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Geoffrey Miller: Jacinda Ardern’s Asia trip rekindles New Zealand’s independent foreign policy

Geoffrey Miller -

New Zealand’s independent foreign policy is back. That’s a key underlying message from Jacinda Ardern’s trip this week to Southeast Asia. The New Zealand Prime Minister...

Ardern wraps up East Asia Summit, next stop Vietnam

Daily Telegraph NZ -

The Prime Minister has wrapped up meetings in Cambodia with her Indo-Pacific counterparts at the annual meeting of the East Asia Summit (EAS) and...

The Colour of Death: Legacy of Agent Orange Still Plagues Vietnam After Decades of Peace

Oleg Burunov -

Agent Orange, which contains the deadly chemical dioxin, was the most common herbicide used by the US during the 1955-1975 Vietnam War to eliminate...

Anniversary of Agent Orange Disaster: Only United Can We Relieve the Suffering of Many Generations

Daily Telegraph NZ -

The US chemical war in Vietnam was the longest and most catastrophic in human history, lasting nearly a decade. Hanoi has been trying to overcome...

‘I couldn’t comprehend why we were there’: Many Americans hated the Vietnam War but then forgot about it

Robert Bridge -

Why did the US pacifist movement peak during Vietnam and then perish? In contrast to modern conflicts, the Vietnam War attracted the wrath of the...

Woman kills father with cyanide, tries to burn house down in cover-up

Daily Telegraph NZ -

21 year-old Tong Thi Tung Linh of Vung Tau Province in the south of Vietnam has admitted killing her father by lacing his drink...

Monk linked to mindfulness craze dies at 95

Daily Telegraph NZ -

The Zen master best known for popularizing the idea of being present in the moment has passed away in Vietnam. Thich Nhat Hanh died peacefully...

60 years on, lives are still being ruined by the US’ Agent Orange campaign in Vietnam

Chris Sweeney -

Six decades ago, the US started spraying toxic herbicide across Vietnam, killing and disabling millions of people. RT speaks to a man who has dedicated...