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A mourner touches the casket of Moe Myint of Myanmar, a victim of a mass shooting at a shopping mall in Bangkok, as it is moved from the police hospital, Oct. 4, 2023.

Thailand

Thai PM pledges to tighten gun regulations after mass shooting at mall

A family court says parents of the 14-year-old suspect could face charges.

Pacific

Papua New Guinea capital restores power, water after landowners end protest

Prime Minister James Marape said some of the money owed to the landowners would be immediately released to them.

Bangladesh

Relatives accuse Bangladeshi police of torture in loved ones’ in-custody deaths

Police deny the allegations, while postmortems remain pending.

Indonesia

Indonesian arms makers deny selling weapons to Burmese military

The former leader of a U.N. fact-finding mission to Myanmar and activists alleged they had evidence of sales.

Environment

Asia-Pacific’s climate cash conundrum: Why funding remains elusive

Despite years of voicing concerns, vulnerable nations grapple with a maze of red tape and resource hurdles.

Pacific

Papua New Guinea capital restores power, water after landowners end protest

Prime Minister James Marape said some of the money owed to the landowners would be immediately released to them.

Protesters hold photos of former Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos Sr (R) and present President Ferdinand Marcos Jr as they join a protest commemorating the 51st anniversary of the imposition of Martial Law, at Liwasang Bonifacio in Manila, Sept. 21, 2023.

Philippines

Report: Internet freedom in Philippines deteriorated sharply in 2022

2023-10-04

Governments’ use of artificial intelligence meanwhile amplified a general decline worldwide, Freedom House says.

Women sell shell necklaces outside the airport on Tuvalu’s most populated island, Funafuti, in this screen grab from video recorded on May 17, 2023.

Pacific

Tuvalu outlaws discrimination on basis of sex, disability in new constitution

2023-10-03

Amnesty International said the new constitution was a “missed opportunity” to match international human rights law.

Gallery

China’s ball-buoy barrier near disputed shoal | Indonesian quake survivors left in limbo | European companies dodging rules to scrap ships in Bangladesh

Commentary

What to do about ‘freedom from speech?’

Video

Tourists expressed shock at a shooting incident at Bangkok’s Siam Paragon mall

3 Filipino fishermen dead after foreign ship strikes boat, coast guard says

Philippines

Thai PM pledges to tighten gun regulations after mass shooting at mall

Papua New Guinea capital restores power, water after landowners end protest

Relatives accuse Bangladeshi police of torture in loved ones’ in-custody deaths

Indonesian arms makers deny selling weapons to Burmese military

Asia-Pacific’s climate cash conundrum: Why funding remains elusive

Papua New Guinea capital restores power, water after landowners end protest

Report: Internet freedom in Philippines deteriorated sharply in 2022

Tuvalu outlaws discrimination on basis of sex, disability in new constitution

China’s ball-buoy barrier near disputed shoal | Indonesian quake survivors left in limbo | European companies dodging rules to scrap ships in Bangladesh

What to do about ‘freedom from speech?’

Tourists expressed shock at a shooting incident at Bangkok’s Siam Paragon mall

3 Filipino fishermen dead after foreign ship strikes boat, coast guard says

Police arrest 14-year-old suspect after deadly shooting spree at Bangkok mall

After killing rebels in Papua, Indonesia pledges more crackdowns

Philippines probing 14-year-old student’s death after alleged slap by teacher

Landowners’ protest disrupts power, water supplies for Papua New Guinea capital

Malaysia mulls school closures, cloud seeding as haze chokes country

Fisherman worries about the construction of Indonesia’s new industrial park

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