refugees flee camps to avoid repatriation

by Bertil Lintner November 13, 2018February 18, 2020

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe walk through a garden before lunch in Yamanakako village, Yamanashi prefecture, on October 28, 2018. Photo: The Yomiuri Shimbun

AT Finance, Australia, Bangladesh, Beijing, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Philippines, South Asia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, World

Japan, India at center of concert of Indo-Pacific democracies

by Brahma Chellaney November 13, 2018

Sri Lanka's former president Mahinda Rajapaksa, left, speaks with President Maithripala Sirisena at a rally in Colombo on November 5, 2018. Photo: AFP

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Colombo crisis amid Chinese checkers

by Prakash Katoch November 12, 2018

People swim at Smart Island in the Mergui Archipelago. Photo: WikiCommons

AT Finance, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Zealand, Oceania, South Asia, Thailand, World

New dawn for remote Andaman Sea island tourism

by Keith Lyons November 11, 2018February 18, 2020

Myanmar de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi stands next to EU High Representative Federica Mogherini (right) during the 13th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) in Naypyidaw, November 20, 2017. Photo: AFP Forum via DPA/Kay Nietfeld

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, European Union, France, Indonesia, Italy, Middle East, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Asia, World

EU looking to target Myanmar for Rohingya abuses

by Emanuele Scimia November 10, 2018February 18, 2020

ULFA leader Paresh Baruah is alive and well, the insurgent group says. Photo: YouTube

AT Finance, Bangladesh, China, India, Myanmar, South Asia

Assamese insurgent leader ‘safe and sound,’ group claims

by Bertil Lintner November 10, 2018February 18, 2020

Generic image of ships passing through a canal. Photo: Facebook

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Beijing, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Middle East, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Thailand the missing link in China’s Maritime Silk Road

by Benjamin Zawacki November 9, 2018February 18, 2020

Songkhla Immigration Detention Center, Thailand. Photo: Fortify Rights

AT Finance, Myanmar, Thailand

After girl dies, Thailand urged to end detention of refugee children

by Puttanee Kangkun November 7, 2018

Wandervale Condominium in Choa Chu Kang, Singapore. Photo: Google Maps

AT Finance, Iran, Middle East, Myanmar

Satpam ditangkap karena bobol rumah, mencoba perkosa PRT

by Asia Times staff November 6, 2018November 6, 2018

Wandervale Condominium in Choa Chu Kang, Singapore. Photo: Google Maps

AT Finance, Middle East, Myanmar, Singapore

Guard arrested for home break-in, attempting to rape worker

by Asia Times staff November 5, 2018February 18, 2020

A truck passing a sign on a road leading to a deep sea port project in Mayingyi, part of the Dawei Special Economic Zone in Myanmar. Photo: AFP/Soe Than Win

AT Finance, Japan, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, South Asia, Thailand

Road linking Myanmar and Thailand to be upgraded

by Bertil Lintner November 5, 2018February 18, 2020