By My Pham | HANOI The United States has transferred six patrol boats to the Vietnam coast guard, to help build security cooperation between the two countries, U.S. embassy in Hanoi said in a …
MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED 2:08 p.m.) — President Rodrigo Duterte has signed Executive Order 25, officially changing the name of Benham Rise to Philippine Rise. In his order signed May 16, Duterte stressed that Benham Rise is …
Former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra called the current government to make good on its promises made when the military seized power three years ago. “We haven’t seen any concrete results from the reform agenda. …
KUALA LUMPUR, May 22 (Bernama) — The international reserves of Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) amounted to US$97.3 billion (equivalent to RM430.5 billion) as at May 15, 2017 compared to US$96.1 billion (equivalent to RM425.2 …
KUALA LUMPUR: Cooperation between Malaysian police and the National Narcotics Control Commission of China (NNCC) led to an international drug syndicate being busted, with the arrest of two Nigerians last Thursday. During the 4.15pm …
By Tony Perrottet May 21, 2017 7:00 a.m. ET IT’S HARD TO HIDE this place,” says the art collector Alan Gibbs as he bounces in an open-topped Jeep through his vast contemporary sculpture …
By Associated Press May 22, 2017 3:47 a.m. ET 0 COMMENTS BANGKOK—A bomb exploded at a hospital in Bangkok on Monday, wounding more than 20 people on the third anniversary of a military coup. …
Indonesian police have detained 141 men who were allegedly holding a gay party at a sauna, an official said Monday, the latest sign of a backlash against homosexuals in the Muslim-majority country. Officers late …
Here is a rough guide to different Asia-Pacific trade agreements and how they compare. TPP – TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP Its future has been doubt since President Donald Trump withdrew the United States in one of …
By James Hookway May 21, 2017 1:46 a.m. ET The 11 countries left in the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement have backed a proposal to continue with the pact, despite U.S. President Donald Trump pulling …