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Published on 23/11/2018
» JAKARTA: Indonesian authorities on Friday ended the process of trying to identify the 189 victims of last month's Lion Air jetliner crash in the Java Sea, with two-thirds of them being confirmed on the basis of recovered remains.
Kyodo News, Published on 21/08/2018
» MANILA: China has proposed to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations that the two sides hold regular joint military exercises in the South China Sea, according to an Asean diplomatic source.
Kyodo News, Published on 15/05/2018
» JAKARTA: The seven children from three families who died in suicide bombings in Indonesia over past days were regularly indoctrinated with radical teachings by one of the fathers, who was the regional head of an Islamic State-linked radical group, police said Tuesday.
Kyodo News, Published on 14/05/2018
» KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian politician Anwar Ibrahim is expected to be released soon after the Royal Pardon Board meets on Wednesday, his party said Monday, putting him in position to become prime minister just as soon as he can secure a seat in parliament.
Published on 14/05/2018
» MANILA: Japanese casual clothing chain Uniqlo said on Monday it will open its largest store in Southeast Asia in the Philippines later this year.
Published on 03/05/2018
» PHNOM PENH: Another Cambodian opposition party announced on Thursday that it will boycott the July general election, saying it will not be free and fair.
Published on 23/04/2018
» YANGON: Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi will not attend this weekend's Asean Summit in Singapore, a government spokesman said on Monday, which would make it the first time for her to skip one since coming to power in 2016.
Kyodo News, Published on 19/04/2018
» SINGAPORE: The deadline for bidders to submit their tenders for the development of a high-speed rail line between Singapore and Kuala Lumpur has been postponed by six months due to the complexity of the project, the two governments said Thursday.
Published on 05/04/2018
» KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian government on Thursday slapped a temporary dissolution order on former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad's new party, barring it from holding any activities or using its logo for 30 days just as a general election is set to be called.
Published on 05/04/2018
» YANGON: The regional government administering Myanmar's major commercial capital Yangon and its vicinity is giving life to a stalled expansion plan aimed at eventually transforming the country's largest city into the next Southeast Asian economic hub, twice the size of Singapore.