Regional news from Southeast Asia in English — ASEAN politics, economy and diplomacy, covered by Thai PBS World.
ASEAN has expressed readiness to provide humanitarian assistance to Myanmar and Thailand, after a 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck central Myanmar on March 28, with tremors reaching many parts of Thailand.
President Donald Trump said Friday that the US was going to help with the response to Southeast Asia’s deadly earthquake as Myanmar’s ruling junta made a rare request for international humanitarian aid and declared a state of emergency across six regions.
Over 100 ethnic Karen civilians, who had sought temporary refuge on Thai soil in Tha Song Yang district of Tak province to escape fighting in Myanmar, returned to their homes, as the fighting has died down.
A total of 207 people of four nationalities were deported from Myawaddy border township to Mae Sot district of Tak province today, ahead of their repatriations.
The Ta Praya Task Force, in the border province of Sa Kaew, has submitted a protest note to a Cambodian army unit over the presence of their soldiers in no-man’s land, Thai Army spokesman Maj General Winthai Suvaree has said.
Myanmar’s Senior General Min Aung Hlaing will visit Bangkok on April 3–4 to attend the Bay of Bengal region summit, according to a highly placed source.
Myanmar government officials have asked Laos to increase the supply of electricity to the Tachileik border township, opposite Thailand’s Mae Sai district, to meet increasing demand during the dry season, according to the Tachileik News Agency.
Rotterdam, Netherlands - Former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte said he was prepared to accept responsibility as the International Criminal Court took him into custody Wednesday to face charges over his war on drugs.
Migrant workers from Laos, Myanmar and Cambodia can return home for the Songkran festival without needing to apply for re-entry permits and are, thus, exempt from re-entry fees from April 1 until May 15.
Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte, arrested in Manila on an Interpol warrant stemming from his deadly crackdown on drugs, touched down in Dubai Wednesday bound for the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague.
A group of 283 Indian nationals, rescued from scam centres in Myawaddy township, were flown back to India today on an Indian Air Force C17 military transport plane.
Former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte was arrested Tuesday in Manila by police acting on an International Criminal Court warrant tied to his deadly war on drugs.
