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(REUTERS) — Cambodia’s minister in charge of border issues, Va Kimhong, and his Vietnamese counterpart Le Hoai Trung, led delegations for talks aimed at resolving their outstanding border disputes on Monday (August 29) at the Council of Ministers building in Phnom Penh. Committees from the two countries are considering a draft agreement approved by their respective prime ministers. The agreement includes a request to in which they have agreed to ask France for help […]
by Cecil Morella MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Pedicab driver Reyjin dives into a neighbour’s house for a quick meth fix, fearful of taking a bullet to the head in Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s brutal war on drugs but unable to quit. More than 2,000 people have died violent deaths since Duterte took office two months ago and immediately implemented his scorched-earth plans to eradicate drugs in society, ordering police to shoot dead traffickers and […]
(Reuters) Singapore has confirmed 41 cases of locally transmitted Zika virus, mostly among foreign construction workers, and said it expected more cases to be identified. All but seven of those infected had fully recovered, the Health Ministry and the National Environment Agency said in a statement on Sunday. The seven remain in hospital. On Saturday, authorities confirmed a 47-year-old Malaysian woman living in southeastern Singapore as the city-state’s first case of a local transmission […]
by Phyo Hein KYAW YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) — Officials picked through the wreckage of toppled spires and crumbling temple walls in Myanmar’s ancient capital Bagan Thursday after a powerful earthquake rattled the top tourist destination, leaving three dead. Clouds of dust settled over the damaged pagodas as officials took stock of the destruction caused by the 6.8 magnitude quake, which struck just south of the famous archaeological site Wednesday, killing two young girls and a […]
(Eagle News)– President Rodrigo Duterte took his first step for his first foreign trips by acquiring his diplomatic passport. A mobile registration booth was set up by the Department of Foreign Affairs at his study room in Malacañang on Tuesday. Duterte is scheduled to visit Brunei in September 4, then head to Laos for the ASEAN Summit on September 6, and end his trip in Indonesia on September 8.
by Hla-Hla HTAY YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) — A powerful 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck central Myanmar Wednesday, killing at least three people and damaging nearly 200 pagodas in the famous ancient capital of Bagan, officials said. The quake, which the US Geological Survey said hit at a depth of 84 kilometres (52 miles), was also felt across neighbouring Thailand, India and Bangladesh, sending panicked residents rushing onto the streets. Two girls, aged 7 and 15, were […]
by Tuwaedaniya Meringing BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) — A large car bomb exploded Wednesday outside a hotel in Thailand’s deep south, killing one and wounding more than 30 in a nation already on edge after a bombing spree that targeted tourist towns. The latest blast struck before midnight on the outskirts of Pattani, one of three Muslim-majority southern provinces battered by a long-running and shadowy insurgency. “So far there is one killed and more than 30 […]
(REUTERS) A Thai military court accepted a case on Tuesday against eight people charged with ridiculing junta leader Prayuth Chan-ocha on Facebook, extending a crackdown against dissent after Thais voted earlier this month to accept a military-backed charter. The outcome of the Aug. 7 referendum bolstered the credibility of the military government, say analysts, but the overwhelming vote in favor of the new constitution was unsurprising given the curbs on free speech ahead of […]
CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh (AFP) — An explosion at a chemical fertilizer factory left at least 200 people needing medical treatment after toxic gas spread across large parts of Bangladesh’s second city Chittagong, officials said Tuesday. Police and fire officials said hundreds of residents were also evacuated from their homes near the di-ammonia phosphate (DAP) plant in the port city where a 500-tonne capacity ammonia tank exploded late Monday. Mesbah Uddin, the district’s chief administrator, said that […]
BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) — The hunters have become the hunted. Police in Bangkok announced a crackdown on Monday against Thai drivers playing Pokemon Go following complaints that the craze was bringing further gridlock to an already notoriously congested metropolis. The mobile app — which encourages users to hit the pavements in search of digital monsters — was made available in Thailand earlier this month delighting many in a country where Japanese subcultures have a significant […]
(REUTERS) The Philippine is not leaving the United Nations, the foreign minister said on Monday, a day after President Rodrigo Duterte threatened to quit the body after it called for an end to the wave of killings unleashed by his war on drugs. Foreign Affairs Secretary Perfecto Yasay said Duterte’s statement “is a statement expressing profound disappointment and frustration”. “We are committed to the U.N. despite our numerous frustrations with this international agency,” Yasay […]
(REUTERS) Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte railed against the United Nations on Sunday after it called for an end to the wave of killings unleashed by his war on drugs, saying he might leave the organization and invite China and others to form a new one. Two U.N. human rights experts last week urged Manila to stop the extra-judicial executions and killings that have escalated since Duterte won the presidency on a promise to wipe […]
