Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen speaks during a press conference at the conclusion of the 40th and 41st Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summits in Phnom Penh on November 13, 2022. (Photo by Tang Chhin Sothy and TANG CHHIN SOTHY / AFP)
15 November 2022
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Tuesday he had tested positive for Covid-19, after...
Sean Turnell, a detained Australian adviser to Myanmar's deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi, getting vaccinated against the Covid-19 coronavirus in Insein prison in Yangon, in this file handout photo from the state-run Myanmar News Agency (MNA) taken on July 28, 2021. Turnell has been sentenced to three years imprisonment, a source close to the case told AFP on Sept 29. Photo: AFP
03 October 2022
Sean Turnell, an Australian academic and economic adviser to Aung San Suu Kyi who was...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered nationwide lockdowns and mobilized troops to tackle the pandemic since the country first disclosed the COVID-19 outbreak last week. Photo: EPA
27 August 2022
North Korea said Friday that the fever cases it detected earlier this week were found to...
An undated photo released by the official North Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) shows North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un. Photo: EPA
06 August 2022
North Korea reported zero fever cases Friday for a seventh straight day, state media said...
A row of grounded Thai Airways passenger aircrafts is seen at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok on August 1, 2020, as passenger numbers plummeted due to the COVID-19 coronavirus. Photo: AFP
30 July 2022
As South East Asia continues to open up as the COVID-19 restrictions recede, Bangkok...
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22 July 2022
Chinese foreign ministry said Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a sympathy message to his...
Photo: EPA
17 July 2022
Airlines are recovering from huge Covid fallout but face fresh turbulence from rocketing...
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15 July 2022
China's economic growth hit a two-year low in the second quarter, official data showed...
This photo shows nearly empty roads in Xi'an in China's northern Shaanxi province, amid a coronavirus lockdown in the city. Photo: STR / AFP
07 July 2022
Tens of millions of people were under lockdown across China on Wednesday and businesses...
A Health worker takes a swab sample from a woman by the entrance of a residential area under Covid-19 lockdown in the Xuhui district of Shanghai on June 8, 2022. Photo: Hector RETAMAL / AFP
10 June 2022
Scientists advising the World Health Organization on how to move forward investigating...
 A man shows fake oranges filled with illegal drug pills. Photo: AFP
31 May 2022
A record one billion methamphetamine pills were seized in East and Southeast Asia last...
Impoverished, nuclear-armed North Korea has never admitted to a case of Covid-19, with the government imposing a rigid coronavirus blockade of its borders since the start of the pandemic in 2020. Photo: AFP
12 May 2022
North Korea has confirmed its first-ever case of Covid-19 and declared a 'severe national...

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