AsiaWATCH

KRT, A Race Against Time

ASIAWATCH — With defendants before the Extraordinary Chambers for the Courts well into old age and failing in health, efforts are being made to speed up the trial process amid shocking testimony of relatives sacrificed […]

Foreign Correspondence

Defeat for Singapore’s PAP

FAR EAST CORRESPONDENT — The government and the People’s Action Party (PAP) in Singapore have been experiencing a rough patch. An unprecedented slump in popularity and a growing chorus of complaints about life in Southeast […]

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AsiaWATCH

Stiletto: Media Mayhem

AsiaWATCH — The Philippines improved a few notches while Pakistan cemented its reputation as the deadliest country on Earth for journalists and China and Vietnam both slipped amid increased arrests and tighter controls imposed on a […]

Foreign Correspondence

ASEAN’s Fake Drugs

FAR EAST CORRESPONDENT — An international study has confirmed fears that fake anti-malarial drugs have put at risk global efforts to counter the scourge, with weaker and unchecked medicines potentially fanning the disease by allowing it to […]

Foreign Correspondence

Moken Gypsies at Sea

FAR EAST CORRESPONDENT — They live in stilted shacks on a mudflat above piles of oyster shells, broken glass and rubbish, their nomadic days on the seas of south-east Asia gone forever. THEY live in […]