WHY HAS PRESSURE GROWN ON TAIWAN? During the eight years in which Beijing-friendly Ma Ying-jeou was president of Taiwan, the island lost diplomatic recognition from just one country. But relations plunged in 2016 with the election of his successor Tsai Ing-wen. She enraged China by espousing a position that TaiwanContinue Reading
The US has just ramped up funding for its next-generation carrier-based fighter in a move that aims to keep pace with China’s recent fighter jet advances. This week, The Warzone reported that the US Navy requested US$1.53 billion in its proposed 2024 Fiscal Year budget to support the development of the 6th-generation F/A-XX fighter. The […]Continue Reading
KUALA LUMPUR: A Malaysian child actress who suffered from a fractured hip bone following an incident at a filming location last month has been unable to walk since then. According to local media reports, Puteri Rafasya, 12, fell on her back after the chair she was about to sit onContinue Reading
LAHORE: A Pakistani high court ordered police on Thursday (Mar 16) to postpone an operation to arrest Imran Khan for another day, defusing a surge in violence that saw supporters of the former prime minister fighting pitched battles with security forces. Khan’s aide Fawad Chaudhry said the Lahore high courtContinue Reading
BEIJING: Japan has played up so-called “external threats” in recent years and greatly boosted its defence budget, and this tendency to return to the path of militarisation is “very dangerous”, China’s defence ministry said on Thursday (Mar 16). Japan should stop doing things that harm regional peace and stability, TanContinue Reading
Renowned photojournalist Thierry Falise recently returned from a month in Myanmar’s Kayah state, a front line in the nation’s raging civil war. This is the first article of a two-part series. KAYAH, Myanmar – Maui is a chubby man with a thick goatee and a mischievous smile. Yet the 29-year-old fighter’s affability and ease belie […]Continue Reading
Families of victims and human rights group are urging prosecutors to appeal against the verdicts.Continue Reading
The Bhumjaithai Party will have its potential candidates in 400 constituencies nationwide file legal complaints against whistleblower Chuvit Kamolvisit for allegedly damaging them.Continue Reading
Singapore and Indonesia signed six agreements at a leaders’ retreat, including in emerging areas such as energy and sustainability.Continue Reading
KANCHANABURI: Thirty-three illegal migrants from Myanmar were left on their own in a pickup truck in Muang district in the early hours of Thursday, as the Thai driver fled after a left rear tyre burst.Continue Reading