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Capital
Vientiane
Head of State
President Thongloun Sisoulith
Head of Government
Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone
Asean
Philippines urges Asean to be global investment safe haven amid Middle East war
This year’s Asean chair calls on the bloc to ensure investment ‘certainty’ at the opening of the foreign ministers meeting in Manila.
13 Mar 2026 - 12:28PM
North Korea
US sanctions 2 firms, 6 individuals for funding North Korean weapons
13 Mar 2026 - 9:35AM
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Scams and swindles
150,000 Meta accounts shut down in Southeast Asian scam centre crackdown
12 Mar 2026 - 8:17PM
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Thailand
Thailand’s PTT to freeze pump prices as Iran attacks spur panic buying in region
The energy firm will maintain prices for 15 days, even as Thailand says it will still export oil to Laos.
4 Mar 2026 - 4:09PM
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China airliners
China’s C909 jet gets international uplift with funding for adoptive airline
Chengdu Airlines, an affiliate of C909 manufacturer Comac, has received a capital injection to help widen the jet’s international coverage.
23 Feb 2026 - 11:00AM
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China trade
As high-speed railways saturate China, how far can their global reach extend?
As Chinese giants eye Eurasia for new infrastructure, analysts speculate on what it will take to keep overseas projects from going off the rails in different host nations.
21 Feb 2026 - 4:00PM
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Scams and swindles
Water prisons, torture: UN urges crackdown on brutal Southeast Asia scam centres
The agency’s latest report documents torture, sexual abuse, forced abortions, food deprivation and solitary confinement in the centres.
20 Feb 2026 - 7:29PM
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Scams and swindles
More Southeast Asian human trafficking gangs use crypto to move illegal funds
The transactions are linked to activities such as forced labour recruited by scammers and international escort services, a report says.
16 Feb 2026 - 4:48PM
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Australia
Australia demands answers from Laos over methanol poisoning ‘injustice’
While 10 were convicted of destroying evidence, not a single person has been charged in connection with the deaths of two Melbourne teens.
11 Feb 2026 - 1:20PM
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US immigration
‘Deported but not defeated’: the Southeast Asians cast out of Trump’s US
Born in a Thai refugee camp and raised in Texas, Kham Paneboun is now stateless in Laos, one of thousands punished again for old crimes.
8 Feb 2026 - 8:00AM
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Cambodia
Scripts, bank details and military rules: Cambodian scam compound secrets
Mostly run by Chinese criminal gangs and staffed partly by trafficking victims, these complexes have proliferated across Indochina.
7 Feb 2026 - 3:57PM
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China airliners
New brainer: China’s C929 widebody lands partner to power next-gen flight mind
After Comac secures core flight-system supplier for its widebody jet’s ‘brain’, sourcing the ‘heart’ of the C929 remains a lofty challenge.
4 Feb 2026 - 11:31PM
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The Philippines
Filipino’s death fuels concern over coercive recruitment in Ukraine war
Observers say the case of John Patrick reflects human exploitation and the structural pressure on Russia’s manpower resources.
30 Jan 2026 - 8:00AM
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South Korea
73 South Koreans repatriated from Cambodia face online scam probe
Arriving in handcuffs, the suspects allegedly scammed fellow South Koreans out of US$33 million.
23 Jan 2026 - 10:34PM
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Asean
Visa suspension tests US priorities in Southeast Asia
The move reflects an ‘America first’ policy approach and treats certain allies in the region as ‘strategically insignificant’, analysts say.
17 Jan 2026 - 2:00PM
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Cambodia
‘Not the end’: Cambodia keeps up scam crackdown after Chen Zhi sent to China
Phnom Penh signals zero tolerance for scam centres following the deportation of the Prince Group tycoon.
14 Jan 2026 - 7:38PM
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US-Venezuela conflict
The Maduro effect: US raid accelerates Asia’s drift away from Washington
Cambodia, Laos and North Korea are expected to tighten their embrace of Moscow and Beijing amid growing distrust of the US.
7 Jan 2026 - 7:16PM
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Japan
More Japanese favour having an empress as Princess Aiko’s public appeal rises
Japan’s conservative politicians are against changing the centuries-old tradition of a male heir for the throne.
20 Dec 2025 - 11:00AM
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US-China relations
Rubio swaps hawk for diplomat in year-end pivot on China
Top US envoy eschews ‘pacing threat’ label, stressing cooperation and Western hemisphere priorities for 2026.
20 Dec 2025 - 6:53AM
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SCMP Highlights
China’s youth-unemployment rate, Laos joins durian war: SCMP daily highlights
From EU-China trade ties to Laos securing approval to export durians, here’s a round-up from today’s coverage.
18 Dec 2025 - 9:15PM
China trade
Battle for China’s durian market gets even juicier as Laos enters the fray
Laos could present a real challenge to other players in China’s vast durian market due to its low costs and logistical advantages.
18 Dec 2025 - 9:00AM
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Donald Trump
Trump expands US travel ban and restrictions to include another 20 countries
The clampdown affects people seeking to travel to the US as visitors as well as those hoping to emigrate there.
17 Dec 2025 - 4:53PM
Malaysia
Trump’s tariffs on Southeast Asia put US Christmas gifts at risk
From Hot Wheels to headphones, new levies are squeezing the supply of Americans’ festive favourites.
15 Dec 2025 - 8:02AM
Japan
Japan’s English skills crash to record low, behind Laos and Vietnam
Outdated teaching methods and the rise of language translation apps have made most Japanese less inclined to learn English, educators say.
12 Dec 2025 - 8:00AM
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China-Latin America relations
China pledges aid to Latin America, Caribbean with no ‘political conditions’
Third strategy paper of its kind released as Beijing seeks to expand its influence in a region Washington actively courts.
11 Dec 2025 - 12:07AM
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US senators warn of China-cartel links forming a global ‘Silk Road of crime’
At a Senate hearing, officials described Chinese money brokers as key to laundering cartel funds and fuelling the illicit fentanyl trade.
30 Dec 2025 - 5:03AM
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Thailand
‘Everyone gets a cut’: why Southeast Asia’s scam industry refuses to die
Authorities are seizing assets and raiding compounds, but analysts warn the clumsy crackdown is merely scattering syndicates to new hideouts.
8 Dec 2025 - 9:51AM
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China trade
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As China’s companies become industry leaders, where in the world are they going?
Across numerous sectors, China’s firms are setting up shop worldwide – and gaining ground on their well-entrenched competitors.
11 Dec 2025 - 11:21AM
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