Indonesia steps up boat sinkings
On Sunday Indonesia sunk another 17 foreign vessels alleged to have been fishing in its waters as part of the archipelago’s war on illegal...
Buddhist bully cowers after NLD pressure
Buddhism is an intrinsic part of Burmese society. Source: Asean Economist
The Burmese nationalist Buddhist organisation, called the Committee for the Protection of Nationality and...
Duterte pledges communist talks
The New People's Army has been in the field for decades. Source: YouTube
Philippine president-elect Rodrigo Duterte has promised to resume stalled peace talks with...
Vietnam’s developer boosts bonds
The Bitexco Financial Tower, a skyscraper in Ho Chi Minh City. Source: Wikimedia
The largest listed Vietnamese property developer is backing the dormant bond market, selling...
Thailand cuts interest rate to record low
Thailand’s central bank on Wednesday (Nov. 6) cut its benchmark interest rate to a record low of 1.25% as it tries to bolster sluggish...
Manila denies foreign crackdown
A Philippine presidential spokesman has denied that there is a crackdown on foreigners, saying that the ban on their political participation is in the...
Ahok jailed for blasphemy
The defeated, ethnically Chinese, Christian governor of Jakarta has been jailed for two years for blaspheming the Koran, despite the prosecution requesting only a...
Reuters pair jailed for 7 years
Two Reuters correspondents have been jailed in Myanmar after being found guilty of breaching the colonial-era Official Secrets Act while reporting on the murder...
Duterte and junta vow to tackle drugs
Bangkok’s Soi Cowboy. Drug and human trafficking remains a huge issue in Thailand.
Thailand’s prime minister and the Philippines’ President Rodrigo Duterte have agreed...
Jakarta calls for refugee help
Australia’s Christmas Island Immigration Detention Centre. Source: Wikimedia
The Indonesian foreign minister has challenged Australia and other countries to do more to deal with the...
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Singapore property chiefs warn of property glut
Singaporean property developers say an oversupply of apartments and a stagnating economy are set to suppress housing prices.
The president of the Real Estate Developers Association of...
Masatsugu Asakawa is new ADB head
Masatsugu Asakawa is the new president of the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
Asakawa, who is currently serving as a special advisor to Japan’s prime minister...
Essex tragedy: last of ashes and bodies sent home to Vietnam
Cremated remains and bodies of victims of the Essex deaths have finally returned in full to Vietnam.
Seven had been cremated in the UK before...