Opinion Opinion Why China objects to US Speaker’s visit to Taiwan In this op-ed, the Chinese ambassador says Pelosi's visit to Taiwan will have 'severe impact' on the political foundation of China-US relations August 9, 2022 • Yu Hong is the Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Brunei Darussalam. On August 2, in disregard of China’s strong…
News National News National Brunei, US discuss ways to expand military cooperation The United States' top commander in the Pacific is in Brunei to shore up defence partnership August 9, 2022 BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN – The United States’ top commander in the region held talks with Brunei’s monarch and senior defence officials on Monday,…
News World ASEAN News World ASEAN US says Beijing’s South China Sea ‘provocations’ risk major incident July 27, 2022 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Tuesday accused China of increased “provocations” against rival claimants in the South China Sea and said…
News National News National US destroyer makes port of call to Brunei The USS Higgins is on months-long deployment in the Indo-Pacific July 26, 2022 BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN – An American guided-missile destroyer, the USS Higgins, is making a port of call to Brunei this week as part…
News National News National US adds Brunei to human trafficking blacklist; govt says report contains ‘significant misrepresentations’ The US State Department has released its latest global report on human trafficking, alleging weak efforts by Brunei to combat the issue July 23, 2022 BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN – Brunei has been downgraded to the lowest tier of the US government’s human trafficking assessment, alleging weak efforts to…
News National ASEAN News National ASEAN US seeks to deepen defence engagement with Brunei, ASEAN Envoy says US-led security agreements such as the Quad and AUKUS would benefit the region June 15, 2022 BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN – The United States is keen to deepen defence engagement with Brunei, after launching the third iteration of the Pahlawan…
News World Business News World Business Biden’s Asian economic plan include 13 countries but not China May 24, 2022 TOKYO (Reuters) – President Joe Biden launched his plan for US economic engagement in Asia on Monday, leaving it to the 13 founding…
News ASEAN News ASEAN US hails ‘new era’ with ASEAN as summit commits to raise level of ties Biden promises $150 million to help ASEAN, but amount is dwarfed by China's $1.5 billion pledge May 14, 2022 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – US President Joe Biden said on Friday a first summit in Washington with leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian…
News ASEAN News ASEAN Biden announces $102 million in funding for US-ASEAN partnership US president joins summit for first time in four years October 27, 2021 BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN – US President Joe Biden announced plans to provide up to US$102 million to expand the US strategic partnership with…
News ASEAN News ASEAN Biden to join ASEAN summit Trump skipped after 2017 This will be the first time in four years that a US leader has attended the meeting October 26, 2021 WASHINGTON/BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden will take part in a virtual summit with ASEAN on Tuesday, the first time in…