Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong is set to take charge of the ruling People’s Action Party, consolidating his leadership ahead of a general election due…
Thirty nine foreigners have fled an online scam centre in Myanmar across the border to Thailand, where officials are working to identify potential trafficking victims,…
A Buddhist monastery in Thailand is under investigation after authorities discovered more than 40 bodies on site which were allegedly used for meditation practices, police…
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos' security detail has been put on alert over what his office is calling an "active threat" against his life by Vice…
The Laos government said November 23 it was "profoundly saddened" by the deaths of foreign tourists in Vang Vieng, with the toll from a suspected…
Raging orange flames and thick black smoke billowed into the sky November 24 as fire ripped through hundreds of houses in a closely built slum…
Survivors and sniffing dogs joined hundreds of people at Cambodia's Angkor Wat on November 24 for a march against landmines after the US decision to…
A Singaporean man was arrested on November 22 for making a false bomb threat at Bangkok's Don Mueng International Airport. The man, identified as Ho,…
Four foreign tourists have died after a suspected mass methanol poisoning from drinking tainted alcohol at a backpacker hotspot in Laos, Western government officials and…
The death toll from Super Typhoon Man-yi in the Philippines has risen to 12, the national disaster agency said November 21 as widespread flooding subsided.…
Children made up nearly 40 percent of the more than 3.4 million people in Myanmar displaced by civil war and climate change-driven extreme weather, the…
A Myanmar ethnic armed group has arrested more than 760 Chinese citizens suspected of being involved in online scams and handed them over to China,…
A Thai woman believed to be among the worst serial killers in the kingdom's history was convicted and sentenced to death November 20 for poisoning…
A Chinese fugitive evading capture in Vietnam has been apprehended after authorities discovered he was using the identity of another Chinese national who was also…
Landmines and unexploded munitions claimed more victims in Myanmar than in any other country last year, a monitor said on November 20, warning the true…
In the third reshuffle since taking office last year in August, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet November 20 appointed Prak Sokhonn as new foreign minister.…
The Philippines will start to accept and process renewable energy contracts this month after a five-month pause as the government rejigged rules amid a slew…
LG Electronics added coders earlier this month to its vehicle and home appliance businesses in Vietnam, where it traditionally focused on manufacturing. The addition of…
A Malaysian court has acquitted former finance minister Daim Zainuddin of failing to declare assets following his death on November 13, but prosecutors will proceed…
At least eight people were killed as Super Typhoon Man-Yi hit the Philippine archipelago over the weekend, unleashing fierce winds and strong rains that triggered…
United States Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on November 19 the US alliance with the Philippines would transcend changes in administrations, as he reiterated his…
Beijing said November 19 the head of a Myanmar ethnic minority armed group had come to China for "medical care", after news reports in its…
The Philippine central bank announced the launch on November 18 of an interest rate swaps market anchored to a newly established benchmark rate to enhance…
Four million Thai senior citizens will receive 10,000 baht ($289) in cash from the government before the Lunar New Year holiday at the end of…
Floodwaters submerged hundreds of houses in the northern Philippines on November 18 after water released from a dam following Typhoon Man-yi caused a major river…
