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China makes South China Sea proposals, slams US 'provocation'
dpa, Published on 23/11/2015
» KUALA LUMPUR - Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang on Sunday put forward a five-point proposal to ease rising tensions in the South China Sea, even as Beijing admitted to building military facilities in the area.
Gold-smuggling N. Korean diplomat flees Dhaka
dpa, Published on 11/03/2015
» DHAKA — A North Korean diplomat caught bringing unauthorised quantities of gold into Dhaka has left the country, officials said Tuesday.
5 things to watch for at Asean summit
dpa, Published on 11/11/2014
» NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar — The Asean summit that starts here tomorrow will be the last meeting for ASEAN leaders in 2014 and also the last meeting before the chair rotates from Myanmar to Malaysia.
US cancels Philippines port calls
dpa, Published on 03/11/2014
» MANILA — The United States cancelled scheduled visits of three military ships to the Philippines, where a US marine has been charged with killing a Filipino transgender woman, officials said Monday.
2 charged for trafficking Cambodians
dpa, Published on 08/09/2014
» PHNOM PENH — A Cambodian court charged two men for trying to smuggle 23 people into Thailand to work, a report said Monday.
P.Penh demands Thais remove fence
dpa, Published on 02/06/2014
» PHNOM PENH — Cambodia has demanded that Thailand remove a fence it says Thai forces erected last week on disputed border land near the 11th-century Preah Vihear temple, local media reported on Monday.
Mekong commission to discuss dams
dpa, Published on 02/04/2014
» HANOI - Activists have urged Cambodia and Vietnam to use the Mekong River Commission's second high-level summit this weekend to take a stand against a controversial dam project in Laos.
Indonesians pose as bombers
dpa, Published on 21/03/2014
» SINGAPORE - Bitterness over a bombing by Indonesian marines in Singapore nearly 50 years ago flared up again when two soldiers posed as the bombers at a defence forum, news reports said Friday.
Vanessa Mae to ski for Thailand
dpa, Published on 20/01/2014
» British-Thai violinist Vanessa Mae is set to ski for Thailand in the Winter Olypmics, an official said Monday in Bangkok, adding that written confirmation was still pending.
UN urges more aid for Haiyan victims
dpa, Published on 22/12/2013
» MANILA - United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday urged international donors to increase aid for typhoon victims in the Philippines amid shortages in food, water and shelter.