Indonesia’s new capital will be called ‘Nusantara’ — a Javanese name for the Indonesian archipelago chosen by President Joko Widodo. Indonesia’s parliament...
Typhoon Rai, the deadliest of the 15 such storms that have battered the archipelago this year alone, displaced nearly half a million...
After a seemingly interminable closure, the neighbouring countries have agreed to reopen their mutual border with effect from November 29. After more...
Neighbouring countries Malaysia and Singapore have had wildly divergent experiences with the Covid-19 pandemic, and have reacted in ways almost as different....
Singaporeans, long accustomed to decisive, orderly government, have been lashing out on social media at the apparent dithering and reversals by officials...
The difference in the way information is reported in the two countries — and the depth and quality of that information —...
Shut out of the Olympic medal race while neighbouring countries fared better, and struggling to launch travel bubbles and a more open...
Bangkok’s Covid-19 train wards will serve as ‘isolation centres’ for patients who are currently on waiting lists for hospital beds. The Bangkok...
Adopting a ‘living with Covid plan,’ Singapore’s revised rules include health and treatment protocols that will allow for quarantine-free travel. Singapore’s government...
Treasured by Filipinos worldwide, many came out in arms over their unofficial national dish being used as a “political gimmick.” Just last...
Thailand’s Prime Minister was exposed to a Covid-infected attendee at the grand opening event, and is now self-isolating… not the ideal kickoff...
From live chickens to million-dollar apartments, a growing number of Asian countries are going all-in to get their populations vaccinated! With vaccine...