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Cambodia, Vietnam rap Lee's remarks on 1979 invasion
Kyodo News, Published on 07/06/2019
» PHNOM PENH: Cambodia has joined Vietnam in rapping Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's recent remarks on the 1979 Vietnamese invasion that ousted the genocidal Khmer Rouge, alleging that Singapore bears some responsibility for the massacre of Cambodians in the late 1970s.
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Singapore parliament passes online fake news law
Published on 09/05/2019
» SINGAPORE: Singapore's parliament passed a controversial bill late Wednesday aimed at combating fake news online, amid strong concerns from rights groups and journalists that it will further curtail freedom of expression and speech in the city-state.
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Singapore activist fined for organising pro-democracy event
Published on 21/02/2019
» SINGAPORE: A Singapore court on Thursday fined a civil rights activist for organising a seminar in 2016 in which a Hong Kong pro-democracy activist was invited to speak via Skype.
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14 students with HIV expelled from school in Indonesia
Published on 14/02/2019
» JAKARTA: Fourteen students with HIV have been expelled from a public elementary school in Indonesia following demands from parents of other students, the school's headmaster and a local group that assists HIV-infected children said on Thursday.
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Suu Kyi to skip Asean summit in Singapore
Published on 23/04/2018
» YANGON: Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi will not attend this weekend's Asean Summit in Singapore, a government spokesman said on Monday, which would make it the first time for her to skip one since coming to power in 2016.
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Mahathir's party hit with temporary ban ahead of poll
Published on 05/04/2018
» KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian government on Thursday slapped a temporary dissolution order on former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad's new party, barring it from holding any activities or using its logo for 30 days just as a general election is set to be called.
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Stalled Yangon expansion plan brought back to life
Published on 05/04/2018
» YANGON: The regional government administering Myanmar's major commercial capital Yangon and its vicinity is giving life to a stalled expansion plan aimed at eventually transforming the country's largest city into the next Southeast Asian economic hub, twice the size of Singapore.
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Cambodia's missing railway link to Thailand rebuilt after 45 years
Kyodo News, Published on 04/04/2018
» A missing 48-kilometre stretch of railway that connects the capital Phnom Penh to the Thai border has been rebuilt, 45 years after it was destroyed in the 1970s during the Cambodian civil war.
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Tech giants caution Singapore against new law on fake news
Published on 23/03/2018
» SINGAPORE: Several major technology companies have expressed concern over Singapore's plan to enact new legislation to tackle fake news.
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Singapore proposes 'Asean Smart Cities Network'
Kyodo News, Published on 05/02/2018
» SINGAPORE: The city-state is proposing an "Asean Smart Cities Network" aimed at improving the urban living environment and enhancing business opportunities for Southeast Asia's 630 million people, according to a document prepared for ministerial meetings being held in the city-state this week.
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