投稿者: Rebecca Ratcliffe South-east Asia correspondent
City-state has been lauded for its comprehensive measures but officials have been accused of overlooking key groupCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageSingapore, praised for its gold standard approach to tracing coronavirus cases…
A growing number of nations are shutting airports as global Covid-19 infection cases near 200,000 Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageTravellers across the world are scrambling to find flights home as governments urged their cit…
Muhyiddin Yassin faces big challenges – and some say he may be bad news for minoritiesWhen Malaysia’s government plunged into chaos last month, some believed the country’s veteran leader Mahathir Mohamad was likely to emerge an even more powerful polit…
Prime minister Mahathir Mohamad’s resignation sets rival parties against each other and could result in a snap electionThe country’s ruling alliance collapsed on Monday after the prime minister, Mahathir Mohamad, the world’s oldest leader, shocked the …
Keeping passengers on ship may have helped spread of coronavirus, says one lawyerQuarantine conditions imposed on a stricken ship in Japan are both morally dubious and appear counterproductive, according to health experts who fear the vessel has become…
Malaysian minister questions precautions taken after passengers left MS WesterdamConcerns have been raised over the handling of passengers who disembarked from a cruise ship in Cambodia on Friday after one of them was confirmed to have the new coronavi…
Maximum fine is double a month’s earnings for many and has contributed to 25% drop in beer salesVietnam’s Tet holiday is only days away, and its open-air bars should be busy with drinkers ready to celebrate the lunar new year – but instead, owners say …