The Philippines has moved up three spots to tenth place but it isn’t immediately clear whether it’s for something the country can pride itself over. The tenth spot is for countries with the highest ...

Sihanoukville used to be a sleepy coastal town in south Cambodia. Its beaches were known for their quiet, cosy – albeit a little seedy – atmosphere that attracted mostly families, individual ...

But burdened by the high cost of electricity, regular power interruptions and an unreliable transmission system, coal remains a viable energy option for the Philippines – especially with the subsidies ...

Since the early 2000s, child prostitution has become an increasingly difficult issue for Indonesia. This issue particularly affects the party islands of Bali and Batam where tourists exploit the child ...

Power and objectification Gender-based violence including sexual harassment is typically assumed to be driven by desire or lust, but AWAM states that it is all about power and objectification. Sexual ...

Humanity’s enduring love affair with plastic, a love more pronounced in the Southeast Asian region, has claimed another victim. This time, the victim is so rare that it was once thought to have been ...

But at the end of May, the price of bulk cooking oil, the most affordable in the country, still hovered at about 18,300 rupiah per litre on average, above the government's target of 14,000 rupiah, ...

Sam and his family are not alone. Cambodia’s microfinancing sector, which purports to alleviate poverty by offering financial services to people excluded from traditional banking, is under scrutiny as ...

Ferdinand Marcos Jr speaks to reporters at his campaign headquarters in Manila on 11 May, 2022. (AFP Photo) The renaissance of the friendly and good bilateral relations between the Philippines and ...

University students protest outside the residence of Sri Lanka's prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa during a demonstration over the country's crippling economic crisis in Colombo on 24 April, 2022. (AFP ...

This file photo shows Philippine coastguard personnel aboard their ship BRP Cabra monitoring Chinese vessels anchored at Sabina Shoal, a South China Sea outcrop claimed by Manila located about 135 ...

This photo taken 28 March shows female rhino Rosa (top) with her new baby born at the Way Kambas National Park, in Way Kambas, in Lampung province. (AFP Photo) A Sumatran rhino has successfully given ...