Southeast Asia foreign ministers seek breakthrough in Myanmar conflict and South China Sea dispute
Southeast Asian foreign ministers gathered Sunday for their first meeting this year under the regional bloc's new chair, ...
ASEAN upholds decision to bar Myanmar generals from summits, urges self-restraint in S. China Sea
Foreign ministers of the Southeast Asian bloc ASEAN at a weekend retreat upheld their decision to bar Myanmar’s ruling ...
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Southeast Asian Nations Vow to Ramp Up Myanmar Crisis Efforts
Foreign ministers from Southeast Asia said they need to find stronger approaches to help resolve the crisis in war-torn Myanmar, as doubts grow about the military regime’s ability to hold onto ...
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China’s FM Calls on Southeast Asia to Tackle Online Scamming Scourge
Wang Yi told ASEAN ambassadors that scamming poses “serious threats to the vital interests of citizens from China and other ...
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Life in Myanmar today: ‘My brother’s legs were slashed with knives for liking a Facebook post’
I was working as a journalist in Yangon, Myanmar’s biggest city, when the military seized power. That was on 1 February 2021, and everything changed overnight. Only three months before ...
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Myanmar Junta, Thailand Pledge to Combat Scam Gangs
At a meeting in Bangkok, ASEAN digital ministers committed to more collaboration to create a safer digital environment.
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Netizens Call for Attention to Prisoners in Southeast Asia Scam Operations
The high-profile kidnapping and rescue of 31-year-old actor Wang Xing from a telecom-scam compound on the border of Myanmar and Thailand has incited heated discussion on the Chinese internet. Wang was ...
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Myanmar junta airstrike kills 40 people and burns down 500 houses in Rakhine – reports
At least 40 civilians, including children, have been killed in an airstrike by Myanmar’s army on a village controlled by an armed ethnic group, officials and a charity said. The attack ...
Southeast Asia's second largest economy reassures Chinese tourists on security ahead of Lunar New Year
Thailand is stepping up security for tourists to restore the confidence of Chinese visitors, Prime Minister Paetongtarn ...