Category: Diplomacy

Thailand and Cambodia will hold ceasefire talks on Wednesday, Dec. 24 under an existing joint border framework, following an ASEAN special foreign ministers’ meeting in Kuala Lumpur. In a chair’s statement, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations said ministers ...

A Chinese national was wounded by Thai military shelling into Cambodia on Monday, Phnom Penh's interior ministry said, as the Southeast Asian neighbors waged deadly border clashes. Thai forces fired "artillery shells into civilian areas" of Cambodia's border province of Battambang, ...

Bangladesh’s air force has quietly moved closer to acquiring one of Europe’s most advanced fighter jets. In recent days, Bangladesh and Italy’s Leonardo signed a letter of intent in Dhaka for the purchase of Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft. While neither side disclosed numbers or pricing, outside estimates based ...

Cambodia is often portrayed in Chinese media as a place defined by gambling, fraud, and danger, but for a growing number of Chinese investors, it represents a blue-ocean market at an early stage of industrialization. A Caijing magazine feature examines ...

Japan unveiled a five-year goal on Saturday for business projects totalling $19 billion in Central Asia as Tokyo vies for influence in the resource-rich region. The announcement came after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi hosted an inaugural summit with the leaders of ...

A senior Ukrainian diplomat held talks with a Chinese official in Beijing on Thursday, both sides said, including on resolving the nearly four-year conflict in Ukraine triggered by Russia's invasion. The visit represented a rare meeting between officials from Kyiv and ...

China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi discussed the crises in Gaza and Sudan with his Egyptian counterpart Badr Abdelatty on Tuesday.  While the two expressed concern about the ongoing genocide in Gaza, the call preceded the announcement of a $35 ...

The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) said it has agreed a loan for the refurbishment of a rail link in Angola strategic for the transport of minerals which are in high demand at American firms. In an announcement Wednesday, the ...

Thailand and Cambodia signed a joint peace declaration at the ASEAN summit in late October, aimed at ending long-standing border disputes. Yet, less than two months later, Thai forces launched strikes on casinos and hotels in Cambodia, reportedly linked to cross-border online fraud. Experts in China

Washington has approved $11 billion-worth of arms to Taiwan, Taipei said Thursday, announcing one of the largest weapons packages for the island as it seeks to deter a potential Chinese invasion. While Washington is traditionally Taiwan's biggest arms supplier, remarks by ...

By Allison Jackson and Amber Wang with Joan Suazo in Tegucigalpa Taiwanese seafood trader Jay Yen used to import 2,000 tonnes of shrimp a year from Honduras before the Central American country cut diplomatic ties with the democratic island in 2023. ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Wednesday she is "always open" to dialogue with China despite a diplomatic row between Tokyo and Beijing over comments she made about Taiwan. "China is an important neighbour for Japan, and we need to ...