20 h. ago Dozens missing and at least 15 dead after ferry capsizes in southern Philippines

Another 28 people still to be located as investigation into sinking underway

Events

21 h. ago Heartbroken family makes public appeal after British tourist dies in motorbike crash in Vietnam

Ryan Hutchinson’s brother says he was ‘in the happiest place he has ever been’

Events

22 h. ago Dozens missing and at least 15 dead after large ferry capsizes in southern Philippines

Another 28 people are missing after the ferry encountered technical problems and sank

Events

52 h. ago Myanmar holds its last election round with the army already certain to keep control over government

Voting has begun in the final round of Myanmar’s general election, concluding a monthlong process

Politics

64 h. ago Eight dead and over 80 missing after landslide hits Indonesia village

Meteorology agency issues extreme weather warning for one week

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66 h. ago Seven dead and over 80 missing after landslide hits Indonesia village

Meteorology agency issues extreme weather warning for one week

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3 d. ago At least two dead after cargo ship capsizes near disputed islands in South China Sea

Two crew members were reported dead after a cargo vessel carrying 21 Filipino sailors capsized near the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea, triggering search-and-rescue operations on Friday.

Events

4 d. ago Philippine journalist given long jail sentence over ‘fabricated’ terrorism charge

The conviction, after nearly six years in detention, has drawn international condemnation from media rights groups

Events

4 d. ago Rising coal demand overshadows Southeast Asia's transition to renewable energy

Southeast Asia’s need for coal is growing faster than anywhere else in the world, undermining progress on cutting carbon emissions that contribute to global warming

Politics

5 d. ago Inside the world’s largest renewable energy park – proof the green transition isn’t dead

Stuti Mishra reports from a site in western India that’s roughly seven times larger than the city of Paris and combines solar and wind power to produce energy around the clock. Nothing on this scale exists anywhere else in the world

Events

6 d. ago Communist Party congress gets underway to chart Vietnam’s future amid crackdown on critics

To Lam expected to retain role as party chief and also seek state presidency

Politics

7 d. ago Missing hiker found dead on Indonesian mountain after two weeks

Doctors say signs of fracture in left thigh suggest hiker fell to death

Events

7 d. ago Vietnam blocks mobiles and internet at secretive congress to pick new leader

Around 1,600 delegates will select the nation's top leader for the coming decade at the event

Politics

8 d. ago Wreckage of Indonesian surveillance plane that went missing found in South Sulawesi

Plane was carrying three government workers and seven crew members

Events

1 week ago This luxury Malaysian hotel might have Southeast Asia’s most incredible infinity pool

Will Kirby checks into the Danna Langkawi and finds there’s no better place to relax than at the three-tiered infinity pool looking out across the Andaman Sea

Politics

1 week ago Renewed calls for Aung San Suu Kyi to be released after she completes 20 years ‘buried alive’ in Myanmar detention

Myanmar’s democracy icon has now spent two decades incarcerated or under house arrest. Shweta Sharma reports on another grim milestone for a country wrecked by brutal military rule and embroiled in a spiralling civil war

Politics

1 week ago Two dead in Bangkok after another construction crane collapses in Thailand

Latest accident intensifies scrutiny of safety standards of country’s major infrastructure projects

Events

1 week ago Malaysians joke they could be ‘the next Venezuela’ after US embassy’s admiring post

Jokes abound online after US embassy posts stunning image from space, with Malaysians telling Trump they have ‘no oil... just tiger and crocodile’

Politics

1 week ago Photos show devastating aftermath of Thailand train accident

A construction crane fell onto a moving passenger train on Wednesday, causing a fiery derailment that killed at least 31 people in northeastern Thailand.

Culture

1 week ago At least 31 killed after crane collapses onto speeding train in Thailand ‘slicing it in half’

Train originating in Bangkok derails and catches fire with 195 passengers on board

Events