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Patience Tested

By Larry Jagan | Published in Bangkok Post 
The government of Aung San Suu Kyi has been in power in Myanmar for just over a year. But many people have become disillusioned with its performance. For the urban elite, the country seems directionless,… Continue reading “Patience Tested”

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Trump Scheduled Call with Thai and S’Pore about N.K.

By FNG Team
According to the reporting of Bangkok Post, U.S. President Donald Trump, arranged call with Thailand Prime Minster Prayut and Singapore. This phone conversation Continue reading “Trump Scheduled Call with Thai and S’Pore about N.K.”

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Philippines says Trump called Duterte to affirm alliance

MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte’s spokesman says U.S. President Donald Trump has called the Philippine leader and expressed Washington’s commitment to their treaty alliance and his interest in developing “a warm, working Continue reading “Philippines says Trump called Duterte to affirm alliance”

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Donald Trump’s warning of major conflict, as North Korea turns to Southeast Asian nations for support

Reuters, AFP and staff writers, News Corp Australia Network

US President Donald Trump said a major conflict with North Korea is possible in the standoff over its nuclear and missile programs, but he would prefer a diplomatic outcome to the dispute.

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Rohingya villagers tell of Myanmar forces’ reprisal killings after insurgents’ deadly attack

BY CARLOS SARDIÑA GALACHE | Post Mag | 12:00 M

Husbands, neighbours, grandsons – police and troops dragged them from their homes in Myo Thu Gyi, Rakhine state, and executed them. All were innocent civilians say witnesses to the killings, revenge for police deaths in a rebel raid. Continue reading “Rohingya villagers tell of Myanmar forces’ reprisal killings after insurgents’ deadly attack”

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Delta passenger was kicked off a plane for using the bathroom (Video)

By  | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | 1259 27 April 2017 
The way Kima Hamilton sees it, his urgent need to visit the restroom as a Milwaukee-bound Delta jet awaited takeoff was a misunderstanding blown all out of proportion. Continue reading “Delta passenger was kicked off a plane for using the bathroom (Video)”

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1 in custody after fires set at Trump International

By Rio Lacanlale | Las Vegas Review-Journal | 12:00 PM 27 April 2017 

A man was taken into custody Wednesday night after arson investigators found devices set to start two separate fires to Trump International. Continue reading “1 in custody after fires set at Trump International”

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Bangkok not ban street food vendor

Mi Sung | FNG News | 12:00 AM  27 April 2017 
Bangkok City administration not banning street food vendor in Yaowarat roads, night bazaar  and China town, senior official told FNG on Thursday.  Last week, street vendors worries, city crackdown on street food scene.  Continue reading “Bangkok not ban street food vendor”

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Myanmar bird’s eye view: Bagan’s Buddhist temples by balloon

By Todd Pitman | AP April 26 at 10:28 AM

BAGAN, Myanmar — The moment of takeoff was silent, and mesmerizing. Continue reading “Myanmar bird’s eye view: Bagan’s Buddhist temples by balloon”

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Jonathan Demme, ‘Silence of the Lambs’ Director, Dies at 73

By   | The Variety | April 27 2017 

Oscar-winning director Jonathan Demme died Wednesday in New York of cancer complications, his publicist told Variety. He was 73 years old. Continue reading “Jonathan Demme, ‘Silence of the Lambs’ Director, Dies at 73”

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Trump to visit South-east Asia, attend US-Asean summit in November

By Today Online | 26 April 2017 
JAKARTA — American President Donald Trump will visit South-east Asia in November, said Vice-President Mike Pence as he visited Jakarta on Thursday (April 20), Continue reading “Trump to visit South-east Asia, attend US-Asean summit in November”

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Here’s How Trump Can Succeed in Southeast Asia

BY NINA HACHIGIAN | Foreign Policy  | April 27 2017 4:05 PM 

Vice President Mike Pence visited the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Secretariat in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Thursday. ASEAN, which is celebrating its 50th birthday this Continue reading “Here’s How Trump Can Succeed in Southeast Asia”

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Aung San Suu Kyi to visit Philipine

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
MANILA – Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi will visit the Philippines for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit, an official said Monday. Continue reading “Aung San Suu Kyi to visit Philipine”

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Not even Aung San Suu Kyi can fix the world’s longest-running civil war

By Hunter Marston | Washington Post  
Hunter Marston is a Southeast Asia analyst at a think tank in Washington, D.C.

In November 2015, the party of Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi won a landslide victoryin the country’s first free election in decades. The expectations of her Continue reading “Not even Aung San Suu Kyi can fix the world’s longest-running civil war”

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