A string of mob attacks targeting transgender women in Bogor, West Java, has sparked outrage among civil society groups, which blame a presidential regulation classifying LGBTQ culture as a national ...

As Cambodia confronts a new wave of global economic uncertainty — from volatile oil prices and trade disruptions to regional border pressures — economists at the Asian Development Bank (ADB) say the ...

Thailand has spent months asking the international community to disbelieve what it can plainly see. It calls airstrikes “self-defence”. It calls military entrenchment “de-escalation”. It calls razor ...

Earlier this week, 42-year-old Mom Rin sat beneath a community pavilion in Trapiang Anchang village on the northern outskirts of Phnom Penh with a crochet hook and a partially completed red mouse made ...

A football fan was handed a suspended jail term in Britain on Wednesday for posting racist comments on social media blaming three black players for England’s Euro 2020 final defeat to Italy. Scott ...

The Cambodian capital is preparing to host the six-day “Nokor Sangkranta” celebration, from April 14 to 19, to mark the Khmer New Year. The event will take place despite fragile security conditions ...

As law enforcement officials step up efforts to suppress large-scale online crimes across the Kingdom, more and more suspects have fallen into their net. Inspections have uncovered not just scam ...

That was how a 16-year-old student described the chaos inside San Jose National High School here on Monday morning, when what began as a routine school day turned into a deadly shooting that left ...

Pursat province’s Me Teuk Bridge, also known as Victory Bridge, was destroyed on December 13, 2025, when it was struck by seven 230-kilogramme bombs dropped by Thai fighter jets, during the second ...

Walk through any rice paddy in Southeast Asia, any market in the Pacific islands, any fishing village along the Bay of Bengal — and you will find women working. Planting, harvesting, processing and ...

Popular fishmonger chain Choronai has announced it will close its doors by August 22, following a public backlash over allegations the company mislabelled trout as salmon. In a message posted to ...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) committed $29.3 billion of its own resources in 2025, while advancing key institutional reforms to help Asia and the Pacific navigate change and turn challenges into ...