South-east Asian nations fear getting caught in superpower rivalry
South-east Asian nations have expressed concern they will become caught-up in superpower rivalries after the new Trump administration ended the 12-nation Pacific trade deal.
Lindsay Murdoch is a three-time winner of the Walkley Award, Australia's top award for journalistic excellence. Lindsay is a former correspondent based in Singapore, Jakarta and Darwin. In 1999 he covered the tumultuous events in East Timor, and in 2003 he covered the Iraq war while embedded with US Marines.
South-east Asian nations have expressed concern they will become caught-up in superpower rivalries after the new Trump administration ended the 12-nation Pacific trade deal.
A civil lawsuit has been filed against Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak over the country's multibillion-dollar 1MDB sovereign wealth fund scandal.
Jose Antonio, chairman of Century Properties Group which developed the Trump tower, as been tapped as his country's envoy for trade to the US.
The Philippines has filed a low-key diplomatic protest over reports that China has installed anti-aircraft and anti-missile weapons on seven artificial islands in the flashpoint waters of the South China Sea.
Philippines President orders his security forces to bomb kidnap-for-ransom groups operating in the country's southern islands, even if hostages are killed.
Some Chinese analysts say they doubt the US would dare block access to the islands.
There was "a high degree of confidence that the previously identified underwater area searched to date does not contain the missing aircraft".
The Russian warships arrived in Manila last week with an eye-catching "charm offensive" that included Russian marines showing off their martial arts skills in a Manila park.
A top Philippine militant who pledged allegiance to Islamic State has been killed in the group's latest setback in its attempts to sow terror across south-east Asia.
A "human trafficking syndicate" has been hiring Filipino women to travel to Cambodia to carry surrogacy babies for foreigners, including Australians.
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