投稿者: Rebecca Ratcliffe South-east Asia correspondent
Moments of hope in the hunt for missing Malaysia Airlines flight have captured headlines for years, from fresh searches in remote ocean west of Australia to finding wreckage on the beaches of MadagascarMH370: one of aviation’s biggest mysteries remains…
Philippines says vessels were damaged and four people injured after Chinese boats caused two collisionsThe Philippines has accused China of “dangerous manoeuvres” in the disputed South China Sea that damaged its vessels and left four Filipinos with min…
Prime minister Anwar Ibrahim said Malaysia would reopen the investigation if there was compelling new evidenceMalaysia is willing to reopen an investigation into the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines MH370 if there is compelling new evidence, prime mi…
More than 200 million eligible voters can decide on 14 February between a former general, a former academic and a down-to-earth public servantOn 14 February, about 205 million people will be eligible to vote in Indonesia, making it one of the world’s b…
Junta leader Min Aung Hlaing facing criticism after months of battlefield losses, with an estimated two-thirds of the country gripped by conflictThree years after seizing power, Myanmar’s junta appears to be struggling to assert control, with humiliati…
Imron, who has spent 21 years in prison, says he wants to be released to work on deradicalisation projectsAli Imron, who was given a life sentence for his role in the 2002 Bali bombing, is seeking a presidential pardon, saying he wants to be released s…
Ferdinand Marcos Jr was flown in because concert-goers created ‘unforeseen traffic complications’, bodyguards sayPhilippine president Ferdinand Marcos Jr has been criticised for using a presidential helicopter to attend a Coldplay concert north of the …
There are now seven known species of soft-furred hedgehogs, which look like a cross between a mouse and a shrewScientists have identified five new species of soft-furred hedgehogs from south-east Asia.Two of the species discovered are entirely new to s…
Boat from Philippines with gifts for fishers, troops and coastguard in South China Sea slipped past vessels that intercepted festive flotillaIt looked, for a time, as if Christmas had been cancelled. A Philippine mission by volunteers to bring the fest…
Forty fishing boats loaded with donations, Father Christmas figurines and nativity had set sail in disputed South China SeaA Philippine mission to bring Santa Claus to the South China Sea to spread holiday cheer to fisherfolk, troops and coastguard off…
Widespread escalation in violence across number of states poses greatest challenge yet to military ruleMyanmar is gripped by the worst escalation in violence since the military seized power in a coup almost three years ago, the UN has said, with intens…
Colonel Medel Aguilar says the Philippines will not stop resupply missions to a grounded warship that have developed into a potential flashpoint with BeijingThe Philippines has accused China of seeking to bully smaller countries into submission and vow…
Measure to ensure foreign artists ‘adhere to the local culture’ follows incident at gig by the 1975 in Kuala LumpurConcert organisers in Malaysia must now have a “kill switch” to cut short performances that break official guidelines, a minister has sai…
NGO leaders and technical experts who helped secure western aid for official shift to clean energy are being locked up now that they are no longer neededLess than 12 months ago G7 countries agreed to provide billions of dollars to help Vietnam ditch co…
President Ferdinand Marcos said the incident in waters off Scarborough Shoal was under investigation, but urged people to refrain from ‘speculation’Three fishers died after a Philippine fishing boat collided with a foreign commercial vessel in the disp…