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Vaccination rollout against the coronavirus pandemic has been sluggish in the East Asia Pacific region. Originally, the region was among the most successful in the world at implementing successful mitigation measures aga...

The CDC has issued a blanket Level 2 Travel Health Notice for Polio in parts of Africa and Asia. The notice urges enhanced safety precautions for travelers to 22 countries whose limited health systems, poor sanitation pr...

Residents of most industrialized western countries are used to freedom of speech at some level, usually restricted only when it has the potential to harm others. But some locations – including some of the more popular co...

In 2018, the U.S. Department of State introduced the Travel Advisory system. Fifteen months after the system went into effect, the Department has unveiled its first significant modification: the addition of a new, separa...

Recent advisories of potential kidnapping operations targeting foreigners in the central Philippines have raised concerns among the U.S. private sector that the threat of kidnapping in the country could be expanding nort...

Brunei, Malaysia, and the Indonesian province of Aceh all enforce at least some form of Sharia law, a civil and criminal legislative framework derived from the legal precepts of Islam. While the application of Sharia law...

On February 12, North Korea test-fired what appeared to be a new type of medium- to long-range missile, marking the latest violation of UN security resolutions barring the country from pursuing ballistic missile technolo...

ISIL’s broad and inclusive guidance, coupled with its decentralized command and control structures outside of Iraq and Syria, has granted its global sympathizers considerable discretion in determining the targets of thei...

In June, the first ISIL propaganda video featuring footage from the Philippines was published on social media. The video may confirm links between ISIL in Iraq and Syria and their supporters in Southeast Asia, and point...

On September 24, the U.S. Embassy in Kuala Lumpur released a Security Message urging U.S. citizens to avoid Jalan Alor and the immediate surrounding areas due to credible threat information regarding a potential terroris...

Man-made fires in Indonesia have produced a blanket of unhealthy haze across many parts of Southeast Asia. Not only does this pose potential employee health and safety challenges, it has far reaching implications for edu...

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak faces mounting pressure following the disclosure of an investigation into the alleged misappropriation of government funds. A recent overhaul of his cabinet may delay investigative ef...

Malaysian authorities have now arrested more than 100 individuals linked to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), including over 30 suspects in March and April alone. In late April, counterterrorism authoritie...

The attached report is an analysis of the results of a benchmarking survey conducted by the OSAC Kuala Lumpur Country Council, Pan Asia Regional Council, and others from late January to early February 2015. The report in...

Dengue fever is endemic in over 100 countries and generally non-fatal. Some traditional hotspots of dengue infection are dramatically reducing infection rates, while outbreaks are rising in some less traditional areas.

The civil war in Syria has drawn in thousands of foreign fighters from across the world, including scores of militants from the East Asia-Pacific (EAP) region. As the Afghanistan experience in the 1980s and 1990s demonst...

May Day, a traditional spring holiday that has become synonymous with International Workers Day, is a day for workers and activists of various stripes to express grievances, usually in the form of street protests.

A fatal grenade attack in the heart of Kuala Lumpur, the arrest of more than a dozen suspected terrorists in Selangor, and a Security Message from the U.S. Embassy warning of possible kidnappings in Eastern Sabah – all i...

Historically, seasonal agricultural fires on the Indonesian island of Sumatra have produced a blanket of unhealthy haze across Southeast Asia. In addition to employee health and safety concerns, deteriorating air quality...

In order to better understand crime in Malaysia, particularly as it affects the U.S. private sector, the OSAC Kuala Lumpur Country Council conducted a Crime Victimization Survey with the support of the Regional Security...