Crime
Duterte takes over and faces the test
Philippine President-elect Rodrigo Duterte will finally be inaugurated on June 30 amid high expectations among his voters that we would live up to his...
Duterte enters presidential race in Philippines, leads poll
Rodrigo Duterte, mayor of the southern Philippine metropolis of Davao City, will be another contender for the May 2016 elections weeks after the deadline...
Malaysia, Al Jazeera clash over high-profile murder documentary (video)
Amid mounting tensions between Gulf Arab countries and Malaysia - triggered by alleged dubious money flows involving state-owned 1Malaysia Development Berhad, or 1MDB -,...
Thailand’s shadow economy among biggest globally
Ever wondered why Thailand isn’t simply falling apart in its endless spiral of corruption, military coups, over-challenged governments, volatile economic environment, substandard education and...
Police: ‘Organised crime can turn Malaysia into Mexico’
If there is no release of preventive laws to curb organised crime, Malaysia is on its way to turn into a Mexico or Colombia,...
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Thailand, Singapore most vulnerable to potential US recession
Southeast Asia could be seriously affected in case the US falls into recession, but some countries would be more badly hit than others, economists...