Thailand is often pitted as “one of the great development success stories” and this is for fair reason. Poverty in the country has declined substantially over the last 30 years from 67 percent in 1986 ...

This file photo shows Indonesian hard-line Muslim group members taking part in an anti-China rally in front of the Chinese consulate in Surabaya, East Java, on 27 December, 2019, condemning China's ...

This file photo shows Malaysian police (R) and an army truck driving past each other in Lahad Datu on the Malaysian island of Borneo. (AFP Photo) The veiled and quiescent annoyance in the relationship ...

As a developer of planned communities, Sunway built its reputation by crafting Sunway City from the ground up on a site that’s just a 30-minute drive from the Kuala Lumpur City Centre. Positioned as ...

This file photo shows a woman (R) adjusting the Philippines flag in Singapore. (AFP Photo) The Indo-Pacific, which has multiple meanings from a country’s international strategic outlook to a wide area ...

According to the Commission on Population and Development (POPCOM), a Philippine government agency, the number of pregnant children below 15 in the archipelago has doubled in the past 10 years. Juan ...

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 ...

A nurse holds a vial of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in the social centre of La Gavotte Peyret in Septeme-Les-Vallons, near Marseille, on 12 January, 2022. (AFP Photo) Last month, COVID-19 vaccine ...

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 ...

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 ...

Raw human hair is collected by harvesting directly from the heads of women, and the human hair trade is a profitable niche. In India, the Tirupati Balaji temple earns 10 percent of its income through ...

Duterte made considerable change to foreign policy by re-orienting the Philippines' diplomatic relations to more friendly and constructive relations and engagement with China as opposed to a more ...