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Philippines launches final phase to clean up oil spill from sunken tanker
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Philippines launches final phase to clean up oil spill from sunken tanker

About 120,000 to 240,000 liters of fuel are believed to be inside MT Princess Empress.

Thai authority plans power shutdown to 2 areas in southeastern Myanmar
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Thai authority plans power shutdown to 2 areas in southeastern Myanmar

Electricity is to be shut off to area housing illicit casinos, Mae Sot officials say.

Thai police arrest more than 100 in search for illegal immigrants from Myanmar
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Thai police arrest more than 100 in search for illegal immigrants from Myanmar

Arrests follow discovery of house producing weapons for rebels fighting junta across border.

Bangladesh court orders Nobel Laureate Yunus to pay $1.2M tax on donations
Bangladesh

Bangladesh court orders Nobel Laureate Yunus to pay $1.2M tax on donations

Cases are part of what some say is a years-long saga of political vendetta by the government.

Philippines launches final phase to clean up oil spill from sunken tanker
Philippines

Philippines launches final phase to clean up oil spill from sunken tanker

About 120,000 to 240,000 liters of fuel are believed to be inside MT Princess Empress.

Members of the Philippine Coast Guard wave American, Japanese and Filipino flags during welcome ceremonies for Japanese and American coast guard ships as they dock at Manila’s South Harbor, June 1, 2023.
Philippines

Philippines, Japan, US coast guards kick off first trilateral sea exercises

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The drills are taking place June 1 to 7 in Philippine waters near the disputed South China Sea.

The Payra thermal plant, seen in this file photo, produces electricity in the Patuakhali district in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh

Heat wave, coal shortages force electricity blackouts in Bangladesh

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Chinese supplier cuts off delivery over lack of payments on $400 million debt.

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Democracy in Indonesia 25 years after the fall of Suharto

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Indonesia: The rot behind Reformasi

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Proposal to boost Indonesian military’s powers ‘dangerous for democracy’
Indonesia

Proposal to boost Indonesian military’s powers ‘dangerous for democracy’

The armed forces want to expand regional commands and revise a law that regulates their role.

Protesters raise placards in a rally for press freedom in Quezon City, Philippines, February 15, 2019. Radio journalist Cris Bundoquin was shot dead in Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro, on Wednesday.
Philippines

Philippine radio broadcaster shot dead, police say

Cris Bundoquin is the third journalist slain since Marcos Jr. came to power in June 2022.

Palau’s President Surangel Whipps Jr. says his government will send a diplomatic note to China’s embassy to the Federated States of Micronesia over the incident.
Pacific

Palau says Chinese vessel slowed over undersea cable during incursion into waters

In this screen grab from video released by the U.S. military, a Chinese J-16 fighter jet carries out a maneuver that the U.S. military said was “unnecessarily aggressive” near an American reconnaissance plane flying above contested waters in the South China Sea, May 26, 2023.
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Chinese and US jets tangle over South China Sea

Chris Martin of Coldplay performs at Wembley Stadium in London, Aug. 12, 2022.
Region

As Coldplay fever grips Indonesia, Malaysia, religious right calls to cancel band’s shows

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