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        <title><![CDATA[Jason Koutsoukis]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[What to Expect From Thailand’s Long-Awaited Election]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-12-27/why-thailand-s-junta-is-cool-with-an-election-quicktake</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Koutsoukis]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2018 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>BANGKOK, THAILAND - MARCH 21: Thai people drive past campaign posters on March 21, 2019 in Bangkok, Thailand. Thailand will hold its first general election since the 2014 military coup on Sunday, March 24th. (Photo by Lauren DeCicca/Getty Images) Photographer: Lauren DeCicca/Getty Images AsiaPac</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Why Singapore and Malaysia Are Locking Horns Again]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Koutsoukis]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2018 01:26:53 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Singapore Picks Finance Chief as De Facto Successor to PM Lee]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Melissa Cheok]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2018 01:05:01 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[What We’ve Learned About ‘The Quad,’ a Renewed Bid to Check China]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Koutsoukis]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2018 10:01:36 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Singapore PM Says Asean May Need to Choose Between U.S. and China]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Michelle Jamrisko]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2018 22:27:04 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[U.S.-Backed ‘Quad’ Quietly Gains Steam as Way to Balance China]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Potentially the most important meeting in Asia this week isn’t on any official summit agenda, features no head of state and certainly doesn’t include China.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[David Tweed]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2018 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Pence Courts Asian Allies in Pushback to China: Summit Update]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-11-14/pence-courts-asian-allies-in-pushback-to-china-summit-update</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Toluse Olorunnipa]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2018 04:06:14 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>India&apos;s Prime Minister Narendra Modi (L) listens to US Vice President Mike Pence (R) during their bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the 33rd Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in Singapore on November 14, 2018. (Photo by ATHIT PERAWONGMETHA / POOL / AFP) (Photo credit should read ATHIT PERAWONGMETHA/AFP/Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bolton Says Iran Will Be Squeezed ‘Until the Pips Squeak']]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Koutsoukis]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2018 09:35:30 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Visitors walk through an arcade lined with stores inside the Grand Bazaar in Tehran, Iran, on Monday, Aug. 6, 2018. Iran’s central bank, acting on the eve of U.S. sanctions, scrapped most currency controls introduced this year in a bid to halt a plunge in the rial that has stirred protests against the government of President Hassan Rouhani.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Khashoggi Tape Doesn’t Implicate Saudi Prince, Bolton Says]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[People who’ve heard a recording of Saudi columnist Jamal Khashoggi’s murder don’t believe it implicates Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler, U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton said, weighing in on a controversy that has sharply raised international pressure on the top oil exporter.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Koutsoukis]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2018 07:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[China-Backed Asia Trade Deal Pushed Back to 2019 Amid Delays]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Scott]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2018 05:32:18 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Containers sit stacked on the China Shipping Container Lines Co. CSCL Brisbane container ship at Terminal 3 of Port Botany, operated by Sydney International Container Terminals Ltd., a subsidiary of Hutchison Port Holdings Ltd., in Sydney, Australia, on Friday, Feb. 6, 2015. Australia last year reached free-trade agreements with its three biggest export markets, China, Japan and South Korea. Photographer: Ian Waldie/Bloomberg News</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Singapore Warns the World May Split Into Rival Blocs]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Asia’s biggest annual round of diplomacy gathered steam on Tuesday as leaders prepared to take part in summits in Singapore and Papua New Guinea. We follow the events here.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-11-13/pence-meets-abe-china-s-li-to-speak-in-singapore-summit-update</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Koutsoukis]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2018 03:05:57 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Facebook Admits Platform Used to Incite Hate Attacks in Myanmar]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[A report commissioned by Facebook Inc. it found its platforms were used to incite violence in Myanmar, helping organized groups to conduct sectarian attacks on the country’s Rohingya Muslim population.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-11-07/facebook-admits-platform-used-to-incite-hate-attacks-in-myanmar</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Koutsoukis]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2018 03:21:18 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Duterte ‘The Punisher’ Fixes on Revenge as Economic Woes Mount]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[He has at times appeared more interested in punishing vocal critics and drug pushers than lifting people’s living standards.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-10/duterte-the-punisher-fixes-on-revenge-as-economic-woes-mount</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Koutsoukis]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2018 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte delivers his speech during the 117th police anniversary celebration at the national headquarters in Manila on August 8, 2018. (Photo by TED ALJIBE / AFP) (Photo credit should read TED ALJIBE/AFP/Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[China-U.S. Tensions Flare During Testy Pompeo Visit to Beijing]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2018 04:27:59 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Singapore Elite Backs Push to Overturn Anti-Gay Laws]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The colonial-era section of the country’s penal code criminalizes gay sex.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-02/singapore-elite-backs-push-to-overturn-country-s-anti-gay-laws</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Koutsoukis]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2018 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Asean Foreign Ministers Urge Prosecution Over Myanmar Atrocities]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-02/asean-foreign-minsters-urge-prosecution-over-myanmar-atrocities</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Koutsoukis]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2018 07:40:42 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Global Survey Shows Trump Is Trusted Less Than Putin and Xi]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[70% of respondents said they lacked confidence in the U.S. president]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-02/global-survey-shows-trump-is-trusted-less-than-putin-and-xi</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Koutsoukis]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2018 07:38:14 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump Trusted Less Than Putin and Xi in a Global Opinion Survey]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Only 9% of French citizens and 6% of Mexicans expressed favorable views of the American president.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-01/trump-trusted-less-than-putin-and-xi-in-a-global-opinion-survey</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Koutsoukis]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2018 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and Vladimir Putin, Russia&apos;s president, prepare to leave following a news conference in Helsinki, Finland.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[U.S.-China Military Tensions Start to Rise as Trade War Deepens]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Beijing refused a U.S. warship entry to Hong Kong next month, according to the U.S. Consulate General.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-26/u-s-china-military-tensions-start-to-rise-as-trade-war-deepens</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[David Tweed]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2018 21:12:26 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Thai Junta Throws Money at Poor Northeast in Bid to Stop Thaksin]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Koutsoukis]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2018 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A worker operating a front-loader bulldozer tips rice in to a container at a Yingpaiboon Rice Mill Ltd. warehouse in the Samrong district of Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand, on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016. Over the past decade, Thailand&apos;s generals repeatedly struggled to convince voters in the poorer and more populous northeast region to abandon support for allies of Yingluck and her brother Thaksin Shinawatra. Rice prices are a big reason for that. When prices fall it affects the wider economy, depressing purchases of everything from property to motorcycles to consumer goods. Photographer: Dario Pignatelli/Bloomberg</media:description>
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