Regional news from Southeast Asia in English — ASEAN politics, economy and diplomacy, covered by Thai PBS World.
A joint technical committee (JTC) is expected to be set up in the next two weeks to commence talks with Cambodia on development of the overlapping claim area in the Gulf of Thailand, within the framework of MoU 44, Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra said today.
Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has confirmed that Kut Island is a legitimate territory of Thailand under the Franco-Siamese treaty since 1907.
Thailand's Narcotics Control Board has appointed officials as minister counsellors on drug control, attached to embassies in five countries—Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Myanmar, and China—to strengthen anti-drug cooperation.
London, United Kingdom - The EU, UK, and Canada on Tuesday announced fresh sanctions targeting the Myanmar junta's access to "military materiel, equipment and funds".
London - Lee Hsien Yang, the estranged brother of former Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, said Tuesday that he is now a “political refugee” after the U.K. government granted him asylum from what he described as persecution at home.
Despite years of negotiations, the ASEAN nations and China haven’t tackled the “core issues” needed for the South China Sea Code of Conduct to be established, Philippines Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo said.
Prabowo Subianto was inaugurated Sunday as Indonesia's president after a convincing election win, but he has also been accused of rights abuses during the dying days of the Suharto dictatorship a generation ago.
A bungalow where Singapore's early leaders spent long hours laying the country's foundations is under the spotlight as a bitter feud rages between former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew's children.
While employees face increasing stress in the modern era, many remain reluctant to seek support, since a stigma surrounding psychological issues lingers. Now, a Malaysian start-up is combining digitalisation and mental health services to enhance well-being and productivity in the workplace.
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet kept a low profile at the ASEAN summit in Vientiane, holding meetings on the sidelines with fellow leaders but making no public statements to the media.
“Better Design, Better Community,” at least from an Asean perspective, is being creatively exemplified by Seksan Ng, a Malaysian landscape architect, who spoke at Design Talk 2024, part of the Sustainability Expo (SX) at Queen Sirikit National Convention Center, on October 4.
The Thai and Cambodian journalists' associations have issued a joint statement expressing their deep concern over Miss Grand International’s cancellation of Miss Grand Cambodia as co-host of the beauty contest.
