Health experts say tightly packed city-state is keeping community transmission of new coronavirus in check with timely testing and contact tracing
Thailand added nearly 2 million people to the ranks of the poor from 2015 to 2018 and may yet add more. That bodes ill for a government already short on credit after a tainted election
After days of mixed messages, an official at Thailand's disease control department says arrivals from the four countries hit hardest by Covid-19 will not have to self-quarantine
New deals emphasize China's tightening links to Myanmar
The decision is expected to boost the pro-military government's edge in the national assembly, where it has been struggling with a meager majority
Thailand's politically powerful military has staked its reputation on preserving peace and order. The country's deadliest mass shooting in memory, at the hands of a disgruntled soldier, is shredding that slogan
Analysts say both sides have waning faith in a military victory but aren't yet ready to make major concessions
The Thai cabinet has scrapped a project backed by Beijing to dredge and blow open a rocky stretch of the river for larger ships after years of local opposition
Blowback from Mahathir Mohamad’s rebuke of India over Kashmir and Muslim migrants is likely to hit his country’s palm oil sector hard, but it may have as much to do with balancing bilateral trade
A push for Chinese and Tamil-language schools to teach their 10-year-olds an Arabic script little used in modern-day Malaysia is fanning fears of state overreach and Islamization
Constitution Court acquitted the Future Forward party of trying to overthrow monarchy but may still decide to dissolve party over a loan
Malaysia's government looks increasingly likely to miss promised mid-2020 leadership transfer, raising fears of succession scuffle that could split already fragile alliance
Analysts, advocates tell VOA that Thailand has made little if any headway in restoring democracy since elections in March ended five years of military rule; government claims democracy is back 'in full stream'
Analysts expect the crowds calling for democratic reforms to stay modest, so long as the government tempers its crackdown on critics and keeps the economy afloat
The $90 million then-U.S. President Barack Obama committed to helping rid Laos of old but still deadly US bombs is speeding up work, but the job could still take another decade or more
Human Rights Watch says government's curbs on schooling may help drive refugees into the arms of gangs, traffickers and radicals
Families facing imminent eviction to make way for Luang Prabang dam say authorities have promised to make them whole for their losses but few believe it
The court says Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit broke the law by holding shares in a media company while running for office, but the Future Forward party leader denies the charge
Malaysia is edging toward new deal with Dhaka to lift a ban imposed on migrant workers from Bangladesh more than a year ago over concerns that recruitment agencies were driving them into forced labor
Laos dismisses fears that its next hydropower dam on Mekong River would devastate downstream communities after neighboring countries and rights groups raised their doubts at regional forum in the capital last week
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