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Miss Grand Thailand Reaches Top 20

YANGON — Thailand’s representative to the Miss Grand International pageant was among 20 contestants in the contest’s final round Thursday night. Miss Grand Thailand Nam-oi...

Cambodia Charges Japanese Man in Sex Trafficking Case

PHNOM PENH — A Japanese man and two Cambodians were charged Tuesday with allegedly tricking Cambodian women into working in the sex trade in Japan.

Remnants of Ancient Underground City Discovered Beneath Angkor Wat

LONDON — An Australian archaeologist says he and colleagues have found evidence of previously undiscovered medieval urban and agricultural networks surrounding the ancient city of Angkor Wat.

In an Instant, Vietnam Execution Photo Framed a View of War

NEW YORK — It was a fraction of a second that jolted Americans' view of the Vietnam War.

Indonesia Police Arrests Dozens in Raid on Jakarta Gay Sauna

JAKARTA — Indonesian police say they detained dozens of men in a raid on a gay sauna in the capital Jakarta.

Nearly 80% of China-Laos Railway Project Completed

NANNING (Xinhua) — Nearly 80 percent of the construction of the China-Laos railway has been completed, said Lao Deputy Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone on Saturday.

Grab Buys Uber’s Southeast Asia Ridesharing Business

Fast growing ridesharing, food delivery and financial services business Grab is acquiring Uber's Southeast Asian business operations
David Stilwell, the U.S. State Department’s assistant secretary for East Asia and the Pacific, left, speaks during a forum in Kuala Lumpur, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019. The senior U.S. official says a free and open Indo-Pacific concept is not a move to expand U.S. domination but reflects Washington’s “enduring engagement” to prosper the region. Photo: Vincent Thian / AP

US Official Urges ASEAN to Stand up to China in Sea Row

KUALA LUMPUR (AP) — A senior U.S. official on Thursday urged Southeast Asian nations meeting this weekend in Bangkok to put up a stiffer resistance to China's militarization of the disputed South China Sea.
File photo. Photo: Kyle Zimmerman

7-Meter Python Swallows Indonesian Woman

JAKARTA — A 7-meter-long python has swallowed a woman in central Indonesia, a village official said Saturday.
David Noel Catry of Belgium gets off form a prison truck upon its arrival Friday at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court in Phnom Penh. Photo: Lok Samret / Associated Press

Belgian Gets Life for Cambodian Cocaine Smuggling

PHNOM PENH — A Cambodian court has sentenced a Belgian man to life in prison for smuggling cocaine into the country.

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