Cambodia cancels Australian exercise in growing rejection of Western help
Cambodia has cancelled a counter-terrorism exercise with Australia as the country's strongman Hun Sen warns he may use military force during upcoming elections.
Lindsay Murdoch is a three-time winner of the Walkley Award, Australia's top award for journalistic excellence. Lindsay is a former correspondent based in Singapore, Jakarta and Darwin. In 1999 he covered the tumultuous events in East Timor, and in 2003 he covered the Iraq war while embedded with US Marines.
Cambodia has cancelled a counter-terrorism exercise with Australia as the country's strongman Hun Sen warns he may use military force during upcoming elections.
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An Indonesian suspect in the assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's half brother says she was paid the equivalent of $117 to help apply a baby oil-like liquid to his face.
Thailand's defamation and "computer crime" laws to be put to the test as the BBC backs its correspondent, who faces a five-year prison sentence.
Thomas Keating has expressed "unbearable sorrow at the loss of my soulmate".
The business people behind Thailand's famous Buddhist Tiger Temple where the bodies of 40 frozen clubs were discovered last year are set to open a new attraction nearby.
One of the most vocal critics of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's deadly crackdown says drug charges are trumped up.
Malaysian police said on Friday a preliminary report showed the murder of Kim Jong-nam was carried out with a highly toxic chemical known as VX nerve agent.
North Koreans had been planning the very public assassination of Kim Jong-nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un, for months, possibly years.
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday arranged for his government to change laws that critics say will bulldoze what is left of Cambodia's opposition parties and political institutions.
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