South East Asia below Asia
Ramayana has always been popular in Indonesia, with Bali, Java and Jakarta having their own interpretations of it. The Hindu epic will now reach a larger audience in Indonesia through Legong, the historical Bali […]
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called on Wednesday (15/11) for a credible investigation into reports of human rights abuses against Rohingya Muslims committed by Myanmar’s security forces after a meeting with its civilian […]
China’s agreement to begin discussions with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) on the fine print of a code of conduct framework for the disputed South China Sea will be a “stabilizer” for […]
Blessed by calmer seas, several hundred more Rohingya Muslims on Thursday (09/11) joined a multitude of refugees in Bangladesh, as calls grew for upcoming regional summits to exert more pressure on Myanmar’s Aung San […]
Myanmar warned on Wednesday (08/11) that a scolding delivered by the UN Security Council could “seriously harm” its talks with Bangladesh over returning home more than 600,000 people who fled to escape a Myanmar […]
The US government will constantly monitor its sanctions regime to respond to violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state that has sent hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees across the border to Bangladesh, a senior […]
Proposed United States sanctions targeting Myanmar’s military for its treatment of Rohingya Muslims would hinder the fledgling civilian government sharing power with the generals, a spokesman for de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi […]
China and Vietnam have reached agreement on managing their dispute in the South China Sea through friendly talks, a senior Chinese diplomat said on Friday (03/11), following an ugly spat over the summer between […]
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson spoke on Thursday (26/10) with Myanmar’s army chief and expressed concern over reported atrocities against Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine state, the US State Department said in a statement. […]
Hungry, destitute and scared, thousands of new Rohingya refugees crossed the border into Bangladesh from Myanmar early on Monday (16/10), witnesses said, fleeing attacks by Buddhist mobs and hunger that the United Nations has […]
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