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(Reuters) Vietnam Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said on Wednesday his country was not pursuing a military buildup over the South China Sea and would work with allies to seek peaceful solutions to disputes, with no use of force. Speaking in a rare interview with some foreign journalists after a visit by U.S. President Barack Obama, Phuc said the South China Sea dynamic had grown in complexity and needed regional friends and strategic partners […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia(AFP) — Indonesia’s president Wednesday approved tough new punishments for child sex offenders, including a maximum penalty of death and chemical castration, after the brutal gang-rape and murder of a schoolgirl. Convicted paedophiles could also be forced to wear electronic monitoring devices following their release from jail under new rules introduced in an emergency decree. “This regulation is intended to overcome the crisis caused by sexual violence against children,” President Joko Widodo said late […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia(AFP) — Children are being put to work on tobacco plantations in Indonesia that supply some of the world’s biggest cigarette companies, putting their health at serious risk, Human Rights Watch warned Wednesday. Despite Indonesian law prohibiting child labour in hazardous industries, the rights group documented dozens of cases of minors — some as young as eight — falling ill from handling raw tobacco and mixing pesticides with their bare hands. Much of the […]
President Benigno Aquino III’s action to bring the South China Sea dispute to the United Nations Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) is a gambling of the nation’s sovereignty and pride, said a newspaper columnist Credit: Reuters
HANOI , Vietnam (AFP) — US President Barack Obama called Tuesday for territorial disputes in the South China Sea to be “resolved peacefully” as Vietnam baulks at Chinese actions in the bitterly contested waters. “Big nations should not bully smaller ones, disputes should be resolved peacefully,” he told an audience in Hanoi, referring to the disputed maritime region. His remarks won loud applause from more than 2,000 delegates including top Vietnamese leaders. Washington and Hanoi […]
YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) — At least 11 people died in a landslide in a remote jade mining region of northern Myanmar with many more feared missing, authorities said Tuesday, in the latest deadly incident to hit the shadowy industry. Locals and officials are searching for bodies after a wall of unstable earth collapsed during a downpour on Monday night in Hpakant, Kachin State, the war-torn area that feeds a huge demand for the precious stone […]
KARO, Indonesia (AFP) — Indonesian rescuers searched for survivors in scorched villages and devastated farmlands Monday after a volcano erupted in clouds of searing ash and gas, killing seven and leaving others fighting life-threatening burns. Witnesses have described sheer panic as waves of gas and fine rock were unleashed from Mount Sinabung on Sumatra island Saturday, consuming farmers trying to flee the slopes of the highly active volcano. The fast-moving flows — reaching temperatures of up […]
KARO, Indonesia (AFP) — Indonesian rescuers searched for survivors in scorched villages and devastated farmlands Monday after a volcano erupted in clouds of searing ash and gas, killing seven and leaving others fighting life-threatening burns. Witnesses have described sheer panic as waves of gas and fine rock were unleashed from Mount Sinabung on Sumatra island Saturday, consuming farmers trying to flee the slopes of the highly active volcano. The fast-moving flows — reaching temperatures of […]
(Eagle News) — The ASEAN – Russia Summit plenary session recently concluded in Sochi to mark the 20th anniversary of the ASEAN — Russia Dialogue Partnership where summit participants adopted the Sochi Declaration entitled “Moving Towards a Strategic Partnership for Mutual Benefit.” The ASEAN-Russia Summit in Sochi held on May 19 and 20 also concluded a Comprehensive Plan of Action to Promote Cooperation Between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the Russian Federation in 2016-2020. Summit chair Russian President Vladimir Putin said the success of the […]
