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Journalist Wa Lone speaks to reporters as he is escorted from a courthouse in Yangon on July 9. He and colleague Kyaw Soe Oo were sentenced to seven years in jail after their conviction. Photo: AFP / Myo Kyaw Soe

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Reuters duo not expected to serve full seven years in jail

by Bertil Lintner September 3, 2018February 18, 2020

A file photo shows Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen delivering a speech at the National Day celebrations on October 10, 2017. Photo: Central News Agency, Taiwan

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Beijing: Taiwanese going home for National Day may face consequences

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

The Sam Ratulangi PB 1600 was found drifting off the coast of Myanmar. Photo: Yangon Police / Facebook

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‘Ghost ship’ found drifting off the Myanmar coast

by Asia Times staff September 1, 2018February 18, 2020

Sengkang Neighbourhood Police Centre, Singapore. Photo: Google Maps

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Singaporean woman jailed for almost blinding Myanmar maid

by Asia Times staff August 30, 2018February 18, 2020

Singapore’s State Courts. Photo: Google Maps

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Dalawa, napatunayang ‘di nagkasala sa panloloko sa 300 mga tao sa Singapore jobs scam

by Asia Times staff August 30, 2018February 18, 2020

Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, Myanmar Commander In-Chief (L) and National League for Democracy (NLD) party leader Aung San Suu Kyi (R) shake hands after their meeting in Naypyidaw in a file photo. Photo: AFP/ Phyo Hein Kyaw

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Myanmar: where ‘genocide’ doesn’t really matter

by Bertil Lintner August 30, 2018February 18, 2020

Waving flags of Bangladesh and India. Photo: iStock

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Dhaka bringing Beijing and New Delhi closer

by Khalid Ibn Muneer August 30, 2018

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Reviving BIMSTEC as alternative to SAARC will only stunt it

by Swaran Singh August 30, 2018August 30, 2018

Urban background solar panels, Shanghai, China. Photo: iStock

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Of walls, windmills and power lines: China’s long-term energy strategy

by Sam Reynolds August 29, 2018

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen delivering a speech during an event attended by garment workers in Kampong Chhnang province. Photo: AFP/Tang Chhin Sothy

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UN demonstrates double standard on Cambodia vs Myanmar

by Sawathey Ek August 29, 2018

Singapore’s State Courts. Photo: Google Maps

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Two plead not guilty to cheating 300 in Singapore jobs scam

by Asia Times staff August 29, 2018February 18, 2020

Map of Myanmar: iStock

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Myanmar condemnation touches economic direction

by Gary Kleiman August 29, 2018

China's 'New Silk Roads' have become an extension of Beijing’s global ambitions. Photo: iStock

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China’s ‘New Silk Road’ gets a glossy new image

by Gordon Watts August 28, 2018February 18, 2020

A Rohingya man looks at Facebook on his cell phone at a temporary makeshift camp after crossing over from Myanmar into the Bangladesh side of the border, near Cox's Bazar's Palangkhali, September 8, 2017. Photo: Nurphoto via AFP/ Ahmed Salahuddin

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Mea culpa?: Facebook covers its tracks in Myanmar

by Kayleigh Long August 27, 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

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Myanmar’s ‘genocide’ comes into closer view

by Daniel Combs August 27, 2018February 18, 2020

(FILES) In this file photo taken on October 9, 2017 Rohingya refugees walk after crossing the Naf river from Myanmar into Bangladesh in Whaikhyang.Myanmar is continuing its "ethnic cleansing" of the Rohingya with a "campaign of terror and forced starvation" in Rakhine state, a UN human rights envoy said on March 6, 2018, six months after a military crackdown sparked a mass exodus of the Muslim minority. / AFP PHOTO / FRED DUFOUR

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The Rohingya are more than victims

by John Quinley III August 27, 2018

A United Nations created 'independent mechanism' will build case files for prosecution of perpetrators of crimes against humanity in Myanmar. Image: iStock/Getty Images

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Journalists who investigated Rohingya massacre face jail

by Asia Times staff and agencies August 27, 2018February 18, 2020

The Himalayas play a central role in driving Asia’s hydrological cycle and weather and climate patterns, including triggering the annual summer monsoons. Photo: iStock

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A global environmental threat made in China

by Brahma Chellaney August 26, 2018February 18, 2020

Indian PM Narendra Modi meets Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates in Dubai in August 2015. Photo: AFP / WAM / Ho

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Did Delhi reject a UAE offer of $100m to help flood-hit Kerala?

by Rejimon Kuttappan August 24, 2018February 18, 2020

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Does China really dominate Southeast Asia?

by David Hutt August 23, 2018February 18, 2020

Former UN secretary general Kofi Annan (L) and Myanmar State Counsellor and Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi (R) arrive at the National Reconciliation and Peace Centre in Yangon on September 5, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / ROMEO GACAD

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A man for all diplomatic seasons

by Gordon Brown August 22, 2018August 22, 2018

A North Korean restaurant located at one of China's largest Korea towns in Shenyang in China's northeastern Liaoning province. Photo: AFP/ Chandan Khanna

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Front companies keep North Korea afloat

by Bertil Lintner August 20, 2018February 18, 2020

Nepali Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, right, greets Indian PM Narendra Modi during a guard of honor in Kathmandu. Nepali intelligence officials have been key allies for India in counter-terror work. Photo: AFP / Ashok Dulal

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India’s contradictory diplomacy will backfire in the long run

by Bhim Bhurtel August 20, 2018

Former UN secretary general Kofi Annan (L) and Myanmar State Counsellor and Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi (R) arrive at the National Reconciliation and Peace Centre in Yangon on September 5, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / ROMEO GACAD

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World mourns the loss of a UN giant, Kofi Annan

by Dave Makichuk August 19, 2018February 18, 2020

Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen weaves a traditional cotton scarf In Phnom Penh in June. He won the recent Cambodia election in a landslide after literally rigging the vote by banning the main opposition party, among other tricks. Photo: AP/Heng Sinith

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How Cambodia’s prime minister rigged an election

by Netina Tan and Cassandra Preece August 19, 2018February 18, 2020

Myanmar military chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing salutes during military exercises in the Ayeyarwaddy delta region in February 2018. Photo: AFP/Pool/STR

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US pulls its punch on new Myanmar sanctions

by Bertil Lintner August 18, 2018February 18, 2020

A Rohingya refugee man stands before Kutupalong camp in Ukhia near Cox's Bazar on August 13, 2018.Photo: AFP/Chandan Khanna

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Storm of accountability gathers over Myanmar

by David Scott Mathieson August 17, 2018February 18, 2020

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, right, and Chinese President Xi Jinping look out over East Lake in Wuhan in this photo taken on April 28, 2018. Their talk aimed to reduce border tensions but it appears to have had limited effect. Photo: AFP/ govt handout

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Will China deliver a strategic shock to India before elections?

by Prakash Katoch August 16, 2018

Young soldiers from the Shan State Army in Lecha township, Southern Shan State, on July 16, 2006. Photo: AFP/Hla Hla Htay

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Fighting breaks out between rival groups in Shan state

by Bertil Lintner August 16, 2018February 18, 2020

Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen (C) casts his vote during the general elections as his wife Bun Rany (centre L) looks on in Phnom Penh on July 29, 2018. Photo: AFP/Manan Vatsyayana

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Cambodia is now officially a one-party state

by David Hutt August 16, 2018February 18, 2020