Rebecca Tan

Chinese manufacturers are shipping meth precursor chemicals to warlords in Myanmar, precipitating a drug crisis across the Asia-Pacific, a Post investigation finds.

Despite Beijing’s stated policy of “noninterference,” analysts say its efforts to shape Myanmar’s civil war have made the conflict more intractable.

President Donald Trump kicked off his Asia trip in Malaysia by dancing on the tarmac before signing an agreement that formalizes a Thailand-Cambodia ceasefire.

Trump, who wants a Nobel Peace Prize, has claimed credit for the ceasefire between Thailand and Cambodia. He will oversee the signing of the “Kuala Lumpur Accord.”

President Prabowo Subianto wants to assert Indonesia’s influence on the global stage — and foster closer ties to President Donald Trump.

Cambodia’s elite is taken with Trump, partly thanks to his disregard for democratic processes, but also due to his efforts to secure ceasefire in a border conflict with Thailand.

To reduce reliance on the U.S. dollar and build its own capacity to influence the international monetary system, China is procuring gold at a voracious pace.

Thailand and Cambodia have agreed to “an immediate and unconditional ceasefire” starting at midnight, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said.

The Southeast Asian neighbors, which share a disputed 500-mile frontier, have long fought over the sovereignty of a 1,000-year-old temple.

Tensions between the neighbors have escalated after a Cambodian soldier was killed in a skirmish earlier this year.