The Latest Breaking News from SouthEast Asia

SINGAPORE: Singapore-based Grab Holdings, Southeast Asia’s leading ride-hailing and food delivery app, is cutting 1,000 jobs, or 11% of its workforce, its CEO said on Tuesday, citing the need to manage costs and ensure more affordable services long-term.

The Move Forward Party's (MFP) triumph in the general election has sparked new hope for political change in the region, as experts expect the ascendance of an MFP-led progressive government will help shift the landscape of international relations in Southeast Asia toward a more liberal democracy.

The discovery of a skull and shin bone fragment in a cave in Laos pushes back the earliest known date of Homo sapiens in Southeast Asia.

In late April, Psi Scott, a Scottish-Thai marine conservationist, along with 36 volunteers set a new record for Southeast Asia in a swimming relay of over 70km, crossing the Andaman Sea to raise awareness about marine conservation and plastic waste reduction. Psi also became the youngest swimmer to establish a…

In 2013, President Xi Jinping announced an initiative for China to work with Asean countries for a 21st century Maritime Silk Road to build a closer China-Asean community with a shared future.

Estonian super-app Bolt is investing 300 million baht to strengthen its footprint in Thailand as part of its Southeast Asian growth strategy.

New broadcast home offers expanded remote and centralized production solutions for broadcast partners in Southeast Asia and the Middle East

‘We believe that short-term rental should be regulated fairly and progressively to enable everyday Malaysians to share their homes,’ says accommodation platform

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s recent trip to Vietnam is a recognition that Australia’s relationship with the Southeast Asian nation is important on its own terms – not just in how it relates our broader relationships with the United States and China.