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July 12, 2023 7:45 PM

JAKARTA - The peace plans that Myanmar has established with Asean remain the basis of the bloc’s approach to the crisis there, and the region’s foreign ministers have stressed the importance that these plans are implemented.

July 12, 2023 7:42 PM

India is replacing its ageing fleet of Russian-made platforms, as it keeps a wary eye on China.

Jasmine Loo, formerly a legal counsel to the 1MDB fund, was said to have fled Malaysia before the 2018 general election.

July 12, 2023 7:13 PM

The Washington-based political exile says the bounty for her arrest means returning home is impossible now.

July 12, 2023 7:05 PM

Tomato prices have soared to 200 rupees per kg in some parts of India, from about 30 to 40 rupees.

One analyst believes the launch was a warning to the US over spy planes flying near the North’s waters, and the impending arrival of an American nuclear submarine in the South.

July 12, 2023 6:30 PM

This is the medical union's first strike in 19 years.

July 12, 2023 6:20 PM

The city is Japan’s second-largest market, after mainland China, for agricultural and fisheries exports.

Philippine censors said they were convinced the "cartoonish" map did not depict the nine-dash line.

July 12, 2023 6:00 PM

Another five soldiers were critically wounded, and at least three militants were killed in retaliatory fire.

July 12, 2023 5:35 PM

Storm-0558 managed to forge authentication tokens needed to access e-mail accounts.

July 12, 2023 5:05 PM

Ruling “violated the principle of state consent”, Chinese Foreign Ministry says.

The two Germans were charged with murder of real estate broker Hans-Peter Mack after his body was found stuffed into a chest freezer in a home in Pattaya.

Prayuth Chan-ocha's nine years of authoritarian rule saw a sweeping crackdown on political dissent.

July 12, 2023 4:24 PM

Jasmine Loo is said to be a close associate of fugitive financier Jho Low.

July 12, 2023 3:35 PM

The restaurant in Sichuan got customers to wolf down 108 dumplings in the fastest time for a free meal.

Dashed lines appear in several locations around different land masses on a map in the film. But Manila’s censors said they found only eight dashes around the landmass labelled ‘Asia’.

July 12, 2023 2:30 PM

Mr Don confirmed that he met Ms Suu Kyi and said she had called for renewed talks to end the crisis.

July 12, 2023 1:57 PM

China will have to lower traditional energy’s share on the basis of reliable and safe renewables.

Pita Limjaroenrat’s bid to become Thailand’s 30th prime minister could yet be thwarted by an army-drafted constitution specifically designed to leave the door ajar for the royalist generals and their allies to regain power, experts say.