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Sebastian StrangioForeign Policy |
The planned high-speed line, which will connect Bangkok to China via Laos, has seen sluggish progress since construction began in 2017.
Medical clinics serving around 100,000 refugees at camps in western Thailand are dependent on American aid.
The Typhon intermediate-range missile system has been present in the country since join military drills in April 2024.
The Thai leader says that the discussions with Xi Jinping will focus on online scamming operations, tourism, and air pollution.
The suspect was wanted in connection with the high-profile kidnapping of the Chinese actor Wang Xing earlier this month.
Under draft legislation announced last week, anyone denying “the truth of the bitter past” could be imprisoned for up to five years.
Pop-up marriage booths were set up in Bangkok and other Thai cities to handle the eager backlog of couples.
Lawrence Wong is set to lead the ruling People's Action Party (PAP) into an election for the first time since taking office last May.
China says it is leading regional efforts to crack down on online scamming operations and other transnational criminal activities.
The agreement between the military and the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army came after months of Chinese pressure to return to political...
The former leader is seeking to convert his current prison sentence, handed down for his involvement in the 1MDB corruption scandal, to house arrest.
The bloc says that any election must be "inclusive," but it has limited power to deter the junta from its election plans.
Since taking office in October, the Indonesian president's popularity has been boosted by his tax cuts and free meal program.
The planned trip, which follows visits to China and the United States late last year, underscores Prabowo's focus on major power diplomacy over...
Wang Yi told ASEAN ambassadors that scamming poses “serious threats to the vital interests of citizens from China and other countries.”
Speaking in Manila, Iwaya Takeshi said that his country's partnership with Southeast Asia was "vital for regional peace and stability,”
Like the other Cambodian national wanted in connection with the murder, Ly Ratanakrasmey, 43, has links to the Cambodian government.
2025 is shaping up as another year of friction and contention in disputed parts of the South China Sea.
Hanoi is restarting its civilian nuclear program nearly a decade after canceling it over cost and safety concerns.
2025 seems set to continue last year's sharp increase in the number of retaliatory air and artillery attacks on resistance-held territories.
Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra's government says that legal casinos will bolster further the recovery of the country's tourism sector.
Ekkalak Pheanoi, a former Thai marine, was extradited from Cambodia and questioned by Bangkok police on Saturday.
Najib Razak claims that an unpublished royal order permits him to serve the remainder of his corruption-related sentence at home.
Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru is visiting Malaysia and Indonesia on his first bilateral state visit since taking office.
Anwar Ibrahim says that his country's "neutrality and openness for partnership" make it a "natural hub" for high-tech manufacturing.
Jakarta seems determined to use the leverage it enjoys as the world's fourth-largest smartphone market to extract maximum benefits from the U.S. tech...
An ex-Thai marine is believed to be responsible for the killing of Lim Kimya, a former lawmaker for the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party.
A former Cambodian opposition MP was shot dead by a gunman on a motorcycle in Bangkok yesterday in an apparent political assassination, according...
On Monday, Brazil’s government announced that Indonesia has been admitted as a full member of the BRICS bloc of developing economies, after...
Myanmar’s military junta released nearly 6,000 prisoners, including foreigners and political prisoners, to mark the country’s Independence Day...
Malaysia’s jailed former Prime Minister Najib Razak is one step closer to serving the remainder of his corruption sentence under house arrest,...
Indonesia’s Constitutional Court ruled yesterday that a law setting a minimum threshold of votes for political parties to nominate a presidential...
Myanmar’s military junta has passed its long-threatened Cybersecurity Law, which aims to tighten its control over vital arteries of communication...
Indonesia has diluted a planned hike in the country’s value added tax (VAT) due to growing public discontent, just hours before the increase came...
Malaysian authorities have released on bail a graphic designer and activist after questioning him under the Sedition Act for posting satirical...
Thailand’s central bank and anti-money laundering agency say they have found no evidence to support claims from a recent U.N. report that Thai...
An ethnic Rakhine armed group has claimed the seizure of another township in Rakhine State in western Myanmar, vowing to safeguard Chinese...
The Philippines has defended its decision to acquire a U.S. intermediate-range missile system if it feels the need to do so, after the Chinese...
A leading Cambodian opposition politician has been sentenced to two years in prison and banned from politics for life after being convicted of the...
A Thai court yesterday sentenced the human rights lawyer and political activist Arnon Nampa to an additional two years and eight months in prison...
Thailand yesterday hosted the first of two days of meetings aimed at breaking the political deadlock in war-torn Myanmar. Yesterday’s “informal...
Two Malaysians who pleaded guilty for their roles in the 2002 Bali bombings have been repatriated from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay,...
An ethnic rebel group has recaptured its former headquarters close to Thailand’s borders, almost three decades after it was driven out by the...
A Myanmar court has jailed four Thai fishermen for up to six years for illegally fishing in its waters, but has suspended their sentences and is...
The Thai government has confirmed more details about the meetings that it will host this week on the ongoing conflict in Myanmar, at least one of...
Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has appointed former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra as an “informal adviser” during...
The United Kingdom has officially become the 12th member of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), a...
The remaining five members of the Bali Nine drug trafficking ring have returned to Australia after nearly two decades in prison in Indonesia, under...
Myanmar remained the world’s top producer of opium in 2024 despite a marginal drop in poppy cultivation, the United Nations said in a new report,...
Thailand’s cabinet has approved a range of debt relief measures aimed at reducing the nation’s alarmingly high levels of household debt, the...