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East Asia Pacific Growth Slows in 2025, World Bank Says

East Asia and Pacific has led in economic growth, but to sustain momentum and create jobs, countries must address global uncertainties. Key challenges include shifting global integration, climate change, and demographic trends. According to the World Bank Group’s latest 2025 Regional Economic Update , it is expected to slow to...

Thailand-Cambodia Crime Pact Shouldn’t Undermine Human Rights, Says Right Group

Thailand and Cambodia’s new agreement to combat transnational crime must not come at the...

United States Plans to Hit Southeast Asian Solar Imports with Tariffs as High as 3,400 Percent

On 21 April, the United States Department of Commerce announced its final decision in...

Lao Deputy Calls for Climate, Trade Cooperation

Laos’ Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Maithong Thammavongsa reaffirmed Laos’ commitment to strengthening regional...

Silent Killing Fields 50 Years on From Khmer Rouge Atrocities

By Suy SE/AFP - Cambodia marked on 17 April the 50th anniversary of the...

International Companies Struggle to Get Dollars in Myanmar

Foreign companies in the country are grappling with an increasing shortage of U.S. dollars, with the military government's unpredictable foreign currency regulations putting their...

Thai Opposition Fails to Strip Senate of its Power to Choose Next PM

Just short of eight votes, opposition parties in Thailand failed in their attempt to prevent the junta-appointed Senate of powers from electing the next...

32 Confirmed Dead in Vietnam Karaoke Bar Fire

The death toll from a fire at a karaoke parlor in southern Vietnam has risen to 32, according to officials on Wednesday. Tuesday night's blaze...

UN Experts Denounce Gender-Discriminatory Citizenship Law in Malaysia

UN experts denounced a recent court decision in Malaysia on Monday that denied women the same rights as men to automatically confer citizenship to...

Myanmar Donates 1,000 Tonnes of Rice to Sri Lanka

Myanmar has donated 1,000 tonnes of rice to Sri Lanka as an expression of support to the government and people of the crisis-hit nation. A...

Japan’s Foreign Minister Honors Lao Academic for Japanese Language Education

Mr. Mixay Soukchaleun, Vice Dean, Faculty of Letters, National University of Laos received a Certificate of Commendation from Japan’s Foreign Minister Mr. Hayashi Yoshimasa...