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    ASEAN International Relations Lead Story News

    Australia to raise rights concerns with Burma, Cambodia at ASEAN summit

    Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said she will raise human rights concerns with Burmese and Cambodian leaders during a three-day summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) that begins in Sydney on Friday.

    Lead Story News Politics

    Cambodia MPs back change that bars leader’s rival

    Cambodia’s parliament amended a law on Monday to stop anyone convicted of an offence from running for office, effectively barring long-serving Prime Minister Hun Sen’s main rival.

    Contributor Human Rights Lead Story News Opinion

    Brothers in history: Scars of tragedy in Burma and Cambodia

    “It pained me to think that while being torturing by the Khmer Rouge, my mother chose not to come out and protect or at least beg forgiveness for me.”

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    Arsenic risk high in Sumatra, Burma, Cambodia: study

    Jul 14, 2008 (AFP)

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    Cambodian leader blasts UN report

    Dec 12, 2007 (AP), The UN should leave Burma alone and stop disrupting the junta’s progress toward democracy by issuing critical reports on human rights abuses, Cambodia’s leader said Wednesday.[…]

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    Burmese PM and UN envoy plan separate Cambodia visits

    Nov 27, 2007 (AP), The prime minister of Burma and the UN’s special envoy to the military-ruled country will take turns visiting Cambodia this week to discuss Burma’s political crisis,[…]

    News Briefing

    11:00 AM, 16 February 2021 News Briefing

    The Union of Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry-UMFCCI  expressed  on Feb 15 an announcement of its opposition to the Cyber Security Bill proposed by the military. The[…]

    Labour Issues Lead Story News

    Rise of robots fuels slavery threat for Asian factory workers: analysts

    The rise of robots in manufacturing in Southeast Asia is likely to fuel modern slavery as workers who end up unemployed due to automation face abuses competing for a shrinking pool of low-paid jobs in a “race to the bottom,” analysts said on Thursday.

    Labour Issues Lead Story Migrants Issues News

    Fears for ‘stateless’ Burmese workers in Thailand as deadline looms

    Thousands of Muslim migrant workers from Burma risk being fined and deported from Thailand after June 30, under a new law that campaigners say may increase abuse and trafficking.

    Lead Story News

    Police seize drugs worth over $1 million in Shan and Karen State

    Drugs worth approximately 1.6 billion kyat ($1.15 million USD) were seized in Shan State over the weekend.

    Land Lead Story News

    Rural poor squeezed by land concessions in Mekong region: report

    Companies acquired concessions amounting to the size of a small European country, while rural residents of Southeast Asia’s Mekong region saw their landholdings shrink or disappear over the past two decades, according to researchers.

    Drugs Lead Story News

    Drug woes in Burma may spur on peace

    Burma has promised to speed up peace efforts with ethnic minority groups in order to better tackle drug trafficking across its borders.

    ASEAN Drugs Lead Story News

    ASEAN looks to tackle organised crime

    ASEAN member states met at the United Nations to set up a framework for border control cooperation as latest statistics showed that illicit trade and organised crime amounts to $100 billion in the region.

    ASEAN International Relations Lead Story News

    Burma to be one focus of ASEAN summit but little progress expected

    Southeast Asian leaders will focus on trade wars, the crisis in Burma and security tensions in the disputed South China Sea at a summit this weekend, but it’s highly unlikely there will be any headline-grabbing progress on the issues.

    Lead Story Media News Politics

    Flock of followers descends on SE Asia’s Twitter users, but are they real?

    A surge of suspicious Twitter accounts has descended on users in Southeast Asia, leaving many to wonder what the platform is doing to ensure their privacy.

    Human Rights Lead Story News

    Rights in poorer nations must be upheld as Thai firms go abroad: activists

    Thailand’s businesses and its government must do more to protect the rights of vulnerable people abroad, analysts and activists said, after a landmark case filed by Cambodian farmers in a Bangkok court against a Thai sugar firm.

    Human Rights Lead Story Migrants Issues News

    Fishermen long for justice as Thailand comes under UN scrutiny

    Thailand’s fishing industry has long been dogged by allegations of abuses. The country is under further international scrutiny this week as a team of UN experts undertake their first visit to examine human rights in a wide range of businesses in Thailand, including the fishing and seafood sectors.

    Features Lead Story Refugees

    Living in limbo: Indonesia’s refugees face uncertain future

    Many refugees across Southeast Asia have no access to citizenship and few rights in the country where they live.

    Environment Lead Story News

    Carbon prices too low to protect Southeast Asian forests from rubber expansion

    The price of carbon credits must rise drastically if they are to help protect Southeast Asia’s tropical forests against rubber plantation expansion, according to researchers.

    Labour Issues Lead Story Migrants Issues News

    ‘Progress and persistent abuses’ in Thailand’s fishing industry, says ILO

    Fishermen in Thailand remain at risk of forced labour, and the identity documents and wages of some continue to be withheld, despite pressure from major retailers to clean up the industry, the International Labour Organization (ILO) said on Wednesday.

    Lead Story News

    Mrauk U: tensions, protests and its bid for UNESCO protection

    Should tourists still visit Mrauk U? After the deadly protests last month, DVB takes a look at how the community is reacting and how tourism is being affected.

    ASEAN Lead Story News

    Scale and complexity of terror threat to Southeast Asia growing: ASEAN

    The terrorist threat facing Southeast Asia is growing as foreign fighters return to the region, Southeast Asian defence ministers said in a joint statement on Tuesday in which they pledged to improve cooperation to tackle militancy.

    Lead Story Migrants Issues News

    ‘It was torture’: Grim tales in Thai fishing sector despite reforms

    Trafficked into work and routinely abused, migrant fishermen in Thailand are still subject to forced labour despite efforts by the government to clean up the industry, advocacy groups say.

    ASEAN Lead Story Media News

    ‘Fake news’ crutch used by Southeast Asian leaders to control media: critics

    Governments across Southeast Asia have a history of using laws and the judiciary to curb press freedoms, and now, they have found a handy crutch to lean on as they intensify clampdowns: US President Donald Trump’s “fake news” mantra.

    Health Lead Story News

    Thailand battles drug-resistant malaria strains that imperil global campaign

    Once a smuggling stop for Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge guerrillas, a Thai border town finds itself on the frontline of a new battle against drug-resistant strains of malaria that could frustrate global attempts to stamp out the disease.

    Land Lead Story News

    Women land defenders in Asia need protection as violence rises

    Women land rights defenders in Asia are at greater risk of violence and harassment, according to rights groups who are calling on authorities to do more to protect them as conflicts over land and resources get increasingly bloody.

    ASEAN Lead Story Migrants Issues News

    ASEAN urged to ease rules on migrant workers

    The World Bank is urging ASEAN member countries to ease labour restrictions so migrant workers can earn money overseas to boost welfare and deepen economic integration.

    Lead Story Migrants Issues News

    Trafficking, debt bondage rampant in Thai fishing industry: study

    More than a third of migrant fishermen in Thailand clearly were victims of trafficking over the past five years and even more workers in the industry were possibly trafficked as well, according to a report published on Thursday.

    Economy International Relations Lead Story News

    ASEAN economies get a lift from China. Later, they may get the bill

    China is ploughing money into Southeast Asia, but as welcome as all this economic activity is to the region, it could also present political problems, as countries confront China over issues such as its claims in the South China Sea.

    Crime Lead Story News

    Demand for child webcam sex in Mekong ‘outstripping supply,’ UN says

    Demand for sex with children is an emerging cause of human trafficking in the Mekong region, the United Nations said on Thursday, as it pointed to a shift in child sex webcam centres from the Philippines to Thailand.

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