ASEAN Countries

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's parliament on Wednesday started debating draft legislation outlawing torture and enforced disappearance, following years of delay...

BANGKOK (Reuters) - A court in Thailand granted bail on Wednesday to four leaders of an anti-government protest movement, their...

By Edgar Su SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A group of migrant workers visited Singapore's Little India area on Wednesday for their...

(Corrects full name of the resort to "The Datai Langkawi" in paragraph 11, not "Datai Langkawi") By Ebrahim Harris LANGKAWI,...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai has urged the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to send its...

By Ebrahim Harris TAIPING, Malaysia (Reuters) - When the coronavirus pandemic struck Malaysia, Shaharul Hisam Baharudin, like many others working...

MANILA (Reuters) - Boxer Manny Pacquiao on Tuesday sued for libel an influential celebrity evangelist followed by millions of Filipinos,...

MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered members of his cabinet to get his consent before appearing at...

(Reuters) -Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi returned to court on Tuesday, a day after she did not appear because she...

MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines' capital region will exit wide-scale coronavirus restrictions from Thursday, as the government launches a pilot...

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations is faced with rival claims to Myanmar's seat at the...

By Chen Lin SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's government introduced a bill in parliament on Monday to prevent what it called...

(Reuters) -Deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi was unable to appear at a court hearing on Monday for health...

By Rozanna Latiff and A. Ananthalakshmi KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) -Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob's coalition and the main opposition...

HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam's coronavirus outbreak epicentre Ho Chi Minh City will extend its restrictions, state media reported on Monday,...

MANILA (Reuters) - Several communities remain flooded and without power after a strong typhoon battered the Philippines' northernmost islands, the...

(Reuters) - At least 20 people have been killed in fighting between militias and Myanmar's ruling military, a witness and...

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob on Friday offered to introduce political reforms including new laws...

By Chen Lin SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore is trying to live with COVID-19 and sees no need to tighten restrictions...

HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam plans to reopen the beach-fringed island of Phu Quoc to foreign tourists from next month, authorities...