Top Stories

New Zealand volcano eruption: Mission resumes to retrieve remaining bodies

ST Foreign Desk

10 min 53 sec ago.
Phase one China-US trade deal: What's in and what's missing? t.co/PzW4KZ74qg

Australia's severe drought affects cities

Suu Kyi transforms from political prisoner to pragmatic politician at Rohingya genocide hearing

Martial art silat claimed by Indonesia, Malaysia added to Unesco's intangible cultural heritage list

Bangladesh-India 'golden chapter in ties' rocked by Delhi's new citizenship law

Japan's Empress Emeritus Michiko suffers weight loss, vomiting: Palace

Fried chicken with beer: Comfort food for South Koreans has a role in diplomacy

LATEST NEWS

New Zealand volcano eruption: Mission resumes to retrieve remaining bodies

4 hours ago

Australia's severe drought affects cities

11 hours ago

Japan's Empress Emeritus Michiko suffers weight loss, vomiting: Palace

Dec 13, 2019, 9:12 pm

UN says new Indian citizenship law 'discriminatory' against Muslims, as violent clashes erupt in Delhi

Dec 13, 2019, 9:02 pm

Asian Insider Dec 13: Boris win, US China trade deal lift Asian sentiments, Xi’s gifts for Macau

Dec 13, 2019, 8:29 pm

Bangladesh-India 'golden chapter in ties' rocked by Delhi's new citizenship law

Dec 13, 2019, 7:56 pm

Philippine 'ports king' bets big on war zones

Dec 13, 2019, 7:48 pm
More Latest News

ST Asian Insider

Goh Sui Noi
 The Hong Kong challenge: One country, two systems, different viewpoints

Shefali Rekhi
 Asian Insider Dec 13: Boris win, US China trade deal lift Asian sentiments, Xi’s gifts for Macau

The Straits Times Asia Report magazine: Download December issue here

EDITORIAL NOTES

Kathmandu goes to sleep by 10, what are tourists going to do?: Kathmandu Post

THE ASIAN VOICE

Suu Kyi was an icon, but now...: Daily Star contributor

Nirmala Ganapathy
 Religion-based Bill further polarises India

Mercedes Ruehl and James Kynge
 The rise of the Asian 'super app'

China to buy US$50 billion in US farm products in return for tariff concessions: US sources

  • Left: King Maha Vajiralongkorn, Queen Suthida and his son, Prince Dipangkorn Rasmijoti, his youngest child from his third marriage. Far left: The royal barge, Suphannahong, carrying the King and Queen of Thailand. The banks of the Chao Phraya River i

Hathai Techakitteranun
 Royal barge procession caps Thai King's coronation

Get ST newsletters in your inbox. Sign up here.
Subscribing...
By signing up, you agree to our Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions.
Follow us

Popular

  1. Beijing has built thousands of cheap apartments no one wants

    Dec 13, 2019, 3:19 am

  2. Protest-free Macau to win financial policy rewards from China; Xi Jinping to visit next week

    Dec 12, 2019, 4:08 pm

  3. Penang airport gears up for $261m upgrade to handle 12 million passengers a year

    Dec 13, 2019, 2:40 pm

  4. 'Go on a holiday and not return': Cruise passengers shaken by New Zealand volcano tragedy

    Dec 12, 2019, 5:02 pm

  5. 65 Chinese nationals nabbed over online scams in Ipoh raids

    Dec 12, 2019, 10:01 pm

  6. Cheered in Umno last week, Najib and ex-DPM Zahid back in court with big spending revealed

    Dec 12, 2019, 10:15 pm

  7. KL cops offering 50 per cent 'Christmas discounts' for traffic summonses

    Dec 12, 2019, 4:11 pm

  8. Japan's Empress Emeritus Michiko suffers weight loss, vomiting: Palace

    Dec 13, 2019, 9:12 pm

  9. New Zealand volcano eruption: Six bodies recovered in high-risk operation

    Dec 12, 2019, 11:17 am

  10. Tropical Indonesia's tiny glaciers to melt away in a decade: Study

    Dec 13, 2019, 2:18 pm

Our Correspondents

Walter Sim
 Forbidden love story blunts impact from atrocities

Nirmala Ganapathy
 New Delhi-Dhaka 'golden' ties rocked by India's contentious citizenship law

Debarshi Dasgupta
 India hires lobbying firm in US as its human rights record comes under scrutiny

Rohini Mohan
 Andhra Pradesh govt schools to switch to English instruction

Jeffrey Hutton
 Rising contractor debts may hit Jokowi's building frenzy

Jonathan Pearlman
 Major Aussie cities start to feel impact of drought