Singapore to ratify Asean haze coordination centre agreement ‘in the next few days’: Grace Fu

Vietnamese recruitment firms that once had seven or eight applicants for every Japan job order now send staff into villages and still find it hard to fill their quotas.

Thousands of young people worldwide have shared what makes a city appealing, revealing the best places for them to live.

Thai police have arrested the director of a Bangkok company behind a website called Taobao Thailand over an unlicensed yuan exchange and payment service for people buying goods from China.

PARLIAMENT | We don't know which one is telling the truth, says Willie.

Singapore is pitching itself as a bridge between the European Union (EU) and Asean, as the two blocs continue their protracted discussions to seal a free trade agreement (FTA). However, Myanmar’s political uncertainty is a major hurdle towards an EU-Asean FTA, and Singapore will have to play a key role to break the deadlock when it assumes the chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations next year, according to an analyst. At a joint press conference with German Chancellor...

Bersama co-leader summoned to Bukit Aman over alleged RM9.5m payment.

Rising from verdant ridge lines of southern Laos, 133 Chinese-built wind turbines help power Vietnam’s surging growth and represent part of a regional rush to diversify energy sources. “The view is beautiful. They’re bigger than trees,” 23-year-old Toukta Phonsala said inside her wooden stilt house in Dak Wai village, her baby bouncing on her lap. Hydroelectric dams have proliferated across Southeast Asia in recent years, but production drops off in the dry season and critics lament the...

PARLIAMENT | Ramli’s remark follows heated exchanges during Supply Bill debates.

The Vietnam Cultural Digital Map is expected to serve as a central information hub, bringing together regularly updated information on cultural, artistic, tourism and entertainment events nationwide.

MALACCA POLLS | Under the proposed system, appointed reps would be allocated according to popular vote share, Rafizi explains.

PARLIAMENT | Authorities seized over 6.5 metric tonnes of raw chicken in raid.

As India seeks to expand its security cooperation with Southeast Asia by sharing its battle-tested counterterrorism expertise, defence analysts say its experience would only partly meet Asean’s needs given the differences in threat perception and domestic priorities. Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh made the offer at the Asean Defence Ministers’ Meeting-Plus (ADMM-Plus) in Cebu on Thursday. Citing Operation Sindoor as an example of India’s counterterrorism capabilities, he offered to share...