Asean Observer

KUALA LUMPUR – As coronavirus infections surged in Malaysia this year, a wave of hate speech and misinformation aimed at Rohingya Muslim refugees from Myanmar began appearing…

SINGAPORE, Singapore’s Ministry of Health (MOH), reported 10 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, bringing the total confirmed cases in the country to 57,859. Of the new cases,…

COVID-19 IN VIET NAM AND THE NATIONAL RESPONSE COVID-19 in Viet Nam Viet Nam has been deeply affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Viet Nam recorded its first…

TAIPEI, TAIWAN – A Philippine city hollowed out by civil war is under a COVID-19 lockdown through the end of this month, a move that has inadvertently…

PHNOM PENH – The conviction of a journalist who reported on comments that Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen made publicly about COVID-19 is a threat to all…

SYDNEY – COVID-19 restrictions have forced beaches to close near Australia’s biggest city as scorching spring temperatures sent thousands of people to the coast.  Beachgoers also were warned to stay away…

Authorities in the Australian state of New South Wales said Sunday that there were no new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases in the previous 24 hours, marking its…

The total number of COVID-19 cases in Myanmar has increased to 10,734 as of Sunday, according to a release from the Ministry of Health and Sports. A…

Vietnam reported five new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, bringing its total confirmed cases to 1,074 with 35 deaths from the disease so far, according to its…

Malaysia reported 150 new COVID-19 infections, the Health Ministry said on Sunday, bringing the national total to 10,919. Health Ministry Director-General Noor Hisham Abdullah said in a…