News Of Asia

Dramatic downfall of two Chinese defense ministers raises questions: How ready is China’s military?

1 Jul, 2024 51 views

After months of intense speculation and official reticence, China has finally confirmed its two former defense ministers who vanished from public view last year had been under investigation for corruption. Their dramatic downfall has exposed deep-rooted …

Netizens come out in droves to support Selangor Sultan

1 Jul, 2024 74 views

Numerous football fans have voiced their support for the Sultan of Selangor, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah, on social media after he spoke out against the “excessive punishment” imposed on Selangor FC by the Malaysia …

US Marines demonstrate new missile for first time in Indo-Pacific

1 Jul, 2024 50 views

A U.S. Marine Corps attack helicopter sank a moving training target in the Philippine Sea during a recent exercise, the first use of a new air-to-ground missile in the region, the Corps announced Friday. …

PM Anvar Iibragim in Tashkent: Uzbekistan and Malaysia set joint goals for 2030 Vision

18 May, 2024 79 views

On May 17, the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev and the Prime Minister of Malaysia Anwar Ibrahim held negotiations in Tashkent and addressed the media, sharing insights from their productive summit. According to the …

U.S. Sends Mid-Range Capability Missiles to Philippines Exercise, says it could undermine Xi Jinpind’s’s rule

5 May, 2024 87 views

May 2024 By Xiaodon Liang For the first time, the United States deployed to a foreign country ground-launched missiles previously barred by the now-defunct Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty. A U.S. Army task force equipped …

Mount Ruang volcano erupts: Indonesia issues tsunami alert

18 Apr, 2024 72 views

Indonesian authorities on Wednesday ordered hundreds of villagers to evacuate following multiple eruptions of a remote island volcano, raising fears it could collapse into the sea and trigger a tsunami. Mount Ruang, a 725-meter (2,400-foot) …

Priorities of Australia’s $32 Billion Defence Boost

18 Apr, 2024 59 views

By Lewis Jackson  Australia will boost defence spending by A$50.3 billion ($32 billion) over the next decade and reshuffle its weapons programs to emphasise missiles, drones and warships as it looks to the possibility …

Myawaddy – a town on Myanmar-Thai border falls to anti-govenment KNU forces

15 Apr, 2024 76 views

The loss of the town robs the junta, already grappling with an economy in free fall, of vital earnings from border trade while strengthening rebel groups such as the Karen National Union (KNU) that led the assault …

The US Army will hold combat training in the Philippines against China’s push

10 Apr, 2024 65 views

The U.S. Army is introducing a joint battlefield training in the Philippines to improve combat readiness including by ensuring adequate supply of ammunition and other needs in difficult conditions in tropical jungles and on scattered islands, …