Al Jazeera English – 1- 2- 2025

Myanmar’s military regime is under pressure, four years after it seized back power in a coup. The military has lost significant territory and a patchwork of anti-military groups now control different parts of the country. What’s happening? Who are the groups fighting against the military? And could the regime actually fall? #AJStartHere with Sandra Gathmann explains

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ANTG – Thứ Ba, 09/07/2024, 08:18

Mặc dù chưa ký hiệp định thương mại tự do (FTA) với ASEAN, nhưng EU vẫn duy trì sự hiện diện kinh tế mạnh mẽ trong khu vực. EU hiện là đối tác thương mại lớn thứ ba của ASEAN, chỉ sau Trung Quốc và Mỹ.

Thương mại ASEAN – EU năm 2022 đạt 295,2 tỷ USD – tăng 9,6% so với năm 2021. Ngoài ra, EU là nguồn FDI lớn thứ ba của ASEAN, với 24 tỷ USD năm 2022. Theo dữ liệu từ Báo cáo đầu tư ASEAN cùng kỳ, các quốc gia thành viên EU như Pháp, Đức và Hà Lan nằm trong số các nguồn FDI hàng đầu của ASEAN.

CHIÊU VĂN – 28/08/2023 06:13 GMT+7

TTCT – Sau thời gian dài giằng co, chính trường Thái Lan cuối cùng cũng (tạm thời) ngã ngũ với một tân thủ tướng và sự trở về của một cựu thủ tướng bị lật đổ.

Ông Thaksin quỳ trước hình ảnh hoàng gia Thái. Ảnh: Bloomberg
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Japan And China: Competition Or Cooperation In Southeast Asia? | Japan’s Indo-Pacific Plan – Part 1

Japan is investing in a series of infrastructure and supply chain resilience projects in ASEAN. It’s all part of the Free and Open Indo-Pacific plan launched by the Japanese government. Is this an alternative to China’s Belt and Road Initiative? What is the current state of relations between Japan & China? Will the two Asian giants cooperate or compete?

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How Will Japan’s Indo-Pacific Strategy Impact Southeast Asia? | Japan’s Indo-Pacific Plan – Part 2

Japan is investing in infrastructure to alleviate the economic bottlenecks in ASEAN countries. In Indonesia, it’s building the country’s first MRT project. In Vietnam, it has invested in a network of roads, rail, ports and energy infrastructure. And in the Philippines, it’s investing in a flood mitigation project. What do these projects have in common? And why has Japan chosen to invest in them?

Indonesia proposal for first-ever bloc exercises in South China Sea meets vocal resistance from China’s top regional ally Cambodia

By RICHARD JAVAD HEYDARIAN JUNE 17, 2023 Asia Times

Rising Sino-American rivalry and fears of an accidental superpower clash are forcing states to step up their diplomatic games.

That’s particularly true for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), which is now scrambling to forge greater internal unity and nudge the US and China toward greater dialogue to avoid a conflict in its neighborhood.

Báo Thanh Niên – 1-6-2023

Kênh đào Bình Lục đổ vào Vịnh Bắc Bộ với kinh phí 10,3 tỉ USD mà Trung Quốc đang xây dựng có thể giúp nước này xích lại gần hơn với khu vực Đông Nam Á.

Al Jazeera English – 19-3-2019

With almost 90 percent of Myanmar’s population being devoted Buddhists, the religion has been at the heart of the nation’s very identity for centuries.

But while the pillars of Buddhist teachings are love, compassion and peace, there is a very different variation to the philosophy being taught at the Ma Ba Tha monastery in Yangon’s Insein township.

The monks there are connected to one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises, the systematic persecution and genocide of the Rohingya in Rakhine state.

Al Jazeera’s unprecedented access to the Ma Ba Tha monastery and its leaders offers a glimpse into how their ultra-nationalist agenda is becoming the blueprint for the political structure of the country. Is the joining of forces between monks and generals threatening Myanmar’s young and fragile democracy?

An Unholy Alliance: Monks and the Military in Myanmar | Featured Documentary

Al Jazeera English – 19-1-2023

Singapore is known for having some of the toughest drug laws in the world.

The government insists that the death penalty helps keep the country safe. But a spate of executions has caused alarm and triggered unprecedented protests in the city-state.

Authorities say the majority of Singapore’s residents support its zero-tolerance policy. But critics maintain that vulnerable people are being killed, leaving families devastated.

Should Singapore heed calls to rethink its drug laws? 101 East investigates.

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Controversial changes fuelled protests when they were first proposed in 2019 and could still be challenged in court.

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Indonesia has passed a controversial new Criminal Code that includes outlawing sex outside marriage and cohabitation, in changes that critics contend could undermine freedoms in the Southeast Asian nation.

The new laws apply to Indonesians and foreigners and also restore a ban on insulting the president, state institutions or Indonesia’s national ideology known as Pancasila.

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