The highly anticipated visit of the US President Donald Trump to ASEAN in November 2017 is poised to further foster US-ASEAN diplomatic relationship, which began in 1977. Ever since, the US has officially become a dialogue partner with ASEAN, engaging on economic, security, rule of law, sustainable development and human rights matters.

Thailand's ex-prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra missed a court appearance in a negligence trial on Friday that could have seen her jailed, prompting the Supreme Court to issue an arrest warrant and the kingdom's junta to step up border controls.Thousands of supporters with outnumbered by security forces waited from dawn for a glimpse of Thailand's first female prime minister, but she did not show, prompting fevered speculation that she may have joined her billionaire brother T

A top court in Thailand will rule Friday on charges of negligence against former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, a verdict that risks rekindling political tensions in Southeast Asia’s second-biggest economy.Yingluck, whose government was ousted in a 2014 coup, faces up to a decade in jail if convicted of failing to curb losses from her government’s $26 billion rice-purchasing program for poor farmers.

Two Singaporeans, one of whom is transgender, have been sentenced to one year in prison in the United Arab Emirates for charges linked to their appearance, a rights group said Thursday."Two Singapore nationals have been sentenced to one year in prison in Abu Dhabi after being arrested on charges linked to inappropriate behaviour over their clothing," said Radha Stirling, head of the London-based non-profit Detained in Dubai and managing partner at the Stirling Haigh law firm.

An international search at sea for American sailors missing after their warship collided with a tanker off Singapore was suspended Thursday, with divers set to continue recovery efforts inside the destroyer, the US Navy said.Remains found in a flooded compartment of the USS John S.

Olympic butterfly champion Joseph Schooling rounded on critics who say he's swimming too slowly after he grabbed his fourth and fifth gold medals of the Southeast Games on Thursday.Schooling said detractors could say what they liked as he won the 100m freestyle and anchored Singapore's 4x200m freestyle relay victory to near his target of six gold medals in Kuala Lumpur."They can say whatever they want," Schooling shot back, when asked about the criticism of his performance

The recent collision between the US warship and Liberian tanker in the Singapore Strait has raised concerns for safety of navigation in swarming anchorages, especially the Singapore Port. With myriad of ships travelling in and out of Singapore offshore on a daily basis – sea safety becomes a top priority.