By Nadhilah Shani Bangkok Post 22/02/2019 As Asean chair for 2019, Thailand is expected to excel in leading the grouping to collectively address regional issues. Announced by Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha last year, …
By Francis Wakefield AFP Public Affairs chief Col. Noel Detoyato made the remark in an interview on Friday. Detoyato said despite threats made by the militants to behead the three foreign hostages – …
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 …