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KUALA LUMPUR -- Former Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin was charged by prosecutors with sedition Tuesday, following remarks he made during a recent by-election campaign allegedly criticizing the country's former king, Sultan Abdullah of Pahang.
“The angst, anxiety and anger that we are witnessing will be further stoked when the general election comes around,” said Eugene Tan, a law professor from the Singapore Management University.
TAIPEI -- Taiwan's opposition is pushing back against a Ministry of Defense proposal to produce more home-built submarines, intensifying questions over the fate of an upcoming budget session in parliament.
Vannith Hay, 28, brother of activist Vanna Hay, was detained on August 16 as he attempted to cross the Cambodian border into Thailand, the latter told This Week in Asia. Vannith was trying to flee his homeland just days after Vanna managed to get seven members of his immediate family to Japan, where he has lived since 2008.
K-pop artists who attended the rapper formerly known as Kanye West’s concert, including NewJeans, aespa and 2NE1, are facing backlash from fans online due to controversies surrounding him.
TOTTORI, Japan (Kyodo) -- Former Japanese Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Saturday he will run in the ruling party's presidential race in September, in what will be his fifth and "last" attempt to take the helm of the Liberal Democratic Party and the country.
In a dizzying turn of events, Thailand saw a new prime minister sworn in on Aug. 18. Paetongtarn Shinawatra, leader of the country's ruling Pheu Thai Party and youngest daughter of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, secured the top spot after winning a majority of the votes in the lower house of parliament and getting a royal sign-off.
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, put in good words for Republican nominee Donald Trump on Saturday during her visit to Taiwan, saying that an isolationist policy isn’t “healthy” and called on her party to stand with her country’s allies.