Malaysia to ease virus curbs as outbreak slows
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) -- Malaysia will allow most businesses to re-open from next week, the prime minister said…
4 years ago
ASEAN Perspectives
Virus pushes Indonesia zoo animals to brink of starvation
BANDUNG, Indonesia (AFP) -- Thousands of animals, including endangered Sumatran tigers and Bornean orangutans, are facing starvation at Indonesia's zoos…
4 years ago
Vietnam relaxes virus restrictions as cases plateau
by Tran Thi Minh Ha and Alice Philipson Agence France Presse HANOI, Vietnam (AFP) -- Vietnam eased social distancing…
4 years ago
Beijing names islands in disputed South China Sea
BEIJING, China (AFP) -- China on Tuesday defended its naming of 80 islands and other geographical features in the South…
4 years ago
President Duterte stresses need for ASEAN cooperation in defeating COVID-19, other pandemics
(Eagle News) -- President Rodrigo Duterte stressed the need for cooperation of the various member-states of the Association of…
4 years ago
Indonesia’s Widodo declares state of emergency as virus toll jumps, but resists calls for lockdown
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) -- Indonesian leader Joko Widodo declared a state of emergency Tuesday as coronavirus deaths in the world's fourth…
4 years ago
Most Malaysia coronavirus cases linked to Islamic gathering
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) -- Malaysia said Sunday that more than half the country's 428 coronavirus cases were linked…
4 years ago
Malaysia in turmoil as Mahathir, Anwar vie for power
by M. Jegathesan / Patrick Lee Agence France Presse KUALA Lumpur, Malaysia (AFP) -- Malaysia was plunged into a…
4 years ago
Cambodia PM defends ship docking despite virus diagnosis
SIHANOUKVILLE, Cambodia (AFP) -- Cambodia's strongman premier defended on Tuesday his decision to allow a US cruise ship to…
4 years ago
Implications on PHL tourism industry of novel coronavirus crisis
https://youtu.be/vhNK-8kWkQI (Eagle News) -- In this interview on ASEAN in Focus weekend edition on Saturday, Feb. 15, 2020, Joyce Alumno,…
4 years ago
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