Thailand's sea nomads are struggling to preserve their vanishing culture and identity.

The ???Send Gift??? function will enable users to ???show appreciation??? for loved ones by buying and sending gifts capped at 10,000 yuan (US$1,375).

The former prime minister???s death deprives India of sage counsel at a time when his reforms are being??replaced by empty??bluster, says Bloomberg Opinion???s Andy Mukherjee.

Violent crime is generally rare in China compared to many Western countries, but the country has seen a string of mass casualty incidents this year.

The carpenter pleaded guilty to khalwat with a 52-year-old woman. It was his third time being caught for the offence. The rare punishment has stoked vigorous debate in Malaysia.

Some 2.5 billion rupiah (US$153,977) has been seized from the police officers accused of intimidating attendees of the Djakarta Warehouse Project music festival held from Dec 13 to 15.

Some Johor condominiums are sold under a private lease scheme, where a buyer does not own the property but instead buys a lease.??

The new aircraft designs show "willingness" of China's aviation industry to experiment and innovate" as the country rapidly??modernises its military, experts said.

Netizens wasted no time in calling out Niao Niao's mistake.

Both mainland China and Taiwan have strategically used tourism as a bargaining chip to gain a ???political upper hand??? over one another, say analysts.

Experts said the Boxing Day catastrophe in 2004 was a ???huge wakeup call??? that accelerated research, education and technology to better understand natural disasters and try to mitigate their impact.

Three of Fukushima's six reactors went into meltdown in 2011 after a huge tsunami swamped the facility.

More than 100,000 homes were destroyed and half a million people were displaced when the tsunami ravaged over two-thirds of the country???s coastline.??

The PDI-P claims the timing of the probe on its secretary-general Hasto Kristiyanto is politically motivated. It is the only major party that has not joined President Prabowo Subianto???s Advance Indonesia Coalition.

The next Trump administration presents China with the opportunity to grow its global influence in climate action, but there is work to be done internationally and domestically, says Taylah Bland from the Asia Society Policy Institute.

Despite a rise in salaries in their host countries, family expectations, social media pressures and a lack of financial skills weigh heavily on the region???s workers abroad. CNA dives into the issue in the fourth part of a series on Southeast Asia???s migrant workers.

In Malaysia, as elsewhere, social media has amplified claims of political victimisation, oftentimes presenting a skewed version of reality, says Sophie Lemiere, a political anthropologist who specialises in Malaysian politics.

Pop Mart toys are gaining global recognition for their unique designs and brand power.

Isolation challenges - often advertised on Douyin, as TikTok is known in China - have risen in popularity this year

India wants a bigger slice of the world???s pharmaceutical pie amid US-China tensions. But with its patchy record on safety and a looming deadline to raise quality controls, the programme Insight explores whether the country can step up.

Over 200 firms from 30 countries including China, Russia, United States, Iran, Israel and India took part in the event which ended on Sunday (Dec 22).