Clashes broke out near a regional military command in northern Myanmar on July 3, residents and local media said, in what appeared to be a…
A new law was passed in parliament on July 2 that will see fines quadruple for corporate service providers that do not comply with anti-money…
A Cambodian court on July 2 sentenced 10 environmentalists to between six and eight years in jail for plotting to commit crimes in their activism…
Floods in northern Myanmar have trapped thousands of people in their homes and cut electricity and phone lines, residents and local media said July 2,…
Philippine carrier Cebu Pacific said July 2 it will buy up to 152 Airbus planes worth $24 billion in a deal it described as the…
China assisted the Philippines in the crew rescue of a stricken Philippine fishing boat near a disputed shoal in the South China Sea on June…
A Myanmar ethnic minority armed group was battling junta troops in a ruby and gem-mining hub on June 28, the group and the junta told…
Myanmar authorities have arrested a Japanese national working for retail giant Aeon for allegedly selling rice at artificially high prices, the junta said, with Tokyo…
Older foreign motorcycles will soon be disallowed on Singapore's roads, while foreign commercial diesel vehicles must comply with a lower smoke emissions threshold as the…
Five people, including a four-year-old child, were killed in a massive explosion at a pyrotechnics warehouse in the southern Philippines, emergency services said on June…
Japan and the Philippines will hold high-level defense talks next month, Manila said on June 28, as the two countries seek to boost ties in…
The charity Doctors Without Borders will halt medical activities in Myanmar's northern Rakhine state due to an "extreme escalation of conflict" between an ethnic armed…
Myanmar's central bank denied a UN report that the country's military government can still access money and weapons for its war against anti-coup forces, saying…
A Myanmar ethnic armed group clashed with junta troops for a second day in northern Shan state, residents and media said on June 26, with…
Conflict-ravaged Myanmar is "facing challenges" in stemming opium poppy cultivation, the junta said on June 26, months after the UN warned the country had become…
President Ferdinand Marcos on June 27 said that the Philippines needs to do more than protest China's "illegal actions" in the South China Sea. Chinese…
International efforts to isolate Myanmar's ruling junta appear to have dented its ability to purchase new military equipment from overseas, but the military is still…
Myanmar ethnic armed groups seized a popular beach resort town in the west of the country and launched dawn attacks on junta positions in the…
The Philippines is still seeking clarification from the Pentagon about a secret US propaganda operation that aimed to cast doubt among Filipinos about Chinese vaccines…
Myanmar’s junta leader, General Min Aung Hlaing, made a rare apology to a prominent Buddhist monastery after its abbot was killed by security forces last…
Former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte and his two sons plan to run in the country’s Senate election in 2025, Vice-President Sara Duterte said on June…
The United States on June 24 put Brunei on a human trafficking blacklist while pointing to improvements by Algeria, Egypt and South Africa -- and…
Possible threats against Malaysia’s King, Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar, and Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim were thwarted after the police arrested eight people for suspected links to…
The US State Department on June 24 boosted Vietnam's ranking in a human-trafficking report, even as it cited concerns that the Southeast Asian country had…
The Philippines is working hard to bring China back to the table for talks to resolve differences in the South China Sea, Foreign Affairs Secretary…
