Nafeesa Azman has applied for hundreds of jobs over the past two months, yet the 24-year-old Malaysian marketing graduate is yet to find a permanent role that pays what she needs or uses the skills she spent years, and a good deal of money, developing. Natthanicha Intawong, a final-year media arts student in Bangkok, describes the terror many of her peers feel as they prepare to enter a jobs market that artificial intelligence is already beginning to scythe through. For Joshua Nai, a Singaporean...

Vietnam's GDP per capita is projected to reach US$5,259 this year, overtaking Indonesia's $5,153, according to the International Monetary Fund.

Long Thanh International Airport is expected to open to commercial flights at midnight on Dec. 24, initially handling up to 366 flights a week, 322 of them domestic and 44 international.

Long Thanh International Airport is expected to open to commercial flights at midnight on Dec. 24, initially handling up to 366 flights a week, 322 of them domestic and 44 international.

The city state of Singapore ranks third globally for quality of life in the 2026 Global Cities Index by Oxford Economics, a U.K.-based independent economic research and consulting firm.

A 26-year-old Chinese man who quit school at 14 has flown a homemade electric board inspired by the Green Goblin's glider in "Spider-Man" across the Yangtze River in his home province of Hubei.

Smoke from forest and land fires across Indonesia caused an estimated 3,560 deaths in September, more than double the August figure, a Helsinki-based think tank said.

Adly says coalition will prioritise grassroots mobilisation and candidate strengths.

China has broken up a major transnational drug trafficking network in cooperation with Indonesia and Malaysia, seizing around 1.2 tonnes of liquid methamphetamine, China’s Ministry of Public Security said on Friday. The operation was carried out on October 21 by Indonesia’s National Narcotics Agency (BNN), which raided and shut down a large-scale drug processing and purification facility in Aceh, Indonesia, and arrested 11 people, with help from China’s National Narcotics Control Commission...

Transnational drug syndicates in the Philippines continue to thrive despite decades of crackdowns targeting street-level dealers, with analysts warning that regional suppliers, financiers and trafficking networks have largely eluded enforcement efforts. Former drug officials and security analysts say the country’s drug trade remains closely connected to a wider regional supply chain, with criminal groups relying on local partners, maritime routes and established distribution networks to move...

Cellist Đinh Hoài Xuân will make history as the first female Asian cellist to perform a cello duet with Mischa Maisky, regarded as one of the world's greatest living cellists.

RM13.24b worth of works affected by funding delays, claims Zahid's aide.

Umno-PAS alliance faces questions over voter support and party loyalties.

Indonesia is looking beyond Singapore for petrol supplies as it seeks to reduce its dependence on a single source, but analysts say diversifying imports will do little to address the country’s fuel production shortfall without faster refinery modernisation and investment in alternative fuels. Indonesia has long sourced petroleum products from Singapore, including RON 90 petrol, which has a minimum octane rating of 90 and is marketed domestically as Pertalite. Singapore’s geographic proximity,...

Fadzmel urges the ministry to clarify the projects' status after minister said they are not aborted.

Recent school attacks across Malaysia have shone a light on a troubling trend of teenagers joining an online subculture that glamorises real-life killers, according to a prominent security analyst. Three violent incidents in Malaysian schools – in Kuching on October 21, Banting in July and Bandar Utama in October last year – could be linked to the True Crime Community (TCC), said Munira Mustaffa, founder of Kuala Lumpur-based security consulting firm Chasseur Group. In the Kuching case, the...

Tuấn will be the first artist to stage a musical event at the venue with Circus of Friends. The concert will serve as a farewell to 2026, bringing the singer and his audience together in an intimate musical setting.

Changes will focus on provisions restricting free speech, political activities.

Combining bamboo circus, expressive stage movements and live music performed on more than 30 traditional musical instruments from Việt Nam’s ethnic groups, Làng Tôi transforms the simple bamboo pole into a storytelling medium.

PM adds that other opposition lawmakers are welcome to join the agreement.

Malaysia received its first South Korean-made light combat jet on Friday under a nearly 4 billion ringgit (US$990 million) procurement, in what analysts describe as welcome relief for an ageing air force still years away from replacing its frontline fighters. The FA-50M Block 20 jet arrived at the air force base in Labuan, off Borneo, with a second expected in Kuantan on the peninsula’s east coast next Monday. They are the first of 18 aircraft ordered from Korea Aerospace Industries under a deal...

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The series aims to bring local history and culture, as well as images of scenic sites, to a wider online audience.

Through its performances, the concert aims to trace the evolution of Vietnamese culture from its roots to the present and future, connecting heritage values with contemporary creativity.

Two spectacular volcanic caves within the Krông Nô volcanic cave system have been officially designated as national heritage sites, marking a significant milestone for local geological conservation and sustainable tourism.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Japan Phạm Quang Hiệu said cinema could add a cultural and human dimension to the Việt Nam–Japan Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.

South Korea's foreign resident population climbed past 2.66 million in 2025, or more than one in 20 people in the country, as the number of international students surged.

Singapore tailor Javin Tan beat 23 rivals in Naples with a sailing-inspired suit to become the first non-Italian to win Italy's Trofeo Arbiter.

Several new rules on recruitment and management of Vietnamese working for foreign entities and individuals in Vietnam will take effect from November.

The federal partners will clash in Sungai Rambai, Taboh Naning, and Ayer Limau.