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Duterte may be 'persuaded' to fly to US for leaders' summit: Palace

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 21 02:54 PM

 President Rodrigo Duterte may be swayed into visiting the United States for a leaders' summit in March, his spokesman said Tuesday. Read more »

OPINION: History repeats itself with Taal Volcano

Karim Raslan — Certilah ASEAN
Updated as of Jan 21 05:06 AM

What it's like to live with a volcano cloud over your head   Read more »

Duterte invited to attend US-ASEAN summit in Las Vegas

Pia Gutierrez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 19 11:23 PM

United States President Donald Trump has invited President Rodrigo Duterte to attend a summit between the US and the leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Read more »

Pinoy para-athletes eye duplicating SEA Games success, winning title, too

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 17 09:35 PM

The Asean Para Games is on March 21 to 27, with 16 sports calendared at 14 different competition venues in Metro Manila, Subic and Clark. Read more »

OPINION: Why this Vietnamese academic doubts an ASEAN-China COC deal

Ellen T. Tordesillas
Posted at Jan 14 12:02 PM

Why this Vietnamese academic thinks ASEAN is unlikely to conclude with China a ‘meaningful’ Code of Conduct in South China Sea.  Read more »

OPINION: In the South China Sea, ASEAN needs to stand united

Karim Raslan - Ceritalah ASEAN
Posted at Jan 14 03:03 AM

Donald Trump and Xi Jinping are the 2 biggest threats to global peace today. Read more »

Indonesia's president visits island in waters disputed by China

Reuters
Posted at Jan 08 04:32 PM

The confrontation began in mid-December when a Chinese coast guard vessel, accompanying Chinese fishing boats, entered waters off the coast of Indonesia's northern Natuna islands, prompting Jakarta to summon Beijing's ambassador. Read more »

OPINION: The Indonesian film director that does it all

Karim Raslan - Ceritalah ASEAN
Posted at Jan 06 11:10 PM

For cinema lovers in Indonesia, Joko Anwar is very much a household name. Read more »

Indonesia’s New Year’s message to China over the Natunas dispute: A game changer?

Romel Regalado Bagares*, VERA Files
Posted at Jan 05 09:31 PM

For the first time, a 3rd party ASEAN member-state invoked the landmark 2016 arbitral ruling in the South China Sea case filed by the Philippines 3 years earlier against Chinese expansionism. Read more »

How Indonesia-China spat could toughen ASEAN stance on code of conduct

Kinling Lo, South China Morning Post
Posted at Jan 03 09:09 AM

In another round of diplomatic exchanges, China's foreign ministry rejected Indonesia's accusations that its coastguard vessels illegally entered Indonesian territory at the Natuna islands, inside Jakarta's exclusive economic zone. Read more »

OPINION: The 2010s were a decade of amnesia

Karim Raslan — Ceritalah ASEAN
Posted at Dec 30 03:24 PM

The world continues to repeat the mistakes of yesteryears.  Read more »

OPINION: A Filipino mother mourns during Christmastime

Karim Raslan - Ceritalah ASEAN
Posted at Dec 24 04:15 AM

“If there was no ‘war on drugs’, I would have been able to spend Christmas with my son." Read more »

ABL: Alab Pilipinas ends 2019 on four-game win run

Norman Lee Benjamin Riego, ABS-CBN Sports
Updated as of Dec 22 06:52 PM

As the calendar comes to a close, San Miguel Alab Pilipinas is the top team in the 2018-2019 Asean Basketball League. Read more »

Nintendo supplier to shift game console production from China to Cambodia

Kyodo News
Posted at Dec 18 04:17 PM

MinebeaMitsumi Inc. will shift part of its video game console production operation to Cambodia from China, with the outcome of the US-China trade row remaining uncertain. Read more »

OPINION: In Myanmar’s Game of Thrones, the Rohingya lose

Karim Raslan - Ceritalah ASEAN
Posted at Dec 17 02:45 AM

Is she Cersei Lannister – cold, cynical and deadly? Or Sansa Stark – noble, long-suffering and genuine?   Read more »

OPINION: Life (and death) in plastic

Karim Raslan - Ceritalah ASEAN
Posted at Dec 10 12:57 AM

Like it or not, plastic is here to stay. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: December 4, 2019

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 05 12:51 AM

Here are the big stories today in photos Read more »

OPINION: How Javanese failed to become Indonesia’s national language

Karim Raslan - Ceritalah ASEAN
Posted at Dec 04 03:16 AM

More people speak Javanese than Malay, Burmese or even Thai. Indeed 95 million people or fully 40 percent of Indonesia’s 265 million strong population are Javanese speakers. Read more »

37 nations vote to pass outcome document at Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference despite US objections

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 29 09:33 PM

During the last day of the Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference in Thailand's capital, 37 countries have voted to pass an outcome document which the Philippines led in drafting despite objections from the United States.  Read more »

ABL: Alab edge Wolf Warriors to notch season's first win

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 28 10:47 AM

Khalif Wyatt scored 17 of his 24 points in the game's last 15 minutes to lead San Miguel Alab Pilipinas past Wolf Warriors 114-110 on Wednesday. Read more »