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Monitoring will continue for decades while the contaminated waste is released from the Fukushima nuclear plant.

Analysts expressed doubts if the proposed communication mechanism would ease tensions over the disputed waters.

Protests over a quota system for government jobs turned violent across the nation.

The 36-year-old’s political journey has been marred by allegations of nepotism and dynasticism.

Death toll climbs as anti-quota protesters accuse police and ruling party of stoking violence.

A BenarNews journalist witnessed Border Guard Bangladesh members shoot three youths.

The death toll from clashes has risen dramatically as security forces struggle to restore order.

The nation’s physicians say proposal will prove expensive and undermine local expertise, but government says situation is critical.

Japan’s presence in the Pacific region is expected to take on a markedly military tone, writes Tess Newton Cain.

More than two dozen were killed in violent clashes in Dhaka.

The Supreme Court frees almost half the people the trial court imposes a death sentence on, some assessments show.

The Philippines deploys ships to monitor China’s suspected land reclamation work in its economic zone.

Manila is also alleging that Chinese diplomats illegally recorded a phone conversation with a Philippine military commander.

French plans to enlarge New Caledonia’s electoral roll could further marginalize the territory’s independence movement.

Police and military forces, as well as corporate interests, are already significant threats to journalists, according to media rights groups.

The new cooperation between Manila, Washington came amid heightened South China Sea tensions.

Treasury officials from Washington visited Malaysia last week to discus their worries that the Palestinian group was fundraising there.

Netiporn Sanesangkhom had been detained on charges linked to lèse-majesté, the strict anti-royal defamation law.

Competition with China in the Pacific is shaping how Australia allocates development assistance.

Burmese junta suspended overseas work permits for young men to boost conscription.

Human rights activists call the Southeast Asian nation increasingly dangerous for those fleeing persecution.

Beijing warns Manila against violating its “sovereignty” over the disputed South China Sea territory.

The Constitutional Court is an important institution that provides checks and balances in fledgling Southeast Asian democracy.

Tensions inflamed by French government’s plans to give vote to thousands of French immigrants.

They discussed promised election plans and the possibility of future aid.

Activists defied a Chinese blockade to deliver food, fuel to Filipino fishermen in the South China Sea.

“No one knows where she came from,” President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. told reporters on Thursday.

A Philippine lawmaker urges Manila to take Beijing again to an international court over its new policy.

About 4 million of these vehicles operate throughout the nation without proper permits.

Some Pacific island nations have banned lamb flaps because they contribute to obesity.