Not everyone who wanted to buy the bank cards stolen from Southeast Asian owners would pay the same price: The higher the amount of money left on the card, the higher the price. That’s according to Technisanct, a cybersecurity company …
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In Myanmar’s Yangon, Volunteers Step in Where Government Response is Minimal
A volunteer group has been building makeshift hand-washing stations in Yangon, Myanmar’s largest city, to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in the absence of a systematic response by the government, which maintains the country has no confirmed cases of …
Vietnam Introduces Law Aimed at Fighting Climate Change
Vietnam has introduced legislation to advance its greenhouse gas reduction goals as per the Paris climate accord, decreasing worries the fast-growing nation’s reliance on coal would stymie those efforts.
The legislation includes a draft Law on Environmental Protection and a …
Umbrella Movement Founder Released From Jail, Vows to Fight on
HONG KONG – A prominent pro-democracy campaigner and founder of Hong Kong’s mass peaceful movement now known as the Umbrella Movement, professor Chan Kin-man, was released from prison Saturday, vowing to continue his fight for democracy.
The 61-year-old Yale-educated sociology …
Hanoi Court Hands Vietnamese Blogger 10-Year Prison Sentence
WASHINGTON – A Hanoi court has sentenced well-known journalist and blogger Truong Duy Nhat to 10 years in prison for defrauding the public while working for a state-owned newspaper in the central city of Danang in 2004.
Nhat’s attorney, Dang …
Seven Uyghurs Jailed for Prison Break in Thailand
Seven Uyghurs who broke out of an immigration detention center in northeastern Thailand earlier this year were sentenced last week to two years in jail for the offenses, their lawyer said.
The seven are serving jail terms in a prison …