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Marcos administration will work with Chinese infrastructure firm blacklisted by US

Officials from CCCC met with President Marcos this week in Manila and pitched the construction of a highway in his home province.

Report: China Coast Guard ‘more robust than ever’

Ships conduct almost daily patrols in the South China Sea, a study found.

UMNO expels, suspends senior party members, including former cabinet ministers

Ex-Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin was thrown out, former Defense Minister Hishammuddin Hussein was suspended for six years.

Thai chief peace negotiator wants more Deep South groups involved in talks

After the appointment of a new Malaysian facilitator, discussions with BRN rebels are expected to resume in February.

South Korean and U.S. Marines make a beach landing during a joint U.S.-Philippine military exercise in Zambales province, in the northern Philippines, Oct. 7, 2022. Joined by South Korean and Japanese forces, Filipino and American Marines kicked off large-scale military drills amid tensions in the South China Sea and the Taiwan Strait.

Analysts: Deal on Philippine bases gives US firmer foothold in Asia

Washington will use sites in the Philippines to stage a military response to a potential Chinese invasion of Taiwan or some other conflict, observers say.

Thai chief peace negotiator wants more Deep South groups involved in talks

After the appointment of a new Malaysian facilitator, discussions with BRN rebels are expected to resume in February.

Gen. Wanlop Rugsanaoh (left), the government’s chief negotiator for the peace process in Thailand’s Deep South, speaks with Malaysian facilitator Zulkifli Zainal Abidin at the Anantara Siam Bangkok Hotel, Feb. 3, 2023.

Thai security adviser wants peace team to negotiate with influential BRN representatives

2023-02-03

“We expect someone who has clout,” says Panitan Wattanayagorn about Deep South talks.

Workers load palm oil fruit bunches at a plantation in Slim River, Malaysia Aug.12, 2021.

US lifts ban on importing palm oil products from Malaysia’s Sime Darby

2023-02-03

There no longer are indicators that the company uses forced labor in its production chain, customs bureau says.

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