Story Archive
2023-12-21
The Southeast Asian nation, though, has formally sought return of 30, but its requests have been largely ignored, experts say.
2023-12-08
Residents of Chana district worry that the megaproject could “spew greenhouse gases and harm nature.”
2023-11-17
Rohingya refugee arrive in Indonesia | Life-changing moment for death-row convicts | Protests against Bangladesh’s elections
2023-11-10
Wuthipan Kalayanapan uses social media to draw spectators to his motorcycle trick show.
2023-11-03
After nine decades in business, factory that employs 25 people might shutter within three to five years.
2023-11-01
Some waded through flooded cemeteries to light candles, offer flowers and prayers at relatives’ graves.
2023-09-29
What happened to the ball-buoy barrier China installed near a disputed shoal in the South China Sea? Thousands of Indonesian quake survivors have been living in temporary shelters for five years. European shipping companies are scrapping ships in Bangladesh when they’re not supposed to, a new report by the Humans Rights Watch finds. And a Thai court sentenced anti-royal activist to four years in prison.
2023-09-15
Residents of a small Indonesian island are fighting against a plan to turn their home into an economic hub. A win for press freedom in the Philippines as Nobel-winning journalist Maria Ressa is acquitted of her final tax evasion charge. Former Thai PM candidate Pita Limjaroenrat resigns as Move Forward Party’s leader.
2023-09-08
Indonesia just gave its first “Golden Visa” to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. OpenAI is the maker of ChatGPT. Two Filipina environmental activists have been abducted by unidentified men in the Philippines, one of the most dangerous countries for environmentalists. And find out why Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is visiting Bangladesh and what it means for the country.
2023-08-28
The monkeys are invading residential areas, shops in search of food in Phetchaburi.
2023-08-18
Some Miss Universe Indonesia contestants have accused the organizers of sexual harassment. The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History will be returning to Manila the remains of Filipinos it acquired without consent from 1904-1941 for physical anthropology research, including to support racist beliefs about white people’s superiority. One of the largest banks in Bangladesh has frozen the accounts of two Myanmar banks controlled by the Burmese military. And a fatal small plane crash in Malaysia that killed 10.
2023-08-11
Owning an ‘LGBTQ+’ Swatch watch could get you jailed for 3 years in Malaysia, how a chocolate mint drink in Thailand became a political statement, Jakarta battles toxic air, and what the Philippines is doing to defend its turf in the South China Sea.
2023-08-04
Typhoon Doksuri brought heavy rainfall and wreaked havoc in the Philippines. But it did not stop one couple from going ahead with their wedding in a flooded church. An Indonesian religious school leader has been arrested after being accused of un-Islamic practices like allowing men and women to pray together. And how Bangladesh’s Election Commission hopes Facebook can help with fair elections.
