Just a couple of days ago Myanmar was in the stages of preparing for the safe return of the Rohingya muslims who had fled the country because of fear of death during the Rohingyan genocide. The government had said that they were doing all they could to protect them, and that there was no real genocide going on, but this… Read more »
BANGKOK — Thailand’s economy slowed in the July-September quarter as the trade war and a slowdown in tourism started to bite, prompting the state planning agency to lower its annual growth forecasts. Southeast Asia’s second-largest economy grew 3.3% on an annual basis, falling below projections of a 4%-4.2% expansion in a Reuters poll of analysts. Gross domestic product showed… Read more »
Plans to repatriate Rohingya Muslim refugees in Bangladesh to their native Myanmar have failed as many of them fear for their safety after return.
The dozens of young Chinese engineers looked nervous, but eager, as they presented their work in English during a hack-athon in September at the high-rise Roppongi Hills complex in Tokyo. But while the event hosted by Mercari Inc., maker of a popular flea market app, appeared to be a mere tech competition, it was actually far more.
The annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit usually ends with a joint communiqué, and a family photo.
Authorities in Taiwan have imposed a ban on imports of live pigs, pork and related products from Japan after a case of swine fever was detected in the country. Taiwanese officials announced the measure on Saturday.
A Chinese writer has been given a 10 year sentence for writing and selling a novel which featured gay sex scenes.
YANGON: Myanmar police shot and wounded four Rohingya Muslims on Sunday, after detaining two men accused of smuggling people out of a camp for displaced people in western Rakhine state, a witness and police told Reuters.
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has vowed never to allow foreign military bases in his country. His remarks come in the wake of a news report that suggested China is pushing for a naval base in southern Cambodia that would potentially provide Beijing with easier access to the South China Sea. Hun Sen pushed back against the idea of a… Read more »
A 42-year-old man has died after a suspected stingray attack off the Tasmanian coast, Australian police say.