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MANILA — The Philippines urged China on Wednesday (June 19) to avoid actions that endanger sailors and vessels in the South China Sea, saying peace could not be achieved if China's words did not match its behaviour in the disputed waters.
Masahiro Matsumura is professor of international politics and national security at the faculty of law of St. Andrew's University in Osaka and a Taiwan Fellow at the Taiwan Center for Security Studies in Taipei.
BANGKOK -- On the first day of June, gay couples from Malaysia, Indonesia, China and Russia cheered and waved rainbow flags as Thai drag performers, transgender pageant queens and brides in wedding garb began their march down Bangkok's busy Ratchaprasong intersection.
HO CHI MINH CITY -- Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Vietnam for a state visit that analysts are watching for a potential sanctions-defying arms deal and which the U.S. has slammed for allowing the leader to "promote" his war in Ukraine.
SINGAPORE/HONG KONG -- Some of China's wealthy families are turning to Hong Kong as an alternative place to manage their riches as their plans to set up shop in Singapore are slowed by intense scrutiny by the city-state following a massive money laundering bust.
MANILA -- The Philippines accused China of "piracy" on Wednesday, as defense officials reported injuries and stolen equipment following an incident in Second Thomas Shoal, a flashpoint in the disputed South China Sea.
Katsuji Nakazawa is a Tokyo-based senior staff and editorial writer at Nikkei. He spent seven years in China as a correspondent and later as China bureau chief. He was the 2014 recipient of the Vaughn-Ueda International Journalist prize.
KUALA LUMPUR -- Malaysia plans to join the BRICS grouping of emerging nations as it seeks stronger ties with Global South economies across the world, becoming the second Southeast Asian nation after Thailand to start the accession process.