Regional news from Southeast Asia in English — ASEAN politics, economy and diplomacy, covered by Thai PBS World.
A 7.8-magnitude earthquake in the southern Philippines on Monday killed at least 35 people, according to provincial authorities, after toppling buildings and sparking tsunami warnings across the region.
Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul departed for Hanoi today, on a two-day official visit at the invitation of Vietnamese President To Lam.
A 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the southern Philippines on Monday, killing at least one person, collapsing buildings, and sparking tsunami warnings across the region.
Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul will make a two-day official visit to Hanoi on June 8 to further strengthen bilateral ties with Vietnam, according to an informed Thai diplomatic source.
Thai Foreign Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow insisted today that the scope of the compulsory conciliation process with Cambodia under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) should be limited to maritime boundary delimitation.
Malaysia on Monday began enforcing rules barring millions of children younger than 16 from having social media accounts, joining a growing global effort to tighten safety protections.
The search for two Laotians still missing in a man-made cave in Laos resumed this morning after a survey team trekking above the main entrance reported hearing knocking sounds yesterday, raising hopes they could be found.
Search efforts continued today for two Laotian nationals who remain missing in a flooded cave in Laos’ Xaysomboun province, after five others were found alive following days trapped inside since May 19.
Rescuers searching for two people still trapped inside a flooded gold mine in Laos say the chances of finding them are becoming increasingly slim after teams nearly completed a search of the entire underground tunnel network without success.
The multinational rescue mission to help seven Laotians, who became trapped in a flooded gold mine in Laos’ Xaysomboun province about a week ago, was suspended on Wednesday morning due to rising floodwater e after heavy overnight downpours.
Rescue teams today reached five of the seven Laotians who have been trapped in a flooded gold mine in Laos’ Xaysomboun province for the past seven days.
The Quad nations; Australia, India, Japan and the United States, have called for an immediate cessation of violence in Myanmar, saying the crisis is generating severe transnational crime and destabilising the broader Indo-Pacific region.
