The European Union’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Tuesday the EU wanted to guarantee peace in the South China Sea and told Vietnam the bloc could help boost its maritime security and cybersecurity capabilities. The Southeast Asian country is at odds with China over its boundaries in the South China Sea, a crucial […]
Read MoreIndonesia launched the “Golden Visa Program” to attract foreign investors and ease their immigration process. Indonesian President Joko Widodo launched the visa program on Thursday (July 25). At the opening ceremony of the program in Jakarta, Widodo said that the golden visa will provide an opportunity to invest in Indonesia and increase the country’s productivity. […]
Read MoreUS Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Vietnam on Saturday to pay his respects following the death of Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong, underlining warmer ties between the countries a half-century since they fought a brutal war. Blinken arrived in Hanoi late on Saturday after attending a regional summit in Laos and visited the […]
Read MoreNational security chiefs from six South and Southeast Asian countries have traveled to Myanmar for talks. Bangladesh is also among these six countries. This is a rare occurrence during the Myanmar junta period. Myanmar’s state media The Global New Light of Myanmar reported in a report that the national security chiefs of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, […]
Read MoreSoutheast Asian city-state Singapore has topped the list of 60 cities in the world as the safest city. No city in the United States or the United Kingdom made it to the top three. Other cities are Tokyo, Japan and Toronto, Canada. Forbes, the world’s most influential magazine, has published a ranking of 60 cities […]
Read MoreThe meeting of the foreign ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations will be followed by two summits in Laos on Saturday set to address key global issues that will be attended by officials from the United States, European Union, Japan, China, Russia and more The Southeast Asian bloc ASEAN met in Laos on […]
Read MoreAfter years of acrimony, thousands of man-hours and millions of dollars spent, a long, complex legal battle brought by two town councils against Singapore’s largest opposition party ended in a settlement this week, leaving several questions unanswered but few voters seem to care, say observers. The legal suit that had its early antecedents after the […]
Read MoreBy RFA Investigative On a stifling July afternoon, hundreds of Cambodian officials gathered in central Phnom Penh to extol the importance of forests. Saplings, 40,000 in total, were given away for planting. Nationwide, hundreds of thousands more are expected to be distributed in the coming months. In all, the plan is for 1 million trees […]
Read MoreMarcos has banned Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) for their alleged links to crimes, human trafficking and financial scams, and gave the gaming regulator until the end of the year to shut down these businesses The Philippines has ordered foreigners working in offshore gambling firms to leave the country in two months’ time, its immigration […]
Read MoreMalaysia is seeking the commitment of social media platforms to address cybercrimes, ranging from scams, cyberbullying and harmful content involving minors, Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil said on Wednesday. “There are platforms that are more willing to cooperate (with the government) and there are those that aren’t,” he told a regular media briefing. Fahmi said Meta […]
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