On a small island off the coast of Vietnam, a cow herder paused near a rice field and noticed a brown and yellow creature hidden under the grass. He picked up the animal and decided to keep it as a ...

An international team of malacologists discovered a new snail species, Anauchen picasso, in Southeast Asia that exhibits a highly complex and rectangularly angled shell shape, resembling a ...

Zus overtook Starbucks as Malaysia’s largest-coffee chain in early 2024, with 743 outlets. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Cambodia should share a feasibility study on the impact of a planned China-backed canal that would divert water from the rice ...

A new U.N. report warns that transnational organized crime groups in East and Southeast Asia are spreading their lucrative ...

Agency says gangs caused $37bn in losses in Asia as they gain new footholds in Africa, South America, and Middle East.

The transnational criminal networks are infiltrating and scaling up in other parts of the world; syndicates use trafficked ...

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has expressed concern that Asian crime syndicates behind the multibillion-dollar cyberscam ...

More than 500,000 foreign workers in Thailand were inspected, of whom 2,575 faced legal prosecution for violating labour laws ...

Victims who refused to comply were subjected to severe punishments, including physical torture and electrocution. Many remain ...

Myanmar's junta and a key opposition group have indicated they will extend a ceasefire to support more aid efforts after a ...

Mandopop stars like A-Lin and Hebe were said to have enjoyed slurping these elevated instant noodles from Lao Ma Ban Mian.