"If I were to give them a grade, it would be an F," said Ryu Seung-min, president of the Korean Sport and Olympic Committee. 

The “Najib Razak Solidarity Fund” by UMNO party has raised more than RM1 million (US$244,530) for the former premier to pay a fine required to serve his remaining jail term at home. A legal expert says there are no specific laws in Malaysia gover...

Nepali Prime Minister Balendra Shah will press for international support at the UN General Assembly after the disaster that killed more than 1,400 people in his country and China's Tibet. 

Wildfires in Indonesia have caused transboundary haze and disrupted livelihoods in Sumatra. In the last of a three-part series, CNA looks at why the fires persist despite bans and crackdowns - and what it will take to stamp them out for good.

Clashes on the water between China and the Philippines have become sharper and more frequent after two years of relative quiet, says Andrew Chubb from the Asia Society Policy Institute.

Crackdowns can encourage criminal networks to become more decentralised and geographically dispersed, says a researcher.

In an exclusive interview with CNA’s Roland Lim, British Minister of State for Trade Anas Sarwar discusses London’s push to balance its relationships with the United States and China while strengthening ties with Southeast Asia.

The Asian Development Bank raised its 2026 growth projection for the region to 5 per cent, up 0.1 percentage points from its July forecast. 

Sabah’s tourism minister Jafry Ariffin has ordered a full investigation into the incident but some netizens in China have expressed second thoughts about visiting.

United States President Donald Trump and Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping face a crowded agenda in Washington. Beyond immediate outcomes, a key question is whether their summit can help build a relationship less dependent on them, say analysts.

The ferry, the Virgo Transport 8, was carrying 243 people, including 30 crew members, when it capsized in bad weather early on Sep 13 during a voyage from Surabaya in East Java to Banjarmasin in South Kalimantan.

Cambodia is seeking to showcase its crackdown on an industry where trafficking victims have been forced to carry out online fraud.

Thailand and Malaysia have been a safe haven for hundreds of thousands of Myanmar nationals fleeing conflict, but recent developments have stoked worries among the refugees.

The fast-food powerhouse from the Philippines has effectively become two businesses, says Juliana Liu for Bloomberg Opinion.

Toddlers accounted for more than 40,000 of the respiratory cases in regions affected by haze in Indonesia.