North Korea Signs Nonaggression Pact with Asean
By JAE-SOON CHANG / AP WRITER
North Korea's communist government signed a nonaggression pact with Asean in a rare departure from its traditional isolationism.
Asean EU-style Union Likely to Stumble
By WILLIAM BOOT
Asean’s plan to create a block of counties that share a single business market, labor mobility and principles of human rights is a lofty goal. |
Singapore Pushes back on Pushy Press at Asean Meeting
By EILEEN NG / AP WRITER
With a huge pack of journalists, photographers and TV crews scrambling over diplomats from 27 countries in the lobby of Singapore's swank Shangri-La Hotel, the rule-obsessed government of Singapore on Wednesday issued a stern advisory to the media: behave. |
Scribe's Murder, Temple Dispute Muddy Cambodian Polls
By ANDREW NETTE / IPS WRITER
Cambodia has entered the final week of its national election campaign shocked by the murder of a well-known journalist and facing an increasingly tense standoff with Thailand over a disputed 11th century Hindu temple. |
Thailand Refugee Policy Gets Mixed Reviews
By IRIN
Thailand’s treatment of refugees has come under scrutiny for confining some refugees in camps for years and allegedly forcing others back home where they risk persecution. |
Malaysian Opposition Leader Freed on Bail
By JULIA ZAPPEI / AP WRITER
Police freed Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim on bail Thursday after holding him overnight in connection with a sodomy accusation. |
Cambodia, Thailand to Hold Talks Next Week
By SOPHENG CHEANG / AP WRITER / PREAH VIHEAR
Cambodia and Thailand escalated their troop buildup Thursday at disputed territory near a historic border temple despite moves to hold talks next week to defuse the flare-up in tensions. |
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Malaysia's Anwar Arrested for Suspected Sodomy |
| By EILEEN NG / AP WRITER / KUALA LUMPUR |
| Malaysian police arrested opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim on Wednesday on suspicion that he sodomized a male aide, pre-empting his voluntary appearance at the police headquarters to answer the allegation. |
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Asean Welcomes North Korea to Join Nonaggression Treaty |
| By JIM GOMEZ / AP WRITER / MANILA |
| Southeast Asian foreign ministers meeting this weekend will welcome North Korea's plan to join a regional nonaggression treaty, according to a copy of a draft statement seen on Wednesday. |
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Asia Rice Prices Add to Inflation Woes |
| By BRUCE LIM / IPS WRITER / BANGKOK |
| Asia—a region that produces and consumes the most quantities of the staple—continue to feel the pinch of the rise in rice prices amid inflation that has been climbing in many countries over the last four months. |
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Thai Troops Accused of Entering Cambodia |
| By KER MUNTHIT / AP WRITER / PHNOM PENH |
| A Cambodian official claimed Tuesday that about 40 Thai troops crossed into Cambodia's territory as tensions mounted in a dispute over land near an ancient border temple. The Thai military denied any incursion. |
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