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The dark underworld of online fraud
News, Kung Chan, Published on 07/12/2023
» The Chinese film No More Bets, which sheds light on the intricacies of overseas online fraud, has emerged as a blockbuster success, dominating the big screen and box office earnings.
Real 'strategic resources' for security
Oped, He Jun and Chan Kung, Published on 28/04/2022
» The war between Russia and Ukraine has lasted over two months since it began on Feb 24. For a long time, Russia has enjoyed the image and influence of a great power, which is mainly reflected in its military strength, and in its 2,000 nuclear weapons, as well as its powerful conventional armed forces and combat effectiveness. However, judging from the actual progress of this war, although the Russian army is still on the proactive side of the war as a whole, its combat performance is quite different from what the world imagined it to be. To some extent, the Russian army was even "trapped" by the resistance of the Ukrainian army.
Cambodia's oil export ambitions sink with 'stolen' tanker standoff
Prak Chan Thul and Aradhana Aravindan of Reuters, Published on 27/08/2021
» PHNOM PENH/SINGAPORE: When Cambodian officials commemorated the start of the country's first oil project in June by preserving the first drops of production at a high profile ceremony, they heralded the country's emergence as a budding oil exporter at the heart of Asia.
We'll keep protesting however we can
Oped, May Nyein Chan, Published on 25/03/2021
» They are street protesters and keyboard warriors, as well as hospital and bank staff and teachers with the civil disobedience movement. Some are night guards watching over their neighbourhoods, while others have been preparing food for protesters, day after day. They provide shelter to young protesters hunted down by security forces, and they have been arrested, shot and killed.
Prayer ceremony held in Phnom Penh for abducted Thai activist
Prak Chan Thul of Reuters, Published on 04/12/2020
» PHNOM PENH: The sister of a missing Thai pro-democracy activist believed abducted by gunmen in Cambodia called on Friday for authorities to solve the case after holding a Buddhist prayer ceremony to mark six months since his disappearance.
Cambodia jails another activist as crackdown widens
Prak Chan Thul of Reuters, Published on 10/09/2020
» PHNOM PENH: A Cambodian activist has been imprisoned for five years on a charge of plotting to overthrow the government, a court said on Thursday, bringing to 17 the number of Prime Minister Hun Sen's opponents detained or convicted since late July.
The coming great depression
Business, Chan Kung, Published on 01/05/2020
» Extreme and unprecedented lockdown measures continue in many countries as the coronavirus spreads across the world. Widespread closures and stay-home orders have paralysed activity and caused economic conditions to change dramatically.
Asia's student-debt time bomb
Asia focus, M Niaz Asadullah and Theresa Chan, Published on 12/08/2019
» One of the most pressing issues facing the year-old government of Malaysia, led by Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, is the severely strained balance sheet it inherited. And part of its fiscal weakness is rooted in the 39 billion ringgit (US$9.5 billion) in outstanding debt owed to the National Higher Education Fund Corp (PTPTN).
Property stays hot in chilly times
News, Ronald W Chan, Published on 28/01/2019
» Thailand's booming property market is at risk of cooling this year as rampant construction threatens an oversupply of apartments amid increasing global economic headwinds.