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Vietnam meets demands to end strike in Nike, Adidas factory

April 11, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Tran Van Minh Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Workers at a major Vietnamese footwear factory for Nike and Adidas ended a weeklong strike last Thursday after the government agreed to their demands on retirement payouts. The stoppage by thousands of workers at the Taiwanese-owned Pou Yuen factory in southern Ho Chi Minh City […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Associated Press, Dang Ngoc Tung, HANOI, Ho Chi Minh City, Labor Ministry, National Assembly, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, Taiwanese-owned Pou Yuen, Vietnamese, Vol 34 No 16 | April 11 - April 17

Cambodia opposition pressures with rally

September 21, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Sopheng Cheang and Justine Dreannan The Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia’s main opposition leader kicked off a new wave of demonstrations against Prime Minister Hun Sen’s government Sept. 15, warning the protests would not stop until the nation’s post-election deadlock is resolved. The mass rally comes one day after Cambodia’s king […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, Cambodia National Rescue Party, Human Rights, King Norodom Sihamoni, National Assembly, Ou Virak, Phnom Penh, Prime Minister Hun Sen, Sam Rainsy, Vol 32 No 39 | September 21 - September 27

Cambodia’s election trouble leads to poll investigation

August 10, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Sopheng Cheang The Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — The two rival parties claiming victory in Cambodia’s general election reached an agreement on August 3 with the state National Election Committee to investigate polling irregularities, a move that could pave the way to ending the country’s political deadlock. However, in the latest example […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, CNRP, Cambodia National Rescue Party, Cambodian People, Foreign Ministry, NEC, National Assembly, National Election Committee, Phnom Penh, Prime Minister Hun Sen, Tep Nytha, United Nations, United States, Vol 32 No 33 | August 10 - August 16

Cambodia passes bill against genocide denial

June 15, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Sopheng Cheang The Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia’s National Assembly approved a bill on June 7 making it a crime to deny that atrocities were committed by the country’s genocidal 1970s Khmer Rouge regime, a law that critics allege will be used as a weapon against the political opposition.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, Asia, Brad Adams, Cambodia National Rescue Party, Cambodian People, Cheam Yeap, Documentation Center, Human Rights Watch, Kem Sokha, Khmer Rouge, National Assembly, Ou Virak, Phnom Penh, Sam Rainsy, Tuol Sleng, Vol 32 No 25 | June 15 - June 21, Youk Chhang

SKorean lawmaker loses job over Samsung wiretaps

February 23, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Youkyung Lee AP Business Writer SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean lawmaker known for criticism of the Samsung conglomerate has forfeited his seat in parliament after the Supreme Court ruled he violated communications laws by publishing incriminating wiretaps of conversations between Samsung officials on the Internet.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, National Assembly, Progressive Justice Party, Roh Hoe-chan, SEOUL, Samsung Electronics Co, South Korean, Supreme Court, Vol 32 No 9 | February 23 - March 1

Communist Laos’ elections hold little promise for change

May 7, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

BANGKOK (AP) — Laos held legislative elections Saturday that are expected to sweep in a younger generation of lawmakers, but preserve the political status quo

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2011, Adisorn Semyaem, Asian Studies, Associated Press, Chulalongkorn University, Communist Laos, Kyoto University, Lao People, National Assembly, Revolutionary Party, Simon Creak, Sinfah Tunsarawuth, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Vol 30 No 19 | May 7 - May 13, japan

Ex-S. Korean President Kim Dae-jung dead at 85

August 20, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

SEOUL, South Korea — Kim Dae-jung — who survived assassination attempts and a death sentence during his years as a dissident to become president of South Korea, and whose unflagging efforts to reconcile with communist North Korea earned him the Nobel Peace Prize — died Tuesday, Aug. 18, hospital officials said. He was 85.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2009, Demilitarized Zone, Kim Jong-il, Korean War, Lee Sung-man, National Assembly, Nobel Peace Prize, North Korea, President Lee Myung-bak, President Park Chung-hee, President Roh Moo-hyun, SEOUL, Severance Hospital, South Korea Kim Dae-jung, South Korean, Sunshine Policy, Tokyo, vol 28 no 35 | August 22 - August 28

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