- The Parliament of Cambodia passes a law that will send adulterers to jail for up to a year. The vote prompts a walkout by opposition Sam Rainsy Party lawmakers.
- Despite being pardoned, three Christians, Fabianus Tibo, Marianus Riwu and Dominggus da Silva, are executed by firing squad in Palu, Central Sulawesi, for their role in leading attacks on Muslims in 2000 in Poso.
- Laos is backed in its bid to host the 2009 Southeast Asian Games by the Chinese government, which will build all the facilities needed for the regional athletic competition.
- Malaysia chooses its first astronauts, Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor, and an alternate, Faiz Khaleed, who are undergoing training in Russia for a mission to the International Space Station.
- The Security Council agrees to put Myanmar on its agenda.
- More than 90 people are killed as Typhoon Xangsane (Milenyo) strikes the Philippines, including metro Manila, before moving on to Vietnam.
- The Singapore 2006 events commences with the Singapore Biennale, and culminates at the 2006 Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group at the Suntec Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre.
- As Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is in New York to address the UN General Assembly, the military (soldier pictured), led by Royal Thai Army chief Gen. Sonthi Boonyaratglin, stages a coup d'état.
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