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June 30, 2022
Rights Groups Urge Thailand Not to Force Captive Uyghurs Back to China

'If [the] Thai government sends them back to China, it’s like we send them to death,' says opposition lawmaker Rangsiman Rome.
June 22, 2022
Thailand’s Legalization of Cannabis Sparks Health Concerns, Confusion

Thailand is facing wide criticism for legalizing cannabis before putting sturdy guardrails against its abuse in place, and doubts authorities can do much to stem likely rise in its recreational use
June 14, 2022
Malaysia Revives Plans to End Mandatory Death Sentences

Rights groups are only cautiously optimistic, having seen similar plans falter
June 09, 2022
Monsoon Season Expected to Give Myanmar’s Anti-Junta Rebels a Boost

Analysts say the coming rains will bog down the army’s ground forces and hobble its air support for the next few months
May 31, 2022
2021 Another Record Year for Meth Seizures in Southeast Asia

In its latest report on the region’s synthetic drug trade, the UNODC says local drug gangs keep adapting, expanding and scaling up
May 12, 2022
Indonesia, Malaysia ‘Exceptions’ in Another Bleak Year for World Forests

Researchers say both countries cut their primary forest losses for a fifth straight year, but worry mounting forces could soon start driving losses up again.
May 10, 2022
Malaysia Suggests ASEAN Engage Myanmar’s Shadow Government

Move quickly condemned by military regime that seized control of country’s government last year
April 29, 2022
Myanmar Rebel Group Denies Role in Alleged Drugs-for-Weapons Scheme

The Karen National Union denies claims by the US DEA that its armed wing planned to trade heroin for arms, including surface-to-air missiles
April 18, 2022
Ramadan Truce a Ray of Hope for Thailand's Deep South Peace Talks

A tenuous truce and new framework for talks between the Thai government and separatist rebels is raising hopes of real progress toward a lasting peace
April 06, 2022
Rights Group Files Torture Case Against Myanmar Junta in Turkey

Disappointed by UN’s response to junta’s alleged atrocities, Myanmar Accountability Project hopes to see junta leaders on trial in Turkey’s courts
March 31, 2022
Thai-China Submarine Deal Runs Aground on EU Arms Embargo

The Royal Thai Navy and China’s state-owned China Shipbuilding & Offshore International Co., or CSOC, signed the $402 million deal for the Yuan-class S26T submarine in 2017, with delivery originally expected by the end of next year.
March 14, 2022
Armed Resistance to Myanmar Junta Holding Firm Against Military Onslaught

Myanmar’s military junta is still struggling to hold much of the countryside more than a year after its coup, and faces mounting attacks in some urban areas, analysts say
March 08, 2022
UN: Myanmar’s Militias, Rebel Armies Ramping Up Drug Trade

The UN Office on Drugs and Crime says armed groups 'on both sides' of Myanmar’s conflict have been spreading record volumes of meth over much of Asia since last year’s coup
March 01, 2022
Myanmar Diaspora Bankrolling Armed Resistance to Junta Back Home

Myanmar ethnic minority communities in US, elsewhere pouring hundreds of thousands, possibly millions, of dollars into guerrilla war against junta
February 15, 2022
Thai Prime Minister’s Aide Spearheads Push to Cancel Amnesty International

Seksakol Atthawong, a vice minister in the prime minister’s office, says he has 1 million signatures on a petition to kick the human rights group out of Thailand.
February 09, 2022
Forced Labor Claims at Malaysian Firms Spur Spate of US Import Bans

The Malaysian companies have either promised to investigate the allegations or announced plans to upgrade their employees’ cramped and dingy dormitories, reimburse them for the crippling fees they had to pay job recruiters and other reforms.
January 24, 2022
Malaysia’s Top Anti-Corruption Cop Sues Whistleblower for Defamation

Azam Baki, chief commissioner of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission, filed suit against Lalitha Kunaratnam January 12 seeking some $2.38 million in damages and costs over a pair of articles first published in October by the Independent News Service, a local online news outlet.
December 17, 2021
Myanmar Junta Blocking Aid to Families Displaced by Post-Coup Fighting, Rights Groups Say

Rights groups say it’s deliberately starving civilians of lifesaving supplies to try to crush a growing armed resistance.
December 10, 2021
Cambodian Refugees in Thailand ‘Don’t Feel Safe’ After Arrests, Deportations

Thailand has sent four UN-registered refugees back to Cambodia in the past month, driving dozens of others into hiding.
December 03, 2021
China Launches High-Speed Rail Through Laos in First Leg of SE Asia Corridor

As Laos braces for impact with its giant neighbor, China looks ahead to Thailand and Malaysia.

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