China and Myanmar agreed to push ahead with a controversial Belt and Road project and lock in a five-year pact on trade and economic cooperation
Prime Minister Muhyiddin says emergency powers will help him tame a rising tide of coronavirus cases. Analysts think he may be trying to buy time for his teetering government
The government is drawing up 30 charges against Brightway Holdings and its subsidiaries after inspectors find hundreds of migrant workers living in squalid conditions
Rights groups say the campaign may net some arrests but believe the corruption is seeded too deep for the prime minister's plan to root it out
Thailand says most of the 200 million doses the British pharmaceutical firm plans to churn out of a local lab will go to neighboring countries
A group of ex-lawmakers barred from public office are backing reformist candidates in local elections long dominated by entrenched family networks
Malaysia is pressing companies to quickly upgrade staff housing after major outbreak of COVID-19 in teeming dormitories for migrant workers providing world with personal protective equipment
In 'Reform,' Rap Against Dictatorship takes aim at both Thailand's military-backed government and its once untouchable monarchy
Should lawmakers vote down the record-setting budget, Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin will be under pressure to resign
At least five firms have pledged more than $60 million to reimburse migrant workers for steep recruitment fees
Win more decisive that in 2015 but prospects for peace and major democratic reform still look dim
Economists, analyst say the pandemic and mounting debt could hurt the country's otherwise strong chances of graduating by 2024
Experts welcome deal but say Beijing will need to share much more data to help downstream countries gauge full impact its dams are having on one of Asia's great rivers
The country's confirmed cases of COVID-19 have skyrocketed in the past two months from 374 to more than 31,000
Human Rights Watch says conditions in those camps are getting worse and that government's recent efforts to 'close' them risk cementing Rohingya's status as segregated underclass
Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim claimed to have mustered support of 'strong, formidable majority' of lawmakers to wrest control from Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and form a new government
Asian governments are doing more to harass and arrest journalists reporting on coronavirus pandemic and to keep accurate news of the crisis from reaching their populations than those in any other region, press advocates say
Aung San Suu Kyi's NLD looks poised to dominate its first general election since sweeping to power five years ago but disillusioned minorities may yet force it into a coalition
Thailand’s largely decentralized protest movement and evolving internet landscape will make it tough for conservative government to mute mounting calls to rein in powerful monarchy, observers say
Hefty drug busts and low prices across the regions this year point to a trade unchecked by lockdowns or border closures
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