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Gibran Rakabuming Raka’s win will set the stage for another political dynasty, analysts say.

The insurgency-stricken region along the Thai-Malaysia border has seen two separate killings this week.

Suspect was also in touch with leader of BIFF extremists in the Muslim south, police say.

State-owned pharmaceutical manufacturer Bio Farma backs off on claim that Chinese vaccine Sinovac is 97 percent effective.

Wanchalearm Satsaksit’s sister provides documents showing her brother had lived in Phnom Penh and describing his abduction.

Christopher Miller is third senior U.S. official to visit Southeast Asia recently to campaign for freedom of navigation.

An ex-Bangladesh Water Development Board official says diversion of river’s waters could have disastrous consequences downstream.

Congress would also have to agree to lengthen the term of the government in Mindanao.

Approval for the procedure usually comes from mothers, grandmothers or aunts, study finds.

Police say Muslim Defenders’ Front members attacked officers, but group says officers attacked its men.

Among them is one who participated in high-profile abductions and executions of foreigners, the military says.

Decimated in 2016, the MIT terror group has pulled off its deadliest strike in the midst of a pandemic.

Thai embassy in Yangon scrambles to help them, while regional authorities in Myanmar want Naypyidaw to press charges.

The pandemic and IS-linked militants have stalled reforms, Murad Ebrahim, head of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority, tells BenarNews.

In efforts to reform ex-fighters, government must pay more attention to education and community outreach, observers in Poso regency say.

Experts say Thailand can prevent dam construction as it is the intended market for the power.

In the spirit of Christmas, the Armed Forced of the Philippines traditionally observe a ceasefire – but not this year.

A first batch of refugees leaves for Bashan Char Island.

Dhaka broke its promise not to relocate refugees until humanitarian experts approved the move, Human Rights Watch says.

Many who joined the group had lost relatives to violence in Poso in 1998-2001, a former militant says.

With COVID cases surging, police still seek to question Muhammad Rizieq Shihab over health protocol violations.

International organizations have criticized the plan, saying Bhashan Char is vulnerable to cyclones and not inhabitable.

The Islamic State-linked Eastern Indonesia Mujahideen group remains small but lethal.

Thousands of pro-democracy protesters express concerns that judicial system is not reliable.

A bomb maker for the New People’s Army was among those slain during raid in South Cotabato.

Six factories are being investigated after raids uncovered cramped, uncomfortable accommodations for laborers.

A U.N. spokeswoman said she was disturbed by recent violence, deaths in the Papua region.

“You are co-conspirators, you’re a communist,” President Duterte said of Congressman Carlos Zarate and his party.

Abraham Abad Abdulrahman and others were blamed for New Year’s Eve attack that killed two.

The request could undermine the regional peace process if mishandled, commentator says.