The Philippines will continue increasing defense spending as it seeks private sector’s support in safeguarding the nation’s claims in the disputed South China Sea. Defense…
Eleven members of a family returning home from a wake died July 11 when their pick-up truck collided with a passenger bus in the northern…
Myanmar ethnic minority fighters said July 10 they had seized a town along a key trade highway to China following days of clashes, in another…
Malaysia said it’s near a deal with Singapore to develop Southeast Asia’s first cross-border special economic zone, which the countries hope will lure new investment…
Fighting raged for an eighth day around a Myanmar regional military headquarters, where an ethnic armed group had briefly captured a battalion command, one of…
Singapore state investor Temasek, one of the world's top funds, said on July 9 it would prioritise investments in the United States after the "underperformance"…
Malaysian authorities have arrested six members of an international crime ring known as the "Ninja Turtle Gang" and seized about 200 smuggled tortoises and turtles,…
HSBC and Leader Energy of Malaysia have inked a financing deal worth 593 billion Vietnamese dong ($23.3 million) for a solar power plant in the…
The U.S. Navy's oldest operational ship is visiting Vietnam's Cam Ranh Bay, a strategic waterway in the South China Sea that has stirred the interest…
Shipments of aviation fuel are reaching Myanmar despite calls to deprive its military of the resources needed to carry out unlawful air strikes against insurgents…
Container ship congestion in Singapore, one of Asia’s busiest ports, is spreading to neighboring Malaysia, snarling supply chains and causing delays in the movement of…
Laos Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone will make his first official visit to Singapore on July 9. Siphandone was appointed prime minister in December 2023, after…
A batch of suspect fireworks exploded accidentally during their disposal in the southern Philippines, injuring 27 people, most of them explosives experts, police said July…
The Philippines and Japan signed a key defence pact on July 8 that will allow the deployment of troops on each other's territory, as they…
China said on Monday "illegal" beaching of Philippine warships at the Nansha islands in the South China Sea had "gravely damaged" the coral reef ecosystem…
Volt Singapore, a unit of Singaporean asset manager Keppel, will build an electric vehicle fast-charging hub in the city-state to serve both commercial and passenger…
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said on July 6 that China's largest coastguard vessel has anchored in Manila's exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the South…
Malaysia’s ruling coalition failed to wrest a seat in a by-election in Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s home state on July 6, with party leaders blaming…
The Myanmar junta's second-in-command arrived in China on July 6 for an official visit, the junta's information team said, as clashes with ethnic minority fighters…
Six people in Myanmar's biggest city have tested positive for cholera, a junta spokesman said on July 6, adding it had ordered the temporary closure…
The Philippine's military chief said July 4 he hoped a key defence pact with Japan allowing for the deployment of troops on each other's territory…
A US mid-range missile system deployed in the Philippines for annual joint military exercises -- to the annoyance of China -- will be pulled out…
A Malaysian court threw out a petition by former Prime Minister Najib Razak to serve out the rest of his jail sentence in his home…
A gas leak July 4 at an engineering section of Kuala Lumpur's international airport saw 39 people fall ill, a Malaysian emergency services official said.…
The Philippines and China agreed on July 2 to "de-escalate tensions" over the South China Sea, Manila said, following a violent clash in the disputed…
