Sebastian Strangio

1 week ago | buff.ly | Sebastian Strangio

The drills, which will include simulated search and rescue exercise later this week, follow exercises that were held in the Philippines in June 2023. Subscribe for ads-free reading The Philippines, Japan, and the United States have kicked off their second round of joint coast guard exercises in Japan, shortly after the conclusion of a naval exercise between the Japanese and Philippine navies over the weekend.

1 week ago | thediplomat.com | Sebastian Strangio

The drills, which will include simulated search and rescue exercise later this week, follow exercises that were held in the Philippines in June 2023. Subscribe for ads-free reading The Philippines, Japan, and the United States have kicked off their second round of joint coast guard exercises in Japan, shortly after the conclusion of a naval exercise between the Japanese and Philippine navies over the weekend.

1 week ago | tribunecontentagency.com | Sebastian Strangio

Thailand’s commerce minister says that trade talks with the United States are making good progress, expressing confidence that the two sides could agree to lower tariffs to as low as 10 percent. Speaking to reporters yesterday, Pichai Naripthaphan said that Thai and U.S. officials would hold talks this week via video link, but that a date for in-person ministerial-level talks had not yet been set.

1 week ago | tribunecontentagency.com | Sebastian Strangio

Cambodia and Kyrgyzstan are among the 36 additional countries whose citizens could be banned from entering the United States under a proposed expansion of the Trump administration’s travel ban. Earlier this month, President Donald Trump signed a proclamation banning citizens of 12 nations from entering the U.S., citing worries about “foreign terrorists” and other national security threats.

1 week ago | tribunecontentagency.com | Sebastian Strangio

In the late 2010s and early 2020s, Hong Kong, Thailand, and Myanmar were each shaken by youthful pro-democracy protest movements that converged in curious ways. Each was marked by a similar symbolic vocabulary – the umbrella, the three-fingered “Hunger Games” salute – and a common struggle against authoritarian rule and the growing Chinese influence that was believed to be emboldening it.