Trump sets up Duterte meeting
Donald Trump will travel to Asia from November 3 to 14, where he will meet his Philippine soulmate, Rodrigo Duterte, amid rising tensions with North...
Central bank ‘defeats’ cyber hack
The Bank Negara Malaysia central bank says it was the victim of a cyber attack using fraudulent wire transfers as hackers increasingly hit the...
Demands to halt forced Rohingya returns
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has called on Bangladesh to halt plans for the repatriation of more than 2,200 Rohingya refugees...
ASEAN-5 growth forecast trimmed as exports slow
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) trimmed its growth forecast for five members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) members amid their continued...
KL bans beer festival
Malaysia has called time on a popular October beer festival in Kuala Lumpur after an Islamic party stretched credulity by claiming it would turn...
Philippines turns to online sellers for revenues
The Philippine government has set its sights on online sellers as the country scrambled for revenues amid the global pandemic.
In a memorandum posted on...
Palm-oil giants attack EU ban
The two dominant palm-oil producers, Indonesia and Malaysia, have criticised the European Union for backing a ban on the product’s use in biofuels.
A Malaysian...
Yingluck faces $5.8bn court action
Happier times. US President Barack Obama meets then Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra at Government House in Bangkok in November 2012. Source: Wikimedia
The Thai junta says it will sue the prime...
Vietnam asks Russia to help preserve Ho Chi Minh corpse
Vietnam has appointed a special team of embalming specialists, including four Russian scientists from Moscow’s Lenin Lab, to preserve the corpse of independence hero...
Borneo fires on rise
Indonesia has detected a growing number of wild fires as dry weather continues.
The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) said satellite pictures showed there were...
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It's likely that the Philippines will look into sugar importation should sugar production in the country becomes inadequate. However, the volume is much less...
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