ASEAN IN FOCUS

Foreign divers, soldiers join rescue for Thai children trapped in cave

  by Sippachai Kunnuwong / with Jenny Vaughan in Bangkok © Agence France-Presse MAE SAI, Thailand (AFP) -- A team of…

Myanmar military leaders guilty of ‘crimes against humanity’: Amnesty

  NEW YORK, United States (AFP) -- Myanmar's military chief and other top brass have been accused by Amnesty International…

15 dead in Vietnam flash floods, landslides

HANOI, Vietnam (AFP) -- Flash floods and landslides killed 15 people in Vietnam's mountainous north, officials said Tuesday, after storms…

Desperate search for 12 children trapped in Thailand cave

  MAE SAI, Thailand (AFP) - Desperate parents led a prayer ceremony outside a flooded cave in northern Thailand where…

Myanmar sacks top general involved in Rohingya crackdown

  YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) -- Myanmar's military said it sacked a top general who was named in fresh EU sanctions against…

12 children trapped in Thailand cave after storms

BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) -- A dramatic underwater rescue mission to find a children's football team who have been trapped in…

Malaysia picks 1MDB investigator as central bank chief

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) - A Malaysian official who probed the 1MDB mega-scandal which helped topple the corruption-plagued former regime…

PH hailed as first ASEAN SME Academy administrator

By Phoebe Salvador Eagle News Service The Philippines has been chosen as the first country to become the administrator of…

PH intensifies anti-dengue activities as it observes ASEAN Dengue Day

By Phoebe Salvador Eagle News Service (Eagle News) -- As a member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN),…

Kim says N. Korea and US have overcome obstacles to hold summit

SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP) -- North Korea and the United States have overcome the obstacles of a difficult history to hold…

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