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A million-dollar gold heist in Thailand’s far south by armed robbers who blocked roads with spikes and set explosives to seal their escape across the Malaysian border has rattled the Thai security est...
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has admitted watching podcasts about himself on his smartphone at night – and while some of the portrayals irk him, he believes that criticism is good for keeping...
The daughter of an octogenarian passenger found dead on a remote island in Australia after she was left behind by a luxury cruise ship has condemned the operator’s “failure of care”, as authorities la...
Officials in the Philippines have hit back at the tirades of lawmaker Paolo Duterte, who accused the country’s armed forces of “gambling with Filipino lives” and called the military chief a “puppet of...
Few were ready for the zinger that followed when Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim leaned into the microphone and said, with a suitably dramatic pause for effect, that he and US President Donald...
A South Korean man who deceived his Filipino partner by claiming to live in Pyongyang is one of several fathers recently exposed for refusing or failing to pay child maintenance after escaping to thei...
A US-North Korea flash summit remains a long shot despite Donald Trump signalling he was open to such talks and describing Pyongyang as “sort of a nuclear power” as he embarked on his Asia trip last w...
Wee Ee Cheong leans back in his chair in the boardroom of UOB Plaza and behind him a deep green bonsai peeks into view from a shelf, poised like it is meant to be part of the conversation. Wee’s minde...
Sanae Takaichi has made a strong debut as Japan’s first female prime minister, with early polls showing widespread public confidence in her leadership – despite her decision to appoint several politic...
A man in Singapore offered a woman S$5,000 (US$3,848) and a public apology after he was confronted with molesting her buttocks as he exited a lift with his wife. Chinese national Hu Guisheng, 39, was ...
A collector has offered Malaysia’s growing trading-card community a chance to own a piece of Pokemon “history,” putting part of his rare trove up for sale for 1.87 million ringgit (US$441,993) with an...
Thai immigration officials have denied claims that a Belarusian model was abducted while in Bangkok and forcibly taken to Myanmar, where tabloids claim she was reportedly killed by a criminal gang. Th...
Bangladesh’s pursuit of the death penalty against the country’s ousted former leader, Sheikh Hasina, has emerged as a key obstacle in efforts to bring her back from exile in India, with analysts sayin...
A Malaysian court charged a 14-year-old boy with the murder of a 16-year-old schoolmate on Wednesday, in a case that has stunned the nation and raised pressing concerns about violence among its childr...
A growing number of young South Koreans are vanishing into Southeast Asia’s criminal underworld, lured by the promise of high-paying jobs – only to end up trafficked, tortured or killed. Many, fleeing...
Three women who took part in a walk to Singapore’s presidential estate to deliver letters calling for changes to the country’s stance on Israel have been acquitted of holding a public procession witho...
As Prabowo Subianto marks his first year as Indonesia’s president, the former general is grappling with the challenge of turning his populist campaign promises into lasting policy. While early initiat...
US singer-songwriter Ryan Adams has labelled Australia as the “worst country ever” in an expletive-laden tirade after wrapping up a controversial anniversary tour, while also hinting he may have playe...
What should have been an evening of light and celebration to mark Diwali in Malaysia descended into chaos on Monday after a fireworks blast injured 22 people, reigniting concerns over lax enforcement ...
One month after Nepal’s youth-led revolt redrew the political map, competing visions for the future and the daunting challenge of turning protest into meaningful reform are casting uncertainty over th...