Category: Legal Matters

Myanmar plunges in latest corruption index, but Vietnam rises

Myanmar has fallen 17 places in Transparency International’s latest Corruption Perceptions Index, supplanting Cambodia as Southeast Asia’s worst country for graft for the first time in a decade.The junta-led nation is now ahead of only North Korea in A…

Cambodia begins dismantling scorched Poipet casino

Cambodian authorities have started to dismantle the charred remains of the Grand Diamond City Casino in Poipet to pave the way for new construction, only one week after the massive blaze killed at least 26 people. But the sudden shift