SIA stops flying over Afghanistan airspace
Risk of being hit by surface-to-air missiles in worsening civil war cited as reason.
COMMERCIAL airliners, including Singapore Airlines, have stopped flying over
Singapore
Pyongyang sees advantage in resisting N-checks, says Dr Yeo
NORTH Korea might be resisting full nuclear inspections because Pyongyang saw it as an advantage when the world could not confirm that
Concessions to N. Korea likely to elicit only ‘paper promises’
POLITICAL and economic concessions to North Korea will at best secure "paper promises" from Pyongyang to give up its nuclear-development programme, a
Botswana, S’pore can develop beneficial ties : PM
SINGAPORE and Botswana in southern Africa could benefit from each other's experience despite differences in geography, economy and social structure, Prime Minister
‘Need to redefine rules’ when China, India join world trading system
NATIONS will have to redefine the rules of international economic relations when China and India integrate into the global economy.
"With their entry,
Bush aide may return to Cambodia
Survivor of horrors of Khmer Rouge-led slaughter tells of his ordeal.
THE highest-ranking Asian in the United States' Bush administration, who survived the
The race to carve up the seas
Nations are battling for priceless seabed treasure.
Once pirates with swords held sway over the high seas. For the last 20 years, nations
Race to reach accord on management of ocean resources
DEVELOPED and developing countries will have to come to an agreement within the next four months on how the resources of the
Deal on seabed mining ‘almost complete’
DEVELOPING countries and industrial powers are on the verge of clinching a deal which could end more than two decades of differences
Opportunities and pitfalls abound
ASIA-PACIFIC DEFENCE
China
THE Chinese arms market has many opportunities but just as many pitfalls, a China specialist said yesterday.
Dr John Frankenstein, a senior
Territorial disputes ‘no basis for war’
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Day Two of the conference on regional security issues: Felix Soh and Derwin Pereira report
RISK OF CONFLICTS?
Will Asian countries keep
Tension likened to pre-1914 Europe
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Day Two of the conference on regional security issues: Felix Soh and Derwin Pereira report
RISK OF CONFLICTS?
Will Asian countries keep