Five dead, around 40 injured in UK parliament 'terrorist' attack
Five people were killed and about 40 injured in London on Wednesday after a car plowed into pedestrians and a suspected Islamist-inspired attacker stabbed a policeman close to Britain's parliament.
RoK accelerates issuance of e-visas to Southeast Asian tourists
The Republic of Korea (RoK)’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said on March 22 that the country will start issuing electronic visas to Southeast Asian tourists from May
Philippines plans protest against China’s Scarborough construction
The Philippines plans to make a strong protest against China’s preparatory work for an environment monitoring station on the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the East Sea
Francisco Guterres wins Timor-Leste presidential election
President of the Revolutionary Front for an Independent Timor-Leste Party (Fretilin) Francisco Guterres won the country’s fourth presidential election, results of the vote count showed on March 21.
New wine into old wineskins
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson recently wrapped up his official trip to three Northeast Asian countries, including China and the US’s two key allies, the Republic of Korea (ROK) and Japan.
Timor-Leste holds Presidential election
Timor-Leste citizens cast their votes on March 20 to elect the country’s fourth president.
Singaporean PM’s visit expected to strengthen strategic partnership
The upcoming visit of the Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong will be a chance for Vietnam and Singapore to discuss strategic orientations and specific measures to deepen their strategic partnership.
Senior officials meet in Manila to prepare for ASEAN Summit
The ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) and the ASEAN Joint Consultative Meeting (JCM) took place in Manila, the Philippines from March 15-16 to discuss preparations for the 30th ASEAN Summit.
Vietnam, Israel optimise cooperation potential
Vietnam and Israel should work together in the spirit of creativity and innovation to strengthen bilateral economic cooperation.
Chile calls for Asia-Pacific integration
Chilean Minister of Foreign Affairs Heraldo Munoz said he will push for Asia-Pacific integration, free trade and anti-protectionism at the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) meeting in Vina del Mar city, Chile
ASEAN Economic Ministers give nods to Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership
The 23rd ASEAN Economic Ministers (AEM) Retreat and Related Meetings in the Philippines last week agreed to conclude the results of its talks within this year...
Philippine gov’t, rebels agree to resume peace talks
The Philippine government and the left-wing rebels have agreed to resume the peace talks to end the 48-year-old insurgency in the Philippines, announced Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Jesus Dureza on March 12.
Philippine gov’t, rebels agree to resume peace talks
The Philippine government and the left-wing rebels have agreed to resume the peace talks to end the 48-year-old insurgency in the Philippines
ASEAN ministers want considerable progress on RCEP
ASEAN economic ministers have agreed to work for considerable progress on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) to prove ASEAN’s leadership in creating a regional partnership.
Southeast Asian countries to jointly patrol piracy-prone waters
The Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia will launch joint patrols in piracy-plagued waters after a series of attacks of Islamic militants to kidnap and murder foreigners










