Vietnam and the Philippines have been reclassified as upper-middle-income economies by the World Bank, leaving Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar, and Timor-Leste as the only ASEAN members still in the lower-middle-income category.
The annual income classifications, released on 1 July, place seven of ASEAN's 11 members in the upper-middle-income bracket or higher....
Cambodia has temporarily halted imports and distribution of talcum powder products after asbestos was discovered in several brands of baby powder.
Khmer Times reports...
The UK's former ambassador to Burma/Myanmar, Vicky Bowman, has been arrested in Yangon, the nation's capital.
BBC News reports that Ms. Bowman and her husband...
Vietnam's large stockpile of coffee beans is diminishing, a development that is expected to push global coffee prices even higher.
Traders surveyed by Bloomberg predict...
Thailand's Constitutional Court has ordered Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to temporarily cease his official duties until the court can review the legality of his...
Malaysia's former Prime Minister Najib Razak has been sent to prison to begin serving a 12-year sentence after the High Court rejected his appeal.
Charges...
Singapore has stated that it will decriminalize sex between men by repealing a colonial-era law.
Section 377A of Singapore's Penal Code, which bans sex between...
