Myanmar opposes Timor Leste’s ASEAN membership
Myanmar has officially informed Malaysia, the current ASEAN chair, that it will not support Timor Leste’s accession in October, according to informed sources.
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Myanmar has officially informed Malaysia, the current ASEAN chair, that it will not support Timor Leste’s accession in October, according to informed sources.
The Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) has denied any involvement in a case concerning bags of rice, found for sale in China and labelled as “Cambodia Hom Mali”, containing Cambodian rice, but displaying the Thai national flag on the packaging.
Myanmar's junta chief said the country plans to hold elections in December and January, state media reported Thursday, pressing ahead with polls denounced as a sham by international monitors.
Human rights group Amnesty International accused Cambodia’s government on Thursday of "deliberately ignoring" abuses by cybercrime gangs that have trafficked people from across the world, including children, into slavery at brutal scam compounds.
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A group of about 30 Cambodians caused a disturbance on Wednesday, by dancing and singing using a loudhailer, at the un-demarcated Prasat Ta Khwai historical site in Surin’s Phanom Dong Rak district.
The Thai Army has announced that Cambodia’s deployment of troops and the aiming of its long-range artillery at Thailand’s Kantharalak district, in the north-eastern province of Si Sa Ket, poses a national security threat to Thailand.
Cambodian Senate President Hun Sen on Friday called on international community to urge Thailand to resolve its current border dispute with Cambodia through the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
Myanmar's military junta and opposition forces are fighting over control of a lucrative trade route into Thailand, with shells and aerial attacks regularly forcing children to flee their schools, teachers and a parent told AFP.
The Cambodian government has agreed to pull its troops back from the disputed zone in Ubon Ratchathani’s Nam Yuen district, possibly out of fear that Thailand would suspend electricity supplies to Cambodian border towns.
At least 15 people were killed when a bus carrying university students smashed into a minivan in northern Malaysia early Monday, local rescue services said.
The state-run Transport Company has suspended its daily bus services from Bangkok to Phnom Penh and Siem Reap in Cambodia, effective today, citing border crossing restrictions.