Duterte withdraws suspension of rice imports
President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday withdrew his earlier pronouncement to stop the further entry of rice commodities into the Philippines, and instead sought for...
Thailand to impose curfew on 4 provinces
The government of Thailand is stepping up its security measures in the southernmost provinces but the move was said to have nothing to do...
Philippine SEC to probe into P700-M stock theft
The Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is set to probe into the multi-million theft by a stock trader which led to the closure...
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...
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Philippines transitions to online schooling amid coronavirus
The upcoming school year in the Philippines will push through as planned but the government was still not keen on allowing face-to-face classes. The Office...
Thailand rejects cash aid proposal for civil servants
Thailand’s Ministry of Finance has junked a proposal to offer cash aid to 91,000 farming civil servants for supplementary income, arguing that they are...
Singapore to reopen economy next month
Singapore is officially opening up its economy next month, albeit such a plan will be done so in phases, according to the multi-ministry task...