KATHMANDU – Kathmandu Metropolitan City mayor, Balendra Shah, popularly known as Balen, who stunned traditional heavyweights ...

Despite many historical ups and downs, local residents still make efforts to preserve the water puppetry art and craft amidst their modern and rapid-paced life, transferring their cultural heritages ...

BEIJING – With rising global geopolitical uncertainties, China is poised to further strengthen energy security over the coming years, with the nation’s energy self-sufficiency rate projected to reach ...

Indonesia has entered 2026 with a clearer vision of its foreign policy following Foreign Minister Sugiono’s annual address, analysts say, but questions remain over how Jakarta plans to turn its stated ...

He shaped Singapore's landscape, planning 20 of 24 HDB towns and designing projects like Marina Bay Cruise Centre.

The evolution is reflected in ASEAN’s collective priorities, noted Minister of Transport and Infocommunications Pengiran Dato Seri Setia Shamhary bin Pengiran Dato Paduka Haji Mustapha.

Bangladesh’s next elected government must prioritise the restoration of domestic stability by treating law and order not just as a security issue, but also as an economic imperative. ILLUSTRATION: THE ...

At least 89 cases of violence against journalists were recorded by the Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) in 2025, with police and military personnel identified among the top three perpetrators ...

Experts said that although Malaysians can take a cue from this approach, the previous food pyramid and “suku-suku separuh” (quarter and half) portion control method still worked best for Malaysians.

According to the CCTC, between January 1 and 16, authorities have raided a total of 14 locations in Phnom Penh, Battambang and Siem Reap. They have detained a total of 162 suspects, including 50 ...

The agreement enables the cross-border transmission of 100MW of electricity from Laos to Singapore, using the existing transmission networks of Thailand and Malaysia, and will be implemented over a ...

Across Southeast Asia, economists and policymakers increasingly point out that domestic prices are shaped as much by global developments as by local decisions, particularly through trade, energy ...