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While the West may not want PNG to add China to the family, the reality is it’s already happened.

Manila rejects Beijing’s opposition to its planned acquisition of Typhon missile system.

With global treaties long delayed, Mekong residents are trying to prevent plastic waste from destroying their environment.

Authorities plan to collect biometric data from the new refugee arrivals.

Images taken by BenarNews photographers show democracy was tested to its limit in Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines.

Bangkok’s move to allow half a million stateless people to become Thai citizens is a holiday gift, analyst Bridget Welsh writes.

But supporters of public caning under Sharia laws see it as a necessary move to uphold Islamic morals.

Riots and massacres, natural disasters, decolonization and militarization, human rights and media freedom, politics and political corruption and the legacy of ...

Move may be strategic one to consolidate power and pre-empt potential rivals, including his vice president, analysts say.

Analysts expect the ongoing war with Ukraine could lead to further decline.

Applying CHOGM outcomes on climate change, oceans, blackbirding offers new secretary-general shot at relevance.

An advocacy group is calling on the Thai prime minister to help free more than 100 people from online scam centers.

In Senate testimony, former Philippine president admitted to running a death squad as mayor of Davao.

A Catholic worker set up a candle-making workshop for family members to provide them a safe space to heal.

Thousands of members of the ethnic Muslim group have fled from Myanmar to Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar this year.

Analysts, politicians say leaders could reestablish the party even though many have gone into hiding.

First votes cast on U.S. election day will be by disenfranchised residents of a Pacific territory.

Wildfires added to fossil fuel-driven emissions of carbon dioxide last year

Bringing light to families of drug war victims in the Philippines

The Philippine Senate is investigating former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs that killed thousands of Filipinos. For many relatives of ...

Government official says 18,000 tons of flood-generated waste impacted Mae Sai district.

Making sense of the move by Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia and Thailand to partner with bloc challenging U.S.-led world order.

During Prabowo Subianto’s first week as president, Indonesian ships chased away a Chinese vessel three times.

Duong Van Thai went missing in Thailand last year and reappeared in Vietnamese custody months later.

Without stringent regulations, the move could exacerbate gambling addiction and social issues in Buddhist-majority country, critics warn.

Hanoi is building runways, military structures on reclaimed islands at a ‘surprising’ pace, a think-tank said.

Indonesian lawmakers are considering allowing military members to hold civilian offices, as was the case under dictator Suharto.

Many were outraged after social media images of two separate events weeks apart showed groups waving China’s flag.

Attacks on media workers frequently go unpunished.

Island Times editor warns lawsuit is “intimidation” tactic targeting media freedom.

More than 40% of haze in the lower Mekong region comes from fires in industrial maize plantations.