ASEAN Countries

HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam put 500,000 soldiers on standby, readied evacuation plans and ordered vessels to stay in port on...

By Karen Lema and Neil Jerome Morales MANILA (Reuters) - The daughter of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Thursday...

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore said on Thursday it will start easing movement restrictions for migrant workers living in dormitories from...

By Aradhana Aravindan SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore is ramping up COVID-19 testing and has warned it would not rule out...

By Karen Lema and Neil Jerome Morales MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday accepted his party's nomination...

(Reuters) -Southeast Asian and Western countries have urged all sides in Myanmar to refrain from violence and allow in humanitarian...

MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Wednesday he has accepted his party's nomination to run for vice...

By Yuddy Cahya Budiman and Stanley Widianto TANGERANG, Indonesia (Reuters) -A fire killed 41 inmates in an overcrowded prison block...

MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines capital region will remain under the second strictest coronavirus containment measures, a senior official said...

By Stanley Widianto JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's daily coronavirus positivity rate dropped below the World Health Organization's (WHO) benchmark standard...

(Reuters) - Myanmar's shadow government, formed by opponents of military rule, called for a nationwide uprising against the junta on...

(Reuters) - Myanmar's military authorities have freed from jail a nationalist Buddhist monk, Ashin Wirathu, after dropping sedition charges filed...

(Corrects name in paragraphs 4 and 5 to Tri, not Tung) HANOI(Reuters) - Vietnam jailed a man on Monday for...

HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam's capital, Hanoi, extended COVID-19 restrictions on Monday for a further two weeks, as authorities launched a...

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (Reuters) - Myanmar's military rulers have agreed to an ASEAN call for a ceasefire until the end...

By Ain Bandial BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (Reuters) - The Brunei diplomat appointed by a Southeast Asian regional bloc as its...

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia has appointed former prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin as chairman of a council that will focus...

HANOI (Reuters) -Vietnam's coronavirus epicentre Ho Chi Minh City, which has kept residents confined at home under lockdown, is considering...

BANGKOK (Reuters) -Several thousand people gathered in Bangkok to call for the resignation of Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha on Friday,...

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore will hold off on further steps to reopen the country while it monitors an increase in...