Australian Charged With Violating Cambodia’s Surrogacy Ban
PHNOM PENH — A court in Cambodia has charged an Australian woman and two Cambodians with violating the country's new ban on providing commercial surrogacy services.
Freedom Fighters: Prison Doesn’t Deter Vietnam’s Dissident Bloggers
HO CHI MINH CITY — It was mid-morning the day 20 police officers from the Vietnam People’s Public Security barged into a downtown Saigon kindergarten and laid their gazes on Pham Chi Dung. Before the startled looks of parents, teachers and children, he was taken away. Among those staring was his three-year-old son, who he had just dropped off moments earlier.
UN Calls on Myanmar to Investigate Rape Allegations
UNITED NATIONS — A U.N. official is calling on Myanmar to investigate allegations of sexual assault in northern Rakhine state following recent border attacks.
East Asian Media Puzzled and Disturbed by Trump Victory
BANGKOK — Media outlets in East Asia scrambled Thursday to make sense of Donald Trump’s surprise presidential victory.
US Urges Humanitarian Access to Strife-Hit Rakhine
WASHINGTON — The United States called Wednesday for restoration of full humanitarian access in a strife-hit region of western Myanmar where the United Nations says more than 150,000 people, including 3,000 malnourished children, are being denied aid.
Chinese Navy Ships to Make First Port Call at Cam Ranh Bay
HANOI, Vietnam — Three Chinese navy ships will make their first port call this weekend at the Vietnam's strategic Cam Ranh Bay, coming as the countries are locked in a territorial dispute in the South China Sea.
Mekong Effort Fails After Years of Lavish Foreign Funding
BANGKOK — When Western governments began pouring money into the Mekong River Commission, they hoped it would help four Southeast Asian countries cooperate in responsibly managing one of the world's great rivers.
Cambodia Jails Opposition Lawmaker Critical of Gov’t
PHNOM PENH — A Cambodian court on Monday sentenced an opposition lawmaker who has been a strong critic of the government's handling of demarcating the border with neighboring Vietnam to 2 1/2 years in prison for online postings he made.
Academics Warn SEA Human Rights in Regression
BANGKOK — Southeast Asia is witnessing a curb on freedom of expression, freedom of assembly and an overt use of security acts, said Professor Vitit Muntabhorn of Chulalongkorn University’s Faculty of Law, Monday at the 4 International Conference on Human Rights and Peace and Conflict in Southeast Asia in Bangkok.
Cambodian Opposition Skips Parliamentary Session, Cites Danger
PHNOM PENH — Cambodia's opposition party unexpectedly failed to attend the reopening of parliament on Friday, setting back hopes of a political truce with the government of Prime Minister Hun Sen.
