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SOUTH-EAST ASIA: Leaders Look to UN for Help With Burma
South-east Asian leaders ended a summit here on Sunday by placing greater faith in the United Nations, than their regional bloc in dealing with a member - military-ruled Burma.SOUTH-EAST ASIA: Plans for Regional Rights Body Hit Realities
Plans to create a regional human rights body for the ten-nation South-east Asian bloc are threatening to expose the gulf that separates countries that seek to respect political and civil liberties and the notorious violators.SOUTH-EAST ASIA: ‘Bali Process’ May Address Rohingya Crisis
South-east Asian governments are examining the possibility of using a seven-year-old regional mechanism, known as the ‘’Bali Process,’’ to find an answer to minority Muslim Rohingyas fleeing ethnic cleansing in military-ruled Burma.SOUTH-EAST ASIA: Civil Society Edges Deeper Into Regional Summit
In a nod towards greater engagement with people’s organisations, a summit of South-east Asian leaders in this resort town will slightly extend its customary face-to-face with civil society representatives.RIGHTS-BURMA: Rohingya Issue Figures in Regional Summit
Burma’s military regime has set a tough challenge for regional leaders to grapple with when they gather for a summit over the weekend in this resort town south of Bangkok.SOUTH-EAST ASIA: Burma's Muslim Rohingyas – The New Boat People *
It happened decades ago when this region was gripped by the fallout of the United States’ war in Vietnam. But the ‘boat people’ phenomenon is back, and this time it has to do with Burma’s Muslim Rohingyas fleeing harsh realities at home.RIGHTS-BURMA: Junta Declares War on Lawyers, Jails Them
To be a lawyer in military-ruled Burma is to court danger, invite arrest and risk being jailed in the country’s notorious prisons.LABOUR-ASIA: Airlines Turn Modern Day Slavers
The presence of East Asian human trafficking victims in places as far-removed as Southern Africa and Central and South America confirm the ease with which modern merchants of slavery exploit international air travel.CAMBODIA: Justice In Sight for Khmer Rouge Victims
An experiment in international justice finally gets under way on Feb. 17 when a war crimes tribunal begins in Cambodia to prosecute the notorious jailer of the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime.CAMBODIA: Chevron Silent on Bribery Allegations
U.S. energy giant Chevron is under fire for failing to disclose the amount of money it allegedly paid to secure rights to drill for offshore oil in corruption-ridden Cambodia.BURMA: Ban’s Visit Inane Unless Prisoners Are Freed
A United Nations special envoy ended his seventh visit to Burma this week facing a tall order: secure freedom for some 2,100 political prisoners in the military-ruled country as preliminary to meaningful political reform.THAILAND: Malay-Muslims Complain in Court of Torture
A year after they were allegedly subjected to torture by the Thai army, two young men from the country’s troubled southern provinces have done what no other victim of similar abuse in the area has dared to do - go to court.THAILAND: Don Challenges Lese-Majeste Law – Risks Jail Term
In a country where the culture encourages people to bow, worship and even grovel before authority, Giles Ungpakorn has always been an exception.SOUTH-EAST ASIA: Businesses Cold to Climate Change Says Study
Faced with shortages of blue crab delivered to his food processing company a Filipino businessman turned to a green-friendly solution to restore the supply chain.HEALTH-THAILAND: Burmese Migrant Workers Key to Fighting Bird Flu
Thailand’s plans to contain the spread of the deadly avian influenza virus must involve the tens of thousands of Burmese migrant workers employed in this country’s poultry industry, say experts.POLITICS-THAILAND: In 'Thaksin Country' Ousted PM Has Loyalists
For most of her adult life, Yard Sunee had to endure a reality that was worlds away from the conveniences that people in a modern metropolis like Bangkok take for granted - like ready access to tap water.
POLITICS-THAILAND: Town and Country Divide Runs Deep
Vendors at a bustling municipal market in this provincial city are fairly open about the need for Thailand to have a proper democracy with regular elections. In fact many of them wear red shirts to announce their political choice.BURMA: Junta Determined to ‘Guide’ 2010 Polls
Burma’s military regime ended 2008 with greater resolve to steamroll over opposition voices in order to pave the way for a junta-friendly government when the country holds general elections in 2010.BURMA: New Thai Policies Not Junta-Friendly
If Burma's military regime is showing signs of worry about the change of guard that has taken place in neighbouring Thailand, there are good reasons.THAILAND: Taking Lese-Majeste Laws Seriously
Until late August, Harry Niccolaides was just one of thousands of foreigners working in Thailand as English teachers. But now the 41-year-old Australian national is behind bars, charged with violating this kingdom’s draconian lese majeste laws.HEALTH-ASIA: Harried by Sporadic Bird Flu Outbreaks
New cases of avian influenza across Asia in recent weeks confirm warnings that the deadly virus still lurks in the region and raise questions of gaps in efforts to contain it in affected communities.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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