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Singapore’s anti-fake news law has stirred up its fair share of controversy in its short four-month existence. The Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA), which has become a model for other governments in […]
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Ministry of Justice will come up with a legal framework next Taiwan’s much awaited ruling on same sex marriage was given yesterday by the island’s Constitutional Court marking a victory for the LGBT community. The […]
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Thailand’s House of Representatives is set to consider a same-sex union bill later this year, reports The Nation. The newspaper interviewed gender rights activist Chumaporn Taengkliang, who has been asked to gather at least 10,000 […]
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Bangkok Post | Chile and Thailand have finished negotiations for their free trade agreement (FTA) and plan to have the treaty take effect by the middle of next year. FTA negotiations cover trade in goods, […]
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Radio Australia | Officials from the WTO and the Asian nation have reached an agreement on the terms of Vientiane joining the peak global body on international trade. WTO members will formally approve the agreement […]
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WSJ | Singapore is now eliminating a 7 per cent tax on gold and silver in an effort to turn the city into a precious-metals trading hub to rival London and Zurich where value-added taxes […]
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Cambodia is expecting U.S. oil major Chevron Corp. to begin developing the country’s first offshore oil field early next year, and hopes the nation will become a regional hot spot for oil and gas investment. […]
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By Jennifer L. Patin 2012 has already seen multiple raids on the areas of Bangkok where the majority of the city’s African population congregates. These locales include Sukhimvit Road’s Nana area (specifically Soi 3 and […]
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Wall Street Journal | In September the body of Cambodian journalist Hang Serei Oudom was found stuffed into the trunk of his car with his head bashed in. At the time of his death, Oudom […]
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Burma and three other Southeast Asian countries situated along the Mekong River reached an agreement in Vietnam’s capital last week to cooperate on boosting tourism in the region, according to a report by Travel Daily News. […]
