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Analysis: N.Korea using Olympics to blunt sanctions, split allies
Reuters, Published on 03/01/2018
» SEOUL/WASHINGTON: After a year of making threats and weapons advances, North Korea's leader appears to be using the upcoming Winter Olympic Games in South Korea as a tool to blunt growing international pressure on Pyongyang while leaving his nuclear arsenal untouched.
As energy markets evolve, blockchain powers up
Business, Reuters, Published on 23/12/2017
» Energy startups have been using blockchain to power electricity sharing in microgrid trials from Texas to Tasmania for a year or so.
Singapore suspends trade relations with North Korea
Reuters, Published on 16/11/2017
» SINGAPORE: The city-state has suspended trade relations with North Korea, the latest of Pyongyang's major trade partners to cut commercial ties under toughening UN sanctions over its weapons programme, a customs notice obtained on Thursday showed.
Cambodia's top court rejects appeal to free opposition leader
Reuters, Published on 31/10/2017
» PHNOM PENH: A top Cambodian court rejected an appeal to free opposition leader Kem Sokha on Tuesday saying his release could be a public risk as the threat of dissolution looms over his opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP).
Philippine anti-narcotics chief warns of drugs war slowdown
Reuters, Published on 13/10/2017
» MANILA: The head of the Philippines' anti-narcotics agency on Friday warned of a reduced intensity in the country's war on drugs after a removal of police from the campaign, which he hoped would only be temporary as his unit lacked manpower.
In Kim Jong Un's summer palace, fun meets guns
Reuters, Published on 10/10/2017
» SEOUL: In the seaside city of Wonsan, North Korean families cook up barbecues on the beach, go fishing, and eat royal jelly flavour ice cream in the summer breeze. For their leader Kim Jong Un, the resort is a summer retreat, a future temple to tourism, and a good place to test missiles.
Hun Sen urges arrests of opposition 'rebels in the city'
Reuters, Published on 02/10/2017
» PHNOM PENH: Cambodia could make more arrests of people linked to a plot to overthrow the government, Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Monday, attacking opposition figures as "rebels in the city" bent on staging a "colour revolution", despite past failures
Fear driving Cambodian opposition MPs abroad
Reuters, Published on 30/09/2017
» Around half the opposition members of Cambodia’s parliament have left the country in fear of a crackdown by Prime Minister Hun Sen’s government, a deputy party leader said.
Cambodian court rejects appeal to free opposition leader
Reuters, Published on 26/09/2017
» PHNOM PENH - A Cambodian court rejected an appeal to release opposition leader Kem Sokha on Tuesday and said he would not be granted bail as he awaits trial on treason charges.
Cambodia's opposition banners call for leader's release
Reuters, Published on 25/09/2017
» PHNOM PENH: Cambodia's main opposition party on Monday put up banners around the country calling for the release of its detained leader Kem Sokha in a challenge to the government of Prime Minister Hun Sen, which has accused him of treason.