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
Business groups warned that barring most firms from hiring more migrant workers would cripple the economy's rebound
Government says banning most sectors from hiring more migrant workers will help put laid-off locals back to work
Rights activists say arrest of news outlet’s source is latest blow to press freedom in Malaysia
Food banks have seen surge in demand since coronavirus pandemic sent country into stifling lockdown in mid-March
Having relied on overseas vaccine developers during the swine flu pandemic a decade ago and missed out, Thailand is keen to develop its own supplies this time around
The US has banned imports from Malaysia's Top Glove over evidence of forced labor but says the move won't ‘significantly' dent total imports of the protective gear
Having tamed its own coronavirus outbreak, the travel hotspot is wary of importing a second wave. That augurs a slow rebound for its vital tourism sector
Analysts say China's dreams of high-speed rail line running the length of mainland Southeast Asia will be a harder sell still after heavy hit the region's economies have taken from pandemic
Rights groups say the country has seen a spike in criminal charges and police probes targeting government critics since an unelected coalition took power in March
Wanchalearm Satsaksit is the ninth Thai activist in exile to have gone missing in a nearby country since a 2014 military coup
But the countries still suffered some of the heaviest losses of primary forest in the world last year. Cambodia and Laos, which also made the global top 10, saw the largest spikes in the region
Lockdown rules have put the brakes on a billion-dollar business
Singapore's brimming dormitories for migrant workers have sparked a wave of infections; Malaysia fears its own migrant dorms and hostels may do the same
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