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COP30 must do good, not just avoid harm
News, Eileen Mairena Cunningham, Published on 17/11/2025
» When indigenous peoples are mentioned in the context of climate change, my mind immediately goes to images of my grandmother's roofless and flooded house, destroyed by a Category 5 hurricane and a Category 4 storm in quick succession.
Domestic violence victims protection bill promoted
News, Post Reporters, Published on 11/09/2025
» Civil society groups are stepping up efforts to advance a draft domestic violence victims protection bill while urging the new government to prioritise the issue.
LGBTQ+ groups call for more help
News, Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 02/12/2021
» LGBTQ+ groups in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) have struggled during the Covid-19 pandemic and are in dire need of financial and other support, a forum heard on Wednesday.
Aukus sub pact: Here's how an alliance is born!
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 21/09/2021
» When the Sept 11 attacks struck New York and Washington in 2001 and the US armed forces went on full alert, National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice immediately got on the direct line to Moscow and told Vladimir Putin not to worry: the United States was not going to attack Russia. Mr Putin replied that he understood, and was standing Russian forces down.
RCEP finale: Double U-turn intrigue
News, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 21/01/2020
» With the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) approaching its final stages, some Asean countries are revealing what can only be described as erratic behaviour. They have unexpectedly come up with a new position, one previously hidden under their smiles. In other words, they have made another U-turn from their previous position.
Rohingya row stymies caucus
News, Thana Boonlert, Published on 28/08/2019
» A regional political meeting has been unable to proceed for the third consecutive year after Indonesia and Myanmar rowed about the inclusion of the Rohingya crisis on the agenda on Tuesday, according to the secretary-general of the Asean Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (Aipa).
Can China-Japan-S Korea get closer?
News, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 04/06/2019
» Thanks to President Donald Trump’s oft-repeated mantra “America First,” accompanied by his disdain for and hostility towards globalisation and multilateralism, the rest of the world is perplex. Some of them in various continents are getting together in like-minded groups that would be able to respond to the inward-looking US policy, East Asia is no exception. Very few country will be acting alone as the US holds formidable power in the world.
Virginia governor 'sorry' for 1984 racist photo
News, Published on 03/02/2019
» Washington: Virginia's governor acknowledged on Friday that he was photographed more than 30 years ago in a costume that was "clearly racist and offensive" -- admitting that he had dressed either as a member of the Ku Klux Klan or in blackface -- but resisted a flood of calls for his resignation from national and state Democrats.
Malaysian leader's second act just what the nation needs
News, Daniel Moss, Published on 03/10/2018
» The style and substance of Malaysia's seventh prime minister sure look familiar to anyone who knew him as its fourth prime minister. Good. Mahathir Mohamad's political comeback -- at the age of 92 -- could be just what the nation needs.
KL-Beijing ties and the 'Mahathir doctrine'
News, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 28/08/2018
» Be careful what you say these days, especially when it comes to comments about Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, also known as Tun Mahathir, or Tun Ma by Chinese-language dailies in Malaysia, and his five-day visit to China. One can take what one hears literally at one's own risk.