ASEAN IN FOCUS

Warships and aircraft ready for first US-ASEAN maritime drills

BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) -- Eight warships, four aircraft and more than a thousand personnel from the US and ten Southeast…

Capital flight: Indonesian move could prompt new environment crisis

by Natalia SANTI JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) -- Abandoning Jakarta for a new capital in Borneo won't save the fast-sinking Indonesian…

Thai court upholds death sentence for Myanmar men over Brit killings

  by Anusak KONGLANG and Dene-Hern CHEN Agence France Presse NONTHABURI, Thailand (AFP) -- Two Myanmar migrant workers sentenced to…

Indonesia picks Borneo island for new capital

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) -- Indonesia will move its capital to the eastern edge of jungle-clad Borneo island, President Joko Widodo…

Sinking city: Indonesia’s capital on brink of disaster

  JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) -- Time is running out for Jakarta. One of the fastest-sinking cities on earth, environmental experts…

Power restored after tens of millions hit by Indonesia power blackout

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) -- Power was mostly restored in Jakarta and Indonesia's heavily populated Java island after a widespread electricity…

Footage shows Bangkok bombing in mall minutes from ASEAN summit

  BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) -- Footage emerged Saturday of the moment a bomb exploded in a Bangkok mall as the…

JUST IN: Thai government confirms ‘bombing incidents’ in Bangkok

BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) -- The Thai government on Friday confirmed a number of small "bombing incidents" in Bangkok as the…

UPDATE: Bombs rattle Bangkok during ASEAN summit, wounding three

by Aidan JONES / Thanaporn PROMYAMYAI BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP ) -- Several small bombs exploded across Bangkok on Friday, rattling…

Pompeo says US not asking ASEAN allies to ‘choose’ on China

  by Francesco FONTEMAGGI / Dene-Hern Chen Agence France Presse BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) -- US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo…

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