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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during the Opening Plenary at the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, on January 23, 2018. Photo: Reuters / Denis Balibouse

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India falls further behind on WEF’s Inclusive Development Index

by Sabena Siddiqui January 30, 2018

Robert San Pe, senior legal adviser to Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi. Photo: Hong Kong Myanmar Chamber of Commerce

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Myanmar vows to improve company registry, cut red tape

by Jeff Pao January 30, 2018February 18, 2020

A military personnel member walks past a picture of a Sukhoi jet fighter during the Indo Defence Expo in Jakarta, Indonesia, on November 2, 2016. Photo: Reuters / Beawiharta

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Russia dismisses US concerns over Myanmar fighter jet sale

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

Thailand's Chanathip Songkrasin (center) celebrates after scoring a goal against Malaysia in the AFF Suzuki Cup final in 2014. Photo: AFP / Manan Vatsyayana

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Influx of Thai football talent to Japan could be a win-win

by John Duerden January 28, 2018February 18, 2020

A map of the potential new East-West shipping route that would be opened by a potential Thai canal through the country's Kra isthmus. Image: Wikimedia

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A man, a plan, a canal…Thailand?

by Shawn W. Crispin January 25, 2018February 18, 2020

Rebel soldiers of the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) manning rifles on a supply route from Laiza, a KIA-controlled stronghold in Myanmar's northern Kachin state on the border with China. Photo: AFP/Patrick Bodenham

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Spurned by West, Myanmar’s Kachin look to China

by Bertil Lintner January 24, 2018February 18, 2020

Migrant fishery workers at a port in Mahachai, on the outskirts of Bangkok in a June 30, 2015 file photo. Photo: AFP/ Nicolas Asfouri

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Forced labor persists on Thai fishing boats, HRW says

by Jim Pollard January 23, 2018February 18, 2020

President Trump and Melania visit the Forbidden City with China’s President Xi Jinping and China’s First Lady Peng Liyuan, on November 10, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Jonathan Ernst

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Can Trump’s America reverse worldwide disapproval?

by George Koo January 22, 2018February 18, 2020

A police officer guards near a burnt down house during violence in Maungdaw, northern Rakhine state, Myanmar August 30, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Soe Zeya Tun

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Rakhine killings inflame Myanmar’s powder keg

by Lee Short January 19, 2018February 18, 2020

Discarded mobile phones and computer keyboards displayed at the Metropolitan Electronics Recycling Center in Yongin, south of Seoul. Photo: AFP/Ed Jones

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Cyberthreats loom large over Pyeongchang and beyond

by Alan Boyd January 17, 2018February 18, 2020

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte (L) hands the gavel to Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong during a transfer of Asean's chairmanship at the closing ceremonies of the grouping's 31st Summit in Manila on November 14, 2017. Photo: AFP/Aaron Favila/Pool

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Now or never for Asean to take a stand

by Richard Javad Heydarian January 17, 2018February 18, 2020

Rohingya men look at smoke billowing above what is believed to be a burning village in Myanmar's Rakhine state, as members of the Muslim minority group take shelter in a no-man's land between Bangladesh and Myanmar, in Ukhia on September 4, 2017. Photo: AFP/ K M Asad

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Rohingya insurgents on the move in Myanmar

by Anthony Davis January 16, 2018February 18, 2020

Coal fired power station silhouette at sunset. Photo: iStock

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India could wind up leading ASEAN’s clean coal charge

by Jon Connars January 16, 2018

A teacher listens to Rohingya refugee children reading the Quran during a Quran reading lesson outside of a mosque in Palong Khali refugee camp near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, October 30, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Hannah McKay

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The necessity of educating Myanmar’s youngest refugees

by Kevin Watkins January 13, 2018February 18, 2020

缅甸国务资政昂山素姬于2017年9月6日在缅甸奈吉塔举行的新闻发布会上发表讲话。相片：路透社/ Soe Zeya Tun

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缅甸面临政经困局急需解决良方

by Andray Abrahamian January 12, 2018February 18, 2020

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong attends the opening session of the 20th ASEAN-JAPAN Summit in Manila, Philippines November 13, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Athit Perawongmetha

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Singapore atop Asean with a wary eye on China

by Nile Bowie January 12, 2018February 18, 2020

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

There is more to life, and happiness, than consumerism. Photo: iStock

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Getting real wealth from ‘human-omics’

by Raja Murthy January 11, 2018

A domestic worker from Myanmar was reportedly abused in an apartment on Punggol Walk. Photo: Google Maps

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Couple accused of forcing maid to drink cleaning water

by Asia Times staff January 9, 2018February 18, 2020

A "long neck" Karen or Kayan woman is seen with a child in a village in Chiang Mai, northern Thailand in this pic from late 2016. She and dozens more fled civil strife in eastern Myanmar over the past 20-30 years. Famous for their traditional golden neck rings they pose for photos with tourists and sell souvenirs. Photo: iStock

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Forget the boycott, come and visit us, ‘long-neck’ Kayan mother says

by Asia Times staff January 9, 2018February 18, 2020

Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi talks during a news conference in Naypyitaw, Myanmar on September 6, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Soe Zeya Tun

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Myanmar slipping on several fronts

by Andray Abrahamian January 8, 2018February 18, 2020

A journalist poses during a protest by local media to demand the release of Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo (pictured in posters behind) in Pyay on December 27, 2017. Photo: AFP/Thiha Lwin

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Jailing of journalists hides mass graves in Myanmar

by Lee Short January 5, 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

Rohingya refugees reach the Bangladeshi side of the Naf river in Palang Khali after crossing the from Myanmar. Photo: Reuters / Jorge Silva

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Dhaka finds itself at crossroads of global, internal affairs

by Khalid Ibn Muneer January 1, 2018

A Shan State Army-South soldier stands guard outside the insurgent group's headquarters ahead of the Shan National Day in Loi Tai Leng, in Myanmar's northeastern Shan State. Photo: AFP/KC Ortiz

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Myanmar’s cockpit of anarchy

by Anthony Davis December 31, 2017February 18, 2020

Chinese President Xi Jinping shakes hands with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen during a meeting at the Peace Palace in Phnom Penh on October 13, 2016. Photo: AFP / Tang Chhin Sothy

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How Asia’s ‘people of the year’ muddled through in 2017

by David Simmons December 30, 2017February 18, 2020

Commander-in-Chief of the Myanmar Defense Services Senior General Min Aung Hlaing attends a ceremony to mark the 69th Martyrs' Day in Yangon, Myanmar, July 19, 2016. Photo: AFP via Mur Photo/U Aung

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Death rattle for Myanmar democracy

by David Scott Mathieson December 29, 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

A woman wearing traditional dress from Kachin state in Myanmar sheds a tear as she prays outside St. Mary's Cathedral during a mass led by Pope Francis in Yangon on November 30, 2017. Photo: AFP

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Myanmar’s other ethnic atrocity

by Stella Naw December 27, 2017February 18, 2020

Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi at the Presidential residence in Naypyidaw on 28 November 2017. Photo: Reuters/Phyo Hein Kyaw

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From hope to despair in Myanmar

by Bertil Lintner December 27, 2017February 18, 2020