Southeast Asia News

SINGAPORE: Officers from Singapore's Home Team are reminded that mistakes must be addressed and they should strive for balance in all that they do.

The government will not ignore issues faced by non-Muslims in the country, especially problems pertaining to religion and faith, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi guaranteed.

Just hours before flying to Beijing for the Olympics on Thursday, U.S. President George W. Bush used some of his bluntest language yet in publicly pressing China to improve its human rights record.

A shallow earthquake rattled Indonesia's eastern Sumbawa island early Thursday, causing damage and sending frightened residents running from their homes, officials and news reports said.

' A charity program sending bras to women in developing nations has provoked debate about what is appropriate assistance, ABC Online reports.

Dengue fever has killed 18 people so far this year in Laos, Lao newspaper Vientiane Times reported Tuesday.

MALAY peacemakers were due yesterday in Kuala Lumpur to witness the end of 10 long hard years of stop-start negotiations.

The massive Hong Kong-Zhuhai- Macau Bridge is finally to get off the ground with Beijing set to pour billions into financing the long-awaited project.

Kuang arrived in Taoyuan International Airport early yesterday morning amid harsh criticism for being away on a 13-day trip to Europe as leader of a 14-member delegation while her county was being pounded by ...

Swiss President Pascal Couchepin met Monday with his Vietnamese counterpart to discuss ways to boost economic and educational ties, the two leaders said.

Speaking at a recent Microsoft game exhibition in Taipei, Microsoft Taiwan head Grace Chou announced that Final Fantasy XIII will be released for Xbox 360 in Taiwan.

The United Nations Human Rights Council sent a special rapporteur, Tomas Ojea Quintana, to Burma this week to seek improvements on the human rights situation in Burma.

MANILA: The Philippines Supreme Court issued a temporary restraining order yesterday halting a territorial deal between the government and Muslim separatists, the latest setback for peace in the nation's ...

INDONESIAN President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono rejected calls on Monday to sack two ministers embroiled in a corruption scandal, saying he would await the outcome of ongoing investigations.

Mon, Aug 4, 2008 The Philippine Supreme Court, acting on a petition by Christian politicians, on Monday blocked the signing of a key accord granting an expanded southern homeland to minority Muslims as part of ...

IMPOVERISHED Cambodia and oil-rich Kuwait on Monday inked five agreements, including trade, aviation and investment deals, during a meeting by prime ministers of the two countries, a spokesman said.

Two Cambodian men searching for firewood were attacked by an angry mother bear apparently protecting her cubs, local media reported on Monday.

A U.N. envoy met senior Buddhist monks Monday at the start of a mission to Myanmar, but it remained unclear if he would hold talks with junta officials and detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, diplomats ...

Detained military officers waiting for proceedings during a court martial hearing at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City, eastern Manila, yesterday.

AIRASIA X is confident high fuel prices will not kill off its plans to offer $1000 return airfare between Australia and London or expansion plans here.