Lao PM visits Vietnam, aiming to triple trade value in 2020
Linh Pham The Hanoi Times January 3, 2020 Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith and Vietnam PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc. Photo: VGP This is the second visit to Vietnam paid by […]
Cambodia public institutions display ‘Thanks to Peace’ banners
Taing Vida / Khmer Times January 3, 2020 Students walk pass one of the banners at Sisowath High School. KT/Siv Channa Public institutions throughout the Kingdom are displaying banners […]
Indonesia Introduces First Medium Range Drone to Tackle Terrorism, Forest Fires
BY :ANTARA JAKARTA GLOBE MON, DECEMBER 30, 2019 BANDUNG – Indonesia’s state-owned aerospace company Dirgantara Indonesia introduced on Monday two prototypes of new medium-altitude long endurance unmanned aerial vehicle (MALE […]
On Trial in Jakarta
BY :ANTARA PHOTOJAKARTA GLin JakartaOBE DECEMBER 20, 2019 JAKARTA, Indonesia – West Papuan student Ambrosius Mulait has been charged with treason, which carries a possible penalty of life imprisonment, for […]
Internet shutdown has been imposed on Myanmar Rakhine state for six months
JOHN LIU The Myanmar Times sat, DECember 21, 2019 Women ride past a hoarding for a telecommunications company in Sittwe, Rakhine. Photo: EPA The shutdown of all internet access […]
Bangladesh repatriation could be delayed
By Mizzima Tue, 17 December 2019 The Myanmar government will not push for the much-delayed repatriation of Rohingya refugees living for more than two years in displacement camps in Bangladesh until […]
The EU needs to be more realistic
Sim Vireak Khmer Times December 17, 2019 (Xinhua/Zhang Cheng – Zhu Wei) Protectionism is re-emerging as a common challenge that all regional and global mechanisms try to address. That holds […]
Indonesia indigenous communities fear eviction amid investment push as rights bill remains on back burner
The Jakarta Post Mon, December 16, 2019 On the edge: A family of the Orang Rimba tribe lives in a flimsy hut deep in the jungle of Jambi. The Indigenous […]
‘They could win or lose’: Jokowi denies building dynasty as family members enter mayoral races
The son rises, The son-in-law also rises Suherdjoko and Ghina Ghaliya The Jakarta Post Thu, December 12, 2019 President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo (left) and First Lady Iriana Widodo (center) stroll […]
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