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SE Asia 4 years ago

Vietnam ruling Communist Party chief Trong re-elected for third term

Trong, who emerged on top in a power struggle at the last congress in 2016 and has spearheaded a &qu...

SE Asia 4 years ago

GameStop phenomenon spreads to Malaysian glove stocks

Shares of the US video game shop chain surged from less than $20 to a peak of $492 earlier this week...

SE Asia 4 years ago

UN, foreign missions sound alarm over Myanmar coup fears

Myanmar is just a decade out of nearly 50 years of military rule, with a nascent democracy governed ...

SE Asia 4 years ago

US rejects Beijing's excessive claims in South China Sea: Blinken

According to the State Department, Blinken and Philippine Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin affirmed ...

SE Asia 4 years ago

Singapore teen planned mosque attacks on Christchurch anniversary, say police

The 16-year-old -- picked up in December -- made "detailed plans and preparations" to moun...

SE Asia 4 years ago

Singapore protesters detained at tiny LGBT rights demo

The tightly-regulated city-state has tough laws against public protests, which are usually not allow...

SE Asia 4 years ago

Malaysia's Anwar Ibrahim challenges Muhyiddin over parliament suspension

The king declared a national emergency earlier this month for the first time in half a century, foll...

SE Asia 4 years ago

Philippines' Duterte tells children to stay home and watch TV

Stay-at-home orders for all children and the elderly have been kept in place across most of the coun...

SE Asia 4 years ago

Philippines confirms local transmission of Britain coronavirus variant

The world is scrambling to contain the spread of the B.1.1.7 variant, despite travel bans, new lockd...

SE Asia 4 years ago

PREMIUM
Indonesia renews calls for safe repatriation of Rohingya refugees

Indonesia has again urged Myanmar to ensure the safe return of hundreds of thousands Rohingya refuge...

SE Asia 4 years ago

Myanmar's displaced Christians rebuild lives on Yangon's outskirts

The small Christian community in the Buddhist-majority nation is part of 200,000 people displaced si...

SE Asia 4 years ago

7.0-magnitude quake strikes off southern Philippines: USGS

The quake hit about 310 kilometres (193 miles) southeast of Davao city on the main southern island o...

SE Asia 4 years ago

French-Irish teen's family to challenge Malaysian inquest ruling

The body of Nora Quoirin, a 15-year-old with learning difficulties, was discovered after a massive h...

SE Asia 4 years ago

Key Thai opposition figure faces royal defamation charge

Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, founder of the now-dissolved Future Forward Party, was accused of con...

SE Asia 4 years ago

Thai woman handed record four-decade jail term for lese majeste

The verdict comes as Thailand ramps up its use of the controversial legislation against democracy pr...

SE Asia 4 years ago

Students protest over permission for security forces to enter university

President Rodrigo Duterte's government has stepped up efforts to end a Maoist-led rebellion, one...

SE Asia 4 years ago

Philippines extends travel ban over new virus strain

The two-week extension comes as the Southeast Asian country scrambles to contain the pandemic follow...

SE Asia 4 years ago

Thai police arrest student after king's portraits defaced

Sirichai Nathuang, 21, a student at Bangkok's Thammasat University, is one of at least 40 activi...

SE Asia 4 years ago

Thai king sweeps prison floors alongside consort

The palace has stepped up public appearances in recent months, as the student-led movement has made ...

SE Asia 4 years ago

Malaysia declares virus emergency, sparking anger

The announcement came a day after the prime minister introduced sweeping new curbs across much of th...

SE Asia 4 years ago

Malaysia's king declares state of emergency to curb spread of COVID-19

It was not immediately clear how the emergency would impact day to day activities, but the constitut...

SE Asia 4 years ago

PREMIUM
Outlook 2021: ASEAN vaccine solidarity in focus as virus looks likely to stay

The COVID-19 pandemic must serve as a "wake-up call" for ASEAN's leaders to work colle...

SE Asia 4 years ago

Singapore Prime Minister gets COVID-19 vaccine

The 68-year-old shared a video of himself on his official Facebook page being injected in the arm at...

SE Asia 4 years ago

'Just stay home' - Thai PM urges compliance as virus cases hit record

The government has declared 28 provinces, including Bangkok, as high-risk zones and asked people to ...

SE Asia 4 years ago

French-Irish teen's death in Malaysia ruled 'misadventure'

The mother of Nora Quoirin, watching proceedings online, bowed her head as the verdict was delivered...

SE Asia 4 years ago

Thailand mulls more restrictions amid second wave of coronavirus

On Sunday, it confirmed 315 new coronavirus cases, the majority of which are local transmission, bri...

SE Asia 4 years ago

Singapore, Malaysia scrap high-speed rail project

The two sides had been negotiating changes to the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High Speed Rail project tha...

SE Asia 4 years ago

Bangkok imposes partial lockdown to combat virus

Thailand initially appeared to have escaped the worst of the virus, registering just under 4,000 tot...

SE Asia 4 years ago

Vietnam reports first case of new coronavirus variant

The variant was detected in a 44-year-old woman returning to Vietnam from Britain, who was quarantin...

SE Asia 4 years ago

Bangkok to close schools for two weeks as number of COVID-19 cases rise

Thailand confirmed 279 new coronavirus cases on Friday, with the majority of them linked to a cluste...

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