South-East Asia

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,...

By Stanley Widianto JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia condemned on Friday an attack on a house of worship belonging to the...

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

JAKARTA (Reuters) - A leak online of the president's COVID-19 vaccine certificate has heightened concern in Indonesia about information security,...

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's high court ordered two bloggers to pay Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong a combined S$210,000 ($155,994)...

MANILA (Reuters) - Philippines' President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday denied allegations that medical supplies like personal protective equipment and face...

HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam could be facing a lengthy battle against the coronavirus and cannot rely on lockdown and quarantine...

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain announced new Myanmar sanctions on Thursday, saying it was targeting a key business associate of the...

MANILA (Reuters) - Philippines leader Rodrigo Duterte's daughter has named several politicians, including her father's closest aide and preferred successor,...

JAKARTA (Reuters) - The Indonesian Navy says it has seized a Panamanian-flagged tanker in the waters off Riau islands after...

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's health ministry said on Thursday that its COVID-19 vaccine regimen of China's Sinovac followed by British-developed...

By Rahman Muchtar MAKASSAR, Indonesia (Reuters) - A group of drone enthusiasts in Indonesia are using their aerial skills to...

By Matthew Tostevin and Stanley Widianto BANGKOK/JAKARTA (Reuters) - As Indonesia and Thailand start to ease COVID-19 curbs after seeing...

By Adrian Portugal MANILA (Reuters) - Scores of healthcare workers protested in the Philippine capital on Wednesday to demand an...

By Aradhana Aravindan and Chen Lin SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Ronney Ng, who sells souvenirs in Singapore's Chinatown, can hardly wait...