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Stream of jobless migrant workers returning from abroad adds to local misery

UN's International Labour Organisation estimates unemployment in Asia-Pacific to hit 7.2 million

Ian MacKinnon

05, Apr, 2009 @11:01 PM

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Khmer Rouge's chief torturer tells court of 'heartfelt sorrow' over killings
Comrade Duch apologises to families of victims tortured to death in Cambodia

Ian MacKinnon, south-east Asia correspondent

31, Mar, 2009 @10:20 AM

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Khmer Rouge leader in dock as Cambodia genocide trial begins
Kaing Guek Eav, interrogator at Cambodia's notorious Tuol Sleng jail, is accused of presiding over 12,380 deaths at prison or 'killing fields'

Ian MacKinnon, south-east Asia correspondent

30, Mar, 2009 @1:12 PM

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Dam bursts in Indonesia killing at least 50 people

Four-metre-high wave crashes into crowded Jakarta neighbourhood submerging hundreds of houses

Ian MacKinnon, south-east Asia correspondent

27, Mar, 2009 @7:31 AM

Briton faces up to two years in Thai jail after 'passport mix-up'

Kickboxer charged with insulting immigration officials claims UK embassy wrongly branded travel document false

Ian MacKinnon and Andrew Drummond in Bangkok

09, Mar, 2009 @12:18 PM

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Viktor Bout: Alleged arms smuggler denies selling weapons to Colombian rebels
'Merchant of death' Viktor Bout says accusations are lies and rumours

Ian MacKinnon in Bangkok

06, Mar, 2009 @12:37 PM

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Burmese regime deliberately blocked international aid to cyclone victims, report says

• First independent research into disaster details host of abuses • Study urges that junta be referred to international criminal court

Ian MacKinnon, South-east Asia correspondent

27, Feb, 2009 @12:43 PM

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Cambodian 'ecstasy oil' factories destroyed by international environmental agency

Production of sassafras oil used to make recreational drug ecstasy pushes rare tree to extinction and ruins rainforest

Ian MacKinnon, south-east Asia correspondent

25, Feb, 2009 @3:57 PM

Thailand launches national cocktail to lure tourists

Country hopes that the Siam sunray will revitalise industry ailing after disastrous airport shutdowns

Ian MacKinnon in Bangkok

20, Feb, 2009 @12:01 AM

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Indonesia reopens peatland forests to palm oil plantations

Indonesia has lifted a year-long freeze on the use of peat land for palm oil plantations, prompting fears of a rise in greenhouse gas emissions

Ian MacKinnon, south-east Asia correspondent

18, Feb, 2009 @4:16 PM

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Khmer Rouge leader in dock as Cambodia genocide trial starts
Duch one of five to face war crimes charges before long-delayed UN-backed tribunal

Ian MacKinnon, south-east Asia correspondent, and agencies

17, Feb, 2009 @9:59 AM

First trial for Khmer Rouge war crimes in Cambodia

Pol Pot's chief torturer, the man known as Duch, will be first to appear before long-awaited UN tribunal into 'killing fields'

Ian MacKinnon, south-east Asia correspondent

16, Feb, 2009 @12:12 PM

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