ASEAN

Philippine, Chinese foreign ministers hold talks amid South China Sea tensions

The top diplomats of the Philippines and China met over the weekend in a Chinese district and exchanged views on…

3 years ago

Myanmar’s Magway region suffers under military’s March offensive

Myanmar’s military killed as many as a dozen civilians and arrested nearly 30 others in restive Magway region in the…

3 years ago

Cambodian police deny reports of Thais being held against their will in the country

Cambodian authorities Friday denied media reports that Thai citizens are being held against their will in Cambodia by criminal gangs,…

3 years ago

Cambodian election authority removes opposition candidates from list

Cambodia’s National Election Committee (NEC) has removed more than 100 candidates from the opposition Candlelight Party from the list of…

3 years ago

Musician fears beloved Burmese bamboo xylophone will be a casualty of COVID, coup

Kyaw Myint, an 83-year-old musician from Yangon, Myanmar's largest city and culture center, fears that among the country’s many losses…

3 years ago

Family of slain Rohingya leader leaves Bangladesh for Canada

Canada has agreed to give refuge to 11 family members of a Rohingya rights activist who was gunned down at…

3 years ago

Philippine President Duterte plans to meet with Chinese ‘friend’ Xi on April 8

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte said he would meet next week virtually with his “friend,” Chinese leader Xi Jinping, as Filipino…

3 years ago

With an eye on China, Japan plans 2 + 2 talks with Philippines, India

Japan plans to hold so-called "two-plus-two" meetings with the Philippines and India to discuss maritime security including in the South…

3 years ago

Upward trend in Myanmar online wildlife trade endangers biodiversity and public health

Upward trend in Myanmar online wildlife trade New research by WWF shows that online illegal wildlife trade in Myanmar increased…

3 years ago

For Myanmar’s youth, college becomes another casualty of country’s turmoil

Security concerns led to a dramatic decline in the number of students who registered for the first university entrance exams…

3 years ago

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