Regional news from Southeast Asia in English — ASEAN politics, economy and diplomacy, covered by Thai PBS World.
Cambodia’s exiled opposition figurehead Sam Rainsy arrived in Malaysia Saturday as he sought to return home to rally his supporters against strongman Hun Sen, while security was beefed up at the kingdom’s borders and in Phnom Penh. Rainsy, who has lived in France since 2015 to avoid jail for convictions he says are politically motivated, has long
Cambodia has beefed up security along its border with Thailand, with troop and police reinforcements being deployed at strategic areas to prevent former opposition leader Sam Rainsy and his men from entering Cambodia to join the Cambodian Independence Day celebrations on Saturday. Reinforcements are reported to have arrived at 20 border crossings along Thailand’s eastern
Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy has vowed to try to return to Cambodia from self-imposed exile on Saturday despite Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s refusal to grant him entry into Thailand through which he plans to travel across the border to the neighbouring counry. “I have no alternative,” the veteran politician told Al Jazeera from
Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has made clear that Cambodia’s former opposition leader Sam Rainsy will be refused entry to Thailand on his way to the Cambodian border town of Poipet to celebrate Cambodia’s Independence Day on November 9th. Responding to a reporter’s question about Rainsy’s request to enter Cambodia via Thailand, the Prime Minister
Even though India is not yet on board the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), ASEAN leaders believe that they have made a breakthrough to make one of the world’s most important free trade agreements a reality. “It’s a pity that India is not yet on board. We hope one day it will come on board,”
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has pledged to cooperate with ASEAN in the exchange of knowledge and technology to help move the regional grouping towards a digital economy. He said that Russia has placed importance on the digital economy, as evidenced by Russia’s fifth place ranking for the number of people using cell-phones, and this
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohammad is supportive of Thailand’s efforts to resolve unrest in the deep South of the country through peaceful means and opposes any desires for separatism. Mahathir held talks with his Thai counterpart, General Prayut Chan-o-cha, on the side-lines of the ASEAN Summit yesterday (Saturday) at Impact Muang Thong Thani, the venue
Tony Fernandes, the Group CEO of AirAsia, appealed to ASEAN governments to help create and strengthen what he called “ASEAN brands” as part of the efforts to harness economic and business potential to drive the economy of the regional grouping. Addressing the ASEAN Business and Investment Summit 2019 as a guest speaker, Fernandes said despite
Thailand’s Minister of Social Development and Human Security Chuti Krairiksh today (Friday) urged all ASEAN member countries to make a child-friendly ASEAN a reality. In his address on the 30th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in Bangkok, the minister said that the occasion was an opportunity for ASEAN member countries
DIEN THINH, Vietnam (AP) — For many Vietnamese, a job in a Western European country is seen as a path to prosperity worth breaking the law. But the risks of doing so are high and the consequences can be deadly, as the discovery of 39 bodies in a truck in England last week proved.
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The Latest on the final report by Indonesia’s National Transportation Safety Committee on the Oct. 29 crash of a Lion Air flight that killed 189 people. (all times local): 3:45 p.m. Boeing has issued a statement vowing to prevent the kind of crashes that killed more than 300 people in
Effective from October 31st, foreigners who apply for a non-immigrant visa will be required to have health insurance to ensure that they are covered for medical treatment while in Thailand for a period not exceeding one year. Deputy Public Health Minister Sathit Pitutecha said today that, since more and more foreigners are seeking medical treatment
