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BANGKOK/YANGON -- Myanmar's sudden release of a Japanese Aeon executive convicted of rice pricing violation appears to reflect how the military government is torn between controlling inflation and maintaining foreign investment.
YANGON/BANGKOK -- Myanmar's military regime has released a Japanese executive of the Aeon retail chain mere hours after sentencing him to one year in prison for violating rice price controls.
PALO ALTO, California/WASHINGTON -- Donald Trump again touted his personal relationship with leaders of China, Russia and North Korea and repeated other familiar talking points in a chat with Tesla CEO Elon Musk on X that was delayed by technical difficulties.
BANGKOK/YANGON -- Myanmar's minority resistance forces are expanding their areas of control in the country, in some cases imposing strict rule on various local ethnic groups, as the forces' lack of democratic ideals casts a pall over hopes for stability in the region.
PALO ALTO, California/WASHINGTON -- Elon Musk and Donald Trump's live conversation on X on Monday night got underway after a 40-minute delay that the Tesla CEO blamed on a cyberattack.
JAKARTA/NUSANTARA -- President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo on Monday led the first cabinet meeting in the new Garuda Palace in Nusantara, Indonesia's planned new capital on Borneo Island.
BANGKOK/YANGON -- A Myanmar court under the military government sentenced an executive from Japanese retailer Aeon to one year in prison on Monday for selling rice at inflated prices, as Tokyo continues to lobby for his release.
BANGKOK -- Thai tourists appear to be acting on the grassroots social media hashtag "Ban Korea," with the boycott campaign appearing to have manifested a travel preference for Japan and China over South Korea.