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ASEAN and China have made encouraging strides in crafting a binding code of conduct for the South China Sea, with negotiators targeting finalisation within the year as they work through contentious definitional and legal issues.
Across Southeast Asia this week, governments implemented environmental safeguards, reshuffled leadership and addressed energy security. Indonesia collaborated with OceanX on marine conservation while the Philippines led ASEAN discussions on geopolitical concerns.
Singapore's Coordinating Minister for National Security K. Shanmugam and Manpower Minister Tan See Leng have each won $230,000 in damages from Bloomberg and its journalist in a defamation case centring on property dealings.
Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid has clarified that the proposed expansion of KEJORA is designed to coordinate development across south-eastern Johor rather than acquire land ownership, citing the agency's strong 98.3% project success rate.
Andy Burnham, Manchester's influential mayor, has emerged as the frontrunner to lead Britain's Labour Party following Keir Starmer's resignation announcement, signalling a potential shift in the party's direction and leadership style.
China's anti-corruption watchdogs have launched an investigation into Zhu Changjie, the former vice-chairman of Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, for suspected serious breaches of Party discipline and national laws.