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Brian Hannon is an American who has been a reporter, editor and freelance writer in the U.S. and Europe for daily and weekly newspapers and The Associated Press. As a Southeast Asia Globe editor in Phnom Penh, he aims to produce stories highlighting significant developments in government and politics, business, human rights and the environment.
U.S. assistant secretary of state visits Phnom Penh with strong support and select criticisms for the regional group’s temporary chair
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Brian P. D. Hannon
- Jul 19, 2022
A new study looks at the abuses of Cambodian microfinance and Laos could be hit by reduced funding for unexploded ordnance removal.
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Brian P. D. Hannon
- Jul 16, 2022
Legal and development risks linger over woodlands in Borneo and Phnom Tamao while a Singapore MP talks gender rights
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Brian P. D. Hannon
- Jul 09, 2022
Singapore plans to increase local food production through aquaculture while a Cambodian village held an elephant wedding
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Brian P. D. Hannon
- Jul 02, 2022
As abortion debate focuses on a U.S. decision overturning the country’s precedent, Southeast Asian laws on terminating pregnancy differ between nations
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Brian P. D. Hannon
- Jul 01, 2022
Southeast Asia serves up international court difficulties, a U.S. diplomatic goal, urban farming opportunities and local fishing challenges
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Brian P. D. Hannon
- Jun 18, 2022
Outspoken attorney Theary Seng was among dozens of defendants to receive treason and incitement prison terms drawing widespread condemnation
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Brian P. D. Hannon
- Jun 17, 2022
Political protection, legal holes and Ukraine present impediments to International Criminal Court human rights cases in the Philippines and Myanmar
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Brian P. D. Hannon
- Jun 06, 2022
The arrival of the three-day holiday brings the end to the regional harvest period, the start of the rainy season and a collection of Globe archive stories
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Brian P. D. Hannon
- Apr 15, 2022
In its 20th year of self-rule, the island nation is scheduled to vote in a presidential election offering old hands and the largest candidate field since a revolution brought sovereignty
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Brian P. D. Hannon
- Mar 18, 2022
Scientists broke down a myth about the powerful bite of the world's largest lizard, the main attraction in a planned Indonesia tourist park
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Brian P. D. Hannon
- Feb 28, 2022
Southeast Asia offers an endless landscape of stories and the editorial staff is already peeking over the edge of the coming year
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Brian P. D. Hannon
- Dec 27, 2021
A Phnom Penh stopover by a top U.S. adviser focuses on Southeast Asia’s strategic role in the global economy, Chinese relations and Myanmar’s autocratic abuses
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Brian P.D Hannon
- Dec 15, 2021
As climate campaigner Greta Thunberg calls out status quo COP26 negotiations, the green insincerity of executives impacts Southeast Asia
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Brian P.D Hannon
- Nov 10, 2021
Archive photos of a 1956 excursion to Komodo island tell a story of man’s changing relationship to the famed dragons of Indonesia, whose millions of years on Earth could be brought to an end by climate change and human encroachment
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Brian P. D. Hannon
- Oct 14, 2021