Andrew Haffner

US pres­i­dent’s ar­rival in Seoul will mark start of ef­fort to pro­mote new Indo-Pa­cif­ic Eco­nom­ic Frame­work in re­gion.

Civ­il so­ci­ety watch­ers see price hikes as pre­text to damp­en or­gan­is­ing of dis­sent against the mil­i­tary gov­ern­ment.

Work­ers at Na­ga­World casi­no com­plex in Ph­nom Penh have pledged to con­tin­ue their strike de­spite grow­ing risk of ar­rest.