Hun Sen’s youngest son reveals PM ambitions
Hun Sen, 64, cannot rule Cambodia forever. Source: Flickr
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen’s youngest son, Hun Many, has revealed his desire to succeed his father,...
Suu Kyi calls for calm after sword attack on candidate
Aung San Suu Kyi. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.
Myanmar’s democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi has called for calm after one of her party’s MPs was...
MPs set to discuss ‘hudud’ bill
Minority groups fear the growing dominance of Islam. Source: Flickr
The Malaysian parliament is set to discuss the controversial hudud bill tabled by the Islamist...
Court allows De Lima of 48-hour furlough
A Regional Trial Court (RTC) in the Philippines has granted Senator Leila de Lima, a known critic of President Rodrigo Duterte, to be temporarily...
High advance voting looks like bad news for Thai junta
More than 2.2 million Thai voters have taken part in early voting ahead of the March 24 general election.
Almost 87 per cent of...
Three jailed for waving South Vietnam flag
The US left many loyalists behind in South Vietnam in 1975. Source: Wikimedia
Three Vietnamese women who waved the national flags of the former South...
Raped child jailed for abortion
Calls to decriminalise abortion grew louder in Indonesia after a teenager who was raped by her brother was jailed for six months for having...
Sabah, Sarawak promised bright future
Sabah and Sarawak will prosper under the Pakatan Harapan federal and state governments, promised Malaysian finance minister Lim Guan Eng as the prime minister...
Tan eyes closer Khmer ties
Then president of South Korea, Lee Myung-bak, with King Norodom Sihamoni in 2009. Sihamoni has largely gone under the radar since taking the throne....
EU to resume Thai ties
The EU says it will resume political contacts "at all levels" with Thailand, more than three years after suspending them after the May 2014...
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Thailand eyes vaccine passports, quarantine waivers for tourists
The government of Thailand was keen on further loosening up its borders to international tourists through vaccination passports and quarantine waivers as it begins...
Philippines begins mass vaccination as Sinovac arrives
The Philippines has officially received the first batch of its coronavirus vaccine made by China-based pharmaceutical giant Sinovac Biotech.
The military aircraft from China carrying...
Malaysia’s mass vaccination program starts
Malaysia on Wednesday began with its mass vaccination program, two days earlier than scheduled, with the first person to receive the vaccine no other...