Inequality

Sabah has a poverty rate of 19.5 per cent, the highest in Malaysia. Pictured: The famous fish roundabout with the Marlin...

The set-up of automatic dispensing machine providing free rice in Vietnam – originally a measure to help...

Office workers in Thailand Most Southeast Asian saw a drop in their competitiveness in the latest world competitiveness...

People queue up for free food handouts from a temple in Bangkok's Don Mueang district earlier this April

The number of people living in poverty in Thailand climbed considerably between 2015 and 2018 by almost...

Malaysia’s shadow economy has a value of about 300 billion ringgit ($73.8 billion) or 21 per cent...

The Lao government is seeking input from academic and other research to help formulate strategies for poverty...

Government district in Naypyitaw, Myanmar © Arno Maierbrugger Myanmar’s GDP is projected to grow by 6.6 per cent...

Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on the sidelines of the 74th Session of the United Nations General...

Thailand is planning a stimulus package worth 316 billion baht ($10.2 billion) to support farmers, lower-income earners, tourism...

In the wake of slowing GDP growth amid rising global trade tensions and the lack of internal...

Vietnam will next year lift regional minimum salaries in the private sector by 5.5 per cent after labour...

Bangkok has again become more expensive for visitors, expats, retirees and the average Thai over the past year....

Indonesia’s incumbent President Joko Widodo looks likely to have secured a comfortable win over his rival in Indonesian...

A United Nations human rights expert has urged communist-ruled Laos to focus less on foreign-invested dam and railway contracts...

The newly released World Happiness Report 2019 by the United Nations shows that most Southeast Asian countries...

Thailand has overtaken Russia and India as the most unequal country in the latest survey by Credit Suisse. Two years ago, Thailand ranked third...

The chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) was formally turned over on November 15, with Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong...