Vietnam’s Communist Party head To Lam has congratulated Donald Trump on his US presidential election victory in a phone call and the two discussed ways their countries could boost economic ties, the communist party said on Tuesday. The United States is Vietnam’s largest export market, and in September last year the two countries upgraded their […]
Read MoreChina and the Philippines have sparred repeatedly this year over disputed areas of the South China Sea, including the Scarborough Shoal, one of Asia’s most contested features. China is putting ever-greater pressure on the Philippines to cede its sovereign rights in the South China Sea, Secretary of National Defense Gilberto Teodoro said on Tuesday after […]
Read MoreCanberra: China is putting ever-greater pressure on the Philippines to cede its sovereign rights in the South China Sea, Secretary of National Defense Gilberto Teodoro said on Tuesday after a meeting with his Australian counterpart in Canberra. “What we see is an increasing demand by Beijing for us to concede our sovereign rights in the […]
Read MoreThe joint exercise, which started last week, came as newly inaugurated Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto pledged closer ties with Russia on defence, in a bid to forge links with any country as part of Jakarta’s long-held non-aligned foreign policy. Russian and Indonesian ships practised freeing a vessel captured by terrorists and fought unmanned boats during […]
Read MoreIn a visit to China by Prabowo just a few weeks after taking office, the two sides also jointly published a statement on “Promoting Comprehensive Strategic Partnership and Building a China-Indonesia Community with a Shared Future”. Chinese President Xi Jinping signed multiple cooperation deals with his Indonesian counterpart Prabowo Subianto on Saturday, Chinese state TV […]
Read MoreMyanmar’s Rakhine state, home to the Rohingya minority and engulfed in conflict between government forces and a powerful ethnic group, could face an imminent acute famine, the United Nations development agency warned in a new report. The U.N. Development Program said in the report issued Thursday that “a perfect storm is brewing” which has put […]
Read MoreMuhyiddin Yassin is also charged with sedition for allegedly insulting a former king and is accused of corruption and money laundering in separate cases. A Malaysian court on Friday ordered former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin to pay more than $300,000 to another politician in a defamation case, adding to the opposition leader’s legal troubles. Muhyiddin, […]
Read MoreMyanmar junta leader Min Aung Hlaing will go to China this week to attend several regional summits, state television reported on Monday, the top general’s first visit to his giant neighbour since he seized power in a 2021 coup. Min Aung Hlaing will attend summits of the Greater Mekong Subregion and the Ayeyawady-Chao Phraya-Mekong Economic […]
Read MoreMount Lewotobi Laki-laki, located on Flores Island, erupted on Sunday at 11.57 pm, belching a fiery-red column of lava, volcanic ash and blazing rocks, Hadi Wijaya, a spokesperson for The Center of Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation. At least 10 people died after Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki in eastern Indonesia erupted near midnight on Sunday, spewing […]
Read MorePrabowo has promised that the country could reach food self-sufficiency in the next four years. An advisor to Prabowo has said the food estates programme may add 20 million tons of paddy rice or 10 million tons of harvested rice. President Prabowo Subianto visited the Papua region of Indonesia on Sunday to oversee the development […]
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