South-East Asia

(Reuters) - More than 400 telecommunication towers in military-ruled Myanmar have been destroyed by opponents of a Feb. 1 coup,...

MANILA (Reuters) - Asia-Pacific countries should boost their healthcare capacity and fully vaccinate their people to prepare for a surge...

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian police have confirmed the charging of eight Papuan students with treason after a demonstration this week...

MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine journalist Maria Ressa will be allowed to travel so she can accept her Nobel Peace Prize...

VIENTIANE (Reuters) - Laos held a Buddhist ceremony on Thursday to bless its new $6 billion high-speed rail line, a...

By Adrian Portugal BORACAY, Philippines (Reuters) - For 23-year-old tour guide Samuel Garilao, the beaches on the popular Philippines island...

PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, one of the world's longest serving leaders after 36 years in...

MANILA (Reuters) - Ferdinand Marcos Jr, the early frontrunner for the Philippines presidency, was hit by another formal complaint on...

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Threats and coercion by China towards Taiwan increase the need for the United States to help Taiwan...

HANOI (Reuters) - Heavy rains that triggered floods and landslides in central Vietnam have left at least 18 people missing,...

By Ebrahim Harris and Joseph Campbell JOHOR BAHRU, Malaysia/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Before the coronavirus pandemic, Mohammad Faris Abdullah's daily commute...

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -A U.N. committee on Wednesday deferred a decision on who will represent Afghanistan and...

By James Pearson (Reuters) - Facebook has removed a network of accounts from its platform which it said targeted Vietnamese...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A United Nations credentials committee on Wednesday deferred a decision on who will represent Afghanistan and Myanmar...

By Idrees Ali and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Army is keen to expand its access and basing...

By Tom Allard, Kate Lamb and Agustinus Beo Da Costa SYDNEY/JAKARTA (Reuters) -China told Indonesia to stop drilling for oil...

By Karen Lema MANILA (Reuters) - New coronavirus variants highlight the need for countries to do their own research and...

(Reuters) - Urban poverty is on course to triple in Myanmar, pushing nearly half the population below the poverty line...

MANILA (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google said on Wednesday it will ban political advertising on its platform in the run-up...

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's COVID-19 vaccination rate has risen to 96% of the eligible population and authorities are now racing...