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Scandal-hit Dhammakaya temple helps stage Myanmar event
Reuters, Published on 21/01/2018
» MANDALAY: Thousands of Buddhist monks gathered in Myanmar's second largest city on Sunday for an event partly organised by the scandal-hit Dhammakaya temple whose abbot is wanted for questioning on money-laundering allegations.
Myanmar soldiers jailed for killing civilians in rare trial
Associated Press, Published on 21/01/2018
» BANGKOK: A Myanmar military tribunal has sentenced six soldiers to 10 years in prison with hard labour for killing three civilians in war-torn Kachin state, officials said Saturday, in a move welcomed by rights groups.
Rohingya refugees protest repatriation move
AFP, Published on 19/01/2018
» DHAKA: Hundreds of Rohingya refugees staged protests in Bangladesh Friday against plans to send them back to Myanmar, where a military crackdown last year sparked a mass exodus.
Philippine news website's licence revoked after Duterte threat
AFP, Published on 15/01/2018
» The Philippine government has revoked the operating licence of leading news website Rappler, officials said Monday in a ruling denounced by President Rodrigo Duterte's critics as another blow to press freedom.
Rohingya militants: Slain 'terrorists' were civilians
Published on 13/01/2018
» YANGON: Rohingya Muslim insurgents said on Saturday that 10 Rohingya found in a mass grave in Rakhine state last month were "innocent civilians", and not members of their group.
Singapore opens test circuit for autonomous vehicles
Published on 23/11/2017
» Singapore has opened a test circuit for autonomous vehicles in a bid to play a role in developing standards for their use on public roads.
'VX traces found' on accused Kim Jong Nam killers
Kyodo News, Published on 05/10/2017
» SHAL ALAM, Malaysia: A government chemist told a Malaysian court Thursday that traces of the deadly VX nerve agent were found on two women now on trial on charges of murdering Kim Jong Nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
Indonesia revokes legal status of hard-line Islamic group
Published on 19/07/2017
» JAKARTA - The Indonesian government on Wednesday officially disbanded the Indonesian branch of an international, pan-Islamic organisation over its activities regarded as unconstitutional.
Malaysia hopes opening of MRT line will ease congestion
Published on 17/07/2017
» KUALA LUMPUR - A 51-kilometre commuter rail line connecting the Malaysian capital to outlying areas began operating on Monday, with the government hoping it will ease Kuala Lumpur's notorious traffic congestion.
Indonesia mulls banning more Islamist groups
Kyodo News, Published on 31/05/2017
» Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo said in an interview published Wednesday that the government is considering the dissolution of more intolerant mass organizations, following its decision to disband the local branch of an international, pan-Islamic organization.