ASIA NEWS BITES: Aussie Jailed in Cambodia for 'Womb for Rent'; Chinese Chatbots Criticize CPP; Hong Kong Eyes Civil Service Academy; Tougher NK Sanctions Sought
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ASIA NEWS BITES: Trump Says Taiwan Company Could Triple US Investments; Samsung Exec Fronts in Court; Germany Expels Vietnam Press Attache
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OPINION: Urgent Investigation Needed into Shocking Abduction of Thai Activist in Laos
Wuthipong was put in a car and driven away to an unknown location while his wife and his friend were left at the scene
Thailand Bucks Trend by Repatriating Taiwanese Fraud Suspects to Taiwan
Today’s move by Thai authorities was doubly surprising given there have been signs of increasing Chinese interference in Thailand or at least a willingness on the part of the junta-led Thai government to comply to China’s wishes.
ASIA NEWS BITES: US Plane Dodges Chinese Jet over East China Sea; Protests in Beijing; China’s ‘Unhackable’ Internet; Singapore Link to North Korea Probed
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ASIA NEWS BITES: Jokowi Eyes Duterte-Style Drug War; Another Top Cadre Falls in China; Hong Kong Strongman Dies; India’s New Phone for the Masses
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ASIA NEWS BITES: Beijing Touts AI Plans; Casino Kidnappings in Manila; North Korea's Savage Drought; Taiwan Extends Plastic Bag Ban
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ASIA NEWS BITES: Details Emerging of North Korean Execution Sites; Verdicts in Massive Thailand Human Trafficking Trial; Samsung’s Siri Says ‘Hello’
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ASIA NEWS BITES: WhatsApp Becomes Victim of China's Internet Clampdown; Reports Reveal NK's Public Executions; Japan Space Drone Sends First Pictures
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ASIA NEWS BITES: Taiwan Marks 30 Yrs Since Martial Law; Tibetan Self-Immolates in India; Sales of 'Nuclear Shelters' Climb in Japan on North Korea Threat
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ASIA NEWS BITES: Activists Detained as Xi Arrives in Hong Kong; US Navy Could Visit Taiwan Under Big Potential Change; Japan's Bomb Shelter Demand
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FEATURE: Inside Beijing's Project Teaching Thai Students Chinese
Thousands of Chinese college graduates, sponsored by the Chinese government, teach Chinese in Thai public schools. But does it help China’s soft power?
ASIA NEWS BITES: 100 Feared Dead in China Landslide; Thai Sex Scandal; North Korea Denials over Otto Warmbier
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ASIA NEWS BITES: Greece Vetoes Tough EU Stance on China Human Rights; New Alzheimer's Treatment in Taiwan; China Uses Facial Recognition Software on Jaywalking
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ASIA NEWS BITES: South Korea’s 'Gay Witch Hunt'; Dennis Rodman to Visit North Korea; Panama Cuts Ties with Taiwan after Chinese Pressure
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ASIA NEWS BITES: Islamists Kill 13 in Philippines, US to Help Duterte; Thai Man Jailed 35 Years for Facebook Posts; China's One Dog Policy
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ASIA NEWS BITES: China Seizes on US Climate Inaction; Tiananmen Remembered; Duterte Won't Negotiate with ISIS; Crackdown in Tibet
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OPINION: Turkish Man Deported from Thailand and Burma Now at Serious Risk
Ill-treatment, unfair trials await those sought by Turkey over alleged Gulenist links.