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Asian Angle Chin Tong Liew

Malaysia must win hearts and minds to confront regional terrorism

8 Oct 2018 - 1:37pm 3

On Reflection Karim Raslan

Could this English-language radio station be voice of Malaysia?

3 Oct 2018 - 7:33am 8

On Reflection Karim Raslan

Thailand’s new party Future Forward offers hope – if junta will let it

29 Sep 2018 - 10:48am

Richard Heydarian

Richard Heydarian

Weary and wary, Duterte takes China to task over South China Sea

10 Sep 2018 - 10:10pm 35

More on Malaysia 1MDB scandal

Politics

Malaysia’s Anwar Ibrahim says no timeline on leadership after comeback

15 Oct, 11:36pm 8

Southeast Asia

Rosmah Mansor, Ho Ching: BFFs? You must be kidding!

7 Oct, 9:51pm 3

South Asia

Pakistan’s opposition leader Shahbaz Sharif arrested for corruption

6 Oct, 2:31am 2

Southeast Asia

Rosmah Mansor, wife of Najib, charged with money-laundering

4 Oct, 9:00pm 8

Politics

Wife of disgraced Malaysian ex-PM Najib Razak is arrested

4 Oct, 1:07pm 9

More on Lee Kuan Yew

Opinion

Singapore’s strong leadership leaves Hong Kong dragging behind

15 Sep, 9:14pm 112

Southeast Asia

Singapore court says PM’s nephew can fight contempt-case order

3 Sep, 10:05pm 1

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

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

More on Thailand's Junta

Opinion

Thailand’s new party Future Forward offers hope – if junta will let it

29 Sep, 10:48am

Southeast Asia

Thai junta says ‘no lesson to learn’ from fake bomb detector scandal

28 Sep, 8:46am 2

Southeast Asia

Thailand’s boss appoints new mayor to run ‘Sin City’ Pattaya

26 Sep, 10:40pm

Southeast Asia

Thai junta leader is ‘interested in politics’, with one eye on election

24 Sep, 9:00pm

Southeast Asia

How Thailand’s ‘Banksy’ creates headaches for junta on Bangkok walls

24 Sep, 9:45pm

Southeast Asia

Thai parties cleared to ‘organise’ but still no gatherings allowed

14 Sep, 8:32pm 1

Philippines Congressman Aniceto “John” Bertiz. Photo: Facebook

Does this congressman serve Hong Kong Filipinos, or recruiters?

Videos showing Ancieto Bertiz, who represents overseas workers, losing his temper have angered the public, but allegations about conflicts of interest may leave a darker stain on his reputation.

16 Oct 2018 - 10:33pm More on Foreign domestic workers in Hong Kong

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Malaysia’s Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Photo: AFP

Malaysia considers reviving ‘crooked bridge’ to Singapore

16 Oct 2018 - 8:47pm 2

Thailand's national police chief Chakthip Chaijinda talks during a press conference on Tuesday in Bangkok, Thailand. Photo: AP

Thai police dismiss British tourist’s rape claim

16 Oct 2018 - 4:24pm 5

Shinta Ratri, a transgender woman who runs an Islamic boarding school for other transgender women. Photo: Reuters

Transgender women find rare haven in Islamic boarding school

16 Oct 2018 - 10:33pm 1

Labourers work at a construction site on Koh Pich island in Phnom Penh. Photo: Reuters

Cambodia’s construction industry is booming – but at what price?

16 Oct 2018 - 10:31pm

Trade and political tensions are quickening China’s integration with ASEAN’s economy. But even as countries in the bloc vie for Chinese trade and investment, China knows they won’t allow themselves to be locked into its embrace

Asean is perfectly positioned to profit from the US-China trade war

16 Oct 2018 - 1:21pm

Malaysian politician Anwar Ibrahim has made a return to active politics three years after he was imprisoned for sodomy in a charge critics said was politically motivated. Photo: AP

Malaysia’s Anwar Ibrahim says no timeline on leadership after comeback

15 Oct 2018 - 11:36pm 8

US Defence Secretary James Mattis and his Vietnamese counterpart Ngo Xuan Lich, left, review an honour guard in Hanoi during his first visit. Photo: AP

Mattis’ second Vietnam visit shows how wary the US is of China

15 Oct 2018 - 9:49pm 12

Malaysia released Uygurs because they ‘did nothing wrong’, PM Mahathir Mohamad says, in move likely to strain relations with China

Mahathir ignored China, freed Uygurs because they ‘did nothing wrong’

15 Oct 2018 - 9:49pm 53

Malaysian prime minister in-waiting Anwar Ibrahim shakes hands with parliament members before being sworn in as lawmaker for Port Dickson at the parliament in Kuala Lumpur on Monday. Photo: EPA

Malaysian PM-in-waiting Anwar makes his official return to politics

15 Oct 2018 - 11:55am 2

A Myanmar border guard watches the ‘no-man’s-land’ zone between Bangladesh and Myanmar in Rakhine State. Photo: EPA

Can Myanmar find internal peace with its ethnic rebels?

15 Oct 2018 - 7:24am 2

Buddhist monk Wirathu delivers a speech at a rally in Yangon to support the Myanmar military. Photo: AFP

Rohingya crisis: ‘Buddhist bin Laden’ blasts international community

15 Oct 2018 - 12:33am 9

Indonesian athletes enter the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta for the opening ceremony of the Asian Para Games. Photo: Kyodo

Indonesia hosts Para Games, but wins no medals in disability rights

15 Oct 2018 - 11:32am

Prime Minister Hun Sen said the search programme, which had run for 30 years until being suspended last year, would resume even though the visa curbs had “unjustly sanctioned” Cambodia. File photo: AFP

Cambodia resumes search effort for dead US troops

14 Oct 2018 - 10:09pm

Opposition campaigner Ratna Sarumpaet falsely claimed she had been attacked by political opponents to hide the fact she got plastic surgery. Photo: Reuters

The face of fake news: Indonesia’s latest disinformation scandal

15 Oct 2018 - 9:00am 8

Winning a fresh 3-year term as council member shows critics of Duterte and his drug war are ‘morally corrupt,’ senior officials say

Philippines says UN rights council seat vindicates Duterte’s drug war

14 Oct 2018 - 2:30am 4

People use a heavy equipment to remove debris after flash floods hit the Saladi village in Mandailing Natal, North Sumatra. Photo: AFP

Dozens dead in Indonesia following flash floods and landslides

13 Oct 2018 - 11:46pm

Anwar Ibrahim takes a photo with supporters as he visits a polling station. Photo: Reuters

Anwar Ibrahim wins Port Dickson by-election in triumphant return

13 Oct 2018 - 11:37pm 11

Anwar Ibrahim has been intensely canvassing for votes among different ethnic groups. Photo: Reuters

In Malaysia, Anwar Ibrahim prepares for return to politics

12 Oct 2018 - 8:04pm 6

Indonesia President Joko Widodo gestures during a speech at a plenary session at International Monetary Fund – World Bank Annual Meeting 2018 in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia on Friday. Photo: Reuters

‘Winter is coming’: Indonesia warns of new crisis from trade war

12 Oct 2018 - 4:14pm 1

Teodoro Locsin confirmed his appointment on Twitter. Photo: RTVM

Philippines' UN envoy named foreign secretary as Duterte eyes cabinet revamp

12 Oct 2018 - 3:33pm

A Chinese tour group in front of Bangkok’s Grand Palace. Photo: AFP

Thailand mulls special visas to lure back Chinese tourists

12 Oct 2018 - 12:33pm 3

Ouk Vandey receives salvaged plastic water bottle caps from students as a fee for studying. Photo: AFP

Cambodia’s ‘Rubbish Man’ runs a school and gets paid in waste

12 Oct 2018 - 7:30pm 1

Rescuers work among ruins in Palu. Photo: Xinhua

Indonesian city hit by quake, tsunami will take two years to rebuild

12 Oct 2018 - 10:50am

Obama had billed the Trans-Pacific Partnership as a chance for the US to write the rules of trade in the world’s fastest-growing region – while also curtailing China’s influence

How Trump’s TTP trade deal withdrawal hit Vietnam democracy push

12 Oct 2018 - 7:30pm 5

A screenshot of the Instagram page allegedly sell up to sell babies. Photo: Instagram

Babies for sale on Instagram: four arrested in Indonesia

12 Oct 2018 - 7:30pm 2

The Philippine government is poised to award a contract to rebuild the city of Marawi to a Chinese state-owned firm but has emphasised there is no risk of falling prey to a ‘debt trap’

As US-China trade war intensifies, Philippines seeks to balance ties

12 Oct 2018 - 7:30pm 4

Praise for Chinese leadership, but South China Sea dispute and Trump’s trade war top the list of concerns on second day of SCMP’s China Conference

Asia looks to China with ‘admiration – and trepidation’

12 Oct 2018 - 12:12am 70

Noeleen Heyzer. Photo: Handout

China-SE Asia’s cultural ties are as binding as economic ones

11 Oct 2018 - 10:43pm 1