The figurehead of Thailand’s main opposition party has warned that court decisions this month may dissolve his party and potentially unseat the prime minister, risking fresh instability in the economy. Pita Limjaroenrat, who led the reformist Move Forward Party to an electoral victory last year but was thwarted from forming a government, said in an […]
Read MoreJAKARTA, Aug 1 (Reuters) – Indonesia’s President-elect Prabowo Subianto said his upcoming administration would maintain ties with “great friend” Russia after meeting President Vladimir Putin, adding that he hoped for stronger cooperation on defence, energy and education. Prabowo, who is currently defence minister, is set to take over the presidency from Joko Widodo in October. […]
Read MoreBy Resty Woro Yuniar Indonesia is sending mixed signals about Chinese investment in its nickel industry as it aims to align its policies with US tax credit eligibility under a trade deal with Washington, with the government denying placing limits on Chinese involvement even as reports suggest new deals are being structured to minimise their […]
Read MoreNew Delhi [India], July 31 (ANI): Vietnamese Prime Minister, Pham Minh Chinh, who is on a State visit to India on Wednesday praised the gains achieved by India under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi Addressing a business event organised in the national capital, Pham Minh Chinh said that Indian businessmen have expressed interest […]
Read MoreMyanmar’s embattled military government has extended the state of emergency for another six months. The country’s official media reported this information on Wednesday. The military-controlled National Defense and Security Council extended the state of emergency to give the junta more time to collect population data for voter registration, Mayawaddi media reported. The junta has said […]
Read MoreThere is a lot of tension between China and the Philippines. And this tension seems to have been further fueled by the United States. The country announced $500 million to the Philippines as part of its military aid. Al Jazeera reported that US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin visited the […]
Read MoreThe former head of the country’s navy, Admiral Zwei Win Myint, has been arrested for disobeying the orders of Myanmar’s junta chief Aung Hlaing. On Monday (July 29), Myanmar’s media Irrawaddy reported the information. According to the report, Mint was arrested on the orders of Min Aung Hlaing, the head of the country’s junta government, […]
Read MoreBANGKOK: Thailand is set to be Southeast Asia’s second country after Singapore to tax carbon emissions, a move that experts say will give the region greater impetus to adopt clean technologies that help slow global warming. Its carbon tax, expected to be introduced by next year, is not likely to make a dent on domestic […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia on Thursday (Aug 1) will introduce a new regulatory framework for all social media and internet messaging platforms with at least eight million registered users in the country to comply with. Enforcement under the new class licence will begin from Jan 1 next year, the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) said […]
Read MorePhilippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr told US cabinet secretaries Antony Blinken and Lloyd Austin on Tuesday that regular engagements between Manila and Washington were needed to ensure “agile” responses to his country’s maritime tensions with China. Ties between Washington and its treaty ally Manila have dramatically improved since Marcos replaced Rodrigo Duterte, who was openly […]
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