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Cambodian court denies activists bail
Kyodo News, Published on 13/06/2016
» PHNOM PENH - A Cambodia court on Monday denied bail for four human rights campaigners and a senior National Election Committee (NEC) official charged last month with bribery in connection with a sex scandal involving an opposition party leader.
Asean 'abandons' joint statement on ruling
Kyodo News, Published on 14/07/2016
» Asean has decided not to issue any joint statement on an international tribunal's ruling this week that rejected China's sweeping claims in the South China Sea, an Asean official source said Thursday.
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.
Mahathir buries hatchet with Anwar after 18 years
Kyodo News, Published on 05/09/2016
» Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad met his one-time arch nemesis Anwar Ibrahim for the first time in 18 years on Monday, brought together by their common fight against a security law that accords sweeping policing power to Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak.
Hun Sen files $1m defamation suit against opposition leader
Published on 18/01/2017
» PHNOM PENH - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has filed a defamation lawsuit against opposition leader Sam Rainsy, demanding US$1 million in damages, his lawyer said Wednesday.
Japanese charged with human trafficking in Cambodia
Kyodo News, Published on 06/02/2017
» PHNOM PENH - A Cambodian court on Monday charged a Japanese man and two Cambodian suspects with illegally recruiting women who were allegedly trafficked to Japan for sexual exploitation.
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.
First Japanese food court opens in Myanmar
Kyodo News, Published on 24/03/2017
» YANGON, Myanmar - The first Japanese food court in Myanmar has opened in Yangon in a joint venture between Tokyo-based trading giant Sojitz Corp and the largest local retail chain, City Mart Holdings.
Sam Rainsy sentenced to 20 months for defamation
Published on 30/03/2017
» PHNOM PENH - A Cambodian court on Thursday sentenced former opposition leader Sam Rainsy to 20 months in prison for defamation after he alleged Prime Minister Hun Sen was behind the murder of a renowned political analyst.
Murder charge in Vietnamese girl case
Kyodo News, Published on 05/05/2017
» Police on Friday served a fresh arrest warrant on a man already detained in relation to the death of a 9-year-old Vietnamese girl in Japan's Chiba Prefecture in March, charging the suspect with murder in addition to abandoning of her body.