ASEAN Beat | Security | Southeast Asia The transfer, which is predicted to be introduced this week, is the newest signal of the speedy development in bilateral relations beneath President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris meet on the Presidential Palace in Manila, Philippines, November 21, …
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Southeast Asian protection officers participate within the ASEAN Defence Ministers Assembly (ADMM) Retreat and Handover by video hyperlink, on November 11, 2021. Picture Credit score: ASEAN Secretariat / Kusuma Pandu Wijaya Credit score: ASEAN Secretariat/Kusuma Pandu Wijaya Commercial Yesterday, the media outlet Myanmar Now reported that Myanmar’s army junta has …
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ASEAN Beat | Diplomacy | Southeast Asia The one-day go to comes amid a interval of stagnation in relations between Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong greets his Malaysian counterpart Anwar Ibrahim on the Istana, the official residence and workplace of the president of Singapore, on January 30, 2023. Credit …
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Magazine Anwar “made himself ‘a bridge’ between different groups of people and ideas… it comes with the risk of being hated by all.” Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim speaks at a press convention on the prime minister’s workplace in Putrajaya, Malaysia, Friday, Dec. 2, 2022. Credit score: AP Photograph/Vivian Lavatory …
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ASEAN Beat | Politics | Southeast Asia Final week, the Worldwide Prison Courtroom ordered the restarting of its investigation into former President Rodrigo Duterte’s violent “war on drugs.” Commercial The Philippine authorities has repeated that it’ll not cooperate with the worldwide investigation into the violent anti-drug marketing campaign launched by former President Rodrigo Duterte. …
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Commercial Opium cultivation in Myanmar jumped by a 3rd final yr because of the nation’s deepening financial and political turmoil, abruptly reversing a six-year decline, the United Nations mentioned in a report launched yesterday. In its annual Myanmar Opium Survey for 2022, the United Nations Workplace on Medicine and Crime …
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ASEAN Beat | Society | Southeast Asia The Canberra resident Murray Upton stated his father obtained the statues whereas working as a railways engineer within the south of Thailand in 1911. Commercial An Australian citizen has returned 9 picket Buddha statues to Thailand after greater than a century in his household’s possession. The return …
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ASEAN Beat | Economy | Southeast Asia The nation welcomed 11.15 million international guests in 2022, up from simply 428,000 the earlier 12 months. Commercial Thailand welcomed 11.15 million international guests in 2022, beating the federal government’s goal for the 12 months and suggesting that the restoration of its tourism sector is ready to …
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ASEAN Beat | Politics | Southeast Asia Frequent resistance assaults have vastly difficult the holding of a stage-managed election this yr. Commercial A spokesperson for Myanmar’s navy junta has solid doubt on whether or not the navy will be capable to maintain the overall elections later this yr, given the nation’s deeply unstable safety …
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Commercial Final 12 months, after a two-year COVID-19 hiatus, Singapore’s authorities quietly restarted the execution of prisoners on dying row. The prompted renewed scrutiny of the city-state’s necessary use of the dying penalty, even in comparatively minor drug circumstances, with the United Nations expressing its concern over a pending “surge …
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A whole bunch of Rohingya civilians cross the border into Bangladesh after fleeing the Myanmar army’s “clearance operation” in Rakhine State, Myanmar, September 9, 2017. Credit score: Depositphotos Commercial A human rights group has filed a felony grievance within the German authorized system in an try to deliver Myanmar’s army …
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ASEAN Beat | Politics | Southeast Asia Tantawan Tuatulanon and Orawan Phuphong demanded {that a} decide revoke their bail in solidarity with different activists going through lese-majeste expenses. A billboard of King Vajiralongkorn in Krabi, southern Thailand, November 24, 2019. Credit score: Depositphotos Commercial Two younger Thai pro-democracy activists have been taken to hospital …
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