Lao authorities have stepped up their crackdown on illegal wildlife trade after raiding a Chinese-owned restaurant in central Vientiane, one of several wildlife enforcement operations carried out this year.
On 18 May, officers from the Law Enforcement Network for Aquatic Animals, Wildlife and Forestry (LAO-WEN) inspected a restaurant in Chommany...
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...
Myanmar's military government plans to import fuel from Russia in an effort to alleviate supply concerns and rising prices.
Myanmar has maintained close relations with...
India is now looking to expand the India-Myanmar-Thailand Trilateral Highway to Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam, in order to increase connectivity of the region.
ASEAN Briefing...
Vietnam has ordered tech firms to store user data locally and establish local offices in a new move to tighten cybersecurity regulations.
Reuters reports that...
