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The Singapore skyline is shrouded in smog due to wildfires raging in Indonesia on Oct. 15.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 27, 2026
El Nino fires test limits of Southeast Asia’s cloud-seeding bet
As countries spend more trying to alter erratic rainfall patterns with few lasting results, the question of the payoff rises for such investments.
The lengths taken by Myanmar to disguise its purchases of Iranian jet fuel suggest U.S. sanctions are biting.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Oct 26, 2026
How purchases of sanctioned Iranian jet fuel were disguised by Myanmar
The lengths taken to disguise the trade suggest U.S. sanctions are biting, but Iranian jet fuel has continued to flow.
A Taiwanese Coast Guard patrol ship during a rescue drill in the South China Sea in November 2016
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 22, 2026
Philippines exploring deeper cooperation with Taiwan to protect cables
The Philippines and Taiwan have repeatedly complained about Chinese activities designed to pressure the countries without direct confrontation.
Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (right) shakes hands with Malaysian Defense Minister Mohamed Khaled bin Nordin at a signing ceremony at the Foreign Ministry on Tuesday.
JAPAN
Oct 21, 2026
Japan to provide Malaysia with counterdrone system
The government will spend ?1.65 billion on the system, marking its third provision of official security assistance to Malaysia.
Motorists are pictured on the road to the Central Business District in Singapore on Friday, as haze from wildfires in Indonesia shrouds the region.
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Oct 16, 2026
Singapore probing firms over haze-causing Indonesian fires
The city-state and neighboring Malaysia have been blanketed for weeks by toxic smog from a severe wildfire season in Indonesia.
"In Japan, the population is shrinking and it’s quite difficult to assume we can capture the growth there,” Sumitomo Life Insurance President Yukinori Takada said in an interview in Singapore.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 16, 2026
Sumitomo Life considering acquisitions in Southeast Asia and U.S.
The insurer is seeking to expand and diversify its income while countering demographic pressures at home.
A newborn green turtle crawls across a sandy beach towards the sea after being released from a wildlife protected area on Mataking Island in Malaysia's Sabah region on Sept. 25. Green turtles have made the rare jump from endangered to "least concern," a remarkable conservation success at a time when many species are declining globally.
ENVIRONMENT / Wildlife
Oct 14, 2026
Green turtles buck trend of species decline, offering hope for conservationists
Populations of the species have become more stable thanks to decades of efforts including egg relocation, marine protection and trade bans.
People try to extinguish a wildfire in Indonesia's South Kalimantan province on Saturday.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 14, 2026
Singapore can fix Southeast Asia’s haze, if it wants to
The way this is talked about in Singapore, the region’s wealthiest country, the whole situation is an act of God and no one knows who is responsible.
Rescuers evacuating a mother orangutan and her baby trapped by smoke from forest and land fires in a palm oil plantation area in Pelang village, Ketapang, West Kalimantan, on Sept. 18.
ENVIRONMENT / Wildlife
Oct 9, 2026
Walking through flames: Orangutan rescued in Indonesia fires
Dozens of orangutan have been rescued from wildfires burning across parts of Sumatra and Borneo in recent months.
Nippon Paint's factory in Guangdong province, China
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 5, 2026
Nippon Paint to buy Akzo’s Southeast Asia unit for $1.35 billion
91AV原创 No. 1 paint company had previously sought to buy Akzo’s entire residential and commercial paints unit for $8.4 billion.
Tourists gather at Patong beach in Phuket, Thailand, in 2024. Foreign investors are drawn to Thailand's southern islands for their insulation from the periodic political turmoil in Bangkok and distance from conflicts elsewhere in the world.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 5, 2026
Thai locals confront the consequences of the country’s decades-long tourism push
Locals say a surge in foreign-run businesses and land ownership is reshaping communities beyond recognition, breeding resentment.
Migrants returning from Malaysia look out from a bus upon their arrival at the Myanmar naval base in Thanlyin, Myanmar, on Sunday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Oct 4, 2026
Myanmar migrants returned to war-torn nation from Malaysia
The U.N. warns that conditions in Myanmar, consumed by civil war since 2021, mean safe homecomings cannot be guaranteed as required under international law.
Mount Anak Krakatau billows smoke from its crater and lava flows send up clouds of steam as they reach the sea, as seen from the waters of the Sunda Strait on Sept. 12
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 2, 2026
New islands appear after Indonesia’s Anak Krakatau volcano erupts
The islands were spotted in satellite images of the water-filled caldera in which Anak Krakatau stands.
The KL Tower and other buildings shrouded by haze in Kuala Lumpur on Sept. 21. Schools in neighboring Singapore have been closed and respiratory complaints have been skyrocketing, but existing legal frameworks offer little recourse to tackles transboundary air pollution.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Oct 1, 2026
Indonesia’s neighbors powerless as smoke from monthlong wildfires shuts schools
Respiratory complaints have been skyrocketing, but existing legal frameworks offer little recourse to tackles transboundary air pollution.
A satellite image shows construction of an airport in Ban Keun, where China’s Ministry of National Defense says it has opened a joint military support and training center, in Vientiane Province, Laos, on Sept. 2.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 30, 2026
China carves new military presence in Southeast Asian neighbor
The new support center made from a patch of farmland could deepen Beijing’s presence in Southeast Asia, analysts said.
Members of the all-women "The Power of Mama" volunteer firefighting team spray water onto smoldering peatland in the village of Tanjungpura, West Kalimantan, Borneo, on Sept. 26.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Sep 30, 2026
Women fight fires and sexism in Indonesian Borneo
Women are fighting fires in a region where traditional gender roles define women as the main providers of childcare, cooking and cleaning.
Rohingya Muslims in Selangor, Malaysia
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 30, 2026
Malaysia to return thousands to Myanmar, prompting U.N. concerns
The move sparked criticism given the large Myanmar population in Malaysia, including 126,000 Rohingya refugees and asylum-seekers.
Smoke rises as fire burns following a Myanmar military airstrike, according to a rebel group that controls the area and a local aid worker, in Kyauktaw, Rakhine State, Myanmar, in this screen grab obtained from a social media video released Tuesday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 30, 2026
U.N. alarmed by reports that Myanmar air strike killed 50
The Kyauktaw airstrike is the deadliest such attack since a December hospital bombing killed at least 30 people.
A flooded street in Bangkok on Monday
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 29, 2026
Thailand floods hit Thai Airways and Honda as disruption spreads
Thailand stepped up relief efforts as the severe flooding has widened the economic toll from days of torrential rain.
A woman rides on a boat in a flooded area following heavy rain in Bangkok on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 29, 2026
Thousands huddle in Bangkok shelters as Thai flood damage seen at over $320 million
Bangkok is among 41 provinces across Thailand hit by floods since Sept. 16 that killed at least eight people.
Two Japanese climbers die on remote Himalayan peak in Nepal
Rescuers have recovered the bodies of two Japanese climbers missing for over a week on a remote Himalayan mountain.
Aging Japanese village turns to Peru in search of new residents
Guests from Peru's Belen district interact with a baby in Nanmoku village in Gunma Prefecture.
Budget-friendly restaurant chain Saizeriya succumbs to rising costs
A Tokyo branch of Saizeriya, a chain of family-style Italian restaurants
U.S. has for years asked Musk to alter Starlink service in Ukraine and Middle East, sources say
A Ukrainian soldier sets up a Starlink satellite internet system near the frontline in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Oct. 16
U.S. military bans Chinese-made BYD cars from key air base in Okinawa
An F-22 Raptor lands at Kadena Air Base in Kadena, Okinawa Prefecture on Oct. 9. The base is a crucial hub for U.S. military operations in the region.
A dramatic bear hunt in a midsize Japanese city could be a harbinger of what is to come
Zookeeper Tetsuo Iso at the site of frantic search for a wild bear in Utsunomiya on June 9. Iso, 65, was asked by the prefectural government to help capture the bear and it was his shot with a tranquilizer gun that put an end to the saga.
How this long-term resident avoids the annoying tourist label in Japan
Tourists enjoy themselves while crossing the famous Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo on Oct. 12.
What can Asia do to avoid crossing crucial climate tipping points?
Motorists drive through a road covered with smog from wildfires nearby in Ogan Ilir in Indonesia's South Sumatra province on Sept. 25.
91AV原创 permanent residency reform has a glaring blind spot
Japan's immigration reforms risk creating uncertainty by tying permanent residency more closely to language proficiency before clear assessment standards and supporting infrastructure are in place.
Japan weighs how to evacuate thousands of tourists if Mount Fuji erupts
Climbers and visitors gather on the first day of the climbing season at the Fuji Yoshidaguchi Trail, at the fifth station on the slopes of Mount Fuji, in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, on July 1, 2024.

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