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Myanmar Timber Exports Continue, Despite Western Sanctions: Report
Myanmar’s military junta exported more than $37 million worth of timber to nations with active sanctions on the country’s state-run timber monopoly, according to the environmental advocacy group Forest Trends. In a report released yesterday, the U.S.-based organization examined the impact of sanctions imposed since the ...
Sebastian Strangio
Vietnam summit: US president blames disagreement over sanctions for no deal
Donald Trump has said that a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un broke down over the issue of sanctions, after the talks in Vietnam ended early with no deal. “It was about the sanctions basically,” Trump said at a press conference in Hanoi. “They ...
U.S. slaps sanctions on Laos Golden Triangle 'casino' in bid to break up narco-empire
The U.S. Treasury Department has slapped sanctions on a gambling empire hacked from the Laotian jungle which it said was involved in drug, human and wildlife trafficking and child prostitution. []The sanctions aim to destabilize the narcotics trade in the Mekong area at a time of ...
Reuters Staff