When an exodus of Rohingya fled to Bangladesh a decade ago, the United Nations recorded many of their birthdays as Jan. 1.

To understand their career priorities and aspirations, The Straits Times commissioned a survey where 1,000 young Singaporeans and permanent residents aged 18 to 30 were polled by market research firm ...

Some were synchronised with military drills in "hybrid threats" to paralyse the island, Taiwan's National Security Bureau ...

People traded as commodities, iron cages used for punishment, severed fingers and even human sacrifice. These grisly details were revealed during interrogations of some of Asia’s most notorious ...

Singapore's GDP surged by 5.7% y-o-y in the final quarter of 2025, a pick up from 4.3% chalked up in the preceding 3Q 2025, ...

"Over that vast time, the rough edges and bends in the fault have been ground down," first author Eric Lindsey, a ...

With all serious opposition politicians in jail or exile, a widespread boycott, and the process heavily rigged in the junta’s favor, the USDP ratchets up a widely expected win.

Myanmar's military rulers are holding a general election in phases starting Dec. 28 amid the country's civil war. The head of ...

Myanmar’s State Administration Council (junta) on December 27 lifted the curfew imposed in Yangon following the 2021 coup.

The first round of ballots is scheduled for December 28, 2025, with a second round due on January 11. However, the timeline ...

Myanmar’s military has acknowledged it conducted an air strike on a hospital in the western state of Rakhine that killed 33 people, whom it accused of being armed members of opposition groups and ...

At least 33 people, including patients, have been killed, and about 70 wounded after an air strike by the country’s military government hit a major hospital in western Myanmar, according to a rebel ...