US TOURISTS HELD FOR BARING BUTTOCKS AT THAI TEMPLE

The tourists had taken the picture at Bangkok's famous Wat Arun temple and posted it on Twitter and Instagram... READ MORE›

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THE OUTLAW OCEAN SEA SLAVES THE HUMAN MISERY THAT FEEDS PETS AND LIVESTOCK

After offloading fish for about 10 minutes, Som Nang said he asked the captain why Mr. Long was chained... READ MORE›

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›

A MOTHERS ANGUISHED CHOICE TO FLEE MYANMAR AND LEAVE ONE CHILD BEHIND

Izhar was driven to Penang Island, where her husband was working on a building site... READ MORE›

CHINA WANTS THIS MALAYSIAN PORT TO RIVAL SINGAPORE (AND THAT'S NOT ALL)

China has been Malaysia's largest trading partner since 2009, displacing Singapore, with two-way trade last year valued at 83.4 billion... READ MORE›

AIRASIA PLANE MISSING WITH 162 ABOARD

On July 17, another Malaysia Airlines flight, also a Boeing 777, was shot down over rebel-controlled eastern Ukraine while on a flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur... 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›

PROTESTERS CALL FOR MALAYSIAN LEADER TO RESIGN

Among the speakers was former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, 91, who once chose Mr. Najib as prime minister but now criticizes his former protege's government as corrupt... READ MORE›

TWO KILLED IN BOMB BLAST IN THAILAND'S RESTIVE SOUTH

Two insurgents were killed in Thailand's violence-plagued south after a bomb they were transporting prematurely exploded, the military said on Thursday... READ MORE›

AIRASIA FLIGHT QZ8501 MISSING: PLANE CARRYING 162 PASSENGERS FROM INDONESIA TO SINGAPORE DISAPPEARS OVER JAVA SEA

On March 8, Malaysia Airlines flight 370, a wide-bodied Boeing 777, went missing soon after taking off from Kuala Lumpur for Beijing... READ MORE›

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

PROTESTERS AND INVESTIGATORS ARRESTED AS MALAYSIAN PM NAJIB RAZAK CRACKS DOWN

The allegations are the biggest threat to Mr Najib's credibility since the Anglophone son of a former prime minister took office in 2009... READ MORE›

AFTER FACING DOWN SCANDAL, MALAYSIA'S NAJIB VULNERABLE ON RISING COSTS

Najib last month assured the public that managing cost of living remained his government's priority, arguing that Malaysia remained among the cheapest countries in the region... READ MORE›

DEADLY EXPLOSION HITS THAILAND'S PATTANI PROVINCE

The bomb tore through a noodle shop around 1200 GMT in Pattani, a province in Thailand's Malay-speaking Muslim south... 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›

MALAYSIA'S PRIME MINISTER NAJIB RAZAK DODGING ANTI-CORRUPTION SPOTLIGHT

Allegations are also swirling around state investment fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad which Mr Najib founded and oversees through chairmanship of a government committee... READ MORE›

QUESTIONS OVER 681 MILLION GIVEN TO MALAYSIAN LEADER

How did 681 million end up being deposited in the personal bank account of Malaysia's prime minister, Najib Razak, last year?... READ MORE›

SINGAPORE AND MALAYSIA URGED TO SHARE RESPONSIBILITY FOR INDONESIA FOREST FIRES

Palm oil plantations owned by Indonesian, Malaysian and Singaporean companies reaped revenues of US18.4 billion 25.8 billion in 2014... READ MORE›

ARE SCOTLAND YARD OFFICERS BEING ARRESTED JUST FOR COMPLAINING ABOUT RACISM?

He was also one of a minority of passengers who were not flying on AirAsia, choosing a rival budget airline instead... 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›

MALAYSIA'S FORMER PM CLAIMS 'MALAYSIANS ARE STUPID' WHEN IT COMES TO AVIATION

Mahathir Mohamad reportedly made the remarks following the news that the beleaguered Malaysia Airlines is to have its first foreign chief executive... READ MORE›

HOW MH370 DEBRIS COULD HAVE REACHED RA(C)UNION, AND WHERE IT COULD GO NOW

MH370 search Oceanographer predicted debris would wash up on RA C union island a year ago... READ MORE›

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

15 ISIS SUSPECTS ARRESTED IN MALAYSIA HAD RECEIVED ORDERS TO ATTACK, SAY POLICE

Khalid said they were detained over three days from Tuesday in Kuala Lumpur and six other states... READ MORE›

LUXEMBOURG TO PROBE MALAYSIAN FUND OVER FRAUD CLAIMS

Prosecutor to launch inquiry into allegations of money laundering by Malaysia's 1MDB, a fund linked to PM Najib Razak... READ MORE›

BANGKOK BOMB: FIVE MEMBERS OF ONE MALAYSIAN FAMILY KILLED BY ERAWAN SHRINE EXPLOSION

An unidentified member of Mr Neoh's family laid bundles of clothes at the shrine to represent their loved ones, a monk said... READ MORE›

BURMA'S PERSECUTED MUSLIM REFUGEES ARE TRAPPED IN A STATELESS LIMBO

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- They have been called the least wanted and most persecuted people in the world... READ MORE›

MALAYSIA WARNS OF PLANNED TERRORIST ATTACK

Authorities in Malaysia's capital have credible information about a planned terrorist attack amid concern about growing support for Islamic State among Muslim extremists across south-east Asia... READ MORE›

KIRIN BUYS $560 MILLION STAKE IN MYANMAR'S TOP BREWER FROM F&N

Japan's Yomiuri daily reported on Wednesday that Kirin was set to buy F N's 55 percent stake in Myanmar Brewery for as much as 100 billion yen 804 million ... READ MORE›

MALAYSIAN POLICE DETAIN 15 BURMESE OVER SERIES OF GRUESOME MURDERS

Officials suspect killing of at least 18 Burmese nationals in Penang may be result of revenge attacks over violence at home... READ MORE›

MALAYSIA ARRESTS EIGHT IN CONNECTION WITH BANGKOK SHRINE BOMBING

The national deputy police chief Noor Rashid Ibrahim said they were detained in the past week in the capital Kuala Lumpur and in north-eastern Kelantan state... READ MORE›