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Team GB's Bianca 'Queen Bee' Walkden (left) unleashes a spinning back kick on her way to winning the gold medal and $70,000 in prizemoney at the World Taekwondo Grand Slam in Wuxi, China. Photo: World Taekwondo

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China invests in taekwondo with Hollywood-style Grand Slam

by Andrew Salmon December 19, 2018February 18, 2020

THe Third Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge border. Photo: Google Maps.

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Vietnamese woman arrested in Thailand for smuggling ivory

by Kamaran Malik December 19, 2018February 18, 2020

Thai snake charmer Yuttapong just seconds before he was bitten by the snake. Photo: YouTube

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Snake charmer survives king cobra bite in Thailand

by Asia Times staff December 19, 2018February 18, 2020

泰國即將被拆除的國民議會大樓的入口通道。相片：Duncan McCargo

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泰國議會大樓即將關閉

by Duncan McCargo December 19, 2018February 18, 2020

Miss Universe Catriona Gray's gown was designed by a Filipino, who said it was inspired by the iconic Mayon volcano in Albay in the Philippines. Photos: Instagram @missuniverse, Facebook (Mak Tumang

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Filipino designs Miss Universe’s volcano-inspired gown

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

Thai workers repair fishing boats in Phuket province in January 2005. Efforts to reform the Thai fishing industry have been underway despite resistance by some involved in the business. Photo: AFP/Pornchai Kittiwongsakul

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Thai junta takes the stench off troubled fisheries industry

by Peter Janssen December 18, 2018February 18, 2020

Jalan Loke Yew, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Photo: Google Maps

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Imigrasi Malaysia tangkap 185

by Asia Times staff December 17, 2018December 17, 2018

Catriona Gray of the Philippines was crowned this year's Miss Universe. Photo: YouTube/Miss Universe

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Philippines wins Miss Universe 2018 in Thailand

by Asia Times staff December 17, 2018February 18, 2020

Cambodian Customs and Excise officials look at the more than 3.2 tonnes of elephant tusks seized from a shipping container at the Phnom Penh port. Photo: AFP

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Cambodia’s biggest ivory seizure: 3.2 tonnes of tusks

by Agence France-Presse December 16, 2018February 18, 2020

Sarah Rose Summers, representing the US in this year's Miss Universe pageant, apologized for her remarks about fellow contestants Miss Vietnam and Miss Cambodia. Photo: Instagram (@sarahrosesummers)

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Miss USA apologizes for remarks about Asian contestants

by Asia Times staff December 14, 2018February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump showed little concern about the US economy once he is out of office. Photo: AFP

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Trump’s Asian bankers hold Brazil-sized debt tranche

by William Pesek December 14, 2018February 18, 2020

An entryway to Thailand's soon-to-be-demolished National Assembly building. Photo: Duncan McCargo

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Lights out on a parliamentary era in Thailand

by Duncan McCargo December 14, 2018February 18, 2020

Filipino students bagged 33 medals in an international mathematics competition in India. Photo: Mathematics Trainers Guild-Philippines

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Filipino students win 33 awards at maths competition

by Asia Times staff December 14, 2018February 18, 2020

Rohingya refugees who were intercepted by Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency off Langkawi island are escorted as they are handed over to immigration authorities, at the Kuala Kedah ferry jetty in Malaysia April 3, 2018. Photo: Reuters / Stringer

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Gratitude – and advice – to Malaysia from a Rohingya refugee

by Ziaur Rahman December 13, 2018

The KMT's Han Kuo-yu, an orator with a knack for engaging young voters via social networking platforms, has become the first non-DPP mayor of Kaohsiung in decades. The second largest city of Taiwan used to be a bastion of the DPP. Photo: Facebook

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Lessons from the recent Taiwan election

by George Koo December 11, 2018

Kuala Lumpur International Airport. Photo: iStock.

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Malaysia a key link for Asia’s wildlife trafficking networks

by Asia Times staff December 11, 2018February 18, 2020

Residents and protesters hold lighted candles at the wake of Kian Loyd delos Santos, a 17-year-old high school student, who was among the people shot dead last week in an escalation of President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs in Caloocan city, Metro Manila, Philippines August 21, 2017. REUTERS/Erik De Castro

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Duterte’s highly selective respect for human rights

by Eunice Barbara C Novio December 11, 2018December 11, 2018

Foxconn has been looking to set up a factory in Vietnam to avoid negative impacts from the US-China trade dispute, state media have reported. Photo: AFP

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Foxconn considering setting up an iPhone factory in Vietnam

by Asia Times staff December 10, 2018February 18, 2020

Loggers get ready to take logs away on the China-Vietnam border village of Dongzhong in this file photo from 2003. The EU is working on a deal to buy verifiable timber from Vietnam but the industry is still riddled with corruption. Photo: AFP / Peter Parks

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Tracing the safeguards against illegal logging in Vietnam

by Chris Humphrey December 8, 2018February 18, 2020

An Iranian trader counts money in Tehran's Grand Bazaar. Photo: Reuters/Raheb Homavandi

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Friday’s blockchain and crypto news, from Asia and beyond

by Pete Sabine December 7, 2018February 18, 2020

Cambodia has a substantial population of dog meat eaters. Photo: iStock.

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Video shows dogs in cage for Cambodian slaughterhouse

by Asia Times staff December 7, 2018February 18, 2020

A marijuana plant juxtaposed against a Thai flag and prison cell in a collage image. Image: Facebook

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Thailand in Asia’s lead to legalize weed

by Richard S Ehrlich December 7, 2018February 18, 2020

Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen, who is also president of the ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP), releases a dove to mark the 66th anniversary of the party at Koh Pich island in Phnom Penh, June 28, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Samrang Pring

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Under Western pressure, Hun Sen hints at a lighter touch

by David Hutt December 6, 2018February 18, 2020

Asian crypto market trading sessions hit a 10 month high

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Tuesday’s blockchain and crypto news, from Asia and beyond

by Pete Sabine December 4, 2018February 18, 2020

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen is expected to eventually hand power down to one of his offspring. Image: Facebook

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Behold the rise of Cambodia’s political princelings

by David Hutt December 4, 2018February 18, 2020

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte gestures during a speech on June 1, 2017. A "tired" Duterte has taken a break from public duties to rejuvenate, his spokesman said on June 15, 2017, as Islamist gunmen rampaged through a southern city in the biggest crisis of his year-old rule, sparking speculation about the state of his health. Photo: AFP/Noel Celis

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Office of Global Media Affairs created to ‘spin’ Duterte’s jokes?

by Eunice Barbara C Novio December 4, 2018

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

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Thailand ratifies ILO convention on ‘work in fishing’

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

Rescue workers put the snake in a large bag before taking it away. Photo: YouTube screen grab.

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Cat-eating python removed from under Bangkok home

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

A fisherman on Kwan Phayao. Photo: Philip A Loring

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We can eat our fish and fight climate change

by Philip A Loring and Ratana Chuenpagdee December 2, 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

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

by Brian McCartan November 30, 2018February 18, 2020

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