South East Asia

South East Asia

Debris lies at an area hit by deadly flash floods following heavy rains in Batang Toru, South Tapanuli, North Sumatra, Indonesia, November 29, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Arif Nasution

Southeast Asia storm deaths near 800 as scale of disaster revealed

Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand have suffered devastation after a rare tropical storm formed in the Malacca Strait unleashed torrential rains and wind gusts for a week that hampered efforts to...

Local residents observe an area hit by deadly flash floods following heavy rains in Padang, West Sumatra province, Indonesia, November 30, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan

Tropical storm deaths top 600 in Southeast Asia, over 4 million affected

Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, Thailand's Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Manet look on as US President Donald Trump speaks ahead of the signing of a ceasefire deal between Cambodia and Thailand on the sidelines of the 47th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 26 October 2025. Photo: REUTERS

Trump inks US deals on trade, critical minerals with Southeast Asian partners

The World Health Organisation (WHO) logo is seen near its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, February 2, 2023. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo

61m people live with hepatitis B, 9m hepatitis C in South-East Asia: WHO

A general view shows the container terminal in Hong Kong, China, April 23, 2025. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

Southeast Asia, spooked by Trump tariffs, presses for more talks

The advent of AI is spurring tech leaders to pursue new sources of growth, laying the digital infrastructure of the region’s future. Photo: Dimas Ardian/Bloomberg

Tech giants start to treat southeast asia like the next big thing

A man works at an assembly line of Vinfast Auto factory in Hai Phong city, Vietnam, June 14, 2019. REUTERS/Kham

Factbox: How Covid-19 in Southeast Asia is threatening global supply chains

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10 civilians killed during US airstrike in Afghanistan on August 29: UN official

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

Hasan to open Bangabandhu Media Centre at PCI in Delhi tomorrow

A 3D printed Facebook logo is placed on a computer motherboard in this illustration taken January 21, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

Facebook, Google plan new undersea cables to connect Southeast Asia and America

According to a report in Nikkei Asian Review, PLA has mobilised its Southern Theatre Command, which oversees the South China Sea, Northern Theatre Command, which overseas Korean Peninsula, and Eastern Theatre Command, which oversees arch-rivals Japan and Taiwan. Photo: AP via Hindustan Times

US stands with SE Asian countries against China pressure: Antony Blinken

AirAsia planes are seen parked at Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2, during the movement control order due to the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), in Sepang, Malaysia April 14, 2020/ Reuters

Southeast Asia budget airline boom turns sour for planemakers, lessors

File Photo: Indonesia's Deputy Minister for Maritime Affairs Arif Havas Oegroseno points at the location of North Natuna Sea on a new map of Indonesia during talks with reporters in Jakarta, Indonesia, July 14, 2017. Reuters/Beawiharta

Amid pandemic, SE Asian nations warn of 'alarming' South China Sea incidents