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'Tariffs Are Like Medicine': Here's How Asian Economies Reacted to Trump's Tariff Waves

Trump's statement of likening tariffs to 'medicine' comes in response to various leaders' request to reduce tariffs amidst worsening stock market conditions.

International Business Times UK · Apr 8, 2025

Myanmar earthquake death toll rises to 1,644 amid race to find survivors – as it happened

Myanmar’s military rulers have called for ‘any country, any organisation’ to help as concerns grow over how rescuers will reach affected areas. This blog is now closed.

The Guardian - AU · Mar 29, 2025

Philippine defense chief calls China's claims in the South China Sea 'the biggest fiction and lie'

The Philippine defense chief has called China’s expansive claims in the South China Sea as “the biggest fiction and lie” that no Southeast Asian country will accept

The Independent UK · Mar 24, 2025

As the Myanmar junta’s hold on power weakens, could the devastating war be nearing a conclusion?

It has now been four years since the Myanmar military launched its cataclysmic coup against the democratically elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi on February 1 2021, starting a civil war that has devastated the country.

The Conversation · Jan 28, 2025

ASEAN tells Myanmar military rulers peace should be priority, not election

Myanmar has been in turmoil since 2021 when its military overthrew the government of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi.

Al Jazeera · Jan 19, 2025

Southeast Asian foreign ministers seek breakthrough in Myanmar conflict and South China Sea disputes

Southeast Asian foreign ministers are gathering for their first meeting this year under the regional bloc’s new chair, Malaysia, seeking a breakthrough over Myanmar’s drawn-out civil war and territorial disputes in the South China Sea

The Independent UK · Jan 19, 2025

What is ASEAN and why are Asian countries like Japan and South Korea not part of it?

The bloc has a GDP of around $4.2 trillion and came up during a U.S. Senate hearing on Wednesday.

Fortune · Jan 16, 2025

Question on ASEAN stumped Hegseth at Senate hearing. What is it and why is it important?

In a heated Senate confirmation hearing for Pete Hegseth, Sen. Tammy Duckworth grilled the proposed defense secretary over the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, asking him if he could name one member and how many countries were in the bloc

The Independent UK · Jan 15, 2025

Senators grill Hegseth over allegations

Senators prodded the SecDef nominee over alcoholism and sex abuse allegations, as well as a lack of qualifications

Salon · Jan 14, 2025

After ‘historic’ investment in chips and data centers, can Malaysia maintain its optimism in the age of Trump 2.0?

"We are no longer satisfied with playing the spectator."

Fortune · Jan 14, 2025