投稿者: Rebecca Ratcliffe South-east Asia correspondent
Election comes as minister faces a corruption investigation and voters express frustration with the electoral processSingaporeans will select a new president on Friday, a vote that will measure public mood at a time when the ruling party, which has bee…
Arrangement angers many Pheu Thai supporters and could coincide with former PM’s return from exileThe party associated with Thailand’s former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has struck a deal with its former military rivals, a move that could coinci…
Saridewi Djamani was handed a death penalty after being convicted of trafficking 30g of heroin in 2018Singapore has hanged Saridewi Djamani, the first woman to be executed in the city state in almost 20 years, amid an outcry from human rights groups.Th…
Cafes refuse to sell Pheu Thai party candidate’s favourite beverage amid fears of plot to ice-out coalition partnersFor some in Thailand, the thought of a chocolate-mint ice drink suddenly leaves a bad taste.Several cafes have suspended their sales. On…
Killing of Saridewi Djamani is one of two this week as activists say most on death row are marginalised peopleSingapore is due to execute a woman for the first time in almost 20 years on Friday, one of two killings planned for this week.Singaporean nat…
Marcos has stood up to China, and he remains popular, despite running the country ‘under cruise control’, according to one expertOne year ago on Friday, Ferdinand Marcos Jr, son and namesake of the former dictator, became the president of the Philippin…
Party leader Pita Limjaroenrat becoming mired in inquiries into his eligibility and still faces the uncertainty of a vote in the military-appointed SenateMore than a month has passed since Thai voters went to the polls to choose their next government. …
City-state is to close its only turf club in order to redevelop 120-hectare site for public housing amid declining popularity of the sportMore than 180 years of horse racing in Singapore will soon come to an end, as the “land scarce” city state closes …
Sam Verzosa says education is in crisis as children study for hours but underperform in testsA lawmaker in the Philippines has proposed banning schools from setting homework at weekends, saying students are overworked and need to recharge.Sam Verzosa, …
The progressive Move Forward party won more votes than any other but faces an uphill struggle to form governmentThe election in Thailand ended with an unexpected result: the triumph of progressive, anti-military party Move Forward. But due to Thailand’…
Civilians are being killed by Russian weapons just like in Ukraine, says special rapporteur Tom Andrews in call for global actionMyanmar is a “failing state” and the crisis is getting exponentially worse, a UN special rapporteur for the country has war…
Kem Sokha, an opponent of Cambodian dictator Hun Sen, sentenced after treason trial widely seen as politically drivenProminent Cambodian opposition politician Kem Sokha has been sentenced to 27 years in prison after being found guilty of treason, in a …
After raids at the New Bilibid prison identified thousands of contraband goods, the management of the country’s prisons is in the spotlightWhen officials last raided the Philippines’ biggest prison, their discoveries ranged from deadly to bizarre. Tens…
Crusading pathologist Raquel Fortun finds evidence of multiple murder at the direction of ‘a madman’ in the exhumed remains of young FilipinosIt was in an old university stockroom, with wooden tables salvaged from a junkyard, that Raquel Fortun began t…
Police in Loei trying to determine if the animals migrated or were taken as part of a trafficking operationFor decades, Tham Pha Mak Ho temple in north-east Thailand has been home to crowds of rhesus macaques. Every morning monks feed them with rice an…