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The Last Foreign Correspondent
As Britain handed its cherished Hong Kong back to China in 1997 and Cambodia endured a coup that would bring decades of civil war to an end, American journalist Dan Boylan filed the following. PHNOM […]
Foreign Correspondence
‘Filipino Donald Trump’ Rodrigo Duterte leads presidential contest
FAR EAST CORRESPONDENT — To his many critics, he is an uncouth braggart with a penchant for politically incorrect jokes and a populist dislike for Western allies, but when Filipinos go to the polls Monday, they […]
Foreign Correspondence
China’s aggression over South China Sea exposes rift between Obama, top Navy advisers
Naval exercises tests regional relations […]
Foreign Correspondence
Defense Lawyer’s Jibes at Judge Get Personal in Interview
FAR EAST CORRESPONDENT — Victor Koppe, Nuon Chea’s international defense lawyer, rarely misses an opportunity to tell the judges at the Khmer Rouge tribunal what he really thinks. During a documentary hearing in August, Mr. […]