Indonesia’s new President Prabowo Subianto plans to spend 48.8 trillion rupiah ($2.99 billion) through 2029 to build the new capital city “Nusantara”, with a target of relocating the government there by 2028, the project’s chief said on Tuesday. Construction of the $32-billion Nusantara in the jungle of Borneo island, a legacy project first started by […]
Read MoreMyanmar’s military and the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA), a rebel group in Shan State, have signed a formal ceasefire agreement near the border between China and Myanmar. The agreement took effect on Saturday, China’s Foreign Ministry said. The two sides held talks in Kunming, a city in southwestern China’s Shan State, where they […]
Read MoreSoutheast Asian foreign ministers told Myanmar’s junta to prioritise a ceasefire in its civil war over fresh elections during a meeting in Malaysia on Sunday. The Myanmar military seized power in February 2021, making unsubstantiated claims of massive electoral fraud in 2020 polls won resoundingly by the Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League […]
Read MorePrime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra’s rise to power is relatively premature considering her age and political experience. However, her nomination as one of the Pheu Thai Party’s three prime ministerial candidates suggested she was ready to take on the role. The growing popularity of the People’s Party (PP) played a significant role in the party’s decision to support her […]
Read MoreTerming Singapore President Tharman Shanmugaratnam’s visit historic, chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Saturday said the MoUs signed with that country would attract investments to Odisha, which aspires to be a developed state by 2036. “Through these eight MoUs, we aim for eight clear-cut outcomes for Odisha. Once these are implemented, our state will be on par with […]
Read MoreThe Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Tuesday signed a financing agreement of 92.6 million U.S. dollars with PT Supreme Energy Muara Laboh (SEML) to develop Indonesia’s geothermal power resources. “This will be done by expanding the geothermal facility at Muara Laboh in West Sumatra, while supporting the construction, operation, and maintenance of a new geothermal […]
Read MoreWith the general amnesty period ending on December 31 last year, arrests are underway in every province, including the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur. Police operations are underway under different names to catch them. Legal and illegal expatriates living in the country are going through a difficult time. The Immigration Department says that places have been […]
Read MoreThe civilian shadow government and the Arakan Army, an ethnic militia based in Rakhine fighting for the autonomy of the region, also reported the attack had killed dozens. Dozens of people were killed in an air strike by Myanmar’s military government in the western state of Rakhine this week, the United Nations said, as the […]
Read MoreMinister of Digital Development, Innovation, and Communications of Mongolia Baatarkhuu Tsend met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Nguyen Tuan Thanh on January 8, 2024. At the outset of the meeting, Minister of Digital Development, Innovation, and Communications of Mongolia Baatarkhuu Tsend highlighted that as part of the 70th-anniversary celebration […]
Read MoreThe Myanmar junta is ‘advancing’ on the battlefield by using the rebels’ tactics. The ruling party is launching mortar and controlled artillery attacks to defeat them. The rebel group has been in a lot of trouble due to drone attacks, built with the help of China and Russia. Earlier, the country’s rebel groups had defeated […]
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