BANGKOK (AP) — Efforts to shut down online scam centers in Myanmar appeared to gain momentum on Monday as a top Chinese security official visited both sides of the Thai-Myanmar border ahead of expected large-scale repatriations of workers in the illicit industry. The visit by Liu Zhongyi, China’s vice minister of public security and commissioner…
Hong Kong leader John Lee Ka-chiu has pledged to make the city a Muslim-friendly destination for businessmen and tourists from Southeast Asia, by rolling out measures such as simplifying immigration requirements and more halal food offerings. He also focused on deepening ties with the Asean bloc, saying talks were under way with the Malaysian government…
HONG KONG — The operator of the luxurious Peninsula Hotels chain is writing off the entire book value of its stalled $130 million project in Yangon, as the outlook remains bleak four years after Myanmar’s military seized power from the democratically elected government. Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels said after trading hours on Friday that it…
Hong Kong should leverage its experienced, well-connected China experts and capitalise on its role as a “superconnector” to share knowledge of the country with Asean economies, former city leader Leung Chun-ying has said. Speaking in Kuala Lumpur on Monday at the South China Morning Post’s China Conference: Southeast Asia 2025, Leung also highlighted the potential…
The family of four refugees filled seven suitcases for their new life in America. They packed blankets, tin plates, one blade for clearing the land in their future home and one for chopping meat. They left behind what they were not supposed to bring: slingshots, fish paste, traditional medicines from their native Myanmar. But the…
A Hong Kong woman has been rescued from a scam farm in Myanmar, with the city’s Security Bureau vowing to ensure she will return home as soon as possible. The bureau confirmed the rescue on Sunday evening, hours after Thai media reported authorities in the country had rescued the 31-year-old Hongkonger. She was found on…
In famine-stricken Sudan, soup kitchens that feed hundreds of thousands of civilians trapped in a war zone have shut down. In Thailand, war refugees with life-threatening diseases have been turned away by hospitals and carted off on makeshift stretchers. In Ukraine, residents on the frontline of the war with Russia may be going without firewood…
As Donald Trump settles back into the White House for a second term and the rest of the world readies itself for a reprisal of US threats and transactionalism, Southeast Asia has been put on notice where it stands with Washington. A day after he was sworn in on January 21, US Secretary of State…
Hong Kong authorities have been urged to provide a clear answer on their plan to rescue residents forced to work at scam farms in Southeast Asia, after the families of some victims went through the start of Lunar New Year without news about their loved ones, a situation they said was worryingly “abnormal”. Former district…
Hong Kong authorities have been urged to provide a clear answer on their plan to rescue residents forced to work at scam farms in Southeast Asia, after the families of some victims went through the start of Lunar New Year without news about their loved ones, a situation they said was worryingly “abnormal”. Former district…