A Thai court on Thursday ordered exiled former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to pay more than 10 billion baht ($304 million) to compensate for losses incurred by a money-losing rice farming subsidy program that her administration had implemented more than a decade ago. The Supreme Administrative Court partially reversed a 2021 court ruling that cleared […]
Read MoreJAKARTA: Indonesian rescue teams were searching for 19 people missing after heavy rain caused a landslide at a gold mine in its easternmost region of Papua, officials said on Monday. Torrential rain triggered a landslide late on Friday in a small-scale mine run by local residents in the Arfak mountains in West Papua province, said […]
Read MoreChina’s President Xi Jinping pledged on Friday to support Myanmar in its rebuilding efforts following the Southeast Asian nation’s deadliest earthquake in recent years, Reuters reported today (10 May) citing Chinese state media Xinhua. Xi met with Myanmar’s junta chief, Min Aung Hlaing, in Moscow and discussed several initiatives. The natural disaster has bolstered the […]
Read MoreChina and Cambodia will hold their seventh “Golden Dragon” joint military exercise starting on Wednesday, and this year’s drills are expected to feature more troops and advanced equipment than previous exercises. The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Southern Theatre Command announced on Thursday that a departure ceremony had been held at a military port in Zhanjiang […]
Read MoreJakarta (ANTARA) – Indonesia and Norway have agreed to support the efforts of the secretary-general of the United Nations (UN) to ensure the international organization adapts and remains relevant to the new circumstances and aligned with its objectives. The support was expressed during a meeting between Deputy Foreign Minister Arrmanatha Nasir and Norwegian Deputy Foreign […]
Read MoreJAKARTA: Indonesian students staged nationwide protests on Monday against a contentious revision to the military law that activists say threatens the nation’s young democracy. Hundreds of demonstrators gathered at regional government offices in various Indonesian cities, including Batam, Kupang, Lampung and Sukabumi, as well as the country’s second-largest city, Surabaya. A smaller group also turned […]
Read MoreThe largest annual military exercise in Southeast Asia, ‘Cobra Gold,’ has begun in Thailand. More than 8,000 soldiers from 30 countries are participating in this exercise, which is a joint initiative of the United States and Thailand. In addition to training on modern warfare techniques, this year’s exercise also includes new additions such as cyber […]
Read More“I got a lot of punishments,” said 19-year-old Yotor, who gave only one name and had cuts along his leg. “I received electric shocks every day.” Inside a Thai military camp, four Ethiopian men on Wednesday (19 February) showed the bruises and scars on their bodies they said were sustained during their time in one […]
Read MoreThousands of students staged ‘Dark Indonesia’ protests in cities across the country on Thursday against budget cuts and other policies of President Prabowo Subianto, fearing they will undermine social support systems and their futures. Clad in black, about a thousand placard-carrying students in the major city of Yogyakarta marched through a busy thoroughfare yelling out […]
Read MoreThe assembly earlier on Tuesday passed an amendment to a Law on Organising the Government, paving the way for a cull of 15% to 20% of the state apparatus that will include five ministries, four agencies and five state television channels, among other cuts. Vietnam’s National Assembly will on Tuesday approve a bold bureaucratic reform […]
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