Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim ordered sovereign wealth fund Khazanah Nasional Berhad to carry out an internal audit to investigate issues related to RM43.9 million…
Vietnam asked China to “immediately” release vessels and fishermen detained in the South China Sea, according to the Southeast Asian country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.…
Thai police arrested a trio suspected people smugglers over the deaths of three Rohingya refugees who suffocated in the back of trucks in Thailand, officers…
Hundreds of Catholic devotees walked solemnly among candlelit white tombs at an All Saints' Day ceremony in Myanmar on November 2, a rare religious gathering…
Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning Minister Nusron Wahid on October 31 said 6.4 million hectares of land are subject to ownership disputes because 13.8 million…
Several mass organizations, including the hardline Islamic Brotherhood Front (FPI Reborn), plan to hold a rally in Central Jakarta on November 4 to demand the…
Flash flooding in central Vietnam killed five people, damaged hundreds of homes and destroyed crops, disaster authorities said October 31, after Tropical Storm Trami dumped…
A court in communist Vietnam on October 30 sentenced a blogger who criticised the government to 12 years in jail on charges of publishing anti-state…
A Myanmar ethnic armed group sentenced a man to death for murder following a public trial in a town recently captured from the junta, media…
ASEAN's exports to the US topped those to China for the second consecutive quarter in the April to June period, underscoring America's growing importance to…
Indonesia's position on the South China Sea remains unchanged and it will respond appropriately to safeguard its territory, an official said on October 31, after…
A court in Vietnam on October 30 jailed six people including four police officers over a fire that ripped through a karaoke bar two years…
Oil giant Saudi Aramco wants to invest in the oil refinery sector and petroleum distribution in Vietnam, the Southeast Asian country's government said late on…
A Malaysian court ruled October 30 that jailed former prime minister Najib Razak will have to defend himself against charges of abuse of power and…
A Thai court cleared a social media influencer on October 30 of royal defamation over online adverts for an e-commerce company, a human rights lawyers'…
The Ministry of Villages and Development of Disadvantaged Regions has allocated 20% of its 2025 budget, or around Rp14 trillion, to fund the country's food…
Indonesia is a middle power in Asia and one of the most influential countries in Southeast Asia, according to the Lowy Institute, an Australian think…
More attention has been paid to improving people's quality of life, according to the Population-Based Development Index (IPBK), which increased slightly this year. The composite…
A furnace at a nickel smelter operated by Chinese-owned PT Zhongtsing New Energy inside the Indonesia Morowali Industrial Park in Bahodopi district, Morowali regency, Central…
Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka will fill in for President Prabowo Subianto, who will be abroad next month. State Secretary Prasetyo Hadi on October 29…
Six people, including members of a regent candidate's campaign team, died when a bridge collapsed on Hatta Island in Banda district, Central Maluku regency, Maluku…
Jakarta's feisty response last week to the Chinese Coast Guard "disrupting" Indonesian survey activities in the North Natuna Sea appears to show that new President…
The Philippines is confident in the continuity of US policies in the Asia-Pacific region after the US presidential election, its defence chief said, underlining that…
Malaysia's nearly 100-year-old former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad has been discharged from hospital, his office said October 29, almost two weeks after he was admitted…
An advocacy group urged Thailand to help secure the swift release of more than 100 victims of alleged human trafficking, saying that a “Chinese mafia…
