The Thai Government announced on August 24 that there was no link between the two bomb blasts which killed one person in Pattani on August 23 night and the previous string of bomb attacks on several tourism spots in southern provinces.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on August 23 that bilateral talks between his country and China may start "within the year."

Germany has agreed to take in hundreds of migrants who are blocked in Italy in a move that might revive the European Union's failed relocation program, Italy's Interior Minister Angelino Alfano said on August 23.

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) fired a submarine-launched missile on August 24 that flew about 500 km (311 miles) toward Japan, a show of improving technological capability for the isolated country that has conducted a series of launches in defiance of UN sanctions.

One Thai person was killed and 30 wounded when two bombs exploded late on August 23 near a hotel in the southern Thai coastal town of Pattani, police said, less than two weeks after a series of unexplained blasts hit the south.

The leaders of Russia, Germany and France have agreed to meet to discuss the situation in Ukraine on September 4-5 in China on the sidelines of the G20 summit, the Kremlin said on August 23.

VOV.VN - According to Japan’s Foreign Ministry, the Foreign Ministers’ Meeting between Japan, China, and the Republic of Korea (RoK) will open on August 24, in Tokyo. 

Leaders of many countries worldwide have confirmed their attendance at the 28th and 29th ASEAN Summits and related summits slated for September in Laos.

Myanmar will hold a by-election early next year to fill the vacant seats in the parliament, U Aung Myint, member of the Election Commission, has said. 

Indonesian authorities have tightened security in Bali, after receiving reports on a suspected militant’s plan to attack the country’s famous resort island.