Venezuela

Singapore Expresses Deep Concern Over U.S. “Foreign Intervention” in Venezuela, Calls for Respect of UN Charter

Singapore has voiced deep concern over the United States’ dramatic intervention in Venezuela on Saturday (Jan. 3), urging all parties to exercise restraint amid escalating tensions in the Latin American nation. The intervention, executed in a pre-dawn operation, saw U.S....
Myanmar Independence Day

Myanmar’s Independence Day Prisoner Amnesty Brings Relief to Families Amid Ongoing Civil Conflict and Suppression of Pro-Democracy Forces

Hundreds of prisoners were released in Myanmar on Sunday (Jan 4) following an annual independence day amnesty announced by the ruling junta, just a week after the country began a highly controversial election widely denounced by international observers as a...
Malaysia elections

Leadership Vacuum Looms in Malaysia’s Perikatan Nasional After Muhyiddin Exit, PAS Eyes Top Role

A power vacuum has opened at the heart of Malaysia’s Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition following outgoing chairman Muhyiddin Yassin’s decision to step down, triggering an intense debate over succession that could shape the opposition bloc’s fortunes heading into the 16th...
Malaysia-Thailand border

Thai halal snacks, new bridges and old insecurities: How Malaysia-Thailand border trade is poised between promise and peril

 Travelled from Bangkok to Thailand’s southernmost province of Narathiwat to study consumer response to his company’s new halal crab sausage snack, he expected feedback mainly from local customers. Instead, what caught him by surprise were Malaysians clearing shelves in border...
Malaysia–Thailand River Towns , Malaysia–Thailand border

Thailand–Malaysia’s Border Crackdown Slashes Drug Smuggling but Leaves Kelantan–Sungai Golok River Towns Economically Strangled

The Rantau Panjang duty-free zone on Malaysia’s northeastern frontier was a picture of cross-border vibrancy. Shoppers from both sides of the Malaysia–Thailand border thronged the narrow streets near a modest bridge linking Kelantan to Sungai Golok in Thailand’s Narathiwat province....
Cambodia-Thailand border: Displaced people arrive at a temporary camp in Cambodia's Oddar Meanchey province

Border Ceasefire Brings Cautious Relief as Thousands Remain Displaced in Thailand and Cambodia

At a university campus in Surin city, Thailand, now serving as a temporary shelter for displaced residents, 21-year-old homemaker Kanlaya Somjettana is reluctant to return home despite a truce halting weeks of cross-border clashes with Cambodia. The ceasefire, announced on...
Indonesia Rescuers with tourists in the waters off Padar Island, in Labuan Bajo, East Nusa Tenggara, after a tourist boat sank

Spanish Family Missing After Tourist Boat Sinks Near Labuan Bajo, Indonesia

A Spanish man and three of his children remain missing after a tourist boat sank in rough seas near Padar Island in Indonesia, rescuers confirmed on Saturday, December 27. The vessel, carrying 11 people, went down on Friday night in...
Myanmar general election

Myanmar Junta Pushes Phased Election as War Rages, Critics Decry “Charade” to Rebrand Military Rule

Myanmar’s military junta began a tightly controlled, month-long general election on Sunday, December 28, billing the vote as a return to democratic normality five years after it seized power in a coup that plunged the country into a brutal civil...
Myanmar Junta

Myanmar Junta Pushes Ahead With Phased General Election Amid Escalating Civil War and Widespread International Condemnation

Myanmar’s military-led administration is set to begin a multi-phased general election on Sunday, pressing ahead with polls that many analysts, Western governments and human rights groups have dismissed as a bid to entrench military rule rather than restore democracy, as...
Vietnam

Vietnam’s Security Ministry Pushes Into Energy and Tech, Raising Questions Over Market Economy Claims

In most countries, negotiations over billion-dollar energy infrastructure projects fall under the remit of trade ministries, energy regulators, or state-owned utilities. In Vietnam, however, a recent high-profile meeting has underscored a significant and controversial shift in the country’s power structure....
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