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Based on 10 verified sources covering Myanmar, Thailand:

Joseph Yi is an associate professor of political science at Hanyang University (Seoul) and received Heterodox Academy's 2025 Open Inquiry Award for Courage. Wondong Lee is a research professor at the Center for International Studies, Inha University. [1]

Sangsoo Lee is an associated fellow at the European Center for North Korea Studies at the University of Vienna and founder of Strategic Linkages (SL), based in Stockholm. [2]

Katsuji Nakazawa is a Tokyo-based senior staff and editorial writer at Nikkei. He spent seven years in China as a correspondent and later as China bureau chief. He was the 2014 recipient of the Vaughn-Ueda International Journalist prize. [3]

Vietnam’s Nguyen Trong Hoang (bottom L) falls on the ball while clashing with Myanmar’s Zaw Zaw Oo (top L) and Zaw Min Tun (C) during their bronze medal football final at the 26th Southeast Asian Games (SEAGAMES) in Jakarta on November 21, 2011. [4]

Falling Walls Lab 2018 Entrepreneurs from various fields will present their ideas at this contest. Sept.1, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Goethe-Institut Myanmar, corner of Kaba Aye Pagoda Road and Natmauk Street. (confirmed by 3 sources) [5]

K-drama star Song Joong-ki – 5 cool things about ‘Korea’s Leonardo DiCaprio’, from his Descendants of the Sun and Sungkyunkwan Scandal success to wild hallyu fame in China Once best-known for being half of Korea’s famous Song-Song couple with Song H... [6]

The settlements of the Larung Gar Buddhist Academy, one of the world's largest Tibetan Buddhism institutes, light up on July 27 in Sertar County, Garze Tibetan Autonomous prefecture, Sichuan province, China. [7]

Anthony W. Holmes was special adviser for North Korea in the U.S. Office of the Secretary of Defense from 2017 to 2021 and is the principal at Holmes-Asia. [8]

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[1] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2026-01-06 · 40% match

South Korea's 'militant democracy' authoritarianism

Joseph Yi is an associate professor of political science at Hanyang University (Seoul) and received Heterodox Academy's 2025 Open Inquiry Award for Courage. Wondong Lee is a research professor at the Center for International Studies, Inha University.

[2] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-09-18 · 39% match

Beijing and Moscow bless Kim Jong Un's heir apparent

Sangsoo Lee is an associated fellow at the European Center for North Korea Studies at the University of Vienna and founder of Strategic Linkages (SL), based in Stockholm.

[3] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-06-12 · 39% match

Analysis: Xi Jinping's generals face a treacherous political battlefield

Katsuji Nakazawa is a Tokyo-based senior staff and editorial writer at Nikkei. He spent seven years in China as a correspondent and later as China bureau chief. He was the 2014 recipient of the Vaughn-Ueda International Journalist prize.

[4] MM burma.irrawaddy.com · 2011-11-25 · 50% match

Vietnam’s Nguyen Trong Hoang (bottom L)

Vietnam’s Nguyen Trong Hoang (bottom L) falls on the ball while clashing with Myanmar’s Zaw Zaw Oo (top L) and Zaw Min Tun (C) during their bronze medal football final at the 26th Southeast Asian Games (SEAGAMES) in Jakarta on November 21, 2011.

[5] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2018-08-28 · 38% match

Ten Things to Do in Yangon This Week

Falling Walls Lab 2018 Entrepreneurs from various fields will present their ideas at this contest. Sept.1, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Goethe-Institut Myanmar, corner of Kaba Aye Pagoda Road and Natmauk Street.

[6] MM www.scmp.com · 2020-09-18 · 43% match

K-drama star Song Joong-ki – 5 cool things about ‘Korea’s Leonardo DiCaprio’, from his Descendants of the Sun and Sungkyunkwan Scandal success to wild hallyu fame in China

K-drama star Song Joong-ki – 5 cool things about ‘Korea’s Leonardo DiCaprio’, from his Descendants of the Sun and Sungkyunkwan Scandal success to wild hallyu fame in China Once best-known for being half of Korea’s famous Song-Song couple with Song H

[7] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2024-08-03 · 42% match

Through the lens: Eye on Asia for the first week of August - Nikkei Asia

The settlements of the Larung Gar Buddhist Academy, one of the world's largest Tibetan Buddhism institutes, light up on July 27 in Sertar County, Garze Tibetan Autonomous prefecture, Sichuan province, China.

[8] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2021-07-22 · 40% match

Beware Moon Jae-in's final months in office

Anthony W. Holmes was special adviser for North Korea in the U.S. Office of the Secretary of Defense from 2017 to 2021 and is the principal at Holmes-Asia.

[9] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2022-06-30 · 40% match

Vietnam's split personality and South Korea's thorny path to decoupling

Hello, this is Kenji in Hong Kong. By the time this newsletter reaches your inbox, Chinese President Xi Jinping will have arrived in the city for his very first trip outside of mainland China since the outbreak of the pandemic more than two years ago

[10] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2018-03-27 · 39% match

Vietnam's most powerful man strives to put stamp on economy

HANOI -- Nguyen Phu Trong, the head of Vietnam's ruling Communist Party, appears to be borrowing from Chinese President Xi Jinping's playbook.

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