Laos has been faced with a chronic shortage of teachers and healthcare workers in recent years.
But the government’s plan to hire only 800 state employees this year – only some of whom will be teachers and medical staff – due to budgetary constra…
Myanmar’s military junta has warned ASEAN not to interfere with its internal matters after the regional bloc said it will establish a special envoy’s office to deal with the post-coup crisis in the country.
Indonesia’s Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi at…
Cambodian opposition party advisor Kong Korm has agreed to voluntarily turn over his estimated U.S.$10 million house to the government, bringing to an end a property dispute that dates back to the 1980s.
Prime Minister Hun Sen, who has ruled Cambodia s…
China says it will require its journalists to take a national professional exam that will test their political correctness and allegiance to China’s rulers. Those who don’t toe the party line could have their press credentials revoked, mimicking a crac…
Continue ReadingThai authorities arresting a Myanmar arms broker last year confiscated assets owned by the children of junta chief Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, a legal watchdog has learned, prompting calls for a probe into their ties and to block their access to Thail…
Continue ReadingAs the 2023 chair of ASEAN, Indonesia must push Myanmar to end violence and restore democracy nearly two years after the Burmese generals overthrew an elected government, Human Rights Watch said Thursday in launching its worldwide annual report.
The Ne…
Myanmar’s junta continues to arrest doctors and other medically-trained workers for participating in a civil disobedience movement to resist the military junta’s 2021 coup, healthcare workers say.
In the months following the February 2021 coup, about 6…
