Marcos says Philippines ‘resigned’ to managing South China Sea dispute

Ho Chi Minh City has addressed flooding in many places, yet its fragmented infrastructure, delayed works, and increasing rainfall and high tides mean many areas still suffer from severe waterlogging.

Singapore's air pollution ranked the worst among the world's major cities on Oct. 7 as haze from Indonesian wildfires blanketed the region and prompted the neighboring Malaysian state of Johor to shut all its schools for two days.

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Chew Kin Wah spent seven seasons gracing Malaysian television screens as “Kee Tat” in the hit sitcom Kopitiam in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Now 61, the Malaysian actor is still working, albeit more selectively, taking projects when the right offers land on his table. “There is no thought of retiring when you are doing something you enjoy,” he told This Week in Asia, adding: “Money helps. Never fight with money.” For Chew, working beyond 60 is a choice. But for many Malaysians, the question...

A care scandal has erupted in Thailand after a nursing home was exposed for confining old and sick residents in beds covered by iron cages with barely a foot of space above their heads. Images of bedridden patients at the Sothornchai Nursing Home in Kanchanaburi, western Thailand, have shocked Thais since they were shared earlier this week on the television current affairs show Hone Krasae. Thailand is projected to be a super-ageing society in the coming years, with authorities warning of a care...

A legal challenge to the vice-presidency of Indonesia’s Gibran Rakabuming Raka could haunt his political future even though he has survived damning court findings on his educational qualifications. The Constitutional Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition to unseat the son of former president Joko Widodo, ruling that the plaintiffs lacked legal standing. But it also found no convincing evidence that Gibran’s overseas education met the minimum high-school qualification required for presidential...

Court challenge looms as former state excos contest their removal.

Power seems to be concentrated in the finance minister's hands, and transparency is often lacking.

Laos police confirm detaining 1 M'sian, Bukit Aman to hold presser tomorrow.

Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on Thursday said Malaysia would do “whatever is possible” to strengthen cooperation with Myanmar and fully reintegrate the diplomatically isolated nation into the Asean fold. The pledge came during an unusually high-profile official welcome for Myanmar President Min Aung Hlaing, despite Malaysia’s position that such engagement does not amount to recognition of his government. Min Aung Hlaing inspected a guard of honour in Putrajaya before holding private talks with...

Malaysia's oldest higher education institution, Universiti Malaya (UM), has achieved a milestone by becoming the country's first university to ever enter the global top 200, placing 194th in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2027.

Nearly 100 jazz artists from Việt Nam and abroad will gather in Hà Nội for a series of concerts and international exchanges marking the 70th anniversary of the Việt Nam National Academy of Music (VNAM).