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Asia · Phnom PenhTheary Seng, a 52-year-old American citizen, has been serving a six-year sentence in Preah Vihear Prison. She was convicted of treason, stemming from her failed efforts in 2019 to bring about the return to Cambodia of political opposition leader Sam Rainsy. Her lawyer and supporting NGOs requested her transfer because her appeal case is being tried in the capital.See the Story
Cambodian-American lawyer transferred to prison in capital
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Asia · CambodiaCambodia's Appeals Court upheld verdicts on Friday against 10 garment factory workers and labor activists. The defendants were charged in 2014 with causing intentional violence and damaging property during fractious strikes and demonstrations. The strike ended when Cambodian police fired at and killed at least four people and wounded nearly 40 others.See the Story
Cambodian court upholds verdicts in deadly 2014 garment strike
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Asia · VietnamA 60-year old Vietnamese activist was sentenced to six years in prison for making a short drunken tirade video that cursed the Communist Party and revolutionary leader Ho Chi Minh, the country’s first leader, his lawyer told Radio Free Asia. The Hanoi People’s Court handed down the punishment Friday to Nguyen Minh Son, saying that the video he made on Dec. 31, 2021, was “anti-state propaganda.” In the live-streamed video, Son stood outside the s…See the Story
Hammered: Vietnamese gets 6 years after cursing Uncle Ho when drunk
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Asia · LaosLaos has been transformed by China's Belt and Road Initiative, or BRI. The US$5.9 billion China-Laos railway has pushed the small, Southeast Asian country closer to its dream of being land-linked, not land-locked. The railway and a host of other major Chinese investments in transport infrastructure and hydropower dams have left Laos mired in debt.See the Story
Laos: Belt and Road poster child – or problem child?
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Navy · TaiwanTaiwan launches its first domestically assembled submarine. The diesel-electric Hai Kun cost US$1.54 billion and will go by the name Narwhal. President Tsai Ing-wen: "Taiwan will have three submarines with full combat capabilities" One more locally manufactured sub is planned for 2027.See the Story
Taiwan unveils homegrown ‘sea monster’ sub
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Evergrande · ChinaChina has to reduce the size of the property industry by about one-third, which is going to cause a lot of pain for homeowners, local governments and some banks. The trouble with that is the indebtedness of local governments has become so severe that it is spilling over and affecting many regular Chinese.See the Story
Short changed: Can China pay the bills?
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Asia · AyeyarwadyA court in Myanmar's southwestern Ayeyarwady region sentenced three men to death, sources close to their families told Radio Free Asia. Two were accused of being members of a People's Defense Force, who planned and carried out a murder. The junta has not released a statement on the sentencing.See the Story
Court in Myanmar’s Ayeyarwady region sentences 3 to death
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Palm Oil · Myanmar (Burma)Price of edible palm oil in Myanmar has soared in recent months to more than five times what it was prior to the February 2021 military coup. A staple commodity in Myanmar, where it is used to cook, the cost of palm oil is a barometer for inflation and the health of the wider economy. The junta recently ordered major palm oil wholesalers to sell their product at around 4,200 kyats (US$2) per viss per household.See the Story
Soaring palm oil prices prompt long lines in Myanmar
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