Malaysia fugitive Low set to lose Cyprus passport
High-profile Cambodian government figures and the fugitive Malaysian financier Low Taek Jho are due to lose their secretly acquired Republic of Cyprus passports.Cyprus...
15 dead in Yala, Thailand attack
Fifteen people have been killed while four others were injured in an attack by suspected Muslim rebels on a security point in Yala, Thailand.
An...
Indonesian mass murderer dies
Anwar Congo, the former leader of an Indonesian death squad that killed thousands of suspected communists in the Sumatran city of Medan during the...
Chinese survey ship leaves Vietnam’s waters
A Chinese oil and gas survey ship that has angered Vietnam in the South China Sea has left Vietnamese territory for the time since...
Singapore hands out first jail term for terror financing
Singapore has jailed its first suspect for terror financing amid a steady stream of arrests related to support for Islamic extremism.The Singaporean authorities...
Thailand leads suicide rate in ASEAN
THAILAND is leading the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in the most number of suicides, a study by the World Health Organization (WHO)...
Bags of snakes thrown into Papuan student dorm
Papuan students in Java say two bags of snakes were thrown into their dormitory as the unrest in Indonesia's easternmost provinces began to reduce.The...
Myanmar calls Thai king to pardon migrant ‘killers’
Myanmar says it will continue to support the process of seeking a royal pardon for two migrant workers whose death sentences were upheld by...
Kachin pastor sued by army for comments with Trump
A Burmese army officer has filed a lawsuit against a Kachin religious leader for mentioning “the promotion of democracy and federalism” with Donald Trump during...
ASEAN, US to launch maritime drill, fight “wrongdoings”
THE Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has joined forces with the United States in holding maritime exercises which were aimed at preventing other...
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EU and HRW slam Cambodia clampdown
Human Rights Watch (HRW) says Cambodia should drop all charges against the opposition leader Kem Sokha (pictured) and allow exiled critics to return to...
Singapore bans PMDs from public sidewalks
Singapore’s recent ban on personal mobility devices from footpaths, while sudden and unexpected, has been generally well-received by the public and food delivery companies.Just...
Philippines gets $500M funding from World Bank
The World Bank has committed worth $500 million to support the Philippines’ Agriculture department.
In a statement over the weekend, Agriculture Secretary William Dar said...