Malaysia – Page 3

Philippines urges ASEAN to stop China in South China Sea

May 3, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — The Philippines on Sunday urged the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations to take immediate steps to halt land reclamation by China in the disputed […]

Lee Kuan Yew, founder of modern Singapore, dies at 91

March 28, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Stephen Wright Associated Press SINGAPORE (AP) — Lee Kuan Yew, who founded modern Singapore and was both feared for his authoritarian tactics and admired for turning the city-state into […]

Indonesia executions show hurdles of death penalty diplomacy

March 14, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Kristen Gelineau Associated Press SYDNEY (AP) — Inside a remote island prison in Indonesia, two Australians facing death by firing squad await word of their fate. To some, they […]

My Taiwan trip: Food, more food, (and bring bigger luggage) — Delicious, delicious, serendipitous

January 29, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Assunta Ng Northwest Asian Weekly Whenever I relive my recent trip to Taiwan, my mouth starts to salivate, I blush to recall <!–more–>my previous silly assumptions, and then I […]

4 large objects detected in AirAsia wreckage hunt

January 11, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Tatan Syuflana Associated Press PANGKALAN BUN, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian officials said Saturday that they were confident wreckage

Swiss hostage escapes from Filipino extremists

December 13, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jim Gomez Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Swiss hostage made a dramatic escape Saturday from Abu Sayyaf extremists when he hacked a rebel commander and then got […]

Myanmar-Rohingya Trafficking — Myanmar profits off Rohingya exodus

November 16, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Todd Pitman and Esther Htusan Associated Press MYIN HLUT, Myanmar (AP) — The small wooden boats leave the shores of western Myanmar nearly every day, overloaded with desperate Rohingya […]

Philippine militants free 2 kidnapped Germans

October 26, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Oliver Teves Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Two Germans freed after being held for six months in the southern Philippines by a militant group that threatened to behead […]

VOICES FROM THE YOUTH: An argument for returning to the country of your birth

September 4, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Julie Tolmie SYLP On a hot, smoggy morning last December, I stepped off of a plane and onto Vietnamese soil. My family and I had just arrived in Saigon, […]

Filipino protesters denounce China’s “bullying”

August 2, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — About 100 Filipinos carrying mock missiles marched Thursday to the Chinese consulate in Manila to protest China’s actions in asserting its territorial claims in the South […]