Story Archive
2023-05-14
U.N. had warned of “a nightmare scenario” in the Bay of Bengal region, home to crowded Rohingya refugee camps.
2023-05-13
Move Forward and Pheu Thai – for now – have come out on top in bid to unseat military-backed government.
2023-05-13
Refugees “cannot take advantage of the disaster to cross the barbed-wire fence,” home minister says.
2023-05-12
The former opposition senator who spoke out against the drug war remains jailed on third case.
2023-05-12
Foreign Minister Tkatchenko is stepping aside to allow an investigation.
2023-05-12
Storm is similar in strength to 2008’s Nargis, which killed nearly 140,000.
2023-05-11
Both military-backed parties and leading opposition parties are divided heading into the May 14 polls.
2023-05-11
Little has been heard from the controversial political figure since Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s 2022 inauguration.
2023-05-11
At end of summit, however, Southeast Asian bloc sticks to widely criticized five-point peace plan.
2023-05-10
Opening of new embassy comes ahead of President Biden’s brief PNG stopover later this month.
2023-05-10
A new guard of youthful candidates is building on the energy of Thailand’s pro-democracy movement.
2023-05-10
The action follows the rescue of 20 victims forced to work as online scammers in Myanmar.
2023-05-10
Meanwhile, President Marcos says he will push for SCS Code of Conduct at ASEAN summit.
2023-05-10
The perpetrators of the Shan state incident “must be held accountable,” Southeast Asian leaders say.
2023-05-09
The incident has detracted from Samoa’s improvement in the latest global report on press freedom.