Myanmar’s Detained leader Suu Kyi Meets Lawyer for the First Time
By The Irrawaddy Wed, March 31, 2021 Photo: Daw Aung San Suu Kyi in 2020. (The Irrawaddy) Myanmar’s ousted leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi met her lawyer for the […]
From Russia With Love (and More Ammunition) for Myanmar
By Aung Zaw THE IRRAWADDY Tue, March 30, 2021 Myanmar military coup leader Snr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing greets Russian Deputy Defense Minister Colonel General Alexander Vasilyevich Fomin and delegation members […]
New study points out potential negative effects of RCEP agreement
Sok Chan / Khmer Times Tue March 30, 2021 Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance Aun Pornmonirath (L) and Sok Sopheak, secretary of state at the Ministry […]
M’sia pays S’pore S$102.8 million for the terminated KL-Singapore High-Speed Rail project
Both countries committed to maintaining good relations By Hana O THE INDEPENDENT SG Mon, March 29, 2021 SINGAPORE – Malaysia has paid Singapore more than S$102 million in compensation for […]
The Long History of Myanmar’s Civil Disobedience Movement
By The Irrawaddy Mon, March 29, 2021 Young people in Yangon call to boycott military products and services in February. It was just two days after the junta’s Feb.1 coup […]
Cambodia Tycoon Kith Meng donates $2 million to the government to purchase Nokor Tep Hospital
KHMER TIMES Mon, March 29, 2021 Kith Meng with his wife and children. Supplied Kith Meng, president of the Cambodian Chamber of Commerce and chairman and CEO of The Royal […]
Cambodia’s trade deficit to worsen to $2.3B per year with RCEP, says UNCTAD expert
Sangeetha Amarthalingam THE PHNOM PENH POST Mon, March 29, 2021 The RCEP was signed virtually between the 10 ASEAN member states, China, Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand in […]
Travel-starved Malaysians enjoy ‘sakura season’ at home with Tecoma trees in full bloom
BY TAN MEI ZI MALAYMAIL Fri, March 26, 2021 The trees have showered the Masjid Tanah area in Alor Gajah, Melaka with pink and white petals. — Picture via Facebook/nana.fadzil.3 […]
Landmark Agreements to Spur Singapore’s FDI in Indonesia
BY :JAYANTY NADA SHOFA JAKARTA GLOBE FRI, MARCH 26, 2021 Singaporean Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan met his Indonesian counterpart Retno Marsudi in Jakarta on March 26, 2021. (Photo Courtesy […]
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