Users on Chinese social media app Xiaohongshu asked if it was safe to travel to Thailand while a Hong Kong singer-actor canceled his Bangkok concert.

SINGAPORE -- Southeast Asia's startup funding in 2024 dropped for the third consecutive year, falling to a fifth of the peak it recorded in 2021, with investors anticipating greater uncertainties weighing on the region under the new U.S. administration.

Southeast Asian foreign ministers are gathering for their first meeting this year under the regional bloc’s new chair, Malaysia, seeking a breakthrough over Myanmar’s drawn-out civil war and territorial disputes in the South China Sea.

One of Vietnam’s largest banks reported surging profits last year, as the Southeast Asian economy turned a corner from the “perfect storm” of 2023. The Vietnam Technological and Commercial Joint Stock Bank,

The French Carrier Strike Group is spearheading the French Navy-led multinational biennial exercise La Perouse 25 that began on Thursday across three critical maritime passages in South East Asia. The 2025 exercise also marks the first time that South East Asian nations are participating in the exercise,

While India's position as a source market for ASEAN countries is solid, there is need for reciprocal effort to boost India's inbound tourism.

The escalating trade tensions between the U.S. and China have triggered a strategic recalibration of supply chains. As highlighted by Singapore’s former Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, “Southeast Asia will be a natural beneficiary of any realignment in global trade dynamics caused by geopolitical shifts.”

Hong Kong’s security authorities have dispatched another team of officials to assist a local man who was said to be trapped in Thailand after he was released from a scam compound in Myanmar. Former district councillor Andy Yu Tak-po,

Donald Trump will be sworn in within hours as the 47th President of the United States. Analysts say the impact of his return could be wide and uncertain. So how will Singapore and the region have to navigate a second Trump term?

Malaysia environmental watchdog RimbaWatch has launched the Zero Greenwashing Alliance Guidelines and Database to track cases of greenwashing in Southeast Asia. Carbon offsets abuse is the most common form of greenwashing flagged.

Passengers in Singapore and Thailand can select Grab's “eco-friendly ride” option, which will prioritise allocating green vehicles, and at no extra charge.

Q & M Dental Group's associate, EM2AI Pte. Ltd., announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with a dental solutions provider.