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
National Police inspector-general says undocumented migrants had to be rounded up to prevent them from sneaking out of area and possibly spreading virus to other parts of the city or country, state news agency Bernama reports
Washington says Bangkok is losing the benefits for moving too slowly on labor rights reforms
Indonesia, Myanmar and Thailand are releasing thousands of prisoners from brimming jail cells where social distancing is impossible, But some countries are hesitating
The world's top rubber glove maker has lifted staffing limits on glove factories to help keep safe front-line health care workers battling the spread of the coronavirus around the world
With parties championing Malaysia's Malay Muslim majority back in power, the country may well be in for a rise in racial, even religious tensions
Health experts warn that faulty figures may breed a false sense of security and help virus causing deadly disease to spread
Malaysian Rubber Glove Manufacturers Association says that with lockdown’s orders that factories operate with no more than half their usual workforce, even with extra overtime, 'there could be a chronic shortage of medical gloves in the battle to contain and suppress the Covid-19 coronavirus worldwide'
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