Philippine tycoon Dennis Uy is looking to partner with a construction company backed by a firm linked to the family of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s…
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on December 9 enacted a law granting value-added tax refund to non-resident tourists, aiming to spur visitors to shop and…
Vietnamese electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer VinFast on December 8 announced a plan to build its second domestic production plant that will double its output capacity,…
Laos and Cambodia recently signed three agreements in Phnom Penh to promote bilateral ties and cooperation. Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet and visiting Laotian counterpart…
An Australian man will be charged with two counts of using threatening words that caused alarm after he said he wanted to crash a plane…
Unilateral US tariffs on solar panel imports from four Southeast Asian nations disrupt global trade and harm US relations with regional economies, Malaysian analysts have…
Two pastors of the Ede ethnic minority who lead independent Protestant house churches in the highland province of Dak Lak were shot in their legs…
The Philippines held maritime drills with the US and Japan inside its exclusive economic zone in the South China Sea, its military said on December…
The Malaysian Health Ministry has recorded 10,272 cases of waterborne diseases at temporary relief centers (PPS) in Kelantan, Terengganu, Kedah, Negeri Sembilan, Pahang and Perak…
Despite being bolstered by an unprecedented degree of Chinese diplomatic and material support, Myanmar’s military has had mixed results in the past few weeks, in…
US chip giant Nvidia signed a partnership with Thai tech company SIAM.AI on December 4 to build the country’s first “sovereign cloud”. The deal was…
Malaysia and Singapore will postpone a planned signing to formalise a special economic zone in Johor, Malaysia Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said on December 4.…
Cambodia and Laos on December 4 signed three deals to further promote bilateral ties and cooperation, said a news release after the event. Cambodian Prime…
More than 30,000 people have been forced to flee their homes due to severe flooding in southern Thailand, where the death toll climbed to 29,…
Banks may soon be held responsible for losses suffered by online scam victims if the losses are due to the banks’ negligence or disregard of…
Malaysia has tabled sweeping changes to laws governing the internet, as part of a plan to increase restrictions and penalties on online content deemed objectionable,…
The Philippines is set to slash its budget for an early-warning system to detect landslides, despite being highly vulnerable to natural disasters amid climate change.…
A multi-billion-dollar fraud scandal involving one of Vietnam's most prominent tycoons exposed systemic weaknesses in the country's banking sector, say analysts who warn other such…
A second major Myanmar ethnic rebel group has said it is ready for China-mediated talks with the junta to end more than a year of…
Thailand’s Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra on December 3 said her government is negotiating with neighboring Myanmar for the return of four fishermen captured by Myanmar’s…
Philippine civil society and religious leaders asked Congress on December 2 to impeach Vice President Sara Duterte over a list of complaints that include graft,…
China on December 2 said it had taken "control measures" against Philippine ships it accused of "illegally gathering" near a disputed reef in the South…
Residents in the Malaysian town of Tumpat were returning to submerged homes and shops as deadly floodwaters eased in some areas following the worst floods…
Malaysia has urged Chinese companies to refrain from using it as a base to "rebadge" products to avoid US tariffs, its deputy trade minister said…
Closures along Myanmar’s shared border with China have cut off residents of Kachin and Shan states from humanitarian aid and sent the prices of goods…
