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Sebastian StrangioForeign Policy |
Joko Widodo said yesterday that the new city is on schedule to host this year's Independence Day celebrations on August 17.
The massive gap between the black market and official rates for the kyat has created lucrative opportunities for arbitrage.
The country's military chief claims that the incident saw Chinese boats come within five meters of the Philippine outpost at Second Thomas Shoal.
The secretary of defense said that he had "substantive conversations" with Prime Minister Hun Manet and other Cambodian officials.
As the military junta loses ground, it has come to rely more heavily on air strikes to wreak vengeance on resistance-held areas.
The resignations of Bambang Susantono and his deputy have raised questions about the future of the multibillion-dollar Nusantara project.
Perhaps more than any other living figure, Tin Oo encapsulated the various facets of his country’s twentieth-century political dramatically.
Addressing the Shangri-La Dialogue defense forum in Singapore, the president-elect also called for the U.S. and China to exercise restraint as...
In a speech yesterday, Prime Minister Hun Manet said that his government would not afford to "wait for anybody," and would fund the $1.7 billion...
The Supreme Court ruling will pave the way for President Joko Widodo's youngest son to run in the Jakarta gubernatorial election on November 27.
Bangkok says that membership would help boost the country's global economic and political profile.
Anwar Ibrahim has pitched Malaysia to foreign chipmakers as "the most neutral and non-aligned location for semiconductor production."
The annual ban comes at a time of growing tension between Beijing and Manila in the South China Sea.
The pact between Thaksin's camp and the royalist establishment, which allowed the former leader to return from self-exile last year, may be starting...
Last year saw East and Southeast Asian governments seize 190 tons of methamphetamine, the largest amount ever recorded in a single year.
Both were granted bail pending an appeal, following the recent death of a monarchy-reform activist in custody.
The U.N.'s human rights office says that tens of thousands have been forcibly displaced in what one expert described as a "hate-driven unnatural...
Lloyd Austin's visit is a sign that Washington is seeking to re-engage the new look leadership in Phnom Penh, in a bid to draw the country out of...
According to a media report, the military has formed a new committee for the Myitsone hydropower project, which was suspended in 2011.
Military-appointed senators are seeking Srettha Thavisin's removal from office after he appointed a minister with a past conviction for bribery.
A Senate Committee is investigating the Chinese Embassy’s alleged recording of a phone call between Carlos and a Chinese military attaché in...
The Absolute Divorce Bill is the product of years of work on the part of representatives seeking to amend the country's notoriously restrictive...
Vu Minh Tien, a prominent member of the state-controlled confederation of trade unions, was working to bring Vietnamese labor law into line with...
A Tesla investment would be a significant vote of confidence in Jakarta's ambition of becoming an EV production powerhouse.
The Philippine Coast Guard claims that Chinese fishermen hunting giant clams have caused significant damage to the reefs at Scarborough Shoal.
The Vietnamese legislature is also expected to approve the elevation of To Lam, the powerful public security minister, to the presidency.
Rights groups have accused the Arakan Army of displacing tens of thousands of Rohingya civilians during its seizure of the town of Buthidaung.
Truong Thi Mai, the permanent member of the Party Central Committee's Secretariat, is the third top leader to step down in the past two months.
Alounkeo Kittikhoun and Min Aung Hlaing discussed Myanmar's representation within ASEAN and the bloc’s provision of humanitarian aid to the country.
The death of Netiporn “Bung” Sanesangkhom has drawn attention to the Thai government's cruel use of pretrial detention to silence peaceful critics...
The meeting came just days after a U.S. Treasury delegation visited Malaysia to express its concerns that the Palestinian group was raising funds...
Tomorrow, Lawrence Wong will become the city-state's fourth prime minister. He faces a host of challenges on both the domestic and international...
“Without heroin and meth, the state probably wouldn’t exist, and the Wa would be one more indigenous people preyed upon by Myanmar’s military...
Over the weekend, Manila accused Beijing of attempting to create an "artificial island" at Sabina Shoal, an unoccupied reef 75 nautical miles from...
The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission says that connections supplying Shwe Kokko, a hub of online fraud in Myanmar's Kayin...
The Russian leader could include a stop in Hanoi on his state visit to China later this month.
The U.S. Treasury Department has expressed its concerns over Iran using Malaysian entities to finance allied militant groups, including Hamas.
The Golden Dragon exercise, which has been held regularly since 2016, reflects the increasingly intimate defense ties between Beijing and Phnom Penh.
Two Chinese navy corvettes have been moored at the base's new China-built pier since December.
The recording, released this week by the Chinese embassy in Manila, purports to lay out a "new model" for managing tensions at Second Thomas Shoal in...
The investment will augment Amazon's cloud infrastructure in Singapore, and reinforce the city-state’s status as one of the world’s major data...
The former leader met officials from the opposition National Unity Government and a number of ethnic armed groups during recent trips to northern...
The past year has seen a string of confrontations between Philippine and Chinese vessels in contested parts of the South China Sea.
The Arakan Army claims that it has overrun the 15th Military Operations Command headquarters in northern Rakhine State.
The anti-graft campaign continues to intensify as the Communist Party begins preparations for its next Congress in early 2026.
Of the 11 nations of the region, just two ranked in the top half of the Reporters Without Borders (RSF)'s World Press Freedom Index.
Recent resignations have left two of Vietnam's top leadership positions, and five of the 18 seats on the Communist Party's Politburo, vacant.
The enforcement of the People’s Military Service Law has prompted thousands of young people to flee the country.
Satya Nadella has pledged to expand the infrastructure needed to support the firm's AI services in the fast-growing region.
Earlier this week, two Philippine vessels were damaged in the latest confrontation with China Coast Guard patrol boats in the contested South China...