Kuwait on Wednesday gave a one-week deadline for the Philippines ambassador to leave the small, oil-rich Gulf Arab nation over a growing diplomatic dispute regarding the abuse of Filipino housemaids and workers in the country.
Kuwait also recalled its own ambassador from Manila over the row, according to a bulletin on the state-run KUNA news agency.
The Philippines had no immediate comment on the decision.
The announcement came after Kuwait summoned the Philippine ambassador over comments he…
Sun, sea, sand, Swat team: police prepare for temporary closure of Philippine island of Boracay
Philippine police preparing to shut down the resort island Boracay staged drills in riot gear on Wednesday, startling the laid-back beach community as workers mounted a last-ditch legal effort to halt the six-month closure.
President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the holiday destination off-limits to tourists from Thursday, saying the tiny island has become a “cesspool” tainted by dumped sewage.
As part of police drills, officers in full riot gear clashed with bottle-throwing people…
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Why economic cooperation could be the stumbling block at the inter-Korea summit
The leaders of North and South Korea might stumble over barriers to economic cooperation when they meet for their historic summit in the border village of Panmunjom on Friday, diplomatic sources said. Although South Korea wanted to revive relations with a North Korea battered by United Nations and US sanctions, Seoul was not expected to present a detailed economic cooperation plan at the meeting, the sources said. Korea summit: is Kim Jong-un sincere? Here’s how to tell A…
‘Cold war kidnapping’: German court tries man accused of snatching fugitive Vietnamese official from Berlin park
Germany put on trial on Tuesday the only suspect held over what it calls a brazen cold war-style kidnapping by Vietnamese secret agents that has badly bruised bilateral ties.
The accused – a Vietnamese-Czech man identified only as Long N.H., 47 – allegedly rented and delivered the van that was used in last July’s abduction of a fugitive Vietnamese state company official in a Berlin park.
The kidnapped man, Trinh Xuan Thanh, 52, who was seeking political asylum in Germany, was…
Global companies lacking GDPR oversight of sub-contractors
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Myanmar’s Suu Kyi to skip Asean summit in Singapore
Myanmar’s unofficial leader Aung San Suu Kyi will not attend this weekend’s Asean summit in Singapore, a government spokesman said on Monday, which would make it the first time for her to skip one since her party came to power in 2016.
Instead, President Win Myint, who was sworn-in last month, will represent Myanmar at Saturday’s summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, presidential spokesman Zaw Htay said.
He did not explain why Suu Kyi, who has dual roles of…
Threatened Cambodia river dolphins making comeback
The population of Cambodia’s critically endangered river dolphin is growing for the first time in decades, conservationists said on Monday, hailing a major turnaround for the freshwater species.
The Irrawaddy dolphins, known for their bulging foreheads and short beaks, once swam through much of the Mekong river but in recent decades have been limited to a 190km (118 mile) stretch from central Cambodia to its northern border with Laos.
The population has been in steady decline since the…
South Korea pushes ahead with plans for denuclearisation talks but will North Korea keep its word?
South Korea’s preparations for its first summit with North Korea in more than a decade are in full swing this week, officials said on Sunday, a day after the North’s pledge to end its nuclear tests raised hopes but also scepticism.
Although the North’s announcement is quite dramatic, it’s natural for the world to be extra sensitive to every word spoken by Kim
Nam Sung-wook, Korea University
North Korea said on Saturday it was suspending nuclear and missile tests and…
Explainer: the connections between Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and Cambridge Analytica
What we know so far
On April 8 the South China Morning Post published a photo showing Cambridge Analytica’s suspended CEO Alexander Nix dining at the National Press Club Manila in May 2015 with four men. Two of the men later played key roles in Rodrigo Duterte’s 2016 presidential campaign: Jose Gabriel “Pompee” La Viña as social media director, and Peter Tiu Laviña as spokesman.
La Viña recently said both were ”guests” the day they…