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Hun Sen stepping down as Cambodian PM
Published on 26/07/2023
» PHNOM PENH: Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, one of the world’s longest-serving leaders, said Wednesday he will resign and hand power to his eldest son after almost four decades of hardline rule.
Hong Kong places ‘bounties’ on activists abroad
Published on 04/07/2023
» HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s leader has called on eight overseas activists to turn themselves in, a day after police put out bounties on them for violating the Chinese territory’s national security law.
Protests across China as anger mounts over zero-Covid policy
AFP, Published on 28/11/2022
» SHANGHAI: Hundreds of people took to the streets in China's major cities on Sunday to protest against the country's zero-Covid policy, in a rare outpouring of public anger against the state.
Young, underground reporters ‘fight a gun with a pen’ in Myanmar
Published on 13/10/2022
» The 15-year-old reporter deleted the data from her phone and packed up her guitar as she set out to meet a guerrilla fighter in Myanmar. The instrument was mostly a decoy, there to disguise her work as a journalist. She cleared the data from her phone to protect her sources in the event of an arrest.
In Myanmar, internet can mean life or death
Published on 29/09/2022
» For Zaw Myint Thein, a farmer in northwestern Myanmar, having no internet in the area for more than a year causes many inconveniences — his son is unable to study, he can no longer sell his watermelon crops online, and he feels cut off.
Online media fuelling divisions, global tensions: report
AFP, Published on 03/05/2022
» LONDON: Unregulated online content has spread disinformation and propaganda that have amplified political divisions worldwide, fanned international tensions and even contributed to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, a media watchdog warned Tuesday.
Cambodia steps up surveillance with new internet gateway
AFP, Published on 14/02/2022
» Cambodia is powering up its new National Internet Gateway, a move activists say will allow the government to further silence the country's embattled opposition voices.
Joshua Wong, others detained
Reuters, Published on 23/11/2020
» HONG KONG: Pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong was remanded in custody on Monday after pleading guilty to charges of organising and inciting an unauthorised assembly near the police headquarters during last year's anti-government protests.
Hong Kongers sing protest anthem one year after major clashes
AFP, Published on 13/06/2020
» HONG KONG: Thousands of Hong Kongers sang a popular protest anthem and chanted slogans across the city Friday as they marked the first anniversary of major clashes between police and pro-democracy demonstrators.
China hits out at Nobel laureate Vargas Llosa over virus article
AFP, Published on 17/03/2020
» LIMA: China hit out on Monday at Peru's Nobel literature laureate Mario Vargas Llosa for allegedly expressing "irresponsible and prejudiced opinions" over the origins of the coronavirus pandemic.