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Lam promises to set up platform for dialogue

August 21, 2019

HONG KONG — Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, said on Tuesday that her government would immediately set up a platform for dialogue with people from all walks of life.

Beijing: Missile deployment hints raising concerns in Asia-Pacific

August 07, 2019

Possible missile deployment raising concerns in Asia-Pacific, Beijing says

Duterte: ‘I will end my term fighting’

TUESDAY, JULY 23, 2019

MANILA, Philippines — Delivering his State of the Nation address on Monday, his fourth since taking office in 2016, President Rodrigo Duterte stood his ground on the controversial issues hounding his presidency — his brutal war on drugs that has drawn international condemnation because of the thousands of lives lost and his embrace of China in the country’s territorial dispute with the Asian giant in the South China Sea.

Court rejects 58 legislative election petitions

TUESDAY, JULY 23, 2019

The Constitutional Court has rejected 58 of the 260 petitions filed against April’s legislative election results.

Opposition vows to go after PM, 13 ministers in debate

FRIDAY, JULY 19, 2019

The opposition has vowed to grill 14 Cabinet members on economic problems and political issues while also training their sights on Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s qualifications and legitimacy during the parliamentary debate on July 25-26 when the new government will announce its policy statement.

Profiles of Members of Prayut II Cabinet, on economic affairs

WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 2019

On July 10, 2019, His Majesty King Maha Vachiralongkon issued a royal command to appoint a 36-member Cabinet with Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha as prime minister and defence minister. The King swore in the cabinet in Tuesday (July 16).

Profiles of Members of Prayut II Cabinet, on national security affairs

WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 2019

Japan made over 30 illegal shipments to North Korea: lawmaker

FRIDAY, JULY 12, 2019

Lawmaker Ha Tae-keung of the South Korean minor opposition Bareunmirae Party on Thursday alleged that Japan smuggled hydrogen fluoride and materials used to develop biochemical weapons to North Korea.

Central govt reaffirms support for Carrie Lam

FRIDAY, JULY 12, 2019

The central government on Thursday reaffirmed its support for Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor and the special administrative region government in exercising law-based governance.

B-DNA clean-up sweeps nearly 3 tonnes of trash from coast

SUNDAY, JULY 07, 2019

More than 2,100 volunteers representing business, government and civil society helped clear away 2.8 tonnes of trash along the coast in Bangpu, Samut Prakan, on Saturday (July 6).

Suspected political violence victim Sirawith ‘will need five months to recover’

SATURDAY, JULY 06, 2019

Political activist Sirawith Serithiwat, who is undergoing treatment after being attacked for suspected political reasons, will take at least five months to recover, his mother Patnaree Charnki said on Saturday.

‘No invitation yet’ for discussion on coalition govt’s policies