Cambodia’s parliament amended a law on Monday to stop anyone convicted of an offence from running for office, effectively barring long-serving Prime Minister Hun Sen’s main rival.
Southeast Asian nations fail to agree on maritime disputes in the South China Sea after Cambodia blocks any mention to an international court ruling against Beijing in their statement.
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Burma and its four closest Southeast Asian neighbours — Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam — move to enhance mutual trade and cooperation on tourism and other key sectors of the regional economy.
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Migrant workers in chicken processing plants throughout Thailand are routinely abused by their employers, according to a new report on the country’s booming poultry industry.
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A Scottish firm has been reliving the heady days of the Irrawaddy Flotilla Company with luxury river cruises.
A company feasibility study into liquefied petroleum gas storage in Burma showed should 1,000 to 2,000 tonnes would be possible.
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“It pained me to think that while being torturing by the Khmer Rouge, my mother chose not to come out and protect or at least beg forgiveness for me.”
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Asia can fight climate change and lift people out of poverty if it invests in communities living in forests, claims a Thai-based environmental organisation.
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Foreign tourists may soon be able to visit Burma, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos on a single visa.
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Burma launches a heroic comeback with two late goals, earning a 3-3 draw against Cambodia.
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Burmese migrant workers in Thailand fear that a crackdown is imminent as 70 Burmese nationals were arrested in Mae Sot on Monday.
Post-imperialist nation-building is still a work in progress in many ASEAN states, and democratisation has therefore not yet fully taken shape. Without sincere reforms and well-balanced wealth sharing, it won’t be long before people in Burma start to press for meaningful change, as in its neighbouring countries.
Activists from across Southeast Asia have been harassed and intimidated by Cambodian authorities, in what has been described as an effort to silence civil society voices ahead of this weekend’s ASEAN summit in Phnom Penh
Burma’s isolation from international development experiences means that donors approaching the country could struggle to build comprehensive, prioritised strategies
Thai army conducts training course for villagers along the border with Burma as threat of stray artillery fire continues to unnerve
Narratives of human rights abusers allow little space to explore the conditions that create our most heinous criminals, but we would benefit from a degree of empathy
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