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Christine Schraner Burgener will meet the Thai foreign minister ahead of trips to regional capitals; she is ‘ready to visit Myanmar any time,’ UN official says.
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The Indonesian president’s call for a meeting between the bloc’s leaders to be held immediately was backed by Malaysian Prime Minister
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Freelance reporter Yuki Kitazumi was reportedly among about 20 people detained during an anti-regime protest in Yangon.
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In light of its longtime ties with the Tatmadaw, Tokyo has distanced itself from imposing sanctions on Myanmar military officials.
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Jakarta’s Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi says Bangkok has a 'special position' to play after meeting Myanmar, Thai counterparts in the Thai capital.
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Nearly 270 Myanmar migrant workers tested positive out of the total 320 cases detected on Sunday in the Thai province.
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Concerns have arisen in Thailand over the efficacy of a Chinese vaccine the government has hastily decided to procure in order to inoculate Thais as soon as possible.
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The smuggling ring based in Kanchanaburi on the Myanmar border trafficked workers to Samut Sakhon, a major hotspot for COVID-19, Thailand’s deputy police chief said.
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Washington says China National Offshore Oil Corp. has helped Beijing coerce an estimated $2.5 trillion in resources from other claimants to the strategic waterway.
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After quarantining for two weeks, the experts are set to visit a market that was the first hotspot, and a lab at the center of rumors the virus was accidentally released.
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Kurt Campbell will serve as ‘Indo-Pacific coordinator’ in the National Security Council, according to The Washington Post.
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Indonesian President Joko Widodo received his first shot of a Chinese-made vaccine on Wednesday, as Beijing’s top diplomat visited the country.
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The leader was elected general secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea at its first congress in five years.
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The Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737-500 crashed into the sea off Jakarta on Saturday with 62 people aboard.
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Speaking at the first Workers’ Party Congress since 2016, the North Korean leader said the country’s defense capabilities would be placed at a ‘much higher level’.