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UPDATED: Rescuers are now searching the Java Sea after the Virgo Transport 8, carrying 243 people, capsized in severe weather…

A powerful magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck off the southern Philippines on June 8, leaving widespread destruction across Mindanao and briefly…

As the ongoing conflict in Iran disrupts one of the world’s most critical oil routes, Asian economies are scrambling for…

Thailand and Cambodia will resume formal discussions this week to try to halt their latest border conflict, following crisis talks…

As Myanmar’s military presses ahead with tightly controlled elections scheduled to begin later this month, new prosecutions, sweeping restrictions, and…

As Thailand experiments with relaxing its afternoon alcohol ban while enforcing a strict overnight drinking curfew, the clash between public-health…

A rare cyclone in the Malacca Strait and related storms have unleashed torrents across Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia and Sri Lanka,…

Persistent rains, at times torrential, have swept across southern Thailand and northern Malaysia, displacing tens of thousands, halting transport, and…

From typhoons and earthquakes to flooding and volcanic eruptions, the Philippines is no stranger to natural disasters. As the country…

As the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) wraps up its summit in Kuala Lumpur, its ongoing failure to act…