PM Lee warns against nuclear ‘arms race’ on Asian soil, isolating China during Tokyo conference

Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has sounded the alarm over the ongoing public debate on whether US treaty allies...

Strained US-China ties threatened by Ukraine war views: Balakrishnan

Singapore's Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan on Wednesday (March 23) said contrasting views between China and the United States on Russia's...

Ukraine invasion: Singapore’s condemnation aside, rest of Asean’s ambivalence is ‘shocking’

In Southeast Asia, where the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov once lamented economic ties ran only "skin deep", the immediate...

Myanmar junta vows ‘no negotiation’ with civilian government, bemoans global ‘fake news’ campaign

Myanmar's ruling generals are the subject of a global "fake news" campaign that unfairly pins blame on them for the...

Myanmar’s military massacre women, children, charity workers as activists call for arms embargo against junta

In 2021 there were a raft of reports about the Myanmar military regime’s mass killings, and the massacre in Hpruso,...

Malaysia’s 1MDB scandal echoes in US as Jho Low associate is pardoned by Trump

There was a Malaysian connection to the flurry of pardons outgoing US President Donald Trump issued on Wednesday (Jan 20),...

Asian leaders see renewed hope in Biden and US return to multilateralism

Asian governments are expecting US President-elect Joe Biden to swiftly underscore his intention to bring America back to the multilateralism...

US presidential election: Trump may have lost, but Trumpism has only just begun

“Even if Donald Trump loses, Trumpism will live on.” This idea ran through several commentaries that imagined a victory for the Democratic...

What will change for Southeast Asia if Trump or Biden wins the US election?

As voters in the United States prepare for the presidential election on November 3, the South China Morning Post is...

South China Sea: Avoid siding with US or China, Malaysia urges ASEAN

Malaysia on Wednesday warned that the South China Sea dispute that has emerged as a key proxy battle between the...

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