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The US is not a littoral state of the South China Sea; it lies tens of thousands of kilometers away. However, the US has become the greatest destabilizing factor and…

BANGKOK (The Nation/Asia News Network): Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-O-Cha (pic) insists he is “500% ready” for the upcoming election but has refused to say exactly when the lower House…

he South China Sea is a significant resource-rich waterway that is crisscrossed by coinciding claims from China and several ASEAN members. The geopolitical and socioeconomic importance of the region is…

Despite promises from the Indonesian and Chinese foreign ministers, there is little reason to expect rapid progress on the long-awaited Code of Conduct. China and Southeast Asian countries will intensify…

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim urged the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to speak up and hold Myanmar’s military leaders accountable for blatant human rights violations,…

BANGKOK (The Nation/Asia News Network): The Democrat Party will contest all 500 seats in the House of Representatives in the upcoming election, party leader Jurin Laksanawisit told a general meeting…

BANGKOK (AFP): Australia’s defence minister aimed to reassure Thailand on Friday (Feb 24) that plans to acquire a new fleet of nuclear submarines would enhance “collective security” in the region…

BEIJING (Xinhua): President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan met with Cambodia’s King Norodom Sihamoni and Queen Mother Norodom Monineath Sihanouk at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on…

NEW DELHI: An Indian submarine has, for the first time ever, docked in Indonesia, which is among the countries locked in a maritime dispute with China in the contentious South…

JAKARTA – Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang on Wednesday vowed that China will work with South-east Asia to “jointly safeguard peace and stability in the South China Sea”, amid rising…