Indonesia plans to set up buoys and cable base tsunameters (CBT) near Mount Krakatau to give early warning if tidal waves occur.

A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 6.3 jolted 197 kilometres of north-northwest of Dili, Timor Leste at 21:55 on April 6 (local time), the US Geological Survey said.

A delegation of the ASEAN Committee in Madrid (ACM) led by Vietnamese Ambassador to Spain Ngo Tien Dung, who is also President of the ACM in 2019, visited the Spanish region of Basque from April 1-4.

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan concluded her working visit to the European Parliament and left Brussels, Belgium, for Doha, Qatar

The 23rd ASEAN Finance Ministers’ Meeting (AFMM) and the fifth ASEAN Finance Ministers' and Central Bank Governors' Meeting (AFMGM) took place in Chiang Rai

Southeast Asian governments, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and major development financiers on April 4 launched a new initiative to invest more than 1 billion USD in green infrastructure projects across Southeast Asia.

President of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Moon Jae-in will hold a summit with the leaders of ten Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member countries in November

Myanmar authorities seized more than 1,700 kg of crystal meth worth nearly 29 million USD in a multi-state operation this week, making it the country’s biggest haul captured since the beginning of 2019.

Singapore’s central bank is likely to keep its monetary policy stance on hold in its meeting next month as inflation eases and the growth outlook for the export-reliant economy dims.

The fate of the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) is close to being finalised with just some minor details to be sorted out in negotiations between Malaysia and China.

Mount Merapi in Yogyakarta, Indonesia released a hot cloud of avalanches on March 28, with a sliding distance of up to 1,250 m

The Malaysian central bank on March 27 downgraded its forecast for the country’s economic growth this year to 4.3-4.8 percent, from earlier projection of 4.9 percent.

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen announced on March 25 that he has approved a budget of 15 million USD to purchase armoured vehicles for the country’s peacekeeping forces operating in Mali.

The ruling party, the Palang Pacharat of incumbent Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha was leading the general election in Thailand as of late March 24, according to initial results announced by the Election Commission.

Voting is underway in the general election in Thailand on March 24 with over 50 million people eligible to cast votes.