Story Archive
2024-05-06
Simulation drills in the northern Philippines took place amid Manila’s row with Beijing in the South China Sea.
2024-05-06
The soldiers are from five battalions in one western Myanmar township, the Arakan Army insurgent group said.
2024-05-06
Forced to adapt, many Mani people have accepted new ways, starting with government ID cards.
2024-05-03
Yeoh, the first Asian woman to win a best actress Oscar, “has shattered stereotypes and glass ceilings,” President Biden said of her.
2024-05-03
Under the change, Australian and British firms could import U.S. military technology without needing licenses.
2024-05-03
The Philippines remains one of the most dangerous countries for media professionals in the Asia-Pacific region.
2024-05-03
Reporters Without Borders says there’s a ‘worrying decline’ globally in respect for media autonomy.
2024-05-02
Eleven years after the Rana Plaza collapse, remediation of safety problems in the industry has slowed, monitors say.
2024-05-02
Including parliamentary seats from his coalition and of two parties that committed support, he would command a 71% majority.
2024-05-02
Manila summons a senior Chinese embassy official over April 30 water cannon incident near disputed shoal.
2024-05-02
The Batanes archipelago, the northernmost part of the Philippines, is actually closer to Taiwan.
2024-05-02
A new crop of lawmakers will soon be selected from a cross-section of society to replace junta-appointed Senate.
2024-05-02
The annual United States Commission on International Religious Freedom report recommends placing Jakarta on special watch list.
2024-05-02
Fiji’s acting chief justice refused to recuse himself from the case for allegedly showing bias.
2024-05-02
The new prime minister has indicated he’ll continue a friends-to-all foreign policy.
