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Shares of Malaysia's top mobile phone company Maxis Berhad jumped 9.2 percent on their return to the bourse Thursday following the biggest share sale ever in Southeast Asia.
Typhoon Parma weakened into a tropical storm but lingered off the northern Philippine coast Monday, causing widespread flooding and landslides that have killed 16 in the country and churning up rough seas that sank a cargo ship off neighboring Taiwan.
DNA tests have confirmed that Southeast Asia terrorist leader Noordin Top was killed days ago in a shootout with Indonesian security forces, police said Saturday.
Industrial equipment maker SPX Corp. and energy and environment management company Thermax Ltd. said Wednesday that they entered a joint venture to market SPX's products to India's power sector and selectively to Southeast Asia.
The recent capture of a Filipino terror suspect long sought by American and Philippine security officials has crippled his violent al-Qaida-linked group believed to be responsible for one of Southeast Asia's deadliest terror attacks, police said Tuesday.
When bomb blasts tore through two luxury hotels in Indonesia's capital where Andi Suhandi worked as a florist, he tried to phone a colleague to make sure he was safe.
The arrest of the Tamil Tigers' new leader has dealt a major blow to the rebels' efforts to regroup and push on with their separatist struggle after being routed by Sri Lankan forces, the government said Friday.
Southeast Asia's most wanted Muslim militant is said to be a masterful bomb-maker and aspiring regional commander for al-Qaida, who has eluded capture for nearly a decade.
A wife of one of Southeast Asia's most-wanted militants was detained for questioning Wednesday after bombings last week at two luxury hotels in the Indonesian capital that killed seven people, local television reported.
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak called Sunday for closer business and cultural ties with Southeast Asia to create a common economic community that is a leader in green growth.
Thailand's prime minister said his country is getting "back to business" after months of political and economic turmoil that has felled Southeast Asia's second-biggest economy.
Around 100 million people risk losing their homes and livelihoods unless drastic steps are taken to protect Southeast Asia's coral reefs, which could be wiped out in coming decades because of climate change, a report said Wednesday.
Southeast Asia will be hit particularly hard by climate change, causing the region's agriculture-dependent economies to contract by as much as 6.7 percent annually by the end of the century, according to a study released Monday.
Top Southeast Asian military brass toured a tank base north of Beijing on Tuesday, highlighting China's growing engagement with a region that has long felt neglected by the United States.
Southeast Asia will be "severely tested" as the global financial crisis deepens, Thailand's leader warned Saturday, as the export-dependent region braced for the possibility the world could be blighted by several years of anemic growth.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham on Thursday relentlessly hammered home the Obama administration's message that America is under new management and ready to listen and engage the world.
Rising prices for opium in Southeast Asia and the global economic downturn may trigger a surge in the cultivation of the illegal drug in Myanmar, which until recently was in sharp decline, U.N. drug experts said Monday.
Southeast Asia's tsunami-ravaged coral reefs have bounced back with surprising speed, according to a study released Friday, four years after the deadly waves hit.
Southeast Asia's leading budget airline said Tuesday it will give away 100,000 plane tickets as part of a regional marketing campaign to woo tourists to Thailand after that nation's political turmoil.
Shares of Southeast Asia's top budget airline AirAsia and Malaysian Airlines fell Monday after both carriers reported weaker earnings in the third quarter.
Singapore's Neptune Orient Lines Ltd., Southeast Asia's largest container shipper, said it will cut 1,000 jobs to help save $200 million next year as a global slowdown in trade accelerates.
Singapore's DBS Group Holdings Ltd., Southeast Asia's largest bank, said Friday it will cut some 900 jobs, or about 6 percent of its work force, amid falling profits.
Economic growth in Southeast Asia's largest economy is expected to hold steady at just over 6 percent in 2009, Indonesian's president said Friday in his State of the Union address.
A Massachusetts man serving 25 years for raping girls on trips to Southeast Asia has died in a federal prison.
A judge has ordered a 25-year prison term for a Massachusetts man who admitted he filmed himself sexually assaulting at least 30 young girls during annual trips to Southeast Asia over more than a decade.
Philippines battles flood chaosRescue teams are stepping up efforts to reach flood victims in the Philippines, where at least 72 people are feared to have died following torrential rains. Tropical Storm Ketsana triggered the worst flooding in decades in the capital Manila and nearby provinces. Defence Secret …
Web Censoring Widens Across Southeast Asia"Attempts to censor the Internet are spreading to Southeast Asia."
Harvested to make Ecstasy, Cambodia's trees are felled one by one.International drug trade drives illicit safrole-oil factories deep in the Cardamom mountains.
Activist Gets 18-Year Term for Insulting Thai KingA political activist was sentenced to 18 years in prison Friday for damaging the "reputation and honor" of the king and queen of Thailand, the latest in a string of convictions for insulting the country's monarchy.
Giant Plant That Eats Rodents Discovered in Southeast AsiaA giant plant that can gobble up bugs and even rodents has been discovered in Southeast Asia. The carnivorous plant (nepenthes attenboroughii) was found by researchers atop Mt. Victoria, a remote mountain in Palawan, Philippines.
RP protests claims over Kalayaan islands before UN [Manila, Philippines] THREE months after three other countries formally submitted to the United Nations their claims over the disputed Kalayaan Island Group (KIG), the Philippines finally registered its protests to those claims.
Parents plead for return of missing U.S. studentAn international search is under way for a 29-year-old Auburn University veterinary student who vanished under what appears to be unusual circumstances in Thailand.
(Backgrounder article:Obama's 'strategic interests' call to SE Asia's notoriously corrupt leader)
Ladyboys 'kill' Kung Fu star David Carradine over sexA CLOSE friend of David Carradine and and ex FBI agent has claimed he was drugged and murdered by a brutal, flirtatious pair of Thai Lady Boys.
The week's other crackdown: the KarenIn Burma, a violent exodus for US-linked separatists.
North Korea Threatens Merciless Military Attack if it is ProvokedNorth Korea today warned that it would launch a "merciless" attack if provoked by the US and its allies, hours after President Barack Obama described the state's nuclear and missile programmes as a "grave threat" to the world. More Articles
The H1N1 swine flu is spreading rapidly in Thailand.The number of swine flu cases in Thailand has almost quadrupled since Wednesday to 106. Schools have been ordered closed in Bangkok and entertainment venues have been asked to close in Pattaya and Phuket.
Update: Grasshopper (Death of David Carradine)If there are any friends or family of David Carradine who somehow make it to this blog, whatever you do, don't ever trust the Thai police or the Thai media to get to the bottom of the truth. I wouldn't trust the US embassy staff either.
Profile: Kim Jong-unKim Jong-il's third son, Kim Jong-un, will become North Korea's next leader, according to unconfirmed South Korean media reports. The BBC News website and BBC Monitoring profile this elusive young man. More Articles
Disgruntled medics to quit Hmong refugee campThe Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) yesterday announced its withdrawal from the Hmong camp in Huay Nam Khao, Phetchabun province, after operating there for nearly four years. The reason, they say, is the Thai military's restrictions and coercive tactics.
North Korea to Try U.S. JournalistsTwo American journalists who have been detained in North Korea for two months on charges of illegal entry and "hostile acts" will be put on trial June 4, the Communist North announced on Thursday. More Articles
A century and nearly a score years ago today, a most patriotic and fervent hero of a land to the southeast was executed by his coup plotting secret enemies during the peak of his people's struggle for national independence.
Mystery Surrounds Death in ThailandWhat started as a romantic Southeast Asia vacation for a Seattle couple ended with Ryan Kells preparing Friday to return from Bangkok carrying the ashes of his fiancee to give to her family in California.
Myanmar's Suu Kyi 'in poor health'Myanmar's opposition party has said Aung San Suu Kyi, its leader, is in poor health - she is not eating, is dehydrated and has low blood pressure.
Containers full of bodies reported to have been discovered off the coast of Sattahip, Thailand.A disturbing story now from Sattahip District involving the discovery of containers thought to contain dead bodies. The story first broke last week on Thai TV Channel 3 following the discovery of a container surrounded by reportedly hundreds of skeletons.
Seven reasons why Thailand is a messHere's what you need to know about Bangkok's latest political upheaval. Since the end of absolute royal rule in 1932, Thailand has tottered between military rule and democracy, often landing at points in between.
Philippine Judiciary Sets Back Country as U.S. Urges People Not to Go to the PhilippinesDespite determined efforts to introduce reforms, corruption and inefficiency continue to bug the Philippine judicial system, a just-released report of the US State Department disclosed.
Deaths amid Bangkok street battlesTwo men have been killed in Bangkok as anti-government protesters and soldiers fought battles on the streets of the Thai capital.
Thailand analysis: 'land of smiles' becomes land of liesThailand, sad to say, is in a terrible mess. With the very future of the monarchy at risk the stakes could not be higher. The country is deeply polarised with goodwill, moral authority and the truth itself in desperately short supply.
Indonesia's time to shine in SE AsiaTo have written a decade ago, or even five years ago when president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono won office, that Indonesia was en route to becoming a beacon of democratic stability in Southeast Asia would have invited derisive laughter, and rightly so.
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