Category: Southeast Asia

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will visit Vietnam and the Philippines next week, officials announced on Wednesday, as Tokyo seeks to strengthen regional ties following Donald Trump's tariff measures. The April 27-30 trip follows a Southeast Asia tour by Chinese President ...

This week, Indonesia and China celebrated 75 years of diplomatic ties with a landmark 2+2 meeting in Beijing — the first of its kind between the two countries. Lavish praise, photo ops, and a new Comprehensive Strategic Dialogue underscored the event’s significance. The tone was optimistic, ...

Vietnam's trade ministry has ordered authorities to tighten control over the origin of goods to avoid sanctions by trading partners in the wake of threatened U.S. tariffs, according to a document seen by AFP on Tuesday. A document by the ministry ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping just concluded his visit to Vietnam, Malaysia, and Cambodia. Even though the visit took place while the world still struggles to understand and cope with President Donald Trump’s policies of imposing tariffs worldwide, it should not be narrowly understood as China’s response to ...

Thai authorities said they have arrested a Chinese executive at a company that was building a Bangkok skyscraper which collapsed in a major earthquake, leaving dozens dead. The 30-storey tower was reduced to an immense pile of rubble when a 7.7-magnitude ...

When Eddy Soeparno, Deputy Speaker of Indonesia’s People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR), met with China’s top leaders in Beijing last week, the visit went far beyond the usual diplomatic formalities. It was an example of the kind of purposeful engagement that should define the future of Indonesia-China relations: ...

Two Japanese warships made a port call at Cambodia's Chinese-renovated naval base on Saturday, the Japanese embassy said, the first vessels to dock at the site that has raised concerns in Washington. The United States has stated that the Ream Naval ...

As Chinese President Xi Jinping landed in Phnom Penh for a two-day state visit on Thursday, Cambodia quietly opened a new diplomatic front, launching its first round of talks with the United States on President Donald Trump’s newly announced tariffs. ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping has arrived in Cambodia, the final leg of his Southeast Asia tour. Xi urged Cambodia to oppose “hegemonism, power politics and camp-based confrontation” in an article published in the Cambodian media on Thursday, further emphasizing a theme that has run through all ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping urged Phnom Penh to strengthen unity and “resolutely oppose” external interference during his state visit to Cambodia on Thursday, The two-day visit, the final leg of his three-nation Southeast Asian tour, saw Xi warn against ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh on Thursday, capping a three-stop tour of Southeast Asia, according to live footage from Beijing's state-run CGTN. Xi arrived after visiting Vietnam and Malaysia as Beijing seeks to strengthen regional ...

By Isabelle Leong President Xi Jinping on Wednesday urged greater cooperation with Malaysia in the face of "shocks to the global order", during the Chinese leader's regional tour against the backdrop of a U.S. trade war.