RCEP negotiations set for conclusion in November
THE Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and its six trade partners are hoping for the conclusion of the negotiations for the Regional Comprehensive...
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...
US and Brunei launch naval exercise
The USS Lassen. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.
On November 2, the United States and Brunei began an annual military exercise at Muara Naval Base in the...
ASEAN leaders want end on Myanmar crisis, envoy to facilitate talks
Southeast Asian chiefs reached an agreement with Myanmar's junta leader on Saturday to immediately end the ongoing crisis in the country, though without "a...
Asean cautious about South China Sea
An early release of Asean chairman's statement ahead of the leaders’ summit in Kuala Lumpur says the group's views on South China Sea disputes...
US blacklists Brunei firm, 5 others over Iran links
Six companies including a Brunei-based firm were slapped with sanctions by the United States allegedly for supplying sensitive goods to an Iranian military firm.
According...
Brunei defends gay-stoning laws
Brunei is defending its new anti-gay sharia laws, which make sodomy and adultery punishable by death by stoning, claiming there was an international "misconception"....
European Parliament condemns Brunei sharia laws
The European Parliament has condemned Brunei’s "retrograde" Islamic laws that punish gay sex and adultery with death by stoning, thieves with amputation and lesbian...
Brunei under fire over sharia laws
Brunei is due to introduce harsher sharia laws today (Wednesday), including death by stoning for adultery and gay sex, despite international criticism.
The penal...
RCEP—world’s largest free-trade pact—’signed’
Fifteen countries spanning the Asia Pacific region have officially inked the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) which promises to create a vast free trade...
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