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Progress in sea feud, Koreas stir Asean though rifts persist
Associated Press, Published on 01/08/2018
» SINGAPORE: Southeast Asian nations are expected to welcome an initial negotiating draft of a nonaggression pact with China on the South China Sea, but critics warn that the protracted talks provide a diplomatic cover for Beijing's tenacious aggression in the disputed waters.
New dam in Cambodia 'would destroy Mekong'
Associated Press, Published on 18/05/2018
» A Chinese-backed plan for Cambodia to build the Mekong River's biggest dam would destroy fisheries that feed millions and worsen tensions with Vietnam, the downstream country with most to lose from dams on the waterway, according to a three-year study commissioned by the Cambodian government.
Alleged wildlife smuggling kingpin jailed
Associated Press, Published on 12/05/2018
» A court has sentenced a man believed to be a kingpin in the illicit wildlife trade to two years in prison for smuggling rhinoceros horns, according to an organisation that works with police to combat trafficking.
Census finds increase in Irrawaddy dolphins
Associated Press, Published on 23/04/2018
» PHNOM PENH: Cambodia's government and a major conservation group say the number of critically endangered Irrawaddy dolphins along a stretch of the Mekong River has increased for the first time in 20 years but the animals still face serious threats.
ILO finds progress in fixing Thai fishing industry abuses
Associated Press, Published on 07/03/2018
» A survey of working conditions in Thailand's fishing and seafood industry conducted by the UN's International Labour Organisation has found that new regulations resulted in progress in some areas, including less physical violence, but problems such as unfair pay and deception in contracting persist.
50 years after key Vietnam battles, US seeks closer ties
Associated Press, Published on 22/01/2018
» WASHINGTON: A half-century after the Tet Offensive punctured American hopes of victory in Vietnam, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is visiting the former enemy in search of a different kind of win: incremental progress as partners in a part of the world the Pentagon has identified as vital for the United States to compete with China and Russia.
Cambodia upholds jail term for Australian in surrogacy case
Associated Press, Published on 08/01/2018
» PHNOM PENH: An appeals court on Monday upheld the prison sentence of an Australian woman convicted of providing commercial surrogacy services in Cambodia.
Nest of endangered giant softshell turtle found in Cambodia
Associated Press, Published on 19/12/2017
» PHNOM PENH: Conservationists have found a nest of the endangered Asian giant softshell turtle on a Mekong River sandbar in northeastern Cambodia, while 115 new species of various other animal and plant life have been discovered in the greater Mekong region.
African study: Ivory demand surges in Laos
Associated Press, Published on 29/09/2017
» JOHANNESBURG: A new report says the illegal sale of African ivory in Laos is surging even as neighbouring China phases out its own legal ivory market.
Superbug's spread to Vietnam threatens malaria control
Associated Press, Published on 21/09/2017
» HANOI: Vietnam's main malaria treatment is failing at an alarming rate because of a highly drug-resistant superbug that has spread into the southern part of the country from western Cambodia, scientists said Thursday.