Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia

‘No regrets if I died that day’

Bangladeshi construction worker Shakil Mohammad was at work at River Valley Road in Singapore when he heard screams next door.

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Malaysia to send officials to US for tariff talks: PM

Malaysia will dispatch officials to Washington to commence discussions on trade tariffs, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said Tuesday, after US President Donald Trump imposed a hefty 24-percent levy on imports from the country

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Trump’s punitive tariffs on China ‘just the opening steps’ in a long dance, say analysts

Beijing has vowed to take countermeasures against the latest US tariffs and urged Washington to resolve trade frictions through dialogue

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Search for long-missing flight MH370 suspended: Malaysia minister

The latest search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has been suspended, Kuala Lumpur's transport minister said, more than a decade after the plane went missing

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Thailand has 'strong plan' to handle US tariffs, hopes to negotiate: PM

Southeast Asian countries with a significant trade surplus with the United States came in for harsh treatment

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Myanmar quake: a nation unprepared for disaster

Ravaged by four years of civil war, Myanmar is ill-prepared to cope with the destruction brought by Friday's massive earthquake

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UK announces £10 million for Myanmar quake relief

The isolated country's ruling junta made a rare plea for international aid after a 7.7-magnitude quake struck central Myanmar

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Bangkok quake death toll rises to 17: city authorities

The death toll in Bangkok from a massive earthquake that hit Myanmar and Thailand rose to 17 on Sunday, city authorities said

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Myanmar quake: what we know

The 7.7-magnitude quake hit northwest of Myanmar's Sagaing at 12:50 pm (0620 GMT) on Friday at a shallow depth.

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Thai airline halts some domestic flights because of air pollution

Air pollution spikes in Thailand, especially in the north, between December and April as farmers burn stubble to prepare land for the next crop season

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Nearly 200 Bangkok schools close over air pollution

By Thursday morning, the Thai capital was the sixth most polluted major city in the world, according to IQAir

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Hundreds to wed as Thai same-sex marriage law comes into force

A high-profile gay couple married in Thailand on Thursday as the kingdom's same-sex marriage law went into effect, an AFP journalist saw, among the first of hundreds expected to do so

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Rohingya crimes: ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrant for junta chief

The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) yesterday said he would seek an arrest warrant for Myanmar’s military leader Min Aung Hlaing for crimes against humanity in the alleged persecution of the Rohingyas.

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Malaysia’s minimum wage to go up to 1,700 ringgit from Feb 1

The Malaysian government has agreed to increase the minimum wage rate from RM1,500 currently to RM1,700, with effect from February 1, 2025, said Anwar Ibrahim

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Gunmen kill 7 in southwest Pakistan

Gunmen killed seven workers in Pakistan’s southwestern province of Balochistan late on Saturday, police said.

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Vietnam jails journalist for seven years on 'propaganda' charge

A Vietnam court Tuesday sentenced a journalist who wrote about issues including corruption, land rights and the environment to seven years in jail, his sister said, the latest government critic to be put behind bars.

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Malaysia charges ex-PM Muhyiddin with sedition over alleged remarks on royalty, lawyer says

Malaysia has charged opposition leader and former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin with sedition for allegedly insulting the country's former king, his lawyer said on Tuesday

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Lanka’s Rajapaksa scion enters race

Sri Lanka’s ruling party nominated a scion of the controversial Rajapaksa family yesterday to challenge the incumbent president in next month’s polls, the first since the country’s unprecedented economic meltdown.

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