RINGGIT DIPS TO WEAKEST LEVEL SINCE 1998 ASIA FINANCIAL CRISIS

You will now receive the Game Plan newsletter While capital flight is unavoidable, foreign investors will return when things stabilize, Johari said in Kuala Lumpur... READ MORE›

CHINA IS TRANSFORMING SOUTHEAST ASIA FASTER THAN EVER

China's investment is transforming its smaller Southeast Asian neighbors like never before while helping turn Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar into bigger destinations for its exports... READ MORE›

GARENA REBRANDS AS SEA AFTER RAISING $550 MILLION IN NEW FUNDING

The shopping and online games company is staking out a spot as competition in Southeast Asian e-commerce intensifies, particularly in the largely untapped market of Indonesia... READ MORE›

SINGAPORE IS BEATING HONG KONG IN ASIA'S FINTECH RACE

Almost 90 percent of fintech investment in Asia-Pacific this year bypassed both Hong Kong and Singapore and went directly into China, according to the Accenture study... READ MORE›

MALAYSIA PM URGES WORLD TO ACT AGAINST 'GENOCIDE' OF MYANMAR'S ROHINGYA

Najib said the rally at a stadium in Kuala Lumpur would send a strong message to Aung San Suu Kyi's government that enough is enough ... READ MORE›

EXCLUSIVE: SINGAPORE BANKS REPORT TAX AMNESTY INDONESIANS TO POLICE

A lot of Indonesians in Singapore have already joined the amnesty... READ MORE›

CHINA FINDS NEW FANS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA

Credit Suisse estimates Chinese FDI in the six largest economies in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations will reach about 16 billion this year... READ MORE›

CHINA FINDS NEW FANS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA

Credit Suisse estimates Chinese FDI in the six largest economies in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations will reach about 16 billion this year... READ MORE›

DAVID CAMERON BEGINS TRADE MISSION IN SOUTH EAST ASIA

The threat of extremism will be raised by Mr Cameron in meetings with President Joko Widodo in Jakarta and, later, Prime Minister Najib Razak of Malaysia... READ MORE›

XI DEFENDS CHINAS CLAIM TO SOUTH CHINA SEA ISLANDS

Lassen, within 12 nautical miles of Subi Reef, a natural feature submerged at high tide on which China has done land reclamation using huge piles of sand... READ MORE›

JAKARTA ATTACKS LEAVE AT LEAST 4 DEAD POLICE SAY

Splinter cells of Jemaah Islamiyah, the now crushed Southeast Asian terrorist group that was linked to Al Qaeda, have targeted the police in recent years... READ MORE›

UBER RIVAL GRAB TO BUY INDONESIAN ONLINE PAYMENT STARTUP FOR OVER $100 MILLION

Uber rival Grab to buy Indonesian online payment startup for over 100 million source... READ MORE›

REPORTING ON LIFE DEATH AND CORRUPTION IN SOUTHEAST ASIA

I came to see Southeast Asia as a land of great people and bad governments, of remarkable graciousness but distressing levels of impunity... READ MORE›

First came the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370... READ MORE›

SEA DISPUTE CAUSES A RIFT AS OFFICIALS MEET IN ASIA

Mr. Carter met with China's minister of defense, Chang Wanquan, on Tuesday in Malaysia, where the South China Sea was high on the agenda... READ MORE›

LYFT JOINS WITH ASIAN RIVALS TO COMPETE WITH UBER

In September, Lyft teamed with Didi Kuaidi, the Chinese ride-hailing behemoth, to provide service to Chinese Didi Kuaidi app users who enter the United States... READ MORE›

PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT CREATING UNCERTAINTY CAUSING DISTRESS US DIPLOMAT SAYS

Beijing's claims to South China Sea rejected by international tribunal Today's coverage from Post correspondents around the world... READ MORE›

INDONESIA: PLASTIC TAX TO CURB RUBBISH DUMPED IN RIVERS

About 187 million tonnes of plastic waste is dumped into the country's waters, placing Indonesia... READ MORE›

CHINA AND MALAYSIA AGREE ON MILITARY COOPERATION IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA

Last month, Najib said Malaysia would not compromise on its South China Sea claims, but wants them to be worked out through dialogue and peaceful negotiations... READ MORE›

ISIS CLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY FOR SUICIDE BOMBINGS AND SHOOTINGS IN INDONESIAN CAPITAL

Jakarta attacks Isis claims responsibility for suicide bombings and shootings in Indonesian capital... READ MORE›

EXCLUSIVE: VIETNAM MOVES NEW ROCKET LAUNCHERS INTO DISPUTED SOUTH CHINA SEA - SOURCES

Exclusive Vietnam moves new rocket launchers into disputed South China Sea - sources... READ MORE›

AUSSIE DIAGNOSED WITH ZIKA AFTER BALI MONKEY BITE, EXPERTS WARN OF MISSED CASES

They had stumbled on a 27-year local man who contracted the disease despite having never travelled outside of Indonesia... READ MORE›

FOREST FIRES IN INDONESIA CHOKE MUCH OF SOUTH-EAST ASIA

We want Indonesia to take action he was quoted as saying by the state news agency Bernama adding the smog was affecting the economy... READ MORE›

INDONESIA FIRES: WIDODO VISITS HAZE-HIT ZONE AS COUNTRY BECOMES WORST POLLUTER

Months of uncontrolled forest fires catapult Indonesia above China and US as biggest global climate polluter, as president vows to tackle toxic smog... READ MORE›

CHINA-SINGAPORE TENSIONS SPILL INTO OPEN AFTER CUSTOMS SPAT

Neither Singapore nor the U.S. are claimants in the South China Sea... READ MORE›

PHILIPPINES PRESIDENT RODRIGO DUTERTE 'WILL NOT INTERFERE' OVER EXECUTION OF MARY JANE VELOSO

Well, I may just have to ask Indonesian President Joko Widodo in a most respectful and in very, very courteous way... READ MORE›

INDONESIA POLICE KILL SUSPECTS PLOTTING HOLIDAY ATTACKS

Police in Jakarta kill three allegedly planning a suicide attack over the Christmas and New Year period... READ MORE›

INDONESIA DISMISSES STUDY SHOWING FOREST FIRE HAZE KILLED MORE THAN 100,000 PEOPLE

Indonesian, Malaysian and Singaporean authorities have dismissed research that suggested smoky haze from catastrophic forest fires in Indonesia last year caused 100,000 deaths... READ MORE›

CIRCUIT BREAKER BLAMED IN 2014 AIRASIA CRASH

Mr. Soerjanto and crash investigators said they did not have audio or video evidence to determine who may have reset the computer's circuit breaker... READ MORE›

JOHN KERRY ABROAD MALAYSIA AIRLINES INVESTIGATION AND HIROSHIMA ANNIVERSARY

Mr. Kerry plans to attend a meeting with the Association of South East Asian Nations in Kuala Lumpur... READ MORE›