By Ngo Di Lan The U.S. failure to counter China’s “gray zone” tactics stems from a lack of will, not a lack of options. Although the Trump administration is taking an increasingly harder line …
By Holly McCay 07/02/2019 The Burmese military has stepped up its operations against the country’s mostly Christian minority and driven hundreds more from their homes and jobs, according to human rights groups, as the …
By Stefanno Reinard Sulaiman The government has set Indonesia’s coal price reference (HBA) for February at US$91.8 per ton, 0.6 percent lower than the reference in January of $92.41 per ton, in response …
Editorial board 06/02/2019 The current account deficit, the main cause of the vicious macroeconomic cycle and the main source of downward pressure on the rupiah to as low as 15,000 to the dollar last …
BANGKOK (REUTERS) – Former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Thursday (June 21) made her first public comments on social media since fleeing the country last August (2017) during a criminal negligence trial. The …
By BERTIL LINTNER, CHIANG MAI Canada wants to play a role in solving the Rohingya refugee crisis, The Bangladesh Chronicle and New Age reported on February 5. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s special envoy to …
Kharishar Kahfi The Jakarta Post 03/02/2019 When President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo began his tenure in 2014, he uttered his wish to finish a number of infrastructure projects immediately, including the construction of a highway …
By Sharifah Mahsinah Abdullah February 5, 2019 TUMPAT: All three duty-free zones in Kelantan are attracting hordes of visitors to Kelantan during the long school holidays in conjunction with Chinese New Year celebrations. These …
KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): Malaysia is ready to facilitate fresh dialogues between Majlis Syura Patani (Mara Patani) and the government of Thailand in the effort to bring peace to restive southern Thailand. Malaysia’s facilitator, former …
PUTRAJAYA: Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad made a video to extend Chinese New Year greetings to Malaysians, reminding people to protect the nation’s stability, peace and harmony. Dr Mahathir said Malaysians are …