Indonesia’s presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto gestures after he cast his ballot to vote in the country’s presidential and legislative elections at a polling station in Bogor on February 14, 2024. Indonesians began voting for a new president on February 14 with Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto the frontrunner to lead Southeast Asia’s biggest economy despite concerns … Read more
FILE: A Southwest Airlines passenger plane prepares to take off from Denver International Airport. Robert Alexander/Getty Images In this week’s air travel news, both Delta and Southwest unveiled changes to their loyalty programs that make it easier to achieve top tier status; United says it will revamp its passenger boarding next week; United also gives … Read more
Chinese Premier Li Qiang highlighted his country’s strong ties with Southeast Asia during a meeting on Wednesday with the leaders of a region that’s challenged by an increasingly complicated geopolitical landscape. Indonesian President Joko Widodo opened the Association of Southeast Asian Nation’s summit on Tuesday saying the region must not become a proxy for any … Read more
September 5, 2023 at 7:09 PM EDT Good morning, it’s Karen coming to you from Sydney, and here’s what you need to know today… Today’s must-reads:• NZ’s Hipkins in conversation with Bloomberg• New Qantas boss under pressure• Albanese speaks at Asean The annual Bloomberg Address takes place in Auckland today where New Zealand Prime Minister … Read more
When Southeast Asia’s annual summit was expanded to include the US more than a decade ago, it assured an often neglected region a regular audience with the sitting president. Not this year. Joe Biden will skip the summit hosted by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Jakarta starting Tuesday, prompting former top diplomats in … Read more