US vessel sails close to Scarborough Shoal
The US has sailed its USS Wasp amphibious assault vessel (pictured) near a strategic reef claimed by the Philippines but occupied by China around...
Solomans defends Indonesia police deal
The Solomon Islands claims there is no relation between its support for West Papua (pictured) and its proposed policing co-operation with Indonesia.
Vanuatu and the...
Suu Kyi asks US to stop saying ‘Rohingya’
Aung San Suu Kyi welcomes US President Barack Obama to her home in Yangon in 2012. Source: Wikimedia
Myanmar recognises 135 ethnic groups but refuses to add the Rohingya Muslims of...
Is Myanmar’s military really loosening its grip on power?
Myanmar’s mobile artillery in action. Source: Flickr
Myanmar's Tatmadaw or military appears to be relaxing its iron grip on the country but in many respects...
China slams Philippine-US defence pact
The Royal New Zealand Air Force at Clark airfield, Luzon, in 1984. Foreign jets will soon return. Source: Wikipedia
Chinese state media has condemned the...
Duterte sacks customs chiefs after meth blunder
Embattled Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has sacked all customs bosses after their agency failed to intercept more than a tonne of drugs.
Duterte said Customs...
Suu Kyi makes surprise appearance at peace talks
Aung San Suu Kyi adds creditability to the government’s troubled peace process. Source: Wikimedia
Aung San Suu Kyi's surprise move to join Myanmar peace talks,...
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...
Indonesia plans to recruit crocodiles to guard prison
Indonesia’s narcotics agency has called for a prison on an island guarded by crocodiles to hold death-row drug convicts, an official has said.
It is...
UN issues brutal Rakhine report
Much of the Rohingya community has been forced to live in camps since 2012 riots. Source: Flickr
The UN says Myanmar's security forces have committed...