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A documentary exposing China’s growing air pollution problem was blocked from major Chinese websites a week after being released and going viral, reports The Sydney Morning Herald. Created by popular former news anchor Chai Jing, […]
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Burma is the most recent country to join an anti-narcotics fight against drug-related crimes in the Mekong River region, CCTV.com reports. China, Thailand, Laos and now Burma will collaborate to “solve major trans-regional cases along the river […]
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Hong Kong’s highest court ruled Tuesday that domestic workers are not entitled to permanent residency, reports The New York Times. The court ruled unanimously that a Filipino domestic worker who lived in the city for […]
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Concerns over the safety of the US internal infrastructure means the Department of Homeland Security needs IT pros — and now, they’re recruiting younger minds for the jobs. The agency needs at least 600 hackers, […]
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China is exporting fake honey to the United States and using Thailand to do it, reports the Bangkok Post. Food safety experts found that almost a third of the honey consumed in the US isn’t […]
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The Siam Rosewood, a prized, endangered tree species that grows in Southeast Asia, recently gained official protection which may aid in tackling illegal logging. The hardwood is often sold in the Chinese black market at high prices, […]
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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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Bernama | Thailand and three other member countries of the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS), including Laos, Myanmar, and China, have joined forces in providing security in areas along the Mekong River, reports Thai News Agency. […]
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Bangkok Post | China has dispatched two patrol ships to “assert its sovereignty” over islands at the centre of a row with Japan, state media said Tuesday, as Tokyo completed its purchase of the disputed […]
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Human Rights Watch | In late August 2012, the Chinese government forcibly returned at least 4,000 ethnic Kachin refugees to a conflict zone in northern Burma in violation of international law, Human Rights Watch said […]
