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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte (C) talks to military chief General Carlito Galvez (R) and national police chief Oscar Albayalde during a ceremony where seized vehicles and motorcycles were destroyed at the customs yard in Manila on May 30, 2018. Photo: AFP/Ted Aljibe

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Duterte picks a fight with his military

by Jason Castaneda September 22, 2018February 18, 2020

Medical marijuana products in the United States. Thailand hopes to produce similar products soon. Photo: AFP/Josh Edelson

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Thais push to legalize marijuana for medical purposes

by Dusita Maneemuang September 21, 2018February 18, 2020

The Asian Water Monitor is the second largest lizard behind the Komodo Dragon. Photo captured on Youtube.

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Florida family shocked when giant Asian lizard pays a call

by Asia Times staff September 21, 2018February 18, 2020

Rule of law. Photo: iStock

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Rule of law is deteriorating across Southeast Asia

by Jon Connars September 21, 2018

The Monetary Authority of Singapore says it 'takes a close look at the characteristics of the tokens in the past, at the present and in the future, instead of just the technology they are built on.' Photo: iStock

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Singapore’s crypto classification offers model for region

by Luke Thompson September 20, 2018February 18, 2020

The plastics industry is huge around the world, especially in Southeast Asia. Photo: AFP

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Under-fire plastic industry to meet in Bangkok

by Dusita Maneemuang September 20, 2018February 18, 2020

Thai farmers in a political protest in a 2014 file photo. Photo: AFP/Pornchai Kittiwonsakul

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Politics of rice spring eternal in Thailand

by Peter Janssen September 20, 2018February 18, 2020

South Korean actor and model Lee Jong-suk at Incheon International Airport in South Korea on his way out of the country. Photo: AFP.

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Probe launched after fans breach security at airport

by Dusita Maneemuang September 19, 2018February 18, 2020

Dog meat is used in some traditional Vietnamese dishes. Photo by iStock.

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Hanoi vows to eliminate all dog meat restaurants by 2021

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

The Bokor Palace hotel in Bokor Hill station near the town of Kampot, Cambodia, in 2015 before renovations. Photo: iStock

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Investors bet on the casino boom across Southeast Asia

by Bertil Lintner September 19, 2018February 18, 2020

Bags containing methamphetamine, known in Thai as ya ba, or crazy medicine, after being confiscated by authorities. Photo: AFP/Cristophe Archambault

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Large drug busts in Thailand’s north and south

by Dusita Maneemuang September 18, 2018February 18, 2020

Participating navies, including the Singaporean Navy, sailing in formation during Exercise Kakadu 2018. Photo: Royal Australian Navy

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Singapore in massive drills with overseas navies, US marine corps

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

當林業官員從泰國廊曼機場的野生動物走私者手上查獲了64隻受保護的黑色沼澤龜和245隻穿山甲後，其中一隻穿山甲對重獲自由投以疑惑眼光。相片：AFP via Bangkok Post / Sarot Meksophawannakul

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東南亞聯手打擊野生動物走私活動

by Dan Southerland September 18, 2018February 18, 2020

Export bribery is seldom punished in many Asian countries, new OECD and Transparency International research shows. Photo: iStock/Getty Images

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Next trade war front: export bribery

by Alan Boyd September 18, 2018February 18, 2020

A Myanmar Christian woman takes part in morning prayers in Yangon on November 28, 2017. Photo: AFP/Lillian Suwanrumpha

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Why China fears Myanmar’s Christians

by Bertil Lintner September 17, 2018February 18, 2020

The Indonesia rupiah is near a 20-year low. Photo: AFP / Bay Ismoyo

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Forget Lehman, Asia’s lessons are more timely

by William Pesek September 16, 2018February 18, 2020

Former Malaysian PM Najib Razak, seen here with his wife Rosmah Mansor, has been accused of pilfering a vast sum from the 1MDB development fund before his shock poll defeat in May. Photo: Reuters/ Athit Perawongmetha

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Corruption, throughout history and every country

by Asit K Biswas and Cecilia Tortajada September 16, 2018February 18, 2020

A pangolin takes a quizzical look at freedom after forestry officials seized 245 of them, along with 64 protected black swamp turtles, from wildlife smugglers at Don Mueang Airport in Thailand. Photo: AFP via Bangkok Post / Sarot Meksophawannakul

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Fight is on to save SE Asia’s exotic wildlife

by Dan Southerland September 15, 2018February 18, 2020

A Cambodian woman holds riel bank notes. Photo: AFP Forum

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To be down, out and in debt in Cambodia

by David Hutt September 14, 2018February 18, 2020

Pakistani and Chinese workers at the site of a Belt and Road project in northern Pakistan. Photo: AFP

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Belt and Road goes through adolescence, ‘pimples’ and all

by Christopher Scott September 14, 2018February 18, 2020

Map of Nepal and India: iStock

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Removal of mistrust in Nepal-India relations

by Gaurab Shumsher Thapa September 13, 2018September 15, 2018

Bangladeshi police display confiscated narcotics in Dhaka. Photo: NurPhoto via AFP/Mehedi Hasan

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A new drug creeps into Bangladesh’s narcotics scene

by Faisal Mahmud September 13, 2018February 18, 2020

Volunteers and rescue personnel evacuate local residents in an Indian Navy boat from a residential area in Aluva, Kerala, on August 17, 2018. Photo: AFP, Times of India/ RK Sreejith.

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India should accept disaster assistance

by Shashi Tharoor September 13, 2018

Zara Carbonell from the Philippines won the very first Miss Tourism Worldwide pageant. Photo: Instagram@zaracarbonell

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Filipina, napanalunan ang pinakaunang Miss Tourism Worldwide pageant

by Asia Times staff September 13, 2018February 18, 2020

Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha (L) and Chinese President Xi Jinping reach to shake hands in a file photo. Photo: AFP/Pool

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China can’t always get what it wants in Thailand

by Shawn W. Crispin September 12, 2018February 18, 2020

One of the twelve children who have been stuck in Thailand cave for more than two weeks. Thai Navy Seals

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The cave boys and statelessness in Asia

by Nicholas Leong September 12, 2018

Luzhou Precinct of the New Taipei City Government Police Bureau. Photo: Google Maps

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Perantara berbasis medsos untuk rumah bordil tertangkap di Taiwan

by Asia Times staff September 12, 2018February 18, 2020

Troops from five BIMSTEC states take part in an anti-terror drill in Pune this week. Photo: YouTube screen grab.

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Nepal, Thailand only observers at BIMSTEC military exercise

by Bertil Lintner September 12, 2018February 18, 2020

Domestic workers in Hong Kong march to government headquarters on Hong Kong Island. Photo: Facebook/AMCB

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Mga manggagawa, nagprotesta sa Hong Kong para sa dagdag sweldo

by Asia Times staff September 12, 2018February 18, 2020

New skills are needed by young people. Photo: iStock.

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IT and retail sectors to offer more jobs in Vietnam by 2020

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