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MANILA, Dec. 12 – President Rodrigo Duterte is set to undertake state visits to Cambodia and Singapore next week. This was confirmed by Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Charles Jose in a predeparture briefing in Malacañang. “President Rodrigo Duterte will undertake a state visit to the Kingdom of Cambodia on December 13 and 14, 2016 upon the invitation of His Majesty King Norodom Sihamoni, and to Singapore on December 15 and 16, 2016 upon the invitation of His Excellency […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Indonesian President Joko Widodo pledged Friday to help the people of Aceh rebuild as he toured areas worst-hit by a devastating earthquake that killed more than 100 people and left thousands homeless. The shallow 6.5-magnitude quake Wednesday levelled hundreds of homes, mosques and businesses across Aceh province, one of the areas worst affected by the destructive 2004 tsunami. Rescue crews have been searching the rubble with sniffer dogs while excavators clear […]
HANOI, Vietnam (AFP) — Vietnam has started dredging work on a reef in the South China Sea, fresh satellite images appear to show, a move that could provoke Beijing which claims most of the disputed waterway. An image of the small Ladd Reef in the Spratly Islands, where Vietnam has a lighthouse, shows several vessels in a carved out embankment on the reef’s edge. Sediment can be seen leaking out into the ocean, according to […]
ACEH PROVINCE, Indonesia (Reuters) — Indonesian President Joko Widodo visited injured residents in the quake area of Aceh province on Friday (December 9). Widodo met over 130 patients treated in Chik Ditiro Hospital in Pidie Jaya regency, reported Kompas TV. Wednesday’s (December 7) 6.5 magnitude quake has killed 102 people and injured over 700. Hundreds of buildings crumbled to the ground and thousands left homeless. The province of Aceh, on the northern tip of Sumatra […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (Reuters) — Search resumed in Indonesia’s quake zone for the third day on Friday (December 9) after more than 100 people were killed and thousands left homeless. The quake toppled hundreds of buildings in Aceh province, on the northern tip of Sumatra island, which has declared a two-week state of emergency. Rescuers in Aceh’s Pidie Jaya regency focused their search on a market complex, which suffered more damage than other parts of the […]
TOKYO, Japan (Reuters) –Every December, 80-year-old Takashi Kawata travels to Tokyo from his home in northern Japan to participate in a rally calling for the return of the island he grew up on which is at the heart of a territorial dispute between Japan and Russia. He is one of the 17,000 Japanese who were expelled from a string of islands in the extreme north of Japan by the Soviet Union when it laid claim […]
by Chaideer Mahyuddin Agence France Presse BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AFP) — At least 25 people died and dozens were feared trapped in rubble after a strong earthquake struck off Aceh province on Indonesia’s Sumatra island on Wednesday, officials said. The shallow 6.5-magnitude quake struck Pidie Jaya district at dawn, as some in the predominantly Muslim region prepared for morning prayers. Mosques and shops were flattened in the small town of Meureudu, where the force of the […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — A strong 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck off Aceh province in the north of the Indonesian island of Sumatra early Wednesday but there was no tsunami alert, seismologists said. The shallow quake hit 10 kilometres (six miles) north of Reuleuet at 5:03 am local time (2203 GMT Tuesday), the US Geological Survey said. Aceh was devastated by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. In its initial assessment, the USGS said there was a low […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — A strong 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of eastern Indonesia on Monday, US seismologists said, but no tsunami warning was issued and there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage. The undersea quake hit about 190 kilometres (120 miles) northeast of Maumere, a holiday destination in Flores, at 09:13 am (0113 GMT), at a depth of 522 kilometres, said the US Geological Survey. Indonesia’s disaster agency said officials were […]
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Secretariat had the pleasure of receiving students from ESQ Business School Indonesia yesterday (December 1) as part of their “Leading Across Culture” subject. The ESQ Business School Indonesia from the Culture and Information Division provided them with insights on cultural diversity and practice in ASEAN and talked about projects related to culture and information across the region. It was heartening to meet these students. (Photos courtesy of the ASEAN […]
(Reuters) Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn, 64, became Thailand’s new king on Thursday after he accepted an invitation from parliament to succeed his father, King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who died in October. King Bhumibol, 88, was widely loved and regarded as a pillar of stability during decades of political turbulence and rapid development in the Southeast Asian nation. Prince Vajiralongkorn, who will be known as King Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun, according to a statement released by parliament’s […]
(Eagle News) — China thanked Malaysia on Wednesday for sticking to the ‘one china’ policy after it deported Taiwanese suspects in a multi-million dollar telecoms fraud to the mainland.
