Multidrug-resistant malaria spreading in Southeast Asia
- 23-Jul-2019
Malaria is caused by Plasmodium parasites which are carried by mosquitoes and spread through their blood-sucking bites.
ASEAN leaders throw weight behind China-led trade pact
- 22-Jun-2019
Southeast Asian leaders gathered in Bangkok on Saturday determined to drive forward the world's largest commercial pact
Prince Charles omits Myanmar from upcoming Asia tour
- 04-Oct-2017
LONDON: Prince Charles and his wife Camilla will visit Singapore, Malaysia and India this autumn, but not Myanmar, where violence has forced nearly 600,000 Muslim Rohingya to flee in the past year, royal officials announced on Wednesday. Prince Charles, heir to the British throne, and Camilla will depart for Asia on October 30 for an […]
The cassette tape still has a following in South East Asia
- 29-Oct-2016
SUBANG JAYA, MALAYSIA: Collectors and music fans wearing the t-shirts of obscure rock bands brave the tropical heat outside a record store near Malaysia’s capital, waiting to get their hands on new cassette tapes. No, this isn’t a flashback to the 1980s, but an event marking recent International Cassette Store Day, an annual celebration of […]
Obama says Trump not qualified to be president
- 08-Sep-2016
VIENTIANE, LAOS: Outgoing President Barack Obama condemned Donald Trump as unsuitable to be commander-in-chief Thursday, after the Republican nominee blasted US military brass and praised Vladimir Putin.
Obama makes final presidential trip to China, South-east Asia
- 01-Sep-2016
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE, UNDEFINED: Barack Obama begins his 11th and final presidential trip to the Asia-Pacific in earnest on Friday, visiting China to nurture what has become arguably the world's most important relationship and cementing an eight-year "pivot to Asia."