Tag: Southeast Asia
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Rising electricity demand deepens Southeast Asia’s energy security concerns, IEA reports says
Risks to Southeast Asia’s energy supplies are multiplying faster than nations are coming up with solutions to meet rapidly rising demand for electricity, according to an ... -
Lao man deported by the US to Eswatini is released after year in prison
A Laotian citizen deported by the United States to Eswatini under the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown was released from a maximum-security prison in the African nation ... -
Macau, Malaysia business ties strengthened with 54 cooperation agreements
The government’s Southeast Asia investment and tourism promotion tour concluded Thursday in Kuala Lumpur, with more than 300 government and business representatives from Macau, Hengqin, mainland ... -
Gov’t promotes platform advantages to Greater Bay Area businesses
The SAR is stepping up efforts to help businesses in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area expand into Portuguese- and Spanish-speaking markets and Southeast Asia, with ... -
Iran war is forcing families to choose between school or survival
Sou Sreynich dreams of becoming a teacher. But she knows she’s far behind. The 13-year-old first entered a classroom at 10, an age when most Cambodian ... -
Leader of Myanmar’s military-backed government seeks political legitimacy in Thailand visit
The head of Myanmar’s military-backed government arrived in Thailand yesterday for an official visit that could serve as a major steppingstone in his effort to win ... -
Iran war, Myanmar crisis and South China Sea rifts under the spotlight in ASEAN ministerial talks
Southeast Asia’s top diplomats expressed alarm over renewed hostilities in the Middle East as they gathered yesterday in the Philippine capital for talks with Western and ... -
What to know about the Bangkok bar fire that killed 27
Thai authorities are investigating a Bangkok bar fire that killed at least 27 people and injured dozens more, the latest in a long history of catastrophic fires at ... -
Soaring prices during the Iran war jeopardize travel to tourism-dependent countries
With summer around the corner, soaring prices and other complications from the war with Iran are straining the tourism-dependent economies of countries in Southeast Asia, including ... -
US launches sweeping crackdown on Southeast Asia cyberscams and sanctions Cambodian senator
U.S. officials have announced a sweeping crackdown on Southeast Asian cyberscam operations as part of what U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro characterized Friday as a “new theater of war” ... -
Airport announces plans for new Southeast Asian routes
The Macau International Airport Company (CAM) has announced plans to introduce several new international and Southeast Asian routes. The announcement was made during yesterday’s annual Spring ... -
China executes 11 members of Myanmar-based group in crackdown on scam operations
China executed 11 people it found guilty of killing 14 Chinese citizens and running scam and gambling operations worth more than $1 billion, authorities said. The ... -
Cambodia will send 73 online scam suspects to South Korea
Dozens of South Koreans detained in Cambodia for alleged involvement in online scams will be sent home this week to face investigations, officials said yesterday, in ... -
Thailand and Cambodia sign a new ceasefire agreement to end border fighting
Thailand and Cambodia signed a ceasefire agreement on Saturday to end weeks of fighting along their border over competing territorial claims. The agreement took effect at noon and calls for ... -
New fighting between Thailand and Cambodia rooted in old enmity
A history of enmity between Thailand and Cambodia over competing territorial claims has broken into open combat again, just a few months after the two sides agreed ... -
1,300 dead from floods in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand
Emergency crews raced to reach survivors and recover more bodies yesterday as the death toll from last week’s catastrophic floods and landslides surged past 1,300 in ... -
Typhoon Kalmaegi makes landfall in Vietnam, bringing destructive winds and heavy rains
Typhoon Kalmaegi has made landfall north of Gia Lai province in central Vietnam, lashing the region with fierce winds and torrential rain after leaving more than ... -
US and Malaysia work to expand Thai-Cambodia ceasefire in advance of ASEAN summit
Malaysia and the U.S. are facilitating efforts to secure an expanded ceasefire agreement between Thailand and Cambodia that they hope will be signed during a Southeast ... -
Cambodian migrant workers face an uncertain future
Hundreds of thousands of Cambodian migrant workers have been heading home from Thailand as the two countries work to keep a ceasefire in armed clashes along ... -
Thailand and Cambodia to deploy ceasefire monitors
Thailand and Cambodia agreed yesterday to establish interim observer teams to monitor a fragile ceasefire that ended five days of deadly armed border clashes, even as ... -
Thailand and Cambodia plan border visits for diplomats as violence eases
Thailand and Cambodia separately planned border visits for foreign diplomats to observe damages from the nearly weeklong clash, as violence that continued after a ceasefire appears ... -
Thailand and Cambodia ceasefire holds as wary displaced villagers return home
A ceasefire between Thailand and Cambodia appeared to hold yesterday as tensions lingered despite a truce agreement to end deadly border clashes following economic pressure from ... -
Thailand, Cambodia agree to ‘immediate and unconditional’ ceasefire, Malay PM says
Thailand and Cambodia have agreed to an “immediate and unconditional” ceasefire from midnight to resolve deadly border clashes, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said yesterday. Anwar, ... -
Xi says China will stand with Southeast Asia in face of economic shocks
Chinese leader Xi Jinping told Malaysia’s leader yesterday that China will be a collaborative partner and stand with its Southeast Asian neighbors in the wake of ... -
Thailand hosts regional talks to find solutions to Myanmar’s bloody civil war
Two days of meetings on Myanmar ‘s violent political crisis began yesterday in Bangkok, the latest in a long series of regional talks that have made ... -
Philippine defense chief calls for ‘stronger censure’ over China’s actions
The Philippine defense chief said yesterday that China is “the biggest disruptor” of peace in Southeast Asia and called for stronger international censure over its “aggression ... -
Survey shows disaster-prone Southeast Asia is also best prepared
Southeast Asia is among the regions most prone to natural disasters, but a new analysis released yesterday shows its people also feel the best equipped to ... -
BYD inaugurates first plant in Thailand as it expands reach into Southeast Asia
Chinese automaker BYD inaugurated its first electric vehicle plant in Thailand yesterday, part of the company’s push into Southeast Asia while it also tackles wealthier markets ... -
Students told to stay home as Southeast Asia swelters in prolonged heat wave
Southeast Asia was coping with a weekslong heat wave this week as record-high temperatures led to school closings in several countries and urgent health warnings throughout ...
