Myanmar’s 15-month-old military junta is suffering a diplomatic downgrade as Western and some Southeast Asian neighbors are withholding ambassadorial appointments to the country and increasingly meeting with elected officials overthrown by the army early last year, diplomats said. The trend of posting a number two in missions comes as the junta has been shunned by
China is the source of destabilization in the South China Sea and has been for the last couple decades, but Beijing’s assertiveness has less to do with its rivalry with the United States than is commonly assumed, a new report says. In the report “Dynamics of Assertiveness in the South China Sea” published by the
The United States is highlighting its commitment to Southeast Asia by holding a leader-level summit with ASEAN members this week in Washington despite being in the midst of dealing with the Ukraine turmoil, analysts said. But Washington is not likely to present a coherent economic strategy to reduce Southeast Asia’s overreliance on China and that
Russia will soon begin participating in Myanmar’s energy industry in place of international companies that quit, the Burmese junta said in response to the exit of three big Asian firms from a gas field in the coup-hit nation. Since April 29, the Malaysian and Thai state-owned oil firms and a Japanese energy conglomerate have withdrawn
Issued on: 26/04/2022 – 17:51Modified: 27/04/2022 – 11:37 Nearly 500 Rohingya refugees fled a detention centre where they were being held in Malaysia on April 20. Dozens of videos show them running along the highways, panicked. Most were later arrested by police. However, on April 26, Malaysian authorities called on the local population to find
Malaysian police have detained two Rohingya they suspect of having instigated a riot and mass breakout at a detention center that led to six escapees being fatally struck by vehicles on a highway in the middle of the night, authorities in northern Kedah state said Friday. Eighty-eight Rohingya remained at large, including nine women and
SANDAKAN, Malaysia– For Ettol Kumpilon, the switch from growing rice to oil palm on his small household farm in Malaysias eastern state of Sabah has actually allowed him to remodel his house, send his oldest child to school and construct up a healthy pot of savings.But with climate change fueling increasing temperatures that are harming
Cambodian Prime Minister and ASEAN chair Hun Sen, in a phone call with Indonesias president on Friday, blasted Malaysias foreign minister for being “arrogant” by criticizing Phnom Penhs technique to deal with Myanmar. Malaysias top diplomat, Saifuddin Abdullah, told press reporters recently that Hun Sen need to have sought advice from with other leaders from
A report released Dec. 8, 2021, by U.S. cybersecurity firm Recorded Future on supposed Chinese hacking in Southeast Asia. Unrivaled scale and scope Insikt scientists said Chinese state-sponsored groups have actually typically been highly active in targeting Chinas competing plaintiffs in the South China Sea, “with the functional pace often mirroring increased geopolitical stress.” Last
