Social development

Laos polio prevention campaign gets booster shot with IPV

The Laos Ministry of Health has launched the Inactivated Polio Vaccine (IPV) programme to further boost immunity against polio for children under 12 months of age. A ceremony to launch the national introduction of the IPV took place at the National Culture Hall on 15 October, ...

Myanmar arrests two for their mocking Facebook posts

Myanmar authorities have arrested a peace activist and a young woman for mocking the country’s powerful military in the latest crackdown on free speech ahead of landmark elections on 8 November. Human rights groups have condemned the military-dominated government for moving their repression into social media, ...

Thai Forest Department department reclaims land for Hmong

Authorities have agreed to draft a master plan for zoning the Phuttubberk forest in Phetchabun’s Lom Kao district to allow hill tribe minorities to live and work there. The plan is also designed to keep resort business operators away. Keep reading ...

Cambodian official facing trial over Facebook post

A Cambodian Information Ministry official has been charged with defamation over a Facebook post accusing a CPP senator of being the mistress of a military general, and has been summoned to trial on 19 October. According to the 5 October summons, Prum San, deputy director of ...

Refugees from Nauru move out of Phnom Penh villa

The first group of refugees to arrive in Cambodia as part of a controversial deal the government struck with Australia a year ago have moved out of their temporary accommodations in Phnom Penh, the Australian government said on 15 October. Keep reading ...

Cholera infects almost 200 in Kayin State

Thirteen people have died and almost 200 infected with cholera in a remote area of Kayin State under Karen National Union control. The number may be higher, however, as no reports have been received from the region since late September, according to the KNU. Eh Kalu ...

As ceasefire signed, president confident more groups will join nationwide pact

More armed ethnic groups will join the nationwide ceasefire if it is implemented successfully with the first eight signatories, President U Thein Sein said at a signing ceremony in Naypyidaw on 15 October. Eight ethnic armed groups, including the Karen National Union and Restoration Council of Shan ...

Cambodian activist wins 'Children's Nobel Prize'

A Cambodian activist who has championed the rights of poor children to get an education was named winner of the World’s Children’s Prize, sometimes called the “Children’s Nobel Prize”. Keep reading ...

Cambodian Minister, South Korean official meet over aid, university

Foreign Affairs Minister Hor Namhong met with South Korea’s dep­uty minister for political affairs on 14 October to offer his gratitude for a $35 mil­lion university that South Korea has pledged to build in Cambodia, an of­ficial said. Keep reading ...

Amnesty International wants contract killing case reopened

Amnesty International has called on the authorities to reopen the investigation into the killing of environmental activist Charoen Wat-aksorn after the Supreme Court upheld the acquittals of three people accused of involvement in his death. Keep reading ...

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