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Asian Angle Karim Raslan

How Southeast Asian football fans watch the World Cup

11 Jul 2018 - 12:09pm

Asian Angle Karim Raslan

Will Joko Widodo’s campaigning pay off in West Java election?

26 Jun 2018 - 3:07pm

Jonathan Mantle

On Reflection Jonathan Mantle

The Saga of the Malaysian People’s Car is not over yet

16 Jun 2018 - 10:33am 19

Quick Take William Case

Dare to hope for more in Malaysia’s new democracy

10 Jun 2018 - 10:33am 1

More on Malaysia 1MDB scandal

Diplomacy & Defence

Clouds over projects but China and Malaysia ‘can weather change’

18 Jul, 11:19pm 10

Diplomacy & Defence

Stalled investments to top agenda for Malaysian envoy’s Beijing visit

18 Jul, 9:05pm 16

Society

1MDB scandal: China’s searches ‘find no sign’ of financier Jho Low

14 Jul, 10:28am 6

Southeast Asia

Ex-Malaysia PM Najib says freezing of bank account violates his freedom

12 Jul, 9:51pm 16

Hong Kong law and crime

Chinese official denies wanted Malaysian financier fled Macau for mainland

12 Jul, 12:37am 30

More on Lee Kuan Yew

Letters

Xi Jinping won’t be the first world leader with no term limits

11 Mar, 11:07pm 4

Opinion

Chinese, Indian toilet revolutions look to Singapore’s bottom line

9 Dec, 10:00am 14

Politics

Singapore PM ‘not sure’ if Lee family feud resolved

20 Oct, 8:40pm 8

Diplomacy & Defence

Why Singapore is a vital cog in China’s foreign policy

12 Oct, 6:28pm 7

Politics

Singapore PM’s nephew defiant over contempt of court claim

4 Aug, 6:26pm 15

Politics

Singapore will not ‘roll over’ for China

19 Jul, 6:26pm 75

Politics

Singapore’s education minister could well be its next leader

18 Jul, 4:29pm 20

More on Thailand's Junta

Politics

Will Thai junta use cave rescue of soccer team to save itself?

6 Jul, 11:56pm 7

Society

Monks run amok: will Thai junta’s crackdown answer its prayers?

24 Jun, 1:02pm 9

Southeast Asia

Former Thai PM Yingluck Shinawatra breaks silence after fleeing

21 Jun, 7:20pm 3

Southeast Asia

Thai junta tries to land US$10 billion for the army ahead of 2019 vote

7 Jun, 10:15pm 3

Politics

What Thai army took from Thaksin Shinawatra’s playbook

26 May, 10:04am 1

Southeast Asia

Thai police block Bangkok march on fourth anniversary of coup

22 May, 9:53pm 1

The Myanmar army also cut off food aid from Rohingya and removed fencing from their homes for a clearer line of sight, according to the report. Photo: AP

Myanmar military seized weapons from Rohingya before crackdown

Myanmar’s military engaged in “extensive and systematic” preparations for a bloody crackdown on Rohingya Muslims, a rights group said on Thursday, in a damning new report that it says justifies a genocide investigation.

19 Jul 2018 - 10:59pm More on Myanmar

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Man held after death threats against Malaysia PM and king

19 Jul 2018 - 10:59pm

The 12 boys and their coach. Photo: AFP

Thai boys talk about their rescue, days spent trapped in cave

19 Jul 2018 - 9:55am 3

SpaceX founder Elon Musk. Photo: Reuters

Elon Musk apologises to British caver for ‘pedo’ slur

18 Jul 2018 - 10:55pm 16

File photo of land reclamation by China on Mischief Reef in the Spratly Islands, west of Palawan, Philippines. Photo: Reuters

Duterte: China will be ‘fair’ when resolving maritime disputes

17 Jul 2018 - 9:25pm 8

Malaysia King Sultan Muhammad V at the opening of parliament in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on July 17, 2018. Photo: AP

Malaysia’s king calls for unity amid racial tensions

17 Jul 2018 - 3:51pm 1

‘Role models do not call people paedophiles on Twitter because they had an idea that wouldn’t work’

Musk loses US$295 million as Tesla shares fall after ‘pedo’ attack on cave rescuer

17 Jul 2018 - 7:42pm 15

In 2004, an Australian spy raised concerns about techniques Australia was using to get an advantage over East Timor.At the time, the government was embroiled in tense talks with its northern neighbour about lucrative access to oil and gas in the Timor Sea. File Photo: AFP

Is Australia’s new national security law muzzling the media?

16 Jul 2018 - 8:35pm 1

Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad among 221 lawmakers opened the first Parliament session after Najib’s long-ruling coalition was ousted in May 9 elect

World’s oldest elected leader returns to parliament for first time in 15 years

16 Jul 2018 - 5:14pm 3

Local residents look at the carcasses of hundreds of crocodiles. Photo: Reuters

Machete mob slaughters 300 crocodiles in revenge attack after man’s death

16 Jul 2018 - 8:35pm 3

Australian drivers Dr Richard Harris with his dive partner, Craig Challen obtained diplomatic immunity before the rescue in case it failed, national broadcaster ABC reported Monday. Photo: Facebook

Foreign cave divers given diplomatic immunity in case Thai rescue failed

16 Jul 2018 - 8:35pm 1

Drivers are using various techniques, including fake GPS apps found on the dark web, to inflate their numbers and get undeserved bonuses

Ride-sharing fraud in full throttle in Indonesia

16 Jul 2018 - 11:48am 1

Elon Musk visited Thailand to offer a mini-submarine to the rescue of the Wild Boars football team. Photo: Agence France-Presse

Cave rescue diver considers legal action after Elon Musk ‘pedo’ insult

16 Jul 2018 - 11:21pm 89

The boys, who are still recovering, only learned of Seal Saman Kunan’s sacrifice on Saturday, and wrote their condolences for his family

Thai boys weep as they discover Navy Seal died to free them from cave

16 Jul 2018 - 1:54am

The rescued players with a sketch of the Thai Navy Seal diver who died while trying to rescue them. Photo: AP

Rescued Thai boys will have to watch World Cup final on replay

15 Jul 2018 - 6:23pm 1

Rodrigo Duterte bows to Filipino Archbishop Romulo Valles on Monday in Manila. Photo: Handout / AP

With ratings plummeting, how long can Duterte last? God knows

15 Jul 2018 - 1:44pm 22

While impressing on State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi the need to keep things peaceful enough for its Belt and Road Initiative to move forward, Beijing is also an implicit backer of some of Myanmar’s most powerful militants

China’s Myanmar policy: whatever’s good for business

15 Jul 2018 - 10:32am 8

‘Draconian’ measures have been put in place to cool off private home prices that have risen more than 9 per cent over the past year as officials hope to nip a potential housing bubble in the bud

Can Singapore tame its property market with new rules?

15 Jul 2018 - 12:04pm 23

‘Wild Boars’ football team coach Ekkapol Chantawong recovering at the hospital in Chiang Rai province. Photo: AFP/Ministry of Health/Chiang Rai Prachanukroh Hospital

Thai boys soccer team send messages to world from hospital beds

14 Jul 2018 - 8:50pm 1

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad turned 93 on Tuesday. Photo: Xinhua

In Mahathir’s Malaysia, no gay rights and no free speech

14 Jul 2018 - 8:09am 61

Meanwhile, Thai soccer boys get star treatment; Japan’s Princess Kako not so much

Welcome to ‘the Philippines, China’; Indian cuts short his world record

13 Jul 2018 - 6:21pm 1

Coach Ekkapol Chantawong and his grandmother. Photo: AP

Public calls for cave rescue boys and their coach to get Thai citizenship

13 Jul 2018 - 10:42pm 22

A banner bearing the words “Welcome to the Philippines, Province of China” hanging from a bridge in Taguig, south of Manila. Photo: EPA

Sign declaring Philippines a ‘province of China’ appears in Manila

13 Jul 2018 - 5:58am 58

An image captured from a video inside the cave shows a boy with his eyes closed but appears conscious, with people gathered around him. Photo: AP

Thai cave rescue video: boys sedated and stretchered

12 Jul 2018 - 9:51pm 9

Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak and his wife, Rosmah Mansor, wave to supporters as they exit the High Court of Malaya, in Kuala Lumpur, on Monday. Photo: AP

Ex-Malaysia PM Najib says freezing of bank account violates his freedom

12 Jul 2018 - 9:51pm 16

A photo made available by the Thai government public relations department (PRD) shows two of the youth soccer players recovering in the hospital in Chiang Rai province on Wednesday. Photo: PRD via EPA-EFE

Thai soccer team is out of the cave, but road to recovery has just begun

12 Jul 2018 - 7:56am 1

An image released by the Thai government shows three of the 12 boys recovering in their hospital beds after being rescued. Photo: AP

New images show rescued Thai boys recovering in hospital

12 Jul 2018 - 11:16am 1

The last four Thai Navy Seals to exit the cave. Photo: AFP

Last boy was out – but hero cave divers were still in deep water

12 Jul 2018 - 11:34am 7

A family member shows a picture of the boys after divers found them in the cave. Photo: AFP

Is world ready for the Hollywood version of Thailand’s cave miracle?

11 Jul 2018 - 7:43pm 6