News Of Asia

Asia’s Moral Duty to the Rohingya Being denied their basic human rights has left them stateless and suffering—and prone to radicalization.

8 Dec, 2016 38 views

Dec. 7, 2016 1:14 p.m. ET Four years ago, violence between Muslim and Buddhist communities in Burma’s Rakhine state left scores dead and entire villages smoldering in ash. Some 140,000 people, mostly ethnic Rohingya, …

Myanmar bans workers going to Malaysia as Rohingya crisis grows

7 Dec, 2016 34 views

Myanmar has banned workers from going to Muslim-majority Malaysia as relations sour between the neighbours over a bloody military crackdown on the Buddhist country’s Rohingya minority. The move came after Malaysian Prime Minister Najib …

Indonesia takes new step to combat loss of forests, fires

7 Dec, 2016 24 views

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia has strengthened its moratorium on converting peat swamps to plantations in a move a conservation research group says will help prevent annual fires and substantially cut the country’s carbon …

OIC to call for foreign minister-level meet to address Rohingya issue

6 Dec, 2016 49 views

TANJUNG PUTERI: The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) will call for a foreign minister-level meeting soon to address the Rohingya issue. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said the OIC has “heard the voices …

Indonesia savored its ties to Obama. Now it prepares to say goodbye

6 Dec, 2016 47 views

JAKARTA, Indonesia — When Barack Obama visited Jakarta in 2010, on his first state visit to Indonesia, university students lined up outside the hall starting at 4 a.m., eager to catch a glimpse of …

VP’s crash on Mr. Duterte goes on: ‘It’s Leni plotting Duterte’s ouster’ – Is it?

6 Dec, 2016 28 views

MANILA, Philippines – It’s Vice President Leni Robredo who might be plotting to oust President Duterte and not the other way around, Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez said yesterday. “Bakit naman sa dami ng problema ng …

Ups: Another woman has crash on Duterte: Philippines VP vows to take on Duterte after cabinet exit

5 Dec, 2016 34 views

Philippines Vice President Leni Robredo resigned from the cabinet on Monday but vowed to lead the opposition and challenge the policies of President Rodrigo Duterte, including his deadly war on drugs and moves to …

US warns crackdown in Myanmar could radicalize Rohingya

5 Dec, 2016 20 views

ASHINGTON: It’s a scene straight out of Myanmar’s dark past: a military offensive waged beyond world view that forces ethnic minority villagers from the smoldering ruins of their homes. The U.S. government, a key …

No problem at Malaysia – Thailand border

5 Dec, 2016 130 views

BUKIT KAYU HITAM: For a ride of just a kilometre long, the fee you have to pay is a whopping RM350. But if you find yourself without a passport and need to cross the …