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          South-East Asia

          Read the latest news from the region - including the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand and Asean political affairs

          People look at thick columns of black smoke from Hkamti, Sagaing, Myanmar May 22, 2021. Reuters

          Myanmar junta threatens to dissolve opposition party as violence escalates

          WorldMay 22, 2021
          Ancient cave art in Indonesia is threatened by modern climate change, say researchers. Linda Siagian

          World’s oldest cave paintings deteriorating at alarming rate

          AsiaMay 13, 2021
          Richard Pattle, the chief executive of True Beacon with co-founder Nikhil Kamath. The Bangalore-based asset management company has continued to attract interest from foreign investors despite India's escalating Covid crisis. Courtesy True Beacon

          The British Royal aide turned FinTech founder caught on India’s Covid front line

          TechnologyMay 06, 2021
          Aramex, the Middle East's biggest courier company, saw revenue grow in the first quarter on the back of e-commerce. Pawan Singh / The National.

          Aramex appoints new CEO as first-quarter profit slides

          MarketsMay 06, 2021
          A demonstrator holds a placard during an anti-military coup protest in Mandalay, Myanmar. EPA

          Hundreds of campaign groups push for Myanmar arms embargo

          AsiaMay 05, 2021
          Ashish Panjabi is running a campaign to ship oxygen concentrators to India. These allow people who are struggling to breathe to be treated at home, instead of packed hospitals. Courtesy: Jacky's

          Coronavirus: which oxygen concentrator is best for home care of Covid-19 patients

          HealthMay 05, 2021
          Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and a member of the Bloomberg New Economy Forum advisory board, speaks at the 2019 event in Beijing. Bloomberg

          Bloomberg's New Economy Forum to be held in Singapore

          MarketsMay 05, 2021
          Kyaw Moe Tun urged the US Congress to 'take a decisive leadership role' in ending the 'murderous military regime'. Reuters

          Myanmar envoy urges US to recognise new anti-coup government

          AsiaMay 04, 2021
          Anti-coup protesters burn tyres and chant slogans during demonstrations against the military coup in Yangon. AP

          Myanmar parcel bomb blasts kill five

          WorldMay 04, 2021
          Data from the Paris-based Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development shows that global FDI flows declined by 38 per cent in 2020. Reuters.

          Global FDI plummets to 15-year low in 2020 on Covid-19 fallout, OECD says

          EconomyMay 02, 2021
          The combination of Covid-19 and the country's political crisis could leave as many as 25 million people in poverty by 2022. AFP / Anonymous source

          Myanmar headed for 25 million in poverty amid post-coup chaos, says UN

          AsiaApril 30, 2021
          Women read the Quran as they wait to break their fast during the holy month of Ramadan, amid the Covid-19 pandemic, in Jakarta, Indonesia, April 14, 2021. Reuters

          Indonesia’s record-breaking giant Quran draws Ramadan crowds

          AsiaApril 29, 2021
          This screen grab received from the Indonesian Military on April 26, 2021 of handout video footage via AFPTV, taken a few weeks before the Indonesian Navy submarine KRI Nanggala 402 disappeared early on April 21 while it was scheduled to do live torpedo training exercises off Bali, shows crew members singing the well-known song "Sampai Jumpa", an Indonesian hit whose title means "Goodbye" and composed by the band Endank Soekamti, at an unknown location at sea. - -----EDITORS NOTE --- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / Indonesian Military via AFPTV" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS / AFP / AFPTV / INDONESIAN MILITARY / Handout / -----EDITORS NOTE --- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / Indonesian Military via AFPTV" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

          Indonesia mourns as lost submarine crew say goodbye in last video

          AsiaApril 27, 2021
          A still from a video recorded by a remotely operated submarine Military shows the wreck of the Indonesian Navy submarine 'KRI Nanggala'. EPA

          Salvage effort under way as sunken Indonesian submarine found

          AsiaApril 25, 2021
          Indonesian President Joko Widodo speaks during the Asean meeting in Jakarta at the weekend. AFP

          Myanmar coup: top general 'agrees that violence must stop'

          AsiaApril 24, 2021
          epa09154069 A military officer stands in front of a map of the search area for the missing Indonesian Navy submarine KRI Nanggala, at a command in Ngurah Rai Airport in Bali, Indonesia, 23 April 2021. The German-made submarine was reported missing on 21 April 2021 near the island of Bali with 53 people on board while preparing to conduct a torpedo drill, the the Indonesian National Armed Forces said. EPA/MADE NAGI

          Debris from missing Indonesian submarine kills hopes for survivors

          AsiaApril 24, 2021
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