JAKARTA: Indonesia has declared the late President Suharto a national hero which activists say is an attempt at whitewashing a long history of human rights abuses and corruption that took place during his three-decade military rule. Suharto was forced out of office in 1998 by violent protests that took place amid an economic crisis. His […]
Read MoreBloomberg Thailand’s Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has threatened to derail a fragile peace deal with Cambodia – signed just last month – after a landmine explosion injured two Thai soldiers near their shared border. The soldiers stepped on what the Thai army suspects were newly laid mines while on routine patrol Monday in Si Sa […]
Read MoreAssociated Press About 100 Bangladeshi workers who were employed by Malaysian companies rallied on Monday to demand unpaid wages, fair compensation and an end to alleged abuse by Malaysian employers. The Migrant Welfare Network, a Bangladeshi migrant group based in Malaysia and Bangladesh, organised the protest at the Ministry of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment […]
Read MoreA boat carrying members of the Rohingya community from Myanmar has sunk near the Thai-Malaysian border, with hundreds missing, seven dead and 13 rescued, the Malaysian maritime agency said on Sunday. Rescuers were combing an area of 170 square nautical miles near Langkawi island on Saturday after a boat with 300 people on board left […]
Read MoreOne of the year’s most powerful storms in the Philippines, Super Typhoon Fung-wong has killed four people, authorities said today (10 November), as they began assessing damage after its fury abated, though no reports of major destruction have flowed in yet. More than a million people were evacuated before Fung-wong hit land yesterday, unleashing fierce […]
Read MorePhilippine Senator Ronald Dela Rosa takes a selfie with Rodrigo Duterte’s supporters in Davao City on March 28. Photo: Reuters The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Philippine Senator Ronald Dela Rosa, who oversaw then-president Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs, according to the nation’s ombudsman, although the ICC denied the assertion. Duterte, […]
Read MoreAn associate professor from the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) has raised eyebrows – and hackles – after a video of her suggesting that the Romans learned their shipbuilding techniques from the Malays went viral. Solehah Yaacob’s controversial statements, dubbed “pseudo-history” by critics, have prompted her academic colleagues to urge the university to take firm […]
Read MoreBy Raissa Roblesin Manila It was a fleeting handshake, but one that Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr made sure was caught on camera. On November 1, Marcos approached Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Apec handover ceremony in Gyeongju, South Korea, to offer his congratulations as Beijing assumed the trade bloc’s 2026 chairmanship. A Filipino […]
Read MoreIndonesian President Prabowo Subianto waves at the Asean Summit in Kuala Lumpur on October 26. Photo: Reuters Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto’s public approval rating is steady at 78 per cent a year after he took office, a survey showed on Saturday, despite a challenging first year in office marked by deadly student protests. Prabowo’s approval […]
Read MoreMANILA, Nov 8 : The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Philippine Senator Ronald Dela Rosa, who oversaw then-President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs, the nation’s ombudsman said on Saturday, although the ICC denied the assertion. Duterte, in office from 2016 to 2022, was arrested and taken to The Hague in March […]
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