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    Southeast Asia making strong gains in disease fight

    News, Published on 25/09/2018

    » Tomorrow and on Thursday respectively, the world's most esteemed political forum -- the UN General Assembly (UNGA) -- will deliberate on how best to address two equally challenging public health issues: tuberculosis (TB) and noncommunicable diseases (NCDs).

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    US, EU must tread carefully over Cambodia

    News, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 25/09/2018

    » The US and EU must not commit the same mistakes in Cambodia that they made in Thailand. Efforts to pressure strongman Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen to follow their suggested paths will not work. Worse still, they could have serious adverse effects, as the country's domestic and external conditions are very different and unique.

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    Digital disaster

    News, Postbag, Published on 25/09/2018

    » Every human on the planet needs to question the sudden hard push by the technocrats and elites demanding digital IDs.

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    The first shots of another Gulf war?

    News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 25/09/2018

    » The men who carried out Saturday's attack on the parade in Ahvaz, in Iran's southwestern province of Khuzestan, were well trained: Four of them killed 25 people and wounded 70 others before they were shot dead. The question is whether they were trained by the Islamic State (IS), or by the backers of the low-profile Ahvaz National Resistance, which also claimed credit.

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    Pyongyang steps out

    News, Editorial, Published on 25/09/2018

    » Last week's summit between the leaders of South Korea and North Korea piles more hope on the chances for peace and a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula. There are plenty of hurdles left, however, and Pyongyang must work hard to leave behind its lamentable record of resorting to bait-and-switch tactics. But what is known and sensed from the talks between South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un provides optimism. North Korea may finally be ready to accept the invitation to emerge as part of the responsible world community.

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    Gen Prayut's clumsy foray into politics

    News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 25/09/2018

    » So Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha has officially expressed his interest in politics. Admittedly, the "breaking news" moment came a little late as he has been in government for more than four years. It would seem Gen Prayut is behind the curve, even with his own political future.

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