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CILACAP, Indonesia (AFP) — More foreign drug convicts could imminently face the firing squad in Indonesia after authorities said Monday they were ready to carry out a new round of executions following a hiatus. Nationals from Pakistan, Nigeria and Zimbabwe are expected to be put to death alongside Indonesians soon, but officials say no Europeans or Australians will face the firing squad in the third round of executions under President Joko Widodo. Indonesia sparked international […]
KUALA LUMPUR , Malaysia (AFP) — A Malaysian court has convicted three locals and 14 Filipinos of terror-related offences, some punishable by death, following an armed incursion that left scores dead and paralyzed a remote corner of Borneo for weeks, a lawyer said Monday. The 2013 siege, inspired by a self-proclaimed Filipino sultan who tried to resurrect long-dormant land claims, saw clashes between Malaysian forces and some 200 Filipino militants who had arrived by boat […]
VIENTIANE, Laos (AFP) — Southeast Asian nations avoided rebuking Beijing or mentioning a recent UN-backed tribunal ruling against its claims in the South China Sea in a statement issued Monday that will be seen as a victory for the regional giant. The 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) instead repeated it was “seriously concerned” by “land reclamations and escalation of activities” and merely called for self-restraint in the strategic waterway. Diplomats gathered for a […]
VIENTIANE, Laos (AFP) — Top envoys from China and North Korea held talks on Monday on the sidelines of a regional summit in Laos as tensions run high on the Korean peninsula over Pyongyang’s nuclear program. North Korea’s newly minted Foreign Minister Ri Yong-Ho, a former nuclear negotiator for the hermit state, and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi met in the capital Vientiane. It is the first time Ri has attended a major diplomatic gathering […]
VIENTIANE, Laos (AFP) — Vietnam has warned that the inability of Southeast Asian nations to forge a unified front against Beijing’s militarization of the South China Sea is a “test” of the regional bloc in the face of its greatest security challenge. The unusually strong comments from a key claimant to the contested waters, comes as diplomats meet in Laos for the first summit since a UN-backed tribunal debunked Beijing’s legal claim to vast stretches […]
(Eagle News) — The standardization of skills required in Association of Southeast Asian Nation’s tourism industry will take a big step forward at a unique conference in August. Government ministers from around ASEAN will join with tourism industry stakeholders to launch the Mutual Recognition Arrangement for Tourism Professionals(MRA-TP) at the International Conference on MRA-TP in Jakarta, from August 8-9. The standardization and benchmarking of skills affects 32 job profiles in tourism and hospitality among the […]
(Eagle News) — An organisation responsible for higher education in Association of SouthEast Asian Nation countries has announced that Southeast Asian universities, for the first time, will have a common quality assessment system at institutional level, under which Hà NỘi University of science will be the first being assessed. The ASEAN University Network Quality Assurance (AUNQA) launched the quality assurance system and mechanisms at institutional level, the first of its kind in Southeast Asia, at […]
(Eagle News) — Relatives of people aboard the missing Malaysia airlines flight MH370 urged governments on Thursday (July 21) to step up the hunt for the aircraft, a day before a meeting where ministers could decide to call off the search. Malaysian, Chinese and Australian ministers will meet in Kuala Lumpur today to discuss the future of the search for MH370, which disappeared during a flight from the Malaysian capital to Beijing in march 2014, […]
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad called for the removal of current Prime Minister Najib Razak after United States’ prosecutors filed lawsuits linked to state-owned fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB). “The time has come when the nation must demand for the removal of the prime minister, must demand for investigations to be carried out by a Malaysian body, the setting up of a tribunal, independent tribunal, not set up on the advice of the prime […]
The United States Justice Department has filed civil lawsuits to seize assets they allege were stolen from a Malaysian sovereign wealth fund 1MDB. And, while the Prime Minister Najib Razak is not named, details in the lawsuits implicate him. Najib has not commented on the case and has consistently denied any wrongdoing regarding previous investigations into his finances.
BEIJING, China (Eagle News) — China plans to build nuclear power stations in the South China Sea to establish “effective control” of disputed islands, officials have reportedly said. The China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) made the announcement just two days after The Hague-based tribunal concluded china had “no legal basis” for its claim to almost all of the South China Sea. According to the state-run global times, the CNNC wrote on a social media account: […]
