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Suu Kyi to continue charter amendment bid
Kyodo News, Published on 16/09/2015
» YANGON — Less than two months ahead of Myanmar's general election in November, the National League for Democracy, the opposition party led by Aung San Suu Kyi, has released its manifesto which says it will continue to strive for a constitutional amendment.
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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.
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Mitsubishi to begin Myanmar project
Kyodo News, Published on 12/07/2016
» YANGON - Japanese trading house Mitsubishi Corp said Tuesday that it has agreed with Mitsubishi Estate Co to commence work on a mixed-use landmark development project in downtown Yangon, Myanmar, in collaboration with Singapore-listed Yoma Strategic Holdings Ltd and local firm First Myanmar Investment Co.
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Japan injects more investments in Cambodia amid uncertainty
Published on 21/08/2016
» PHNOM PENH - Despite expressing some unhappy feelings about their business operations in Cambodia, Japan has injected more investments to this small Southeast Asian nation in recent years.
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Suu Kyi party takes at least 7 of 12 seats in by-elections
Kyodo News, Published on 02/04/2017
» YANGON - Myanmar's ruling National League for Democracy party won at least seven of the 12 elections on Saturday for seats in parliament, and the military-backed party at least one, Myanmar's election commission said on Sunday in releasing the first official results.
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Jailed ex-Jakarta governor Ahok drops blasphemy appeal
Kyodo News, Published on 23/05/2017
» JAKARTA - The outgoing Christian governor of Jakarta, who was under arrest pending an appeal after being found guilty of blasphemy and sentenced to two years in jail, surprisingly dropped his appeal request Monday, as UN experts called for his release.
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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.
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Cambodia ruling party big winner in local elections
Kyodo News, Published on 25/06/2017
» Cambodia's ruling party of Prime Minister Hun Sen won over two-thirds of the commune chief posts in this month's nationwide local elections, according to official results released Sunday by the National Election Committee (NEC).
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Cambodian PM rejects law providing immunity
Kyodo News, Published on 16/07/2017
» PHNOM PENH - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen rejected Saturday a proposed law guaranteeing him blanket immunity from prosecution after leaving office.
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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.
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