Indonesia’s air force is holding its largest military exercise this week, near some of its islands in the South China Sea, in a show of sovereignty over the gas-rich area on the fringe of territory claimed by China, officials said on Tuesday. President Joko Widodo in June launched an unprecedented campaign to bolster fishing, oil exploration and defense facilities around… Read more »
Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong has been barred from entering Thailand and deported. Mr Wong, who became the face of the 2014 Hong Kong street protests, had been hoping to speak to Thai students. But the 19-year-old was detained on arrival at Suvarnabhumi airport and then flown back to Hong Kong. He said there had been “no explanation for… Read more »
Currently, Thailand and Malaysia are facing a problem that sounds all too familiar to Americans. The trafficking of drugs, humans, and violent Muslim groups in southern Thailand have led the Prime Ministers to discuss a plan for building a wall between the two countries. One one hand, it would curb the serious threat of the Syrian backed groups, who have… Read more »
Lawmakers are proposing a ban on alcohol sales and consumption throughout Indonesia, which may negatively affect the island of Bali’s booming tourist economy. The ban would include production, sale, and consumption of alcohol across the entire country, but would have profound effects on the island of Bali. For anyone found violating this law, a prison sentence of as many as… Read more »
The number of Zika cases in the country surged to 275 in just ten days from the start of the outbreak on August 27. Science and Development Network | September 13, 2016 | Health AsianScientist (Sep. 13, 2016) – Neena Bhandari – Seventeen new cases of locally transmitted Zika virus infection in Singapore were confirmed on September 6 by the… Read more »
HANOI: Vietnam will not include ratification of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) on the agenda for its next parliament session, an official said on Friday, adding to uncertainty over the future of US President Barack Obama’s signature trade deal. As arguably the biggest beneficiary of the deal covering 40% of the global economy, Vietnam was expected to be among the first… Read more »
Thailand, Malaysia plan border wall to halt illegal flow of goods, people Thailand and Malaysia will discuss plans to build a wall along their shared border, Thai officials said on Thursday, a day before Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak is set to meet his counterpart in Bangkok. People-trafficking and the smuggling of drugs and weapons are among the transnational crimes that… Read more »