By Aidan Jones At least eight people have been killed in renewed fighting on the Thai-Cambodian border, officials said on Tuesday, as Bangkok accused Phnom Penh of launching cross-border rocket attacks despite a White House warning to end the bloodshed. The latest escalation has shattered a shaky US-steered truce that had largely held since late […]
Read MoreBy Raissa Robles A former spokesman for Rodrigo Duterte has claimed that the International Criminal Court is preparing to arrest two of the ex-Philippine leader’s closest allies over his administration’s bloody war on drugs. Harry Roque told This Week in Asia that President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr intended to use such arrests to “destroy the [political] […]
Read MoreThailand’s airstrikes on Monday targeted Cambodian military facilities housing long-range artillery, after surveillance signalled that rockets, including a Chinese-made variant, could be used to hit civilian areas, a Thai military official said. The Southeast Asian neighbours engaged in their worst fighting since a five-day clash in July, with both sides accusing each other of breaching […]
Read MoreJAKARTA: Indonesia has trained up to 20,000 troops to take on health and construction-related tasks during a planned peacekeeping operation in the war-torn enclave of Gaza, the defense minister said on Friday. The world’s most populous Muslim nation, Indonesia is among the countries with which the United States has discussed plans for a multinational stabilization […]
Read MoreThe Penang Island City Council has ordered the unauthorised mural at a building at Chew Jetty to be removed. In a notice dated Thursday, issued under Section 82 of the Local Government Act 1976 by the council’s Heritage Conservation Department, the building owner in the Malaysian state was instructed to erase and repaint the wall. […]
Read MoreBy Raissa Robles A fugitive former Philippine lawmaker has accused President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr of directing him to add 100 billion pesos (US$1.7 billion) worth of dubious public works projects to the national budget, a claim that throws new fuel on the corruption scandal that has dogged his administration for months. Analysts say the explosive […]
Read MoreJAKARTA: Indonesia is seeking to strengthen economic and defense ties with Jordan, as President Prabowo Subianto hosted King Abdullah in Jakarta on Friday. King Abdullah is on a two-day visit to Indonesia as a part of his Asia tour, which included stops in Japan, Vietnam and Singapore, and will conclude in Pakistan. He was personally […]
Read MoreChinese leader Xi Jinping today (14 November) rolled out the red carpet for the first Thai monarch to visit China since ties were established 50 years ago as Beijing seized the chance to portray itself as a benevolent neighbour and reliable economic partner. The arrival of Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn and Queen Suthida and a […]
Read MorePHNOM PENH: Cambodia on Thursday evacuated hundreds of people from a village along its disputed border with Thailand, a day after one of its residents was reported killed when shooting between the two nations broke out there. Wednesday’s shooting occurred two days after a Thai soldier lost a foot to a land mine while patrolling […]
Read MoreMANILA: Many powerful politicians linked to corruption in Philippine flood control projects will be in jail by Christmas, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on Thursday, after dozens of officials were named as suspects in a multibillion-dollar graft scandal. Public outrage has grown since August in the Philippines, after an audit ordered by Marcos revealed that […]
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