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Cambodia to lease Turkish powership
Kyodo News, Published on 29/03/2019
» PHNOM PENH: Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Friday that Turkey has agreed to lease a powership to help his country address its chronic electricity shortages.
2 Japanese men arrested in Cambodia for allegedly killing taxi driver
Published on 18/03/2019
» PHNOM PENH: Two Japanese men in their 20s were arrested in Cambodia late on Sunday on suspicion of killing a taxi driver in the country's north, a local police official said.
Surakiart to join Rakhine advisory body
Kyodo News, Published on 09/12/2017
» YANGON: Myanmar has formed an advisory body including foreign and local experts to implement recommendations on the country's conflict-riddled Rakhine State by a commission headed by former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, according to an announcement published Saturday in state media.
Japanese firm opens noodle factory in Myanmar
Kyodo News, Published on 04/07/2017
» Japanese food manufacturer Acecook Co on Tuesday held an opening ceremony for its new factory in Myanmar, becoming the first Japanese instant noodle maker to produce locally in the Southeast Asian country.
Protestors march in Manila against martial law declaration
Published on 29/05/2017
» MANILA - Several groups staged a protest march on Monday over President Rodrigo Duterte's declaration of martial law last week in the country's south to quell violence by militants linked to Islamic State.
Myanmar opens first biomass power plant
Published on 29/03/2017
» YANGON - Myanmar has utilised Japanese know-how to open its first biomass gasification power plant in its capital city Nay Pyi Taw.
Myanmar court hands death sentence to Rohingya attacker
Published on 14/02/2017
» YANGON - A district court in Myanmar has handed the death sentence to a Muslim Rohingya man who was captured during last year's attacks on border police posts in the country's northern Rakhine state, bordering Bangladesh, an official confirmed on Tuesday.
Myanmar urged to end persecution of Rohingya
Published on 19/01/2017
» KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia on Thursday pushed the Organisation of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC), the world's largest Muslim intergovernmental organisation, to pile pressure on Myanmar to end the persecution and killing of ethnic Muslim Rohingyas in the country.
Suu Kyi: Myanmar to let aid into Rakhine
Kyodo News, Published on 19/12/2016
» YANGON - Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi held "candid and transparent" talks with Asean foreign ministers Monday in which she agreed to allow humanitarian access to conflict-stricken areas of western Myanmar where tens of thousands of Rohingya Muslims have been displaced, while she sought "time and space" to resolve the "complex" issue.
Asean to avoid mentioning ruling on South China Sea
Published on 04/09/2016
» The chairman's statement to be issued after a summit of Southeast Asian leaders in Laos this week will avoid any mention of the landmark July ruling by an international tribunal that rejected China's vast claims to most of the South China Sea, an Asean source said Sunday.