Here's a look at the news highlights from Asean countries in the Star-AseanPlus section for Monday (Dec 29, 2025) ...

Islay Bomogao and LJ Rafael Yasay deliver the Philippines two gold medals in muay in the 2025 Southeast Asian Games in Thailand. Full story: ...

Alex Eala claims another piece of history as she captures her first-ever Southeast Asian Games gold medal after reigning in the women’s singles. Full story: ...

Public safety in the Chinatown-International District (CID) takes an important step forward with a targeted educational campaign. More than 100 elderly residents and their family members gathered on ...

With the Association of Southeast Asian Nations leaders meeting in Kuala Lumpur, the growing problem of scam centers is in the spotlight. Southeast Asian scam networks are booming. The U.S. says ...

A marriage racket in Aligarh has duped over a dozen men by arranging weddings with 'runaway brides' who vanished with jewellery and cash. Led by Mukesh Gupta, the gang charged Rs 1.25 lakh per match.

Cybercriminal syndicates in Southeast Asia are facing increasingly severe responses to their lucrative investment and romance scams, human trafficking, and money laundering, which are estimated to net ...

OFAC sanctioned 19 Southeast Asian entities tied to crypto scams using forced labor and coercion, blocking their U.S. assets. OFAC sanctioned nine entities in Myanmar and ten in Cambodia for crypto ...

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Asian crime syndicates are running cyber scam centers at a hyperscale, earning tens of billions of dollars and expanding into new markets westward. That recent phishing email or gift card scam you ...

BANGKOK (AP) — Transnational organized crime groups in East and Southeast Asia are spreading their lucrative scam operations across the globe in response to increased crackdowns by authorities, ...