By Azad Essa New York City – The question of justice has dominated discussions at a New York conference on the persecution suffered by the Rohingya Muslim minority in Myanmar. Panellists, including international legal experts, Rohingya refugees, members …
State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi has told global investors to pour their money into Myanmar‘s crisis-hit Rakhine state, saying the world needed to stop focussing on “negative aspects” in the province from where some 750,000 Rohingya have fled. …
By John Draper and Peerasit Kamnuansilpa 21/02/2019 In the spirit of Sustainable Development Goal 10, which seeks to reduce inequality, Thailand’s first major national study on differences in development by ethnicity was recently published. …
By Ben Rosario 21/02/2019 “Sarastar!” Former president and now Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo may have unwittingly given this moniker to Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio should she decide to join the 2022 presidential race. Gloria …
AFP, 21/02/2019 A controversial British former media adviser to Malaysia’s toppled leader is being sought by authorities for allegedly laundering $3.4 million, officials said Thursday, nine months after his boss was ejected from office. …
By Sharifah Mahsinah Abdullah – February 20, 2019 @ 7:12pm KOTA BARU: Kelantan government has expressed its confidence that Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad will continue to lead the country until his tenure ends if he was …
By Reuters news agency/’s correspondent By Idriss Ali 10/02/2019 Both sides hailed progress after the latest round last month, although significant obstacles remain. Those include the involvement of the Afghan government. The next …
The heist allegedly began soon after a joint venture deal was signed between 1MDB and a little-known company called PetroSaudi. Hundreds of millions were soon siphoned to a Swiss bank account controlled by Jho …
By Randy Thathong-Knight 08/02/2019 A political party in Thailand that nominated Princess Ubolratana Rajakanya as its prime ministerial candidate said it accepted King Maha Vajiralongkorn’s command that her candidacy is “gravely inappropriate.” The …
TOMOYO OGAWA, Nikkei staff writer FEBRUARY 03, 2019 MOSCOW — Russia is ramping up its weapons sales to Southeast and South Asia, with Moscow overtaking Britain as the world’s second-largest exporter. The Kremlin’s aggressive …
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