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Thailand tycoon who championed cannabis legalisation takes lead in race to be PM
Conservative Bhumjaithai party leader Anutin Charnvirakul gets main opposition party’s conditional backing to …
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Singapore is worried about a rise in drug-laced vaping. What is happening, and what is the drug etomidate?
Vaping has been banned since 2018, but now authorities are seeing a rise in young people using them to take an…
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Thai court dismisses prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra
Daughter of former PM Thaksin accused of failing to protect country’s interests over leaked phone call with Ca…
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Why are Thailand and Cambodia engaged in a border conflict?
Territory mapped during France’s colonial rule is behind clash that has exposed tensions between the countries…
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‘An insult’: Malaysians slam nomination of ‘alpha-male’ Nick Adams as US ambassador
Adams’ comments about Israel have provoked particular concern in Malaysia, a staunch supporter of PalestineFor…
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Shunned Myanmar leader thrilled at US contact after Trump tariff letter
Min Aung Hlaing expresses ‘sincere appreciation’ for letter from US president threatening 40% tariffMyanmar’s …
- Asia Pacific, Donald Trump, Global economy, International trade, Tariffs, US foreign policy, Vietnam
Is Trump tariff deal really a win for Vietnam – or a way of punishing China?
US exports account for third of Vietnam’s GDP and 40% tariff on so-called transshipments – products with Chine…
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Vietnam scraps two-child policy as it tackles falling birthrate
Authorities seek to increase number of births amid fear ageing society could threaten economic growth plansVie…
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Rodrigo Duterte wins Philippines mayoral election from jail cell in The Hague
Former president of nation re-elected as mayor of city of Davao despite his enforced absenceFormer Philippines…
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Who is Luis Antonio Tagle? The Philippine cardinal and ‘karaoke priest’ in the running for pope
Tagle is considered progressive and humble, but has faced some criticism for his response to the drug war and …
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‘Bombs and bullets were like rain’: 50 years on from the fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam war
Xuan Phuong, a war correspondent who is now 96, recalls her entry into the city after South Vietnam’s surrende…
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American academic held in Thailand charged with insulting monarchy
Paul Chambers detained under strict lese-majesty law, which can lead to 15 years in jail on a single chargeA p…
- Asia Pacific, Drugs trade, International criminal court, International criminal justice, Law, Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, World news
Rodrigo Duterte’s arrest could be telling blow in the Philippines’ dynastic feud
Former president was surrendered to The Hague amid a row between his family and that of the current presidentF…
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Duterte flown to The Hague after arrest over Philippines drug war killings
Ex-president to face charges of crimes against humanity over ‘war on drugs’ that rights groups say left 30,000…
- Asia Pacific, Cambodia, Censorship, Freedom of speech, Journalist safety, Media, UK news, World news
British investigative journalist banned from Cambodia
Treatment of Gerald Flynn, who writes for the outlet Mongabay, condemned as attack on independent media A Brit…