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  • Thursday February 18th, 2021

MORNING NEWS BRIEF [FEBRUARY 18, 2021]

MORNING NEWS BRIEF [FEBRUARY 18, 2021]

MORNING NEWS BRIEF [FEBRUARY 18, 2021] 150 150 Cambodia Development Center
HOT NEWS
  1. The U.S. Department of Justice placed charges on 3 North Korean intelligence officials for hacking into financial institutions and stealing more than $1.3 billion. Source: New York Times
  2. Facebook announced that they restricted the Australian publishers and users from sharing and viewing news content in response to the recent proposed media law in the country. Source: CNBC
  3. The UN called for a global vaccination program and urged all states to uphold the moral duty in fighting the pandemic to prevent the inequity gap globally. Source: Bangkok Post
WORLD
  1. NATO is hosting a Defence Minister Meeting via video conference under the agenda of NATO 2030 Initiative, financial burden sharing process and missions in Iraq and Afghanistan. Source: Sputnik
  2. The U.S. urged Iran to change their decision that limited IAEA’s nuclear inspection, after Tehran sought to ban short-notice inspections by the UN nuclear watchdog. Source: Reuters 
  3. The Swiss government announced the plan to relax COVID-19 restrictions expected to start from March 1, following a fall in new infection cases in the past weeks. Source: China.org.cn
REGIONS
  1. Myanmar protesters took to the street again with the biggest force so far to show their unity in ending military rule, after the military pressed another charge on Suu Kyi. Source: CNA
  2. Taiwan’s deal to purchase 5 million doses of German-produced COVID-19 vaccine BioNTech is being put on hold, implying that there is political pressure from China. Source: CNA
  3. Malaysia issued order not to arrest the undocumented migrant workers when they show up at the vaccination program as an effort to help the vulnerable. Source: The Straits Times

 

CAMBODIA
  1. Cambodia and the U.S. spoke of their commitment to enhance bilateral trade relations and discussed the possibility to boost the two-way trade volume. Source: AKP
  2. IOM urged all governments to include migrant workers in vaccine priority groups as the MoH plans to give the vaccines to chosen groups in provinces bordering Thailand and Vietnam. Source: The Phnom Penh Post 
  3. MOH announced a training program for 90 health workers from the provinces on the vaccination process so that they can train others frontline workers at the border. Source: Khmer Times