Category: Regional
Burma’s mountain war: Prayers for peace in Kachin state
Kachin state is home to around 1.5 million people, including 100,000 living in 140 camps where the Myanmar government imposes restrictions on food, healthcare, shelter and [...]
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Vietnam’s first homegrown car to be delivered in days
Vietnam’s homegrown carmaker VinFast will deliver its first cars on June 17, the company said Friday as it showcased a factory in one of Asia’s fastest growing [...]
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Middle East attack jolts oil-import dependent Asia
The blasts detonated far from the bustling megacities of Asia, but the attack this week on two tankers in the strategic Strait of Hormuz hits at the heart of the [...]
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Vietnam seizes 7.5 tonnes of elephant ivory, pangolin scales
Authorities have seized 7.5 tonnes of elephant ivory and pangolin scales in one of Vietnam’s biggest wildlife trafficking cases. The 3.5 tonnes of ivory and 4 tonnes of [...]
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Burma issues climate change policies as World Bank sounds environment alarm
IN RESPONSE to emerging environmental issues caused by heavy reliance on natural resources, Myanmar has come up with new policies on national environment and climate change [...]
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Vietnam jails former bosses of state shipbuilder for $1 million graft
Vietnam has jailed four former heads of state-owned shipbuilder Vinashin for terms of up to 17 years over abuse of power and embezzlement, state media said on Thursday, as [...]
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John Gunther Dean, US diplomat haunted by Cambodia, dies
John Gunther Dean, a veteran American diplomat and five-time ambassador forever haunted by his role in the evacuation of the US Embassy in Cambodia during the dying days of [...]
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US man to face death penalty trial in Vietnam
Vietnamese-American man charged with “attempting to overthrow the state” will go on trial in HCM City on Jun 24, his family said, and could face the death penalty [...]
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Victims of Formosa spill in Vietnam seek compensation
Lawyers in Taiwan launched a multi million dollar lawsuit against the industrial conglomerate Formosa on Tuesday, on behalf of thousands of Vietnamese whose livelihoods were [...]
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Cambodia PM Hun Sen: PM Lee’s comments ‘an insult’ to sacrifice of Vietnam’s military volunteers
Cambodia prime minister (PM) Hun Sen has criticised recent comments by Singapore PM Lee Hsien Loong, who had described the 1978-1989 Indochina conflict as an [...]
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Singapore had ‘no sympathy’ for Khmer Rouge, values ties with Cambodia and Vietnam: MFA
Singapore had “no sympathy for the Khmer Rouge” and “highly values” its relations with Cambodia and Vietnam, said a Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) [...]
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Vietnam’s objection to PM Lee’s remarks doesn’t change past as many view it: Tan Chuan-Jin
Vietnam may object to prime minister (PM) Lee Hsien Loong’s comments on its invasion of Cambodia in 1978, but it does not change the past as many view it, according to [...]
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Southeast Asia should keep taking the world’s junk: Adam Minter
Southeast Asian nations no longer want your trash. Last week, Malaysia announced it was sending 3,300 tonnes of scrap plastics including CDs, insulated electric cables and [...]
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‘Cambodia should file a diplomatic complaint against Singapore Govt’ Criticism over PM Lee’s remarks mount
Many were of the view that PM Lee’s remarks were disrespectful to the Khmer Rouge victims and those who sacrificed their lives in deposing the genocidal regime of Khmer [...]
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Vietnam jails another Facebook user over ‘anti-state’ posts
A court in Vietnam sentenced a Facebook user to six years in prison on Thursday for a series of posts he made on the social media platform which the Southeast Asian [...]
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