By Chantha Lach and Thomas Suen SREI SNAM, Cambodia, Dec 11 (Reuters) – Bullets were flying as Cambodian casino worker Chay Rey and her family fled their home amid border clashes between Thai and Cambodian forces this week. “My husband and I were trying to run away,” she said at a temple in the town …
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By Joyce Lee and Heejin Kim SEOUL, Dec 11 (Reuters) – Two workers died and two were missing and feared buried at a library construction site in the South Korean city of Gwangju on Thursday, after an iron structure at the site collapsed, Yonhap News Agency reported. Authorities took out a body trapped in the …
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DHAKA, Dec 11 (Reuters) – Bangladesh will vote on February 12 to elect a new parliament, the country’s Election Commission said on Thursday, its first national election since a deadly student-led uprising forced then Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to flee to India last year. An interim administration led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus has governed …
By Francesco Guarascio HANOI, Dec 10 (Reuters) – Vietnam’s parliament adopted reforms to the media and state secrets laws on Wednesday which press freedom advocates say will make it harder for journalists to protect the identities of their sources and increase legal risks for reporting. “We are appalled by the further restriction to the legal …
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By Orathai Sriring and Panarat Thepgumpanat BANGKOK/PHNOM PENH, Dec 11 (Reuters) – Thailand and Cambodia held talks on Thursday to open a border crossing as their conflict extended into a fourth day, with both countries still waiting to hear from U.S. President Donald Trump, who says he believes he can put a stop to the …
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ISLAMABAD, Dec 11 (Reuters) – A military court in Pakistan jailed former spy chief Faiz Hamid for 14 years on four charges including interference in politics, the army said on Thursday, in a rare conviction of a once-powerful general in the South Asian nation. Hamid, in custody and under trial since August last year, was …
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SEOUL, Dec 11 (Reuters) – One worker died and two were missing and feared buried at a library construction site in the South Korean city of Gwangju on Thursday, after an iron structure at the site collapsed, fire authorities said. A fourth person was trapped and authorities were trying to free the worker, the Gwangju …
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By Jack Kim SEOUL, Dec 11 (Reuters) – South Korean President Lee Jae Myung accepted the resignation of the Oceans Minister on Thursday after Chun Jae-soo said he was stepping down to focus on disproving claims he received illegal payments from the Unification Church. Chun called the claims “completely false” and said he had offered …
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HANOI, Dec 11 (Reuters) – Industrial plants in the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi have come under renewed pressure to scale back their operations as authorities respond to a week of heavy and hazardous smog in the city. Vietnam’s Ministry of Health earlier this week urged power, steel and chemical plants to cut output when the …
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By Silvia Ognibene and Emilio Parodi PRATO, Italy, Dec 11 (Reuters) – A landmark trial in Italy of Chinese crime gangs has suffered so many mishaps – from the disappearance of documents to the resignation of interpreters – that a senior prosecutor suspects it’s being sabotaged to protect the criminals’ grip on Europe’s fashion industry. The case, …
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