Departure tax imposed from Sept 1 in Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 2, 2019, MalayMail. Anyone who flies out from Malaysia will have to…
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Four hurt bomb blasts in Bangkok where regional foreign ministers’ summit goes
BANGKOK, Aug 2, 2019, Asia Times. Four people were injured when a series of small…
Top diplomats of S. Korea, Japan fail to defuse trade, diplomatic tensions
BANGKOK, Aug 1, 2019, Yonhap. South Korea and Japan failed to defuse a deepening trade…
N. Korean leader Kim oversaw launch of new type of rocket: KCNA
BEIJING, Aug 1, 2019, Kyodo. North Korea confirmed Thursday that it fired projectiles the previous…
China hails progress in talks about South China Sea code
BANGKOK, Aug 1, 2019, Bangkok Post. Asean and China have completed the first reading of…
US senators ask Trump gov’t to counter Beijing’s behavior in South China Sea
MANILA, Jul 31, 2019, PhilStar. US senators called on the Trump administration to do more…
Little chance for Lavrov-Pompeo meeting at ASEAN forum in Thailand: Russian diplomat
VIENNA, Jul 29, 2019, TASS. It is highly improbable that Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov…
Thailand, Indonesia dominate Vietnam’s car imports
HANOI, Jul 27, 2019, VN Express. Thailand and Indonesia hold the lion’s share of Vietnam’s…
[Analytics] Northeast Asia unraveling amid US retreat
While Americans become increasingly preoccupied with their own domestic descent into dysfunction and political civil…
[Analytics] Japan-South Korea tensions could dash China’s hopes for a trade deal
Any escalation of the trade and political disputes between Japan and South Korea could jeopardise…
Diamonds, tourism, Northern Sea Route: what Far East has in store for Indian investors
MOSCOW, Jul 26, 2019, TASS. Tourism, mining industry, diamond cutting, cooperation in military sector –…
Vietnam’s Tra fish exports to Southeast Asia rise 14.6 percent
HANOI, Jul 16, 2019, VNA. Vietnam’s tra fish exports to Southeast Asian countries were worth…