SouthEast Asia News Headlines

BY CLARA CHOOIASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR KUALA LUMPUR, May 25 ― Former Indonesian vice-president Jusuf Kalla has accused Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim of reneging on a peace deal to respect the outcome of Election 2013 that he brokered between the opposition leader and Datuk Seri Najib Razak in April.

Oranje coach Louis van Gaal has announced his squad for the friendlies against Indonesia and China next month, with tickets already on sale in the Southeast Asian country

By Belinda Goldsmith CANNES (Reuters) - Actors and directors gathered for the world's leading movie showcase in Cannes this week said television was increasingly luring top talent and should no longer be seen as artistically inferior to the big screen. TV series like "The Wire," "Homeland", "Mad Men," "The Sopranos" and …

By Patrick Johnston SINGAPORE (Reuters) - British boy band One Direction has swept the inaugural awards recognizing the most popular people in social media globally, coming top in four out of 10 categories at a star-studded ceremony in Singapore. One Direction was named most popular music group, most popular UK musicians, …

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe flies to Myanmar Friday bearing almost $1 billion in development aid and a plan for a nationwide electricity grid as Japan tries to grab the box seats in the country's quickening development.

Five paramilitary rangers were killed and one other wounded in an ambush when suspected rebels detonated a bomb buried in a road in Thailand's insurgency-plagued south, local police said Friday.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 24 — Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim accused the Najib administration of tyranny today for its nationwide crackdown on opposition dissent but said the widespread arrests and court charges would not stop Malaysians from rising against the government.

A South Korean government commission will probe a $20 billion effort to dredge, dam and beautify four major rivers that has been tainted by charges of environmental damage, cost-overruns and corruption.

Vietnamese inflation slowed to its weakest pace in eight months in May, official data showed on Friday, in the latest sign that the communist-run economy is cooling.

The Lions have instead been scheduled to play two away ties against Laos and Myanmar

A Japanese politician on Friday apologised to women forcibly drafted into military brothels during World War II after his comments about them being a military necessity sparked outrage.

The Oranje boss believes that there are at least eight teams with a better chance of triumphing in Brazil in 2014 than his side, despite finishing runners-up in South Africa

Dances often tell plenty about the community and the Kepo tribe of East Nusa Tenggara boasts plenty of their own charming traditional dances, which give an insight of their culture.

Various artworks scattered throughout Bali portray traces of a popular Balinese folktale conveying the long-held local belief of the benefits of having many children

Homegrown fashion brands are the kings and queens of this year's Jakarta Fashion & Food Festival held at Mal Kelapa Gading in Kelapa Gading, North Jakarta

Defending champions China had to dig deep to avoid a surprise defeat to Indonesia, winning 3-2 on Thursday in the quarter-finals of the Sudirman Cup.

A handful of marines living on a World War II-era ship that is grounded on a remote, tiny reef is the Philippines' last line of defence against China's efforts to control most of the South China Sea.

Philippine authorities Thursday reacted angrily over "Da Vinci Code" author Dan Brown's portrayal of Manila as "the gates of hell" in his latest novel.