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BEIJING, China (AFP) — China has imposed a curfew to limit the time spent by children playing games online, in the latest part of a government crackdown on youth gaming addiction. The regulations will mean those under 18 cannot play games online between 10pm and 8am, and for only ninety minutes at a time during the daytime. In addition, the guidelines will reduce the amount of money minors can spend online playing games to […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday said he would declare the New People’s Army a terrorist group, noting what he said were their “depredations,” including the supposed killing of a 4-month-old baby. “I’ll be issuing a proclamation. I will remove them from the category of a legal entity, or at least a semimovement which would merit our attention, placing the—same as America—terrorists,” Duterte said. He reiterated he no longer wanted to talk to […]
(Reuters) – Thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators surrounding Hong Kong government headquarters braced for a showdown with police on Sunday after accelerating a plan to shut down the heart of the global financial hub. Leaders and supporters of the Occupy Central with Love and Peace movement, many wearing plastic capes and goggles to fend off any police pepper spray attack, urged the public to join the protest to pressure Beijing to allow free elections in the […]
Cambodian workers streamed across the border in Sa Kaew province on Tuesday (June 17), after rumours of a crackdown on illegal immigrants by the new military government. Around 170,000 Cambodian workers have already headed home over the past week, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said, although the exodus is now slowing. IOM Spokesman, Joe Lowry said many are likely to return to Thailand. “The next thing that will happen is people will go […]
Thai army chief was formally endorsed by the King of Thailand as head of a military council that will run the country and said that he will use military force if protests actions were taken.
