A former senior Thai police officer denied charges of evidence-tampering on September 10 in a deadly hit-and-run crash involving an heir to the Red Bull…
Thousands of people were stranded on rooftops and posted desperate pleas for help on social media September 10 after severe flooding in parts of typhoon-hit…
A Vietnam court September 10 sentenced a journalist who wrote about issues including corruption, land rights and the environment to seven years in jail, his…
Former Philippine town mayor Alice Guo was held in contempt for a second time on September 9 after refusing to answer senators' questions on suspected…
Thailand will distribute 145 billion baht (US$4.2 billion) of its "digital wallet" handout programme earlier than scheduled to support vulnerable groups, a deputy finance minister…
The purchasing power of people in Laos is fading rapidly amid soaring inflation, a weakening currency and other deteriorating macroeconomic conditions, with experts warning the…
Indonesia is the world's third-largest producer of plastic waste, according to research published in the journal Nature. India is the world's largest producer of plastic…
President Joko Widodo inaugurated two new toll roads during a working visit to North Sumatra on September 10. Widodo said the 26.2 km toll road…
Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto during a meeting in Jakarta on September 9 with Sergei Gennadievich Tolchenov, Russia's new ambassador to Indonesia, expressed optimism about improved…
The House of Representatives (DPR) on September 9 approved the budgets for the National Counter-Terrorism Agency (BNPT), the National Narcotics Agency (BNN), and the Financial…
The death toll in Vietnam from Typhoon Yagi jumped to 59, state media reported on September 9, as business leaders said the storm had been…
A Philippine pastor wanted in the United States for child sex trafficking has been arrested, officials said September 8, two weeks into a massive police…
Thailand’s new government plans to expedite a sweeping debt restructuring to tackle an estimated $474 billion of household liability, offer financial assistance to small businesses…
Malaysia's communications regulator has defended a plan for local telecommunications firms to re-route web traffic through their own domain name system (DNS) servers, saying the…
A plane with 48 people aboard skidded off a runway in Papua on September 9, injuring several passengers. The archipelago has a poor aviation safety…
President Joko Widodo on September 9 inaugurated four sections of the Sigli-Banda Aceh Toll Road in Aceh Besar regency, Aceh, which forms part of the…
President Joko Widodo will oversee his administration from the new capital city of Nusantara in East Kalimantan until his the last day of his presidency…
House of Representatives (DPR) Commission II which oversees home affairs approved Rp27.3 trillion in additional funding for the Nusantara National Capital Authority (OIKN), an official…
Super Typhoon Yagi ripped roofs off buildings, sank boats and triggered landslides in Vietnam, leaving nine people dead as of September 8, after tearing through…
Malaysia Airlines said on September 6 it had found a "potential issue" with the engine of an Airbus A350-900 aircraft in its fleet but added…
Myanmar military air strikes in northern Shan state killed 11 civilians and wounded 11 more, a spokeswoman for an ethnic minority armed group battling the…
Malaysia's foreign ministry said on September 4 it would file a police report and carry out an internal investigation into the leak of a classified…
Bali wants to temporarily halt the construction of new hotels and villas in its southern region, as the resort island works to curb overdevelopment and…
Indonesia is suffering from "long COVID" in the form of a shrinking middle class, the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) has warned, as people struggle…
President Joko Widodo on September 6 appointed coordinating minister for human development and culture Muhadjir Effendy as the acting social affairs minister, replacing Tri Rismaharini,…
