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Myanmar

Relative of Myanmar’s ex-dictator arrested over social media posts

Nay Soe Maung faces charges under the Penal Code, Anti-Terrorism Act and Electronic Communications Act.

South China Sea

Vietnam builds airstrip on reclaimed island in South China Sea

New satellite imagery shows a runway being built on Barque Canada reef.

North Korea

Putin doesn’t deny reports about North Korean involvement in Ukraine war

Ukraine intelligence said the first North Korean soldiers had been deployed to the front line in Kursk Oblast.

Pacific

UN experts 'alarmed' by New Caledonia deaths as Pacific fact-finding mission readies

UN Human Rights Committee challenges France on security operations and its attitude to decolonization.

Vietnam

Man who took part in nationwide protests in 2018 released early from prison

Tran Long Phi is the third high-profile prisoner in a month to be set free.

Screenshot of a video posted on the Ukrainian Defense Intelligence Directorate’s Telegram channel for the surrender hotline “I Want to Live” project.

North Korea

Ukraine urges North Korean soldiers to surrender, offers food, shelter

The offer came the same day that the US and NATO confirmed evidence North Korean troops were in Russia.

Vietnam

Man who took part in nationwide protests in 2018 released early from prison

Tran Long Phi is the third high-profile prisoner in a month to be set free.

Cambodia

Cambodian journalist freed on bail after apology over posts

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Mech Dara is known for his coverage of online scam centers.

This screengrab from an aerial video taken on October 28, 2019 shows the Mekong river in Sungkom district in Nong Khai province, more than 300 km from the Xayaburi dam.

Environment

Xayaburi dam fish study raises conflict of interest questions

2024-10-24

The results, far from proving success of dam’s fish ladder, show more Mekong dams shouldn’t be built: experts.

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