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Cambodia backtracks on Zika announcement
Kyodo News, Published on 19/11/2016
» PHNOM PENH - Cambodia announced Saturday that a statement released a day earlier on the detection of the country's first Zika case in recent years was a "flaw".
Suu Kyi: Myanmar to let aid into Rakhine
Kyodo News, Published on 19/12/2016
» YANGON - Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi held "candid and transparent" talks with Asean foreign ministers Monday in which she agreed to allow humanitarian access to conflict-stricken areas of western Myanmar where tens of thousands of Rohingya Muslims have been displaced, while she sought "time and space" to resolve the "complex" issue.
Asean leaders hold informal talks on regional issues
Kyodo News, Published on 07/09/2016
» VIENTIANE - The 10 Asean leaders began the second day of their summit in Laos on Wednesday, beginning with informal deliberations on regional key issues, including territorial disputes in the South China Sea.
309 kg of elephant ivory from Africa seized in Vietnam
Kyodo News, Published on 04/10/2016
» HANOI - Vietnamese customs officers seized 309 kilogrammes of elephant tusks from Africa over the weekend, official media reported.
Mahathir buries hatchet with Anwar after 18 years
Kyodo News, Published on 05/09/2016
» Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad met his one-time arch nemesis Anwar Ibrahim for the first time in 18 years on Monday, brought together by their common fight against a security law that accords sweeping policing power to Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak.
Duterte says open to closer ties with China, Russia
Kyodo News, Published on 26/09/2016
» MANILA - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said Monday he will seek closer ties with China and Russia as his government approaches a "point of no return" in its increasingly strained relationship with the United States.
Pokemon no go for Malaysian Muslims
Kyodo News, Published on 06/08/2016
» KUALA LUMPUR: Pokemon Go officially landed in Malaysia on Saturday a day after the local Islamic authority warned Muslims against playing the smartphone-based augmented reality game over fears it could lead to a craving for power among a host of evils.
Singapore cuts growth range forecast
Kyodo News, Published on 11/08/2016
» SINGAPORE - The city state's Ministry of Trade and Industry on Thursday lowered the upper end of its economic growth forecast range for 2016 amid a bleak global economic outlook.
Suu Kyi makes official visit to China
Kyodo News, Published on 17/08/2016
» YANGON - Myanmar's relations with its powerful neighbour China arrived at a new juncture on Wednesday, as the country's de-facto leader State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi began a visit to Beijing.
Cambodian court denies activists bail
Kyodo News, Published on 13/06/2016
» PHNOM PENH - A Cambodia court on Monday denied bail for four human rights campaigners and a senior National Election Committee (NEC) official charged last month with bribery in connection with a sex scandal involving an opposition party leader.