Indonesia, currently a net importer of both crude oil and its refined products, will start offering shale gas blocks this year in a bid to unearth the potential of unconventional gas in Southeast Asia’s
The Philippines’ arbitration case against China has moved a step forward after the president of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (Itlos) appointed the second member of the ad hoc tribunal
Fast-gorwing regions like Asean have become even more significant for leading Nordic firms in recent times, said a prominent Swedish banker and industrialist in town earlier this month. Marcus Wallenberg told The Straits Times
The government in Taiwan is “dissatisfied” over mainland pressure that led to a Taiwanese delegation’s last-minute withdrawal from an international defense summit held in Indonesia last week, the foreign minister said yesterday. “The ministry
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said Malaysia will resettle villagers in several eastern Sabah locations suspected of being entry points for militants and illegal migrants, in the aftermath of a bloody incursion by an
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has until midnight tomorrow if he wishes to call for the 13th general election before the first expiry of a state legislative assembly. Whether he will seek to dissolve
After three days of violence last week reduced a swathe of this central Myanmar city to blackened ruins, Win Htein, a local MP, sat in a small office in Meikhtila watching relief materials from
The Philippines’ arbitration case against China has moved a step forward after the president of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (Itlos) appointed the second member of the ad hoc tribunal
British Airways (BA) is sticking to Singapore as its hub between London and Australia – despite the decision by its long-time partner Qantas to dump Changi Airport for Dubai. BA’s new Southeast Asia head
Angkhana Neelaphaijit, wife of missing Muslim lawyer Somchai, has agreed to join the National Security Council team at its meeting on Thursday with the Barisan Revolusi Nasional, while National Police chief Adul Saengsingkaew has