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- Chinese-Backed Banana Plantations in Myanmar’s Kachin State Prompt Fear of Environmental Damage, Land Loss
- Court to Investigate Disappearance of CCTV Evidence in Myanmar Toddler Rape Case
- Thai Investors Look to Bring Mass Tourism to Myanmar’s Myeik Archipelago
- Grenade Attack Targets Home of Myanmar MP on Indian Border
- Myanmar Parliament Will Vote on Charter Change Before Election, Speaker Vows
- Hong Kong Police Retrieve Fresh Trove of Petrol Bombs From University
- Death Toll in Philippine Typhoon Rises to 10 as Storm Moves Off
- US Judge Disqualifies Huawei Lawyer From Fraud, Sanctions Case
| Posted: 04 Dec 2019 08:06 AM PST  Kachin farmers say they were too quick to take easy cash to rent land to Chinese-run banana plantations. They now pay the price in poor health and environmental damage. |
| Court to Investigate Disappearance of CCTV Evidence in Myanmar Toddler Rape Case Posted: 04 Dec 2019 05:36 AM PST  A Naypyitaw court will inspect a CCTV hard drive to investigate how key evidence that might have exonerated the primary suspect in a prominent toddler rape case disappeared. |
| Thai Investors Look to Bring Mass Tourism to Myanmar’s Myeik Archipelago Posted: 04 Dec 2019 03:38 AM PST  The government's investment agency has been holding talks with Thai businessmen about bringing large numbers of tourists to southern Myanmar's untouched islands. |
| Grenade Attack Targets Home of Myanmar MP on Indian Border Posted: 04 Dec 2019 03:20 AM PST  Unknown attackers threw a defective grenade at the home of a lawmaker in Sagaing Region, in what may be retaliation for raising the issue of Indian militants in the area. |
| Myanmar Parliament Will Vote on Charter Change Before Election, Speaker Vows Posted: 04 Dec 2019 12:34 AM PST  Myanmar Parliament will be able to vote on legislation to amend the Constitution before its current term ends, Speaker says. |
| Hong Kong Police Retrieve Fresh Trove of Petrol Bombs From University Posted: 03 Dec 2019 09:30 PM PST  Police re-enter Hong Kong's Polytechnic University and remove a newly discovered cache of petrol bombs left behind by anti-government protesters last month. |
| Death Toll in Philippine Typhoon Rises to 10 as Storm Moves Off Posted: 03 Dec 2019 09:03 PM PST  In Philippines, death toll from Typhoon Kammuri rises to 10; thousands forced to evacuate homes in provinces south of Manila. |
| US Judge Disqualifies Huawei Lawyer From Fraud, Sanctions Case Posted: 03 Dec 2019 08:49 PM PST  New York judge disqualifies Washington lawyer who previously served as No. 2 in US Justice Department from defending China's Huawei in fraud, sanctions case. |
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