JAKARTA – A new National Police regulation outlining procedures surrounding permits for foreign journalists has sparked criticism from press and law organizations, which say the policies could harm press freedom and restrict foreign media c...

TOKYO/ SEOUL – They are not household names, but the nuts and bolts they manufacture are used in vehicles bearing the logos of Japan’s Toyota, South Korea’s Hyundai and America’s General Motors (GM).

SEOUL – A wave of once-disgraced South Korean celebrities are returning to the spotlight following high-profile public blowups.

Superbon “hopes” ONE Championship rival Chingiz Allazov fights him on the streets of Thailand after their verbal feud escalated this weekend.

JEFFERSONTOWN (UNITED STATES) - Violent storms battering the central-eastern United States have killed at least 17 people, officials said Sunday, with the National Weather Service warning of "devastating" flash flooding.

WASHINGTON - A measles outbreak has killed a second child in the southwestern United States, authorities said Sunday, with almost 650 people now infected as the highly contagious disease spreads.

SHANGHAI  - Hong Kong and Chinese stocks dived on Monday after Beijing fired back at US tariffs with its own trade levies, sowing more turmoil in financial markets as investors feared a widening trade war would unleash a deep recession.

SINGAPORE – A British woman at the centre of a new Netflix documentary – about how she is said to have tricked her own son into giving her £300,000 (S$520,000) – has been charged in court in Singapore with defrauding three people.

MANILA – When a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck Myanmar on March 28, tremors rolled through Southeast Asia. In central Bangkok, the shaking brought down scaffolding and shook high-rises — then, more disastrously, caused a 30-story governmen...

HANOI – Cybercriminals in Việt Nam are increasingly leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) to orchestrate highly sophisticated scams, authorities have warned, marking a sharp evolution from traditional fraud tactics.