YALA (Thailand) - FIVE people were killed Friday in Thailand's far south, as Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva met with top brass to discuss security measures in the restive region.
JAKARTA - THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) projected Indonesia's economy to grow three to four per cent this year, its country representative said on Friday.
KUALA LUMPUR - MALAYSIA'S Islamic opposition party promised to let non-Muslims become full-fledged members Friday as part of efforts to win over minorities who are suspicious of the party's hardline policies.
The Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party, the Muslim-majority country's biggest opposition group, has long alienated the ethnic Chinese and Indian minorities because of its ambition to govern through an Islamic state with strict religious and morality laws.
YANGON - THE trial of Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi for allegedly violating conditions of her house arrest was delayed for a week over efforts to reinstate three defence witnesses, one of her lawyers said on Friday.
Ms Suu Kyi's trial was adjourned until June 12 while a higher court hears a request by her attorneys to reinstate the defense witnesses who were earlier barred from testifying at her trial, lawyer Nyan Win said. The decision on those witnesses was expected later on Friday.
