China and Myanmar agreed to push ahead with a controversial Belt and Road project and lock in a five-year pact on trade and economic cooperation.
The government is drawing up 30 charges against Brightway Holdings and its subsidiaries after inspectors find hundreds of migrant workers living in squalid conditions.
Rights groups say the campaign may net some arrests but believe the corruption is seeded too deep for the prime minister's plan to root it out.
Thailand says most of the 200 million doses the British pharmaceutical firm plans to churn out of a local lab will go to neighboring countries.
A group of ex-lawmakers barred from public office are backing reformist candidates in local elections long dominated by entrenched family networks.
Malaysia is pressing companies to quickly upgrade staff housing after major outbreak of COVID-19 in teeming dormitories for migrant workers providing world with personal protective equipment.
In 'Reform,' Rap Against Dictatorship takes aim at both Thailand's military-backed government and its once untouchable monarchy.
At least five firms have pledged more than $60 million to reimburse migrant workers for steep recruitment fees.
Win more decisive that in 2015 but prospects for peace and major democratic reform still look dim.
Economists, analyst say the pandemic and mounting debt could hurt the country's otherwise strong chances of graduating by 2024.
Experts welcome deal but say Beijing will need to share much more data to help downstream countries gauge full impact its dams are having on one of Asia's great rivers.
The country's confirmed cases of COVID-19 have skyrocketed in the past two months from 374 to more than 31,000.
Human Rights Watch says conditions in those camps are getting worse and that government's recent efforts to 'close' them risk cementing Rohingya's status as segregated underclass.
Asian governments are doing more to harass and arrest journalists reporting on coronavirus pandemic and to keep accurate news of the crisis from reaching their populations than those in any other region, press advocates say.
Aung San Suu Kyi's NLD looks poised to dominate its first general election since sweeping to power five years ago but disillusioned minorities may yet force it into a coalition.
Thailand’s largely decentralized protest movement and evolving internet landscape will make it tough for the conservative government to mute mounting calls to rein in a powerful monarchy, observers say.
In Cambodia, the price of "yaba," a popular mix of meth and caffeine, has actually fallen by roughly half, to less than $1 per pill.
Business groups warned that barring most firms from hiring more migrant workers would cripple the economy's rebound.
Government says banning most sectors from hiring more migrant workers will help put laid-off locals back to work.
In Hong Kong, Some Activists Fear Academic Freedom Will Suffer Under National Security Law.
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