Tag: Southeast Asia

Vietnam has sentenced eight drug traffickers to death for smuggling 300 kilos (660 pounds) of heroin to China, some of ...

Hipsters in flowing skirts and crop tops sway to the Thai band's hypnotic groove at an exclusive music festival in ...

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's deadly drug war is part of a worrying assault on human rights and democracy across Southeast ...

Philippine socialite-turned-environment minister Regina Lopez caused ire in the mining industry Thursday by announcing a ban on new open-pit mines, ...

Southeast Asian militant group Jemaah Islamiyah, blamed for major attacks including the 2002 Bali bombings, has regained strength in Indonesia ...

Female Islamic clerics in Indonesia declared a series of fatwas Thursday, including one to tackle child marriage, a rare example ...

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday called the New York Times an "asshole" and rejected fresh criticism of his deadly ...

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said Thursday there was no point protesting Chinese artificial island building in disputed areas of the ...

Cambodian leader Hun Sen called on the United States on Thursday to stop forcibly deporting convicts with Cambodian heritage to ...

Indonesia´s football association pledged Wednesday that work permits for foreigners would be issued faster after high-profile moves by former English ...

Southeast Asian leaders will express concern this week about an "escalation of activities" in the South China Sea but avoid ...

Cambodia told Washington Tuesday it would no longer accept convicted criminals with Cambodian heritage being deported to the Southeast Asian ...

South Korea's tourist industry has been hammered by China's boycott over the deployment of US missile defence system, with visitor ...

China should immediately reveal the whereabouts of eight North Koreans it detained last month, Human Rights Watch said Monday, adding ...

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte toured a visiting Russian warship on Friday for the second time in barely four months as ...

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has some career advice for the almost 40 million Filipinos currently unemployed—go out and kill drug addicts. ...

US Vice President Mike Pence announced $10 billion in deals between American and Indonesian companies during a visit to Jakarta ...

A group of Filipino fishermen have accused China's coast guard of shooting at their vessel in disputed South China Sea ...

A 26-year-old British man wanted for the murder of a compatriot in Myanmar is living freely in Scotland because the ...

US Vice President Mike Pence Thursday praised Indonesia's moderate form of Islam as 'an inspiration' at the start of a ...