ASEAN IN FOCUS

Thai seafood market coronavirus infections top 1,000

BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) -- A coronavirus outbreak linked to a seafood market in Thailand passed 1,000 cases on Tuesday, as…

Vietnamese victim’s father pities men convicted in UK over migrant deaths

HANOI, Vietnam (AFP) -- The father of one of the 39 Vietnamese migrants who suffocated in a truck in Britain…

Vietnam’s pharmaceutical firm starts human trial of coronavirus vaccine

  HANOI, Vietnam (AFP) -- A Vietnamese pharmaceutical company began testing a coronavirus vaccine on volunteers in Hanoi on Thursday,…

Indonesia’s president to receive country’s first Covid-19 vaccine shot

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) -- Indonesian President Joko Widodo said Wednesday he would be the first person in the country to…

Indonesia arrests senior JI leader linked to Bali bombings

  JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) -- Indonesia has arrested a senior leader of the Al-Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) network for an…

Malaysia coast guard makes record $26mn meth seizure

  KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) -- Malaysia's coastguard has made its largest ever seizure of methamphetamine, a top official said…

Palace dismayed as PHL lags behind other ASEAN countries in internet speed

  (Eagle News) – Malacanang is very much dismayed that the country’s internet speed remains slow despite the deadline given…

Indonesia holds nationwide poll despite virus warnings

  by Agnes ANYA Agence France Presse JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) -- Indonesia held nationwide regional elections Wednesday with more than…

Thai PM wins crucial legal battle to stay in office

by Lisa MARTIN BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) -- Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha, under pressure from months of street protests, Wednesday…

IS-linked militants kill four in Indonesia: police

  PALU, Indonesia (AFP) -- Islamic State-linked extremists killed four people in a remote Christian community on the Indonesian island…

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