Misc Asia

Bangkok, April 9, 2021 - The United Nations special envoy for Myanmar, Christine Schraner Burgener, arrived on Friday in the Thai capital Bangkok in...

Singapore, April 8, 2021 - Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat is stepping aside as the country’s designated future leader to let a...

Manila April 7, 2021 – Seventeen tycoons from the Philippines – led for the third straight year by “brown taipan” Manuel “Manny” B. Villar...

Taipei, April 7, 2021 - China sent more fighter jets into Taiwan’s air defense zone on Wednesday in a stepped up show of force...

Tokyo, March 16, 2021 - Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned China on Tuesday against using “coercion and aggression” as he sought to use...

Tokyo, March 16, 2021 - Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned China on Tuesday against using “coercion and aggression” as he sought to use...

Washington DC-Tokyo, March 15, 2021 - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin landed in Tokyo on Monday, starting a...

The spiky fruit became a politically charged symbol after China banned the import of Taiwan’s pineapples on March 1

Kuala Lumpur, March 10, 2021 — A Malaysian court ruled Wednesday that non-Muslims can use the word “Allah” to refer to God, in a...

The High Court decision squashed a 35-year-old government ban on the usage of Allah and three other Arabic words by Christian publications, deeming the...