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KR tribunal staff threaten walkout
Reuters, Published on 01/02/2013
» PHNOM PENH - Cambodian staff at a Khmer Rouge war crimes tribunal have gone two months without pay and are threatening a walkout amid a deepening funding crisis at a court already bogged down by resignations and the ill health of its elderly defendants.
Manila to give US access up to 5 bases
Reuters, Published on 02/05/2014
» MANILA - Up to five Philippine military bases will be made available for US forces to rotate aircraft, ships, equipment and troops, Manila's chief negotiator of a new security pact said on Friday, as the Philippines looks to counter China's rising power in the region.
US general calls Prayuth
Reuters, Published on 24/05/2014
» WASHINGTON — The US Army's top general has called Thailand's army chief, Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha, to urge a return to "democratic principles" after the Thai military seized control of the government in a coup, the Pentagon said on Friday.
Indonesia begins presidential vote
Reuters, Published on 09/07/2014
» JAKARTA - Indonesians began voting in a presidential election on Wednesday that has become a closely fought contest between the old guard who flourished under decades of autocratic rule and a new breed of politician that has emerged in the fledgling democracy.
Widodo rivals eye bandwagon
Reuters, Published on 15/07/2014
» JAKARTA — Indonesia's likely next leader Joko "Jokowi" Widodo may find a friendlier parliament to help push through a reform agenda in Southeast Asia's largest economy, as several members of the second-largest party consider joining his camp.
Malaysia eyes medical-tourism crown
Reuters, Published on 30/07/2014
» KUALA LUMPUR — Muslim tourists have long chosen Malaysia, its beaches and its malls as a holiday destination thanks to cultural affinity. Now the Southeast Asian country, where Muslims make up about 60% of the population, wants to parlay its visitor dividend into a bid to overtake its neighbours for the world's medical-tourism crown.
Widodo to set cabinet in early October
Reuters, Published on 26/08/2014
» JAKARTA — Indonesia's Joko Widodo will announce his cabinet team in early October as he steps up preparations to become the next leader of the world's third largest democracy, a senior adviser to the president-elect said.
Myanmar 2014 FDI revised up to $5bn
Reuters, Published on 16/09/2014
» YANGON – Myanmar has revised its forecast for foreign direct investment to more than $5 billion for the fiscal year that began in April, a senior official said on Tuesday, surpassing earlier expectations and led by new ventures in energy and telecoms.
With Suu Kyi disqualified, her NLD party looks to Myanmar ex-general
Reuters, Published on 24/09/2014
» YANGON — Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy will go into next year's parliamentary election in Myanmar with no candidate for president and might even support a former general from the pro-military ruling party, NLD officials said.
Myanmar plans Rohingya changes
Reuters, Published on 30/09/2014
» YANGON – Myanmar has confirmed to the United Nations it is finalising a plan that will offer minority Rohingya Muslims citizenship if they change their ethnicity to suggest Bangladeshi origin, a move rights groups say could force thousands into detention camps.