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  • Thursday January 6th, 2022

MORNING NEWS BRIEF [January 06, 2022]

MORNING NEWS BRIEF [January 06, 2022]

MORNING NEWS BRIEF [January 06, 2022] 150 150 Cambodia Development Center
HOT NEWS
  1. The U.S. Treasury Department slapped sanctions on Bosnian Serb leader, accusing him of undermining Bosnian institutions and threatening the county’s territorial integrity. Source: Politico
  2. Turkey and Armenia will hold their first-ever round of normalization talks  on January 14 in an attempt to end decades-long hostility and plan to resume their charter flights. Source: China.org.cn
  3. Taiwan F-16 fighter jets took off into the sky as a part of a drill simulating a war, to display its combat readiness to China, ahead of the Lunar New Year. Source: Reuters
WORLD
  1. The Iraqi PM said that the attacks on Iraqi military facilities are absurd and stressed the end of the U.S.-led combat mission in Iraq, following Western troops withdrawal. Source: Xinhua
  2. Armenia said that the peacekeepers from the Russian-led alliance of former Soviet states will be deployed to Kazakhstan to stabilize the country amid the on-going mass protests. Source: Reuters
  3. Macron faced criticism from the opposition and chaos in the parliament for issuing a provocative warning to the citizens if they refuse to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Source: Bangkok Post
REGIONS
  1. Japan and the U.S. are set to hold virtual talks to renew their commitment to secure the Indo-Pacific region amid the growing threats from China and nuclear threats from DPRK. Source: VOA
  2. Taiwan pledged to establish a USD 200 million fund to invest in Lithuania and open up its market to this Baltic nation in response to economic pressure from China. Source: The Straits Times
  3. North Korean state news agency reported that a missile fired off the east of the Korean Peninsula into the sea was a hypersonic weapon, and it was a successful launch. Source: Deutsche Welle
CAMBODIA
  1. PM Hun Sen warned that Myanmar has all the ingredients for civil war amid his scheduled state visit to Myanmar on January 7 and Cambodia’s ASEAN Chairmanship in 2022. Source: CNA
  2. The MoWRaM and JICA signed an agreement of technical cooperation project as the Japanese agency pledged to assist in establishing the national irrigation standard. Source: Khmer Times
  3. Cambodia has set up SRATMDC, aiming at coordinating and monitoring the development of tourist destinations in Siem Reap following the province’s Master Plan 2021-2035 rollout. Source: The Phnom Penh Post