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COVID-19: Malaysian mothers in Singapore freeze breast milk for babies at home

So far, four shipments totaling about 7,000 kilograms of milk have been sent from 200 mothers in Sin...

SE Asia 5 years ago

Land conflicts flare across Asia during coronavirus lockdowns

Lockdowns to contain the novel coronavirus in Asia have made farmers and indigenous people more vuln...

SE Asia 5 years ago

Typhoon forces 140,000 away from homes in virus-hit Philippines

The storm hit as tens of millions of Filipinos are hunkered down at home against the coronavirus, bu...

SE Asia 5 years ago

First COVID-19 case found in Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh

A Rohingya man has become the first person to test positive for COVID-19 in the vast refugee camps i...

SE Asia 5 years ago

Malaysia drops 1MDB money laundering case against 'Wolf of Wall Street' producer

Malaysian prosecutors on Thursday dropped a $248-million money laundering case against a producer of...

SE Asia 5 years ago

Bangladesh builds mega field hospital as virus outbreak worsens

Bangladesh has prepared a huge field hospital in three weeks to treat coronavirus patients in an att...

SE Asia 5 years ago

Typhoon forces risky evacuations in virus-hit Philippines

At least 200,000 people live in coastal areas or flimsy homes in the province near where the storm, ...

SE Asia 5 years ago

Myanmar army admits prisoner abuse after beating video emerges

Myanmar's military has conceded its troops abused prisoners in Rakhine State after a video of so...

SE Asia 5 years ago

Thailand reports no new coronavirus cases for first time since March 9

Thailand, the first country outside China to discover a case of the new coronavirus, reported no new...

SE Asia 5 years ago

Fire destroys hundreds of Rohingya shanties in Bangladesh camp

Roughly 10 people were injured as a fire tore through a Rohingya refugee camp in southeastern Bangla...

SE Asia 5 years ago

Mold found growing on leather products in Malaysian mall after two months' closure

As businesses reopen after over 50 days, some traders are saddled with extra work as spots of mold h...

SE Asia 5 years ago

Chili paste to haircuts: Thai tourism workers improvise as virus hits travel

As Thailand's tourist economy suffers a near-total shutdown from travel restrictions due to the ...

SE Asia 5 years ago

Philippines to gradually ease lockdown to revive economy

The Philippines will keep the capital region that has the most coronavirus infections under a lockdo...

SE Asia 5 years ago

Plastic piles up in Thailand as pandemic efforts sideline pollution fight

Bangkok plastic waste up 62% on delivery surge in lockdown.

SE Asia 5 years ago

Vietnam reopens schools after easing coronavirus curbs

Authorities at kindergartens and primary schools in Vietnam took children's temperatures at the ...

SE Asia 5 years ago

Malaysia extends relaxed lockdown until June 9 to contain virus

Malaysia will extend its relaxed lockdown by four weeks, allowing nearly all economic activities to ...

SE Asia 5 years ago

Clawing back normality: Bangkok cat cafe reopens after virus shutdown

As Thailand's capital cautiously reopens many restaurants shuttered over coronavirus fears, the ...

SE Asia 5 years ago

Singapore’s nasal swab struggle shows why test kits are scarce

“If a country is not a producer, it then just has to make do with what is allocated and learn ...

SE Asia 5 years ago

Top Philippine broadcaster fights govt-ordered shutdown

The network argued in a filing to the nation's top court that Tuesday's shutdown was imprope...

SE Asia 5 years ago

Women use VR to beat sexual harassment after Singapore #MeToo scandal

Girl, Talk project, a virtual reality simulation created by four women at Nanyang Technological...

SE Asia 5 years ago

Broadcaster shutdown crosses dangerous line for Philippines

"This is a dark day for media freedom in the Philippines, reminiscent of martial law when the d...

SE Asia 5 years ago

Philippines forces top media network off air

The Philippines' top broadcaster ABS-CBN was forced off air on Tuesday over a stalled operating ...

SE Asia 5 years ago

Singapore to propose post-corona rules for ASEAN travel

Singapore's Ambassador to Indonesia Anil Kumar Nayar said in a press briefing on Monday that ASE...

SE Asia 5 years ago

Bangkok reopens with stylists in scrubs, plastic screens between diners

Businesses reopening in Bangkok on Monday after weeks of near lockdown were taking intense precautio...

SE Asia 5 years ago

Duterte says sorry to Philippine tycoons, their firms' shares surge

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has apologized for his "hurting words" about two tyco...

SE Asia 5 years ago

Migrant workers in Malaysia to undergo coronavirus tests as curbs eased

Migrant workers in Malaysia are now required to be tested for the new coronavirus, a senior minister...

SE Asia 5 years ago

Vietnam kids back at school after 3-month virus break

Millions of schoolchildren in Vietnam returned to class on Monday after the country reported its 17t...

SE Asia 5 years ago

Commuters stream to work as Malaysia lifts coronavirus curbs on movement

Thousands of Malaysians joined the morning rush hour on Monday as the government eased curbs on move...

SE Asia 5 years ago

Bangkok's street food hub of Chinatown comes alive as lockdown eases

Thailand was the first country outside China to record a case of the coronavirus, back in January, b...

SE Asia 5 years ago

COVID-19: ASEAN rights body urges members to respond to pandemic humanely

In a statement issued on Friday, the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) high...

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