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How do ‘Barbie’ and Blackpink figure in a dangerous territorial dispute?

Of all the things that could inflame tensions in a region that could someday be a theatre of war between superpowers, the movie “Barbie” was not an obvious catalyst. Yet here we are.

Bangkok Post

Honoring the last of ‘The Greatest Generation’

Henry W. Clark, a World War II veteran from Harvey, plans to be on board a July 12 Honor Flight Chicago bound for Washington, D.C. So does the Rev. George Kane, a retired Catholic priest, who was a chaplain during the Vietnam War.

Chicago Sun-Times

Robusta Coffee Closes Sharply Higher on Tight Global Supplies

Sep arabica coffee (KCU23 ) on Friday closed up +0.45 (+0.28%), and Sep ICE robusta coffee (RMU23 ) closed up +111 (+4.42%). Coffee prices Friday settled higher, with robusta up sharply at a 1-week high. Friday's fall in the dollar (DXY00 ) to a 2-week low was bullish for most...

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The Barbie movie’s South China Sea flap is turning into a Republican political football

Warner Bros. insists that a “childlike crayon drawing” has no geopolitical significance, but Vietnam is so enraged it’s banned the movie entirely.

Fortune

Robusta Coffee Surges on Supply Concerns

Sep arabica coffee (KCU23 ) this morning is up +0.15 (+0.09%), and Sep ICE robusta coffee (RMU23 ) is up +106 (+4.22%). Coffee prices this morning are moving higher, with robusta up sharply at a 1-week high. Today's decline in the dollar (DXY00 ) to a 1-1/2 week low is...

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Warner Brothers studios rush to defend Barbie movie after it was banned in Vietnam

Warner Brothers Studio have put out a statement in support of their highly-anticipated Barbie film after it was banned in Vietnam due to its depictions of the world map and the 'nine-dash line'

Daily Mirror

Warner Bros defends ‘childlike’ Barbie movie map after Vietnam bans film

Offending map ‘was not intended to make any type of statement’, studio insists

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Warner Bros say Barbie movie map ‘not intended to make statement’ after Vietnam ban

The film reportedly contains a scene depicting a map showing what appeared to be China’s territorial claims

Evening Standard

Studio defends Barbie movie after controversial map prompts Vietnam ban

Warner Bros says map is ‘child-like’ after Vietnam accused film-makers of depicting China’s nine-dash line in South China Sea

The Guardian - UK

Blackpink caught up in Vietnam-China feud

Vietnam is investigating the website of Blackpink’s tour organiser, ahead of the K-Pop superstars’ concert in Hanoi, after fans complained that it shows a map of the South China Sea with disputed boundaries.

Bangkok Post

Warner Bros defends South China Sea map after Vietnam ban

Studio says the ‘child-like crayon drawing’ in Barbie film was not intended to make a political statement.

Al Jazeera

Migrants get an extension on amnesty

The cabinet has agreed to extend its foreign migrants' amnesty programme until the end of the month, allowing about 500,000 workers from Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam to sort out the permits they need to legally reside and work in the country.

Bangkok Post

After Barbie Got Banned In Vietnam, A Warner Bros. Spokesperson Responded

A representative from Warner Bros. speaks out following Barbie’s recent ban in Vietnam.

Cinemablend

What Vietnam's ban of the Barbie movie tells us about China's politics of persuasion

Barbie has always had some degree of notoriety. She is at once a symbol of female empowerment, ridicule and consumerism. People might suspect that the recent ban of the Barbie movie by the Vietnamese government is motivated by these concerns. Instead, international political intrigue provides a better explanation.

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How we're using the Vietnamese ethnic savings scheme 'Hụi' to buy back our cultural heritage

Hụi is a constant but often hidden feature of life for many Vietnamese-Australians.

Reason

Barbie Banned in Vietnam!

The glitter-filled movie got involved in authoritarian geopolitics by allegedly displaying Chinese propaganda.

WEKU

After Vietnam, the Philippines could be next to ban 'Barbie.' Here's why

Philippine film regulators are reviewing Barbie after a senator said it depicts a map that China uses to lay claim to nearly all of the South China Sea. Warner Bros. says it's just a "doodle."

Bangkok Post

Blackpink caught up in Vietnam-China feud

HANOI: Vietnam is investigating the website of Blackpink’s tour organiser, ahead of the K-Pop superstars’ concert in Hanoi, after fans complained that it shows a map of the South China Sea with disputed boundaries.

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Rice to get costlier as supply threatened

MUMBAI: Global rice prices, now at their highest in 11 years, are set to rally further after India moved to boost payments to farmers, just as El Nino threatens yields in key producers and alternative staples get costlier for poor Asians and Africans.

The Independent UK

Barbie movie banned in Vietnam over use of ‘offending’ map image

Highly anticipated film will not receive a cinematic release in the southeast Asian country

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Here’s A Yassified Explainer On The Nine-Dash Line And Why Vietnam Has Banned The Barbie Movie

Calling all international relations bimbos and himbos.

Chicago Sun-Times

Vietnam bans ‘Barbie’ movie due to an illustration showing China’s territorial claim

The National Film Evaluation Council made the decision, saying a map in the film shows China’s ‘nine-dash line,’ which extends Beijing’s territorial claims far into waters that fall within areas claimed by Vietnam and other countries.

The Independent UK

Ted Cruz accuses new Barbie movie of ‘pushing Chinese propaganda’

Issue traces back to dispute claims on South China Sea

Cinemablend

Why Barbie Just Got Banned In Vietnam

Margot Robbie's Barbie movie is not going to be screened in Vietnam for a specific reason.

The Hindu

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