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BANGKOK – Thailand has been battling the the COVID-19 virus over the past four months causing the government to implement strict measurs including declaring a country-wide lockdown and curfew throughout the country where people must stay at home from 10:00 pm to 4:00 am. The lockdown and curfer has helped the country reduce and curb the spread of the virus. …

SEOUL – The Korean financial industry has mentioned the Southeast Asia region as the place where they want to establish its presence over the next three years to accomplish the country’s new three-year plan. South Korea’s FSC (Financial Services Commission) has announced three-year plan (2020-2022) and the expansion in ASEAN countries among one of the three major strategies for the …

As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to wreak havoc on many countries in South East Asia, A deepening tactical and strategic competition between the two superpower is emerging and the region is getting caught in the middle of it. From technology to tariffs to visas, the USA are beginning to mount up a full attack on China, The South-east Asian region …

Phnom Penh – Cambodia said on Saturday that the last of 122 people in the country who tested positive for the coronavirus has been discharged from medical treatment. The kingdom has detected no new cases of the virus for more than a month. The Health Ministry said that the last patient discharged from the the Khmer-Soviet Friendship Hospital was a …

Malaysian researcher Dr Chan Yoke-Fun has been named as part of the ten finalist for the 2020 ASEAN-US Science Prize for Women. The award recognized early- to mid-career female scientists for their academic and professional achievements. It aims to strengthen the science and technology capacity in Southeast Asian countries while promoting gender equality. The prize will be given by the …

MANILA – Maritime experts expect a delay in the crafting of the Code of Conduct on the South China Sea (COC) with the continues Chinese aggression compounded by threat of the Covid-19 pandemic. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and China said that they initially wanted the South China Sea code of conduct to be completed by 2022 – …

MANILA – The European Union (EU) has reiterated its commitment on assisting ASEAN’s programs, particularty in conserving the region’s rich biodiversity, EU Ambassador to the ASEAN Igor Driesmans reached said in an interview. According to Driesmans, EU considered the ASEAN as the ‘Number one development partner’. “In times when so many countries are turning inwards, it is important that we …

According to a former U.S. economic envoy to China, It’s time for the United States to balance the influence in the region as China is emerging as a bigger threat to its relationship with the South East Asian countries. Economist David Dollar studied the China’s Belt and Road initiative as this maybe the main tool used by Beijing to spread influence …

SINGAPORE – Ministry of Health (MOH) has reported huge drop in the number of people seeing doctors in the past two months for infectious diseases usually transmitted from person to person. Good hygiene and social distancing practice were seen as a major contributing factor on the steep drop. From around the usual 2,500 to 3,000 cases a day, the number …

The Malaysia Football Association (FAM) is preparing to offer the national team a lift and ample room to train for in the run-up to their 2022 World Cup-2023 Asian Cup qualifying campaign. The aim is to have an early national call-up before October to play a friendly match against Bahrain against the United Arab Emirates ( UAE) in Dubai in …