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HANOI — Vietnam's National Assembly said on Tuesday (May 21) it will vote to dismiss To Lam from the post of Minister of Public Security, paving the way for him to be elected state president this week as part of a shakeup in the country's leadership.
HANOI — Vietnam forfeited at least US$2.5 billion (S$3.36 billion) in foreign aid over the last three years and may lose another US$1 billion because of administrative paralysis, the United Nations, the World Bank and Western donors told the government in a letter seen by Reuters.
TAIPEI — Lai Ching-te takes office as Taiwan's president on May 20, facing a China that calls him a "dangerous separatist" and has ramped up military drills, as well as a fractured parliament at home where no party has a majority.
TAIPEI — China's military has sailed and flown closer to Taiwan in recent weeks than it has before, and staged mock attacks on foreign vessels ahead of the inauguration of the island's next president on Monday, according to Taiwanese government reports.
TAIPEI — Taiwan reported Chinese forces were carrying out another "combat patrol" near the island on Tuesday (May 14), including sending aircraft across the Taiwan Strait's sensitive median line, as tensions rise a week before a new Taiwanese president takes office.
MANILA — The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) is committed to sustaining a presence in a disputed area of the South China Sea to ensure China does not carry out reclamation activities at Sabina Shoal, its spokesperson said on May 13.
JAKARTA — As Indonesia's president elect Prabowo Subianto prepares to enter office in October, he looks set to take a more assertive stance in foreign policy, saying that diplomacy, negotiations, and the "Asian way" have helped to defuse tension.
SEOUL — Indonesia has proposed to cut its share of payments for a joint fighter jet development project with South Korea to about one-third of the originally agreed amount, South Korean news agency Yonhap reported on May 6.