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Singapore has moved to declare its leafy diplomatic district near the popular Orchard Road shopping belt a “special event area”, fuelling speculation that the landmark summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will take place at the Shangri-La Hotel. The announcement in the government gazette came as diplomatic sources told This Week In Asia on Monday that Pyongyang was insistent that the June 12 event could not be held in an American or European…

North Korea’s top three military officials have been removed from their posts, a senior US official said on Sunday, as US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un prepare to meet on June 12 in Singapore.
The US official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, was commenting on a report by South Korea’s Yonhap news agency that all three of the North’s top military officials were believed to have been replaced.
Kim, the economy and what really brought North Korea…

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte apologised to Kuwait on Sunday for his “harsh” words at the height of a months-long diplomatic row over the treatment of domestic workers.
The spat began in February when a murdered Filipina maid was found in her employer’s freezer in the Gulf state, prompting Duterte to lash out at the “inhuman” treatment of migrant workers and ban workers from travelling to Kuwait.
“For the first time I would say that I was harsh in my…

Police say two Vietnamese tourists were found fatally stabbed in a Las Vegas Strip hotel room and that the deaths were a double homicide.
The identities of the man and woman found dead Friday in a room at Circus Circus were not released.
Police lieutenant Ray Spencer says both victims were stabbed multiple times and that police had not made an immediate arrest.
He said the victims were in a tour group that arrived Thursday night in Las Vegas before heading on a trip to the Grand Canyon Friday….

Nat Sota’s ancestors have been lying in watery graves since Cambodia’s newest hydroelectric dam flooded her village of Srekor, and with it, the nearby burial ground.
“We don’t know whether they can swim or not,” she said, sitting under a wooden house near the dam’s reservoir.
Nat Sota has earthly concerns too. Only the roof of the village primary school is now visible above the water and she worries for if her two young grandchildren will get an education….

It has been a topsy-turvy week on the Korean Peninsula thanks to the on-again, off-again historic summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
But despite the tumultuous week, South Koreans remain hopeful that a summit between the two will be successful – and as of this week both are enjoying their highest approval ratings ever in South Korea, according to a new Gallup Korea poll released Friday.
North Korean talks are back on, Trump says
Trump last week…

The widely despised wife of Malaysia’s toppled prime minister will be questioned next week over a massive financial scandal that helped topple the former regime, state media reported Friday.
Rosmah Mansor was unpopular due to her imperious manner and reported love of going on costly overseas shopping jaunts at a time middle-class Malaysians were struggling with rising living costs.
Malaysians scoff at ‘bag lady’ Rosmah’s collection of Hermes Birkins
Corruption…

Drugs manufacturers in Ireland can expect fewer regulatory inspections of their manufacturing practices after a US regulator announced it is happy to rely on conclusions reached by Ireland’s Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA), a life sciences expert has said.

Legislation which will modernise and consolidate Ireland’s anti-bribery laws has been approved by both chambers of the country’s parliament.