South-East Asia

By Jiraporn Kuhakan PATHUM THANI, Thailand (Reuters) - Dressed in a saffron robe, Thai monk Pongpetch Santijittho, climbs into a...

By Jiraporn Kuhakan PATHUM THANI, Thailand (Reuters) - Dressed in a saffron robe, Thai monk Pongpetch Santijittho, climbs into a...

By Gayatri Suroyo and Stanley Widianto (Reuters) - Indonesia is now fighting a "worst-case scenario" epidemic, a senior minister said...

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Former Indonesian maritime affairs and fisheries minister Edhy Prabowo was sentenced by a court on Thursday to...

By Agustinus Beo Da Costa and Kate Lamb JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's parliament ratified on Thursday a new autonomy law...

By Panarat Thepgumpanat and Panu Wongcha-um BANGKOK (Reuters) -AstraZeneca has asked Thailand to extend the timeline for the delivery of...

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore reported its highest number of local coronavirus cases in 10 months on Wednesday, after the discovery...

By Panarat Thepgumpanat and Panu Wongcha-um BANGKOK (Reuters) -Thailand is considering imposing limits on exports of locally manufactured AstraZeneca COVID-19...

HANOI (Reuters) -Vietnam on Wednesday said U.S. vaccine maker Pfizer would provide an additional 20 million doses of its COVID-19...

By Chen Lin and Aradhana Aravindan SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Guests began leaving a Genting Cruise Lines "cruise to nowhere" on Wednesday...

(Reuters) - Military-ruled Myanmar reported record numbers of coronavirus cases and deaths on Wednesday, as it suffers its most severe...

By Stanley Widianto and Agustinus Beo Da Costa JAKARTA (Reuters) - Concerns are mounting in Indonesia over the ability of...

HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam's government is seeking to increase scrutiny of livestream content on social media such as Facebook and...

HANOI (Reuters) -Taiwan's Pou Chen Corp, which makes footwear for companies such as Nike and Adidas, suspended operations at its...

By James Pearson HANOI (Reuters) - The United States rejects China's "unlawful" maritime claims in the South China Sea and...

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysian cabinet ministers on Wednesday unanimously pledged their support for Muhyiddin Yassin to continue as prime...

MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines will ban travellers coming from Indonesia to prevent the spread of the highly contagious Delta...

(Reuters) - Secretary of State Antony Blinken emphasized the U.S. rejection of China's "unlawful maritime claims" in the South China...

By David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will stress the central regional role of the Association...

By Rozanna Latiff and Joseph Sipalan KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia on Tuesday announced new measures to support its ailing...