A court in Myanmar has sentenced a former senior official with the country’s Central Bank, who was arrested in the aftermath of last year’s military coup, to 20 years in prison for graft – the same problem he had sought…
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Vietnamese police dismantle fraud group that stole data and hacked bank accounts
Police in the central Vietnamese province of Quang Binh have cracked a fraud ring that took control of users’ mobile phones to steal the equivalent of U.S. $1.6 million. The group accessed information on customers who took out bank loans….
Read MoreLao authorities seem powerless to stop crime in Golden Triangle economic zone
The Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone in northern Laos is a haven for criminal activities including prostitution, scamming and drug trafficking, but Lao authorities are essentially powerless to stop it, workers in the zone and police told Radio Free Asia….
Read MoreSoutheast Asia remains world rice bowl as pockets of region suffer crop disasters
Rice crops in Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar have taken a hit from flooding and conflict this year, casting a shadow on a mostly sunny outlook for Southeast Asia’s output of the key grain as the region deals with other potential…
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Afghanistan’s healthcare crisis
Published by Al-Araby As the plane left Lashkar Gar to Herat, I looked out at the dry earth chequered with green poppy fields and wondered if I would ever see Afghanistan again. I first worked there in 2000, when the…
Read MoreUyghur internment camp survivors rally outside UN office in Geneva
Uyghur survivors of China’s internment camps began a weeklong rally outside the United Nations compound in Geneva on Monday, seeking a meeting with the U.N. human rights chief and urging her to issue an overdue report detailing rights abuses in…
Read MoreIranian currency rates for April 25
BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 25. The Central Bank of Iran (CBI) announced the official rate of foreign currencies on April 25, Trend reports referring to CBI.According to the currency exchange rate of the Central Bank of Iran, 15 currencies have grown…
Read MoreIranian currency rates for April 20
BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 20. The Central Bank of Iran (CBI) announced the official rate of foreign currencies on April 20, Trend reports referring to CBI.According to the currency exchange rate of the Central Bank of Iran, 16 currencies have grown…
Read MoreIranian currency rates for April 18
BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 18. The Central Bank of Iran (CBI) announced the official rate of foreign currencies on April 18, Trend reports referring to CBI.According to the currency exchange rate of the Central Bank of Iran, 7 currencies have grown…
Read MoreIranian currency rates for April 17
BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 17. The Central Bank of Iran (CBI) announced the official rate of foreign currencies on April 17, Trend reports referring to CBI.According to the currency exchange rate of the Central Bank of Iran, 21 currencies have grown…
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