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SE Asia 4 years ago

Malaysian news site hit with massive fine amid press freedom fears

A leading Malaysian news site was fined $120,000 Friday over readers' comments that criticised t...

SE Asia 4 years ago

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‘As a family’: Minister presses for ASEAN meeting to broach Myanmar crisis

Foreign Minister Retno LP Marsudi has visited Brunei and Singapore to press for a special meeting of...

SE Asia 4 years ago

Fire hits yacht that belonged to French tycoon off Malaysia

Coastguards said they were alerted to the fire on the 75 metre (246 foot) Phocea just after 8:00 am ...

SE Asia 4 years ago

Malaysian police arrest boss of 'sugar daddy' website

Sugarbook bills itself as a site "where romance meets finance" and aims to link up older m...

SE Asia 4 years ago

Malaysian durian trade battered as lockdown bites

Grown across tropical Southeast Asia, fans love the "king of fruits" for its bittersweet f...

SE Asia 4 years ago

Digital warfare: Myanmar's cyber crackdown explained

These moves by the new junta have deepened worries that internet-hungry Myanmar will no longer have ...

SE Asia 4 years ago

Myanmar situation 'not what China wants to see': Ambassador

Envoy Chen Hai's comments come as anti-coup protests escalate in Myanmar and the military steps ...

SE Asia 4 years ago

Thai PM faces no-confidence vote amid renewed protests

The verbal assault came at the start of a four-day no-confidence debate, with lawmakers set to vote ...

SE Asia 4 years ago

Myanmar monks on the march, call for end to military rule

About 20 monks in dark red robes walked through the streets of the main city of Yangon to a United N...

SE Asia 4 years ago

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Indonesia ‘shuttles’ to Brunei to marshal unified Myanmar coup response

Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi is talking to counterparts from ASEAN states and other&nbs...

SE Asia 4 years ago

Suu Kyi hit with second charge as Myanmar junta tightens grip

In the two weeks since the generals ousted Suu Kyi and put the civilian leader under house arrest in...

SE Asia 4 years ago

Milk and music: Indian villages support protesting farmers

Blasting catchy pro-farmer songs from a speaker, an electric-blue tractor rattled down an Indian vil...

SE Asia 4 years ago

Vietnamese province reimposes stay at home order in coronavirus battle

Having stayed clear of the virus for nearly two months, Vietnam was back on high alert after the gov...

SE Asia 4 years ago

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Back-door diplomacy 'underway' as ASEAN seeks inroads into post-coup Myanmar

ASEAN member states are scrambling behind the scenes to find ways to prevent the post-coup situation...

SE Asia 4 years ago

Myanmar's Suu Kyi to face court this week: lawyer

Army chief General Min Aung Hlaing has justified the February 1 coup by alleging widespread voter fr...

SE Asia 4 years ago

More protests after Myanmar junta cuts internet, deploys troops

The military has steadily escalated efforts to quell an uprising against their seizure of power two ...

SE Asia 4 years ago

Tensions rising in Myanmar as armored vehicles seen in Yangon

Monday marked the two weeks since the military ousted the elected government of leader Aung San Suu ...

SE Asia 4 years ago

Myanmar junta cuts internet as troops fire to break up protest

Myanmar cut internet service and deployed troops around the country on Monday in signs of a feared c...

SE Asia 4 years ago

Thousands protest Myanmar coup after night of fear, security patrols

Engineering students marched through downtown Yangon, the biggest city, wearing white and carrying p...

SE Asia 4 years ago

Myanmar spirit mediums take aim at military coup

Otherworldly forces are displeased with the generals behind Myanmar's coup, according to the orn...

SE Asia 4 years ago

US ambassador delivers Lunar New Year message to Vietnam in rap song

Daniel Kritenbrink, a career diplomat who served previously in Kuwait, China and Japan, is featured ...

SE Asia 4 years ago

Japan, Indonesia share concerns over Myanmar situation after coup

In telephone talks, Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and his Indonesian counterpart Retno LP Marsu...

SE Asia 4 years ago

Protests against coup continue for fifth day in Myanmar

As protesters defied a ban on large gatherings and their numbers grew into the hundreds of thousands...

SE Asia 4 years ago

Myanmar protesters reach hundreds of thousands, warning shots fired

Protests in the capital Naypyidaw, the largest city Yangon and the second-largest one Mandalay conti...

SE Asia 4 years ago

Myanmar anti-coup protesters defy junta warnings

After watching hundreds of thousands of people rally in opposition to last week's coup, junta ch...

SE Asia 4 years ago

UN experts alarmed by Thailand's rise in royal insult cases

The condemnation comes after dozens of police cases have been filed against leaders of youth-led dem...

SE Asia 4 years ago

Myanmar state TV warns of 'action' against protesters

Tens of thousands of people rallied over the weekend and the movement built on Monday with more prot...

SE Asia 4 years ago

Singapore plan to use monitoring app on students' computers sparks privacy fears

The scheme, accelerated by the closure of schools last year during the COVID-19 pandemic, offers sub...

SE Asia 4 years ago

Myanmar police fire water cannon at Naypyidaw protesters

Police fired the water cannon in brief bursts against a group of the thousands of protesters who had...

SE Asia 4 years ago

Philippines to meet US to iron out differences on troop deal

The Philippines in November suspended its decision to terminate the VFA for a second time to allow i...

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