Category: Regional
6.2-magnitude earthquake strikes off Tonga
A 6.2-magnitude earthquake occurred off the coast of Tonga at 0640 GMT on Thursday, the United States Geological Survey said, with no immediate reports of damage. The [...] » More
WHO staff complaint, email allege racism and abuse in Asia
Staffers have accused the top director of the World Health Organization in the Western Pacific of racist, unethical and abusive behavior that has undermined the UN health [...] » More
Woodside Petroleum to pull out of Burma one year on from military coup
Australia’s Woodside Petroleum has announced it is following multinational energy groups Chevron and Total in exiting Myanmar, saying it is unable to work in the [...] » More
Australia’s Woodside Petroleum pulls out of Burma projects
Australia’s Woodside Petroleum is withdrawing from projects in strife-torn Myanmar, following a similar decision last week by Total and Chevron. Woodside put all its [...] » More
Cambodia PM urges Burma junta chief to allow aid, envoy visit
Cambodia’s prime minister Hun Sen urged Myanmar’s military ruler to allow a visit by a special envoy of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) and [...] » More
Burma junta in toys-for-the-boys weaponry splurge
Submarines would seemingly be the last type of weapon the armed forces of a nation engulfed in an entirely land-based civil war would want or need. But Myanmar’s [...] » More
US warns firms over doing business in Burma
The US government warned companies Wednesday to be extremely wary of doing business in Myanmar, citing the risks of being linked to a military government involved in [...] » More
Secret health service: Burma’s military junta drives medics underground
One year on from its bloody military coup Myanmar is now one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a doctor or nurse. Figures released today show 286 health workers [...] » More
US warns of heightened risks associated with business in Burma
The United States on Wednesday issued a business advisory for Myanmar, warning of heightened risks associated with doing business in the country especially when the military [...] » More
WHO staff accuse top boss of racism and abuse at Manila HQ
Staffers have accused the top director of the World Health Organization in the Western Pacific of racist, unethical and abusive behaviour that has undermined the UN health [...] » More
UN Security Council to meet Friday over Burma crisis
The UN Security Council will meet Friday with a minister from Asean chair Cambodia to discuss the chaotic situation in Myanmar, one year after a coup ousted leader Aung San [...] » More
Burma junta threatens pot-banging protesters with treason
Myanmar demonstrators who bang pots and pans in protest at last year’s coup can be charged with high treason, the junta warned Tuesday, days ahead of the putsch’s [...] » More
Race begins to recover $100m F-35 stealth technology from the bottom of South China Sea
The US Navy has begun “making arrangements” to recover the wreckage of an F-35C Lightning II jet fighter that slammed into an aircraft carrier during a failed [...] » More
Laos government allows Chinese firm to dig rare earth minerals, locals concerned
Villagers in northeastern Laos have voiced concerns over losing their land to a Chinese firm that was recently approved by the Southeast Asian government to dig for rare [...] » More
Southeast Asia’s roads more dangerous than Covid
“If I miss one exit, can I reverse my car on [the] expressway?” is a question posed on the new Twitter page for the Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville Expressway, [...] » More
