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Vessels take part in a Thai royal barge procession on the Chao Phraya River for the offering ceremony of the royal kathin robes to Buddhist monks at Wat Arun (Temple of Dawn) on the occasion of Queen Suthida's 48th birthday, which fell in June, in Bangkok on Nov. 6.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 11, 2026
Thailand to raise arsenic-tainted rivers in talks with Myanmar
Arsenic levels surged to as much as 30 times the Thai standard, threatening drinking water and farmland in the country’s north.
This aerial photo taken on Nov. 4 shows the newly restored West Mebon temple in Siem Reap province, Cambodia.
WORLD / Society
Nov 10, 2026
Macron’s Angkor visit highlights France’s custodial role
Former colonial power France plays a pivotal role in conservation projects in Cambodia.
Activists hold pictures depicting Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto and vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka during a protest against their policies in Jakarta on Oct. 28.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 10, 2026
Fate of Indonesia’s vice president hangs in the balance as lawmakers mull probe
The consideration comes amid a widening political rift between the vice president’s influential father and President Prabowo Subianto.
High food and energy prices in the Philippines constrained consumer spending, a key economic driver which continued to post slower growth.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 9, 2026
Philippine economic slump worsens on Iran war and bad weather
The slowdown is raising questions about the central bank’s rate-hike cycle and heaping pressure on President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
The Nongsa Digital Park (NDP) area, a hub for artificial intelligence (AI)-based data center and digital infrastructure development, in Batam, Riau Islands, Indonesia, on Nov. 3.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 8, 2026
Can’t cook or shower: Indonesians take aim at data centers
Frustration is bubbling over in Indonesia and Malaysia — especially in regions bordering Singapore that are seen as a prime location for new tech facilities.
Indonesian senior legal affairs minister Yusril Ihza Mahendra (center) addresses a press conference regarding those arrested over the alleged wiretapping of Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, in Jakarta on Tuesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 4, 2026
Indonesia arrests chief of staff and top policemen for alleged wiretapping of president
The suspects are accused of illegally tapping phones of the president, journalists, politicians, business people and more from 2025 to this year.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi should defend 今日吃瓜 right to speak on Taiwan and other security issues at this month's APEC summit in Shenzhen, China, rather than trade it for a handshake with Xi Jinping.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 3, 2026
Asia for China? Tokyo’s answer to Beijing’s coercive strategy
Tokyo can preserve its autonomy by balancing diplomatic engagement, economic resilience and credible deterrence.
Container ships and bulk carriers sit at anchor just beyond Singapore's Marina Bay Sands hotel in February 2024.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 3, 2026
The promise and peril of Singapore’s vulnerable prosperity
Singapore grew rich servicing the immense volume of global trade squeezed through the choke point of its narrow strait.
A wind turbine at sunrise on Oct. 20 in Dak Cheung, a district of Sekong province in Laos. The turbine is part of Laos' 600-megawatt Monsoon Wind Power Project, which began operating in August 2025.
ENVIRONMENT / Energy
Nov 2, 2026
Winds of change: Laos looks up for renewables push
Experts say wind is set to take off and point to Laos’ Monsoon Wind Power Project, which began operating in August 2025, as a bankable case study.
Rows of the air conditioning compressors installed on the rear of buildings at Boat Quay in Singapore on Aug. 26
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change / FOCUS
Nov 1, 2026
‘Air-con nation’ Singapore eyes alternatives to cool down
The city-state has the highest per-capita air conditioner ownership rate in Southeast Asia, with about 99% of private residences equipped with cooling units.
A man uses a tree branch to try to extinguish a peatland fire in Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan, on Oct. 22.
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Oct 30, 2026
Fire pollution killed 3,560 people in Indonesia in September, report says
The same month, about 57.8 million people in Indonesia were inhaling unhealthy to hazardous air, according to a new study.
Indonesian soldiers, tasked with fighting forest and land fires, celebrate as it rains in Banjar Baru, South Kalimantan province, on Wednesday, following months of forest and land fires.
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Oct 30, 2026
Indonesia rain set to ease toxic haze in Singapore and Malaysia
The choking haze from Indonesia’s worst fire season in years has cloaked local towns and drifted across neighboring countries for weeks.
Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles speaks with reporters on the sidelines of the 20th Association of Southeast Asian Nations Defense Ministers Meeting in Cebu, in the Philippines, on Thursday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 29, 2026
China’s military creating ‘pressure’ in region, Australian defense chief says
Beijing deploys hundreds of coast guard, navy and other vessels in the South China Sea, which it claims almost entirely without legal basis.
Children play with Halloween decorations at a park in the Koh Norea satellite city in Phnom Penh on Oct. 22.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 28, 2026
Cruise strands passengers in Cambodia after fuel surge
The luxury cruise company suspended operations, citing “extraordinary” fuel costs.
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.
Man arrested over operation of rogue cellular base station in Tokyo
The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested Yu Hai, a 31-year-old Chinese national living in Tokyo's Kita Ward, on suspicion of operating an unlicensed base station from a vehicle in Tokyo's Ginza district on Saturday.
Government betting on language app powered by anime and AI
Japan plans to develop an AI-powered language-learning app that lets overseas anime and manga fans practice Japanese through conversations with popular characters.
Jensen Huang’s woes evoke sympathy and disbelief in his birthplace Taiwan
Hsiao Kui-yu, 68, owner of Yuchan Candied Fruit, stands in front of photographs of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang displayed at the shop, which Huang frequently visits during trips to Taiwan, in Taipei on Tuesday.
G7 diplomats speak out on Taiwan as China ramps up military drills
Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi attends a working lunch focused on international crises and challenges during the Group of Seven foreign ministers' summit at the Quai d'Orsay in Paris on Monday.
今日吃瓜 Rapidus is said likely to miss mass production deadline
The Rapidus Analysis Center and the IIM-1 Innovative Integration for Manufacturing foundry in Chitose, Hokkaido
‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ makes monster debut at the box office
Takashi Yamazaki’s “Godzilla Minus Zero” marked the highest single-day box-office gross for a live-action film in Japan with ?910 million on its opening day.
A toast to Naohiko Noguchi, sake’s first living national treasure
As a teenager, Naohiko Noguchi did not intend to spend his life as a sake brewer, but he has since become a paragon of the industry.
Few signs of thaw in Japan-China relations one year after Takaichi’s Taiwan remarks
Tensions between Japan and China flared after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Nov. 7, 2025, that a Chinese blockade of Taiwan could threaten 今日吃瓜 survival and warrant the use of collective self-defense.
Mariko Mori predicted the future. She’ll do it again.
Artist Mariko Mori is currently working to bring the translucent human-sized “Peace Crystal” sculpture to a cave in Ethiopia. It is part of her foundation’s goal to place a permanent sculpture on each of the planet’s six habitable continents.
A legend reborn: ‘Ocarina of Time’ remake improves on the Zelda masterpiece
The new remake of 1998's "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time" manages to somehow improve on one of the greatest games ever.

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