Filipino domestic worker found with new virus strain
Hong Kong health officials announced on Tuesday they have detected the new variant of the coronavirus disease in a passenger returning from Manila, sparking...
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 axes bomb clearance fund
Cambodia has marked 64 years since it gained independence as the US announced it would withdraw funding for de-mining operations.
The country, which was under...
Myanmar’s false dawn
Buddhism is increasingly politicised in Myanmar. Picture credit: Asean Economist
Foreigners dominate Myanmar's westernmost state of Rakhine, exploiting its natural resources and derailing its ethnic...
China blocks Filipino fishing boats
President Rodrigo Duterte’s meeting with Peter Lim. Source: YouTube
The Chinese coastguard is apparently preventing fishing boats from the Philippines reaching the contested Scarborough Shoal, Manila...
US sends arms to Marawi
Washington has given the Philippines machine guns, pistols and grenade launchers to reportedly battle Islamist insurgents in the besieged southern city of Marawi.
"This equipment...
China blocks Filipino fishing boats
President Rodrigo Duterte’s meeting with Peter Lim. Source: YouTube
The Chinese coastguard is apparently preventing fishing boats from the Philippines reaching the contested Scarborough Shoal, Manila...
Papuan trial delayed again
The trial of a West Papuan independence activist, jailed for over six months without facing charges, has been delayed for a fourth time, this...
Militants attack Myanmar police outposts
Buddhist militants in Myanmar’s troubled Rakhine State have reportedly killed 13 police and injured nine others in attacks on four police posts to coincide...
Mother jailed for mosque remark
An ethnic-Chinese woman in Indonesia whose supposed complaint about the volume of a mosque loudspeaker triggered a riot in the northern Sumatran town of...
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Thailand eyes vaccine passports, quarantine waivers for tourists
The government of Thailand was keen on further loosening up its borders to international tourists through vaccination passports and quarantine waivers as it begins...
Philippines begins mass vaccination as Sinovac arrives
The Philippines has officially received the first batch of its coronavirus vaccine made by China-based pharmaceutical giant Sinovac Biotech.
The military aircraft from China carrying...
Malaysia’s mass vaccination program starts
Malaysia on Wednesday began with its mass vaccination program, two days earlier than scheduled, with the first person to receive the vaccine no other...