Philippines president says S. China Sea becoming ‘flashpoint’
TOKYO, Jun 1, 2019, RT. Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has urged progress on a code…
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Singapore yet to make a decision on Huawei: PM Lee
SINGAPORE, Jun 1, 2019, The Sun Daily. Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (pix) said…
Uber to deactivate riders with low ratings
TAIPEI, May 31, 2019, Taiwan News. Ride-hailing service leader Uber announced on Tuesday (May 28)…
Xi, Malaysian king exchange congratulations on anniversary of ties
BEIJING, May 31, 2019, Xinhua. Chinese President Xi Jinping and Malaysian King Sultan Abdullah Sultan…
[Analytics] Indonesia: the new tiger of Southeast Asia
In the second half of the last century, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan…
Sri Lanka, India, and Japan signs memorandum for the development of the East Container Terminal
COLOMBO, May 30, 2019, Lankapuvath. A Memorandum of Corporation (MoC) was signed between Sri Lanka,…
Pro-junta coalition in Thailand unravels over haggling for portfolios
BANGKOK, May 30, 2019, The Nation. Phalang Pracharat’s efforts to build a coalition government has…
Vietnam attends ASEAN senior officials’ meetings in Thailand
BANGKOK, May 30, 2019, VNA. Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Dung, who is head of…
Malaysian PM proposes new currency trading based on gold
TOKYO, May 30, 2019, Bernama. Malaysia is proposing a new currency based on gold as…
[Analytics] US addition of Malaysia, Singapore to ‘monitoring list’ over currency practices met with ridicule
Analysts say Washington’s inclusion of Southeast Asian economic powerhouses, including Vietnam, ‘defies logic’. Questions have…
Vingroup smartphones launched in Myanmar
HANOI, May 30, 2019, VN Express. Vietnam’s largest private conglomerate Vingroup began selling its Vsmart…
‘Middle power’ Philippines ranks 17th in Asia power index
MANILA, May 29, 2019, PhilStar. The Philippines dropped one place lower from its overall ranking…