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Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen delivers an address during an opening ceremony for the Khmer New Year at Bayon temple at the Angkor complex in Siem Reap province on April 13, 2018.Photo: AFP/Tang Chhin Sothy

Hun Sen’s global moment tainted by labor clampdown

by David Hutt February 9, 2022February 14, 2022

For nearly two months, aggrieved Cambodian casino workers have protested almost daily in central Phnom Penh against mass layoffs implemented last year by the Hong Kong-listed NagaCorp, a business majority-owned by Malaysian billionaire Chen Lip Keong that runs Cambodia’s NagaWorld casino complex. The protests represent a major test for Prime Minister Hun Sen’s government, which […]

US lets Indonesia’s Prabowo off the hook

by John McBeth October 12, 2020October 15, 2020

European Union, Southeast Asia, Vietnam, World

EU puts riches over rights in Vietnam trade deal

by David Hutt February 13, 2020February 19, 2020

US and Philippine troops at a joint exercise event in a file photo. Photo: Reuters

AT Finance, Philippines

US, Philippine defense ties on a chopping block

by Richard Javad Heydarian January 31, 2020February 18, 2020

AT Finance, Philippines

Duterte looks to boot US troops from Philippines

by Richard Javad Heydarian January 27, 2020February 18, 2020

A demonstrator holds a picture of murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi during a gathering outside the Saudi Arabian Consulate in Istanbul on October 25. Photo: AFP

Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Turkey

Seeking justice for journalists

by Leon Willems June 19, 2019February 18, 2020

Members of Indonesia's special forces Kopassus march during celebrations for the 72nd anniversary of the Indonesia military, in Cilegon, Banten province, October 5, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Beawiharta

AT Finance, Indonesia

Abusive Indonesian unit back in America’s good graces

by John McBeth June 14, 2019February 18, 2020

Chechen strongman silences last rights group

by Giovanni Pigni March 22, 2019February 18, 2020

The United Nations has cited harrowing reports about Uighur detention centers in China. Photo: Twitter bit.ly/2PBPq1d

China

Why the West won’t act on China’s Uighur crisis

by David Hutt January 20, 2019February 18, 2020

Protesters chant at a Liberal Party fundraiser in Sydney on November 10, 2017, as they call on the ruling Liberal coalition government to bring back 600 refugees from an Australian detention centre in Papua New Guinea. Photo: AFP/William West

Australia, Middle East, Oceania

Refugees a dividing line ahead of Australia’s polls

by Alan Boyd December 11, 2018February 18, 2020

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) shaking hands with Myanmar's Myanmar's civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi during the India-ASEAN commemorative summit in New Delhi. Photo: Handout via AFP

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Beijing, China, European Union, India, Japan, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

Why India looks the other way on Myanmar

by Bertil Lintner October 31, 2018February 18, 2020

Ethnic Uighurs take part in a protest march asking the European Union to call upon China to respect human rights in the Chinese Xinjiang region and the closure of "re-education centers" where some Uighurs are detained, during a march in Brussels, April 27, 2018. Photo:AFP/ Emmanuel Dunand

AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, Iraq, Malaysia, Middle East, Myanmar, Russia, Syria, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, World

Mahathir puts Uighur rights above China ties

by Nile Bowie October 16, 2018February 18, 2020

Maldives President Abdulla Yameen votes at a polling station in the capital Male on September 23, 2018. Photo: AFP/Presidential Handout.

Beijing, China, India, Maldives, Middle East, South Asia, Sri Lanka, United Kingdom, World

Maldives teeters towards post-election chaos

by Bertil Lintner September 28, 2018February 18, 2020

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) stands next to the president of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte (L) during their meeting in Jerusalem September 3, 2018. Photo: AFP/Ronen Zvulun

AT Finance, Australia, China, European Union, Germany, Israel, Jordan, Middle East, Oceania, Philippines, South Asia, World

Guns, God and Hitler define Duterte’s tour of Israel

by Jason Castaneda September 5, 2018February 18, 2020

A Thai soldier stands watch over bullet markers in front of Rangae district's police station after a gun attack by suspected militants left one police officer dead and three wounded in the southern Thai province of Narathiwat, March 30, 2017. Photo: AFP/Madaree Tohlala

AT Finance, Middle East, Thailand, World

Thailand’s Muslim insurgency roars back to life

by Don Pathan August 29, 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

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

US pulls its punch on new Myanmar sanctions

by Bertil Lintner August 18, 2018February 18, 2020

Hing Bun Hieng, the commander of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen's bodyguard unit, stands at the International Airport of Phnom Penh as he travels to Singapore for the 32nd ASEAN Summit, in Phnom Penh, April 27, 2018. Photo: Reuters

AT Finance, Cambodia, China, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Hun Sen’s bodyguard under US sanction fire

by Andrew Nachemson June 15, 2018February 18, 2020

Relatives of Filipina worker Joanna Demafelis, whose body was found inside a freezer in Kuwait, hold banners as they wait for the arrival of Joanna's body from Manila at Iloilo International Airport in Iloilo province, central Philippines, on February 17, 2018. Photo: AFP

AT Finance, Kuwait, Middle East, Philippines, World

Philippines-Kuwait spar over worker ‘rescue’ missions

by Jason Castaneda April 27, 2018February 18, 2020

Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte gestures while delivering a speech in the southern Philippines, October 17, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Stringer

AT Finance, Australia, European Union, Oceania, Philippines, World

Foreigners beware in the Philippines

by Jason Castaneda April 19, 2018February 18, 2020

Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi stands next to national flags of Australia and Myanmar at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, March 19, 2018. Photo: AAP via Reuters/Mick Tsikas

AT Finance, Australia, Bangladesh, Beijing, China, European Union, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Thailand, World

How the West won and lost Myanmar

by David Scott Mathieson March 29, 2018February 18, 2020

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