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Taiwan also plans to send hundreds to soldiers to the United States for military exchange.

Action shows shrinking space for criticism of Sheikh Hasina’s government ahead of election, they say.

The event commemorates the 1986 uprising that forced dictator Ferdinand E. Marcos to flee the country.

One Taiwanese and five Indonesians are aboard Sheng Feng No. 128, coast guard says.

Move comes amid probe into official’s finances following an alleged beating involving his son.

Bangladesh includes chapter on marginalized transgender people in new school textbooks

Although “hijras” are recognized as third gender, many live in poverty and engage in sex work to survive.

PM Anwar Ibrahim said 20,000 would be sent to Sweden where politician burned the holy book.

News organizations should be a tool for supporting the country’s development, government proposal says.

Leila de Lima has spent six years in jail on what she calls false charges.

A foreign ship rescues the 20-member crew as the coast guard investigates possible fuel spill.

Once a terrorism convict, Ali Fauzi Manzi reflects on his transformation in emotional commencement speech.

The United States, which has 6,000 troops participating, marks the 190th year of diplomatic ties with Thailand.

Underground effort keeps books by murdered writers in circulation

Books by secular writers slain by fundamentalists in 2015-2016 are otherwise hard to find in Bangladesh.

The Fijian leader says he’s backing Papuan membership in a regional organization of Melanesian nations.

The project will supply electricity for a huge Chinese-linked industrial park.

“Please do not ram into our throats what is unacceptable to us,” Cagayan Gov. Manuel Mamba says.

Since separatists took a pilot hostage last month, his colleagues fear flying there, Susi Air says.

President Ferdinand Marcos and guest Anwar Ibrahim favor ASEAN being involved in both issues.

Pacific island nations are among the countries most vulnerable to the extreme weather and sea-level rise that is projected to occur.

Chopper carrying five people was on a medical mission.

Regional bloc cannot use consensus-based decision making to stay indifferent to rights violations by Burmese junta, he says.

Emails from the organization’s secretariat, contacts in the 10-member states were hacked in 2022, analyst says.

Ruling by Kuala Lumpur High Court hands Najib Razak his first legal win after multiple setbacks.

As many as 21 locally managed protected areas are at risk from contamination in the central Philippines, environmental officials say.

Cobra Gold: Troops from 3 countries take part in amphibious landing drill

Thousands of military personnel from Thailand, the U.S. and elsewhere are participating in this year’s edition of the Cobra Gold joint exercises.

Verdict: Misleading

Grievance draws attention to watchdogs’ allegations of forced labor at such facilities.

But these gains will be temporary without promised institutional reform, they add.

Wang Kelian, near Thailand, is where graves of Rohingya and Bangladeshi migrants were found in 2015.

Roel Degamo’s killing is the third in a series of attacks against local government officials in the country in a month.