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ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal

Jun 16, 2018

Vietnam police to prosecute American for causing public disorder: report

Police in Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City on Friday issued a prosecution order for an American man of Vietnamese descent for his alleged involvement in a protest over government plans for economic zones last week, state media reported.

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ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health

Jun 15, 2018

Hong Kong scientists say new research points to universal antibody drug for HIV

A team of AIDS researchers in Hong Kong says its new research, tested on mice, indicates a functional cure for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, eventually leading to a new antibody that could be used for both prevention and treatment.

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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics

Jun 15, 2018

Crackdown and cash: Hun Sen's recipe for victory in Cambodian election

By Tom Allard and Prak Chan Thul

Drenched in sweat and more than an hour into a speech urging 16,000 garment factory workers to vote for the ruling party, Prime Minister Hun Sen of Cambodia revived the restless crowd by announcing that everyone would receive a cash gift.

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ASIA PACIFIC

Jun 15, 2018

Seoul says presence of U.S. forces can't be negotiated away in U.S. talks with North Korea

U.S. forces in South Korea are not subject to negotiations between North Korea and the United States, as they are a matter for the alliance between United States and South Korea, a senior official in South Korea's presidential office said on Friday.

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ASIA PACIFIC

Jun 15, 2018

Trump says his agreement with North Korea will be good for China

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday praised China's President Xi Jinping for helping secure an agreement toward North Korea's denuclearization, and said the deal would be good for Beijing.

ASIA PACIFIC

Jun 15, 2018

China carries out missile drills in South China Sea amid heightened tensions

China's navy carried out drills in the South China Sea to simulate fending off an aerial attack, state media said on Friday, as China and the United States trade barbs over who is responsible for heightened tensions in the disputed waterways.

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ASIA PACIFIC / Society

Jun 15, 2018

Indigenous Taiwanese, seeking rights to ancestral lands, set up camp in Taipei city park

By Rina Chandran

Taipei's Peace Memorial Park is an oasis of calm in the bustling city, home to morning walkers and lunchtime strollers — along with a camp of indigenous protesters demanding justice.

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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics

Jun 14, 2018

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pushes back against claims of North Korean sanctions relief, says it depends on denuclearization

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo emphasized that Kim Jong Un wouldn't receive sanctions relief until after his complete disarmament, pushing back against North Korean suggestions that penalties would soon start being relaxed.

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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics

Jun 14, 2018

Right-wing Australian party loses power to block Turnbull's bills

A defection from Australia's most prominent right-wing political party, Pauline Hanson's One Nation, on Thursday robbed it of its ability to block Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's legislation, raising the prospect he can introduce tax cuts.

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ASIA PACIFIC

Jun 14, 2018

Moon echoes Trump, says world has escaped North Korea's nuclear weapons threat

South Korean President Moon Jae-In said Thursday the world had escaped the threat of war after this week's Singapore summit, echoing U.S. President Donald Trump's upbeat assessment of his meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics

Jun 14, 2018

Summit with Trump plays well in Pyongyang as Kim boasts global rise

When Kim Jong Un made his first official trip outside North Korea in March, he slipped into China aboard an armored train and his countrymen didn't learn about it until he was safely home. Kim's excursion to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump was a much different story.

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ASIA PACIFIC

Jun 13, 2018

China's massive 'magic island-maker' dredging vessel completes sea trials

By Jesse Johnson

China's most advanced dredging vessel — which it calls "a magic island-maker" — returned to a shipyard in Qidong, in eastern Jiangsu province on Tuesday after completing its first sea trial, state-run media said Wednesday.

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