Opinion

A video of a British diver swimming through plastic waste off Bali has shown the extent of the crisis in Indonesian waters.The film by...

It took an unguarded remark from a Gambian minister to send Thailand into a bout of soul-searching this week about its reputation as a...

An incident in Vietnam, involving an unfortunate quip about a testicle being fashioned into the shape of a legendary general’s head, has exposed the...

Asean is pressurising India to sign a liberalised pact in goods and services along with six East Asian economies, as the bloc looks for...

Myanmar’s latest Union Peace Conference, often called the 21st-century Panglong conference, is taking place at the end of the month amid fears that rebel...

Construction of the Thai-Lao-Chinese railway has started in Nakhon Ratchasima in northeastern Thailand with the enticing prospect of high-speed trains linking China with Singapore,...

As the year ends, Asean has not managed to change its status as a rising economic powerhouse and a political worm. As Asean takes tentative steps...

Malaysians go to the polls next year as the complacent Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition eyes another five-year term.But voters are understandably uninspired as they...

The United States has for the first time called Myanmar's attacks against Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine State "ethnic cleansing", saying targeted sanctions against those...

The southern Philippine island of Mindanao is increasingly being seen as Asean’s frontline in the battle against so-called Islamic State.Unfortunately the Philippines’ president, the...