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After spy balloon incident, can China and the US talk again?
Published on 12/02/2023
» When US Secretary of State Antony Blinken this month called off his trip to Beijing, he chose his words carefully. China's launch of a spy balloon on a high-altitude journey over the United States was unacceptable and irresponsible, he said, but he was postponing - not cancelling - his visit.
With Philippines visit VP Harris seeks to reset relations
Published on 20/11/2022
» WASHINGTON: US Vice President Kamala Harris arrives in the Philippines on Sunday for talks aimed at reviving ties with Washington's oldest ally in Asia and one that is central to US efforts to counter China's increasingly assertive policies towards Taiwan.
Myanmar police file charges against Suu Kyi as protests mount
Published on 03/02/2021
» YANGON: Myanmar's police have filed charges against ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi for breaches of an import-export law and sought her detention until Feb 15, according to a police document seen on Wednesday, as protests against the coup mounted inside and outside the neighbouring country.
Civil disobedience calls sprout in Myanmar after coup
AFP, Published on 03/02/2021
» YANGON: Calls for a civil disobedience campaign in Myanmar were gathering pace on Wednesday as the United States formally declared the military's takeover a coup and vowed further penalties for the generals behind the putsch.
Analysis: N.Korea using Olympics to blunt sanctions, split allies
Reuters, Published on 03/01/2018
» SEOUL/WASHINGTON: After a year of making threats and weapons advances, North Korea's leader appears to be using the upcoming Winter Olympic Games in South Korea as a tool to blunt growing international pressure on Pyongyang while leaving his nuclear arsenal untouched.
Myanmar insists no North Korea links as US envoy visits
Reuters, Published on 17/07/2017
» YANGON -- Myanmar has no military ties with North Korea, a Myanmar official said on Monday, as a US diplomat responsible for North Korea arrived for talks in which he is likely to seek assurances on efforts to isolate it.
Malaysian PM's demands meet with Yangon protests
Published on 05/12/2016
» KUALA LUMPUR - Aung San Suu Kyi must step in to prevent the "genocide" of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak said Sunday as he mocked the Nobel laureate for her inaction.
US warns Philippines' Duterte over rhetoric, crime war
AFP, Published on 24/10/2016
» MANILA - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's fiery rhetoric and deadly crime war are becoming a growing concern around the world, the top US envoy for Asia warned on Monday in Manila.
Obama to talk trade, rights in Vietnam but 'no decision' yet on arms
AFP, Published on 10/05/2016
» HANOI - Trade, security and human rights will top the agenda when US President Barack Obama visits Vietnam later this month, a State Department official said on Tuesday, adding there was "no decision" yet on lifting an arms embargo to its former wartime foe.
US, allies target North Korea finances after rocket test
AFP, Published on 11/02/2016
» PAJU (SOUTH KOREA) - The United States and its Asian allies tightened the economic screws on North Korea Thursday with the US Senate adopting fresh sanctions and South Korean firms abandoning a joint industrial park that helped fund Pyongyang's nuclear weapons programme.