ASEAN

China says Taiwan ‘playing with fire’ over alleged Taiping Island plans

China has reacted strongly against Taiwan’s alleged plans to extend a runway on the contested Taiping Island in the South…

3 years ago

Pro-junta ‘Blood Comrades’ claim killings of 8 opposition members in Mandalay

A newly formed pro-junta militia is terrorizing members of the deposed opposition party in Mandalay, residents of Myanmar’s second largest…

3 years ago

Another Mekong River dam in Laos begins review process

Lao officials will soon submit plans for the Phou Ngoy Dam and hydropower plant to the Mekong River Commission for…

3 years ago

Philippines’ Duterte intends to skip ASEAN summit in Washington

Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte announced his intention to skip the U.S.-ASEAN summit in Washington next month, telling Filipinos he doesn’t…

3 years ago

Jailed Vietnamese citizen journalist allowed to meet wife after secret hearing

Vietnamese citizen journalist and political prisoner Le Trong Hung was allowed to see his wife for the first time since…

3 years ago

Myanmar military court sentences Aung San Suu Kyi to 5 more years in jail

A military court sentenced deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi to five years in jail on Wednesday finding her…

3 years ago

Myanmar Civil Disobedience Movement ‘losing steam’ amid junta crackdowns

Myanmar’s Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM), a popular strike movement that at its peak brought the administrative machinery of the military…

3 years ago

Hanoi’s heavy hand

Vietnam, a one-party communist state with low tolerance for public criticism or dissent that has jailed scores of journalists and…

3 years ago

A decade after activist’s death, rights groups in Cambodia press for answers

Cambodian environmentalists called for authorities to reinvestigate the 2012 murder of a forestry activist, who was slain while campaigning against…

3 years ago

Beijing’s zero-COVID policy snags Lao exports to China via new railway

Costly and time-consuming customs-clearing procedures put in place as part of China’s zero-COVID-19 restrictions are making it difficult for Lao…

3 years ago

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