POLITICS-MEDIA: BANGKOK – Media urge regime to scrap press curbs
Reporters, editors and other media workers held meetings to demand freedom of the press on World Press Freedom Day, Thursday,
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ASEAN DIPLOMACY: JAKARTA – Sultan seeks to bolster alliance with Indonesia
His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Haji Omar ‘Ali Saifuddien Sa’adul Khairi Waddien, Sultan and
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ENVIRONMENT-CALAMITY: Myanmar – Waste landslide at Myanmar jade mining site kills 14
Local jade scavengers watch as authorities use backhoes to uncover bodies at the site of a landslide on Friday that
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POLITICS-GE14 ELECTION: BALING, Malaysia – Zahid expects a last minute attack from the opposition
Caretaker Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi speaks at the ground-breaking ceremony of the Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM)
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MEDIA-FAKE NEWS: KUALA LUMPUR – Danish citizen jailed under new Malaysian anti-fake news law
Danish national Salah Salem Saleh Sulaiman escorted by police, arrives at a court house in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. – AP
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ASIAN TOP NEWS-KOREAS: South Korea to remove propaganda loudspeakers at border
File photo shows South Korean soldiers removing loudspeakers used for propaganda near the demilitarised zone between South and North Korea,
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ASIAN-KOREA POLITICS: SEOUL – NORTH Korea offers to shut nuclear test site in May, invite US experts
Kim Jong Un plans to shut down North Korea’s nuclear test site in May, Seoul says. — AFP Photo/STR .
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POLITICS-DIPLOMACY: SINGAPORE – Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc meets Philippine President on ASEAN Summit sidelines
Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc meets with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte in Singapore yesterday on the sidelines of the 32nd
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AMERICA HEADLINE NEWS: WASHINGTON, US – Trump calls on Democratic senator to resign after VA pick drops out
Trump had already singled out Senator Jon Tester, blaming him for his VA pick stepping down.— AFP . NORTH AMERICA
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POLITICS-MALAYSIA’S GE14 ELECTION: ROUND-UP: GEORGE TOWN – GE14 proves to be crowded affair in Penang
Supporters in Penang. . . GEORGE TOWN: The 14th General Election (GE14) looks set to be a crowded affair in
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