ASEAN

Thailand must act quickly to avert a major crisis amid a growing exodus of people fleeing conscription and conflict in neighbouring Myanmar.

Indonesian authorities closed an airport and residents left homes near an erupting volcano Thursday due to the dangers of spreading ash, falling rocks, hot volcanic clouds and the possibility of a tsunami.

Indonesian authorities issued a tsunami alert Wednesday after eruptions at Ruang Mountain sent ash thousands of feet high. Officials ordered more than 11,000 people to leave the area.

Apple CEO Tim Cook said the company will “look at” manufacturing in Indonesia as he met with Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Wednesday.

Myanmar’s jailed former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from prison to house arrest as a health measure due to a heat wave, the military government said. On Wednesday it also granted amnesty for over 3,000 prisoners to mark this week’s traditional New Year holiday.

Millions of people in Southeast Asia are celebrating the traditional New Year water festival, an important event on the Buddhist calendar.

The announcement that Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong will take over as prime minister on May 15 may indicate that a general election could be called “sooner rather than later”, say some political observers and pundits.

A resistance group fighting Myanmar's military rule said on Sunday (April 14) its fighters had repelled an attempt by junta troops to advance on the key town of Myawaddy along the Thai border that was seized by the rebels last week.

Cu Chi Tunnels plan to open more night tours after having attracted many tourists since starting night tours in March.

After an eight-day voyage, a cargo ship loaded with 68 metric tons of mangosteens docked at Qinzhou Port in South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. Having cleared Customs swiftly, the fruits imported from Indonesia were transported to nearby provinces, as well as the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and the Yangtze River Delta.

The suspect in a murder attempt at Kuala Lumpur International Airport Terminal 1 (KLIA 1) on April 14 that left a bodyguard severely injured is now on the loose, armed and dangerous, Malaysian police have said.

the top legislator commended significant achievements Thailand has obtained recently, wishing the nation even greater success and an enhanced regional and international role and status.

Real estate tycoon Truong My Lan was sentenced Thursday to death by a court in Ho Chi Minh City in southern Vietnam in the country’s largest financial fraud case ever, state media Vietnam Net said.