In January 2023, Senior Gen Min Aung Hlaing, the junta chief, conferred an honorary award on Saw Chit Thu for “outstanding ...

How did South Korea become Asia's soft power juggernaut and can China or Japan catch up?

Its expansion coincides with a global surge in interest in Japanese pop culture, fuelled by anime and video games, while a ...

In a dramatic show of force, Myanmar's junta undertook the demolition of structures at KK Park, notorious for its cyberscam ...

The French luxury brand hopes to lure back younger shoppers with a combination of brand history, exclusive collections and ...

As illegal crypto mining and scam compounds proliferate across Southeast Asia, governments are discovering that "cheap" power ...

US-based PBA star back to accompany daughter Sophia as she plays for Gilas Women in the Bangkok SEA Games - four decades ...

In Southeast Asia, sake is most widely enjoyed in Singapore. With its vibrant dining culture, the city-state is often said to ...

HONG KONG (AP) — Firefighters battled for a second day to extinguish a blaze at a high-rise apartment complex in Hong Kong on ...

Extreme heat is reshaping the region’s disaster landscape and driving the fastest growing climate-related hazards, according to the Asia-Pacific Disaster Report 2025: Rising Heat, Rising Risk.

The fire was the deadliest in Hong Kong in decades. A 1996 fire in a commercial building in Kowloon killed 41 people. A ...

This isn’t just a matter of law or what’s legal. This is a matter of morality and ethics. Not everything legal is moral. To enjoy champagne and caviar in Paris or London while the poor were drowning ...