Southeast Asia News

During US Senator Patrick Leahy's visit to Hanoi on Thursday, National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung suggested both legislative bodies enhance their cooperation to promote a swift recognition of Vietnam as a market economy.

Manila: Suspected Islamic militants have freed a Filipino engineer they abducted in the southern Philippines 53 days ago, the military said today.

Danger zone?: the Kao San Road, seen here during the recent Songhran new year celebrations, is popular with Western tourists.

They start around the Bearing T-junction then go tearing on down to the Theparak intersection a kilometre or so away.

For Marina Batchelor of Boone, the recent international headlines streaming from her homeland of Malaysia following what she calls "the perplexing mystery of Malaysian Airline MH370"are distressing.

A Barisan Nasional MP whose Facebook posting poking fun at the death of Karpal Singh shocked Malaysians has again insulted the late DAP leader, this time comparing him to a hostile figure in Islamic history who fought against Prophet Muhammad.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 19 -- She is known at work as a humble and committed person, often clocking in long hours to ensure her articles are of the highest quality.

Rubber futures in Tokyo and Shanghai declined to the lowest level since 2009 on Friday on concern that slowing economic growth in China will reduce demand from the top user amid a global surplus.

This undated photo released by Bophana Center shows a scene of “The Missing Picture” directed by Cambodian film director Rithy Panh.

Penitents in San Fernando, Philippines, hang from wooden crosses on Good Friday, April 18, as they take part in a re-enactment of Jesus Christ's crucifixion.

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia and Australia will sign a deal specifying who handles any wreckage from missing flight MH370 that may be recovered, including the crucial "black box" flight data recorders, local media reported Friday.

Seven people died including three children when a boat carrying dozens of Christian worshippers celebrating Easter sank on Friday off eastern Indonesia, police said.

Datuk Sieh Kok Chi is actively involved in Move Malaysia, a programme that aims to motivate Malaysians to be physically active.

Vietnam is scrambling to contain a deadly outbreak of measles that has killed more than 100 people, mostly young children, and infected thousands more this year, the government said on Friday.

Local police spokesman Lt. Col. Okto Riwu says the fishing boat was designed to hold only 30 people but had more than 70 onboard.

Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng relates how the news of Karpal Singh's death dealt a blow to him.

Police have urged parents of other students at the school to check the behaviour of their children and report anything suspicious, after the shocking child rape claim at Jakarta International School.

The US ambassador to the UN urged Myanmar on Thursday to intervene to stop communal violence there and protect humanitarian workers in the volatile western state of Rakhine.

NO, THIS isn't a war-torn area. The dark side of a destination frequented by Australians has been revealed.

The number of asylum-seekers registering in Indonesia has fallen from around 100 a day to 100 a week in recent months, the UN said Thursday, as Australia implemented hardline policies aimed at deterring boatpeople.