Unusually destructive storms have killed at least 1,350 people across the region and displaced millions in South and Southeast Asia.

More than 900 people are dead, thousands more missing and millions affected by a band of cyclones and extreme monsoonal weather across southern Asia. Torrential rain has triggered the worst flooding in decades,

King Maha Vajiralongkorn is the first Thai monarch to visit China since the two countries established diplomatic relations half a century ago. His trip was the most high-profile signal yet that Thailand, which has long struck a careful balance between China and America, is leaning ever closer towards its northern neighbour.

At JAFF Market, Indonesia’s ‘Jumbo,’ Malaysia’s teen-focused stories and Korea’s global push highlight Asia’s fast-growing animation sector.

Hillhouse Investment has launched fundraising for its next private equity fund targeting $7 billion, two sources with knowledge of the matter said, in a key test of investor appetite as deal activity gathers pace in Asia.

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Virtue Asia has partnered with Goldfinch International to establish V47 Entertainment, a studio that will create branded entertainment content.

EQT AB and CVC Asia Pacific Ltd. scrapped talks with AUB Group Ltd. about a possible takeover offer that had valued the Australian insurance broker at around A$5.2 billion ($3.4 billion). AUB shares slumped.

Wassana Suthi spent last week trying to keep a nursing home running as the floodwaters rose around her in the southern Thai city of Hat Yai, cutting the home off from outside help, bar one helicopter dropping supplies on the roof.