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Indonesia’s Jokowi Favored for Re-election

By Luke Hunt/VOA News  JAKARTA — President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, facing Gen. Prabowo Subianto in a rematch, is widely expected to win a second term when Indonesians go to the polls Wednesday. Prabowo has...

Kim Says He’s Open to 3rd Summit with Trump

By William Gallo/VOA News  SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un says he will give the U.S. until the end of the year to make a "courageous decision" on stalled...

PH raises anti-terror campaign in Singapore forum

PCOO Office of the Global Media Affairs SINGAPORE — The Philippines flagged terrorists’ global funding schemes to homeland security authorities of Asia-Pacific countries, seeking cooperation to combat a wide international network of...

Asian media personnel meet on promoting cooperation in omni-media era

China-Boao Forum/Asia Media Cooperation News Release Media representatives from 20 Asian countries shared their perspectives on the media's role in global governance and Asian media's cooperation in the "Omni-media Era" at Asian...

Thais Protest ‘Cheating’ Election Commission

VOA News A small group of demonstrators protested in the Thai capital Sunday, accusing the election commission of delaying and manipulating results of last week's poll. In the country's first election since the...

India, Southeast Asia to Mark Five Years of Being Polio-free

By Lisa Schlein/VOA News  GENEVA — The World Health Organization says that on March 27, India's 1.3 billion people and the entire WHO Southeast Asia region will celebrate five years of being polio-free. Twelve...

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