ASEAN welcomes further maritime cooperation with Quad, Hanoi says
Quad foreign ministers gather in Tokyo on October 6. Photo: India’s Ministry of External Affairs Linh Pham The Hanoi Times Sat, Oct 17, 2020 HANOI – The Quad can deepen […]
India is ‘unlikely to re-think rejection of huge trade deal’
Mark Hughes Khmer Times Fri, October 16, 2020 Ministers from 15 Asia-Pacific countries including Asean who are negotiating a widespread free-trade agreement (FTA) urged India to return to talks they […]
Vietnam protests establishment of Chinese businesses on South China Sea islands
Linh Pham THE HANOI TIMES Sat, Oct 17, 2020 The so-called Sansha City on Vietnam’s Hoang Sa (Paracel) Islands HANOI – A Vietnamese foreign ministry spokesperson has again affirmed that […]
Commonwealth Foreign Affairs Ministers Meeting 2020
LONDON, 14 October 2020 Foreign ministers from across the Commonwealth met today in their first ever virtual meeting. The 20th Commonwealth Foreign Affairs Ministers Meeting (CFAMM) would usually […]
Myanmar State Counselor Declines to Prosecute Those Who Lied About Her on Facebook
Myanmar State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi in September 2020. / State Counselor’s Office YANGON—Myanmar State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has instructed officials not to pursue […]
Cambodia, China ink free trade agreement
Thou Vireak THE PHNOM PENH POST Tue, October 13, 2020 The Signing Ceremony of The Cambodia-China Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA) was held yesterday at the Peace Palace and was […]
Ceremony held to mark 1,010th founding anniversary of Hanoi
Nhat Minh – Tran Long. THE HANOI TIMES Sun, October 11, 2020 HANOI – Hanoi in its 1,010th anniversary will continue to be Civilized – Heroic – Peaceful – Hospitable […]
Indonesia teachers, lecturers denounce ministry letter urging students not to protest jobs law
Tri Indah Oktavianti The Jakarta Post Sun, October 11, 2020 Students from various universities in South Tangerang, Banten, join a protest against the omnibus law on job creation in Pasar […]
China’s push lets foreign poachers steal Malaysia’s fish, say experts
Ainaa Aiman FREE MALAYSIA TODAY Sun, October 11, 2020 A boat suspected of being a ‘mother ship’ to illegal foreign fishing boats at sea was seized off Kuala Pahang last […]
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