ASEAN

Former Myanmar army officer calls Rohingya crackdown ‘genocide,’ offers to testify

Captain Nay Myo Thet served in Myanmar’s military for nearly six years in Rakhine state but defected in December and relocated to an…

3 years ago

Nearly 100 arrested ahead of Thingyan in Myanmar’s Yangon, Mandalay

Authorities in Myanmar arrested nearly 100 people in the country’s two largest cities and the Myawaddy township in Kayin state…

3 years ago

Vietnam arrests Facebook user for discussing high-profile financial crimes

Authorities in Vietnam arrested Hanoi resident Dang Nhu Quynh for allegedly posting information on Facebook about the arrest of a…

3 years ago

Cambodian officials move against opposition activists ahead of June elections

Cambodian authorities moved this month to block members of political opposition groups from challenging the country’s ruling party in local…

3 years ago

Japan PM set to visit SE Asia in late April

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is planning a visit to Southeast Asia later this month to counter China’s growing assertiveness…

3 years ago

Myanmar’s largest cities empty amid call to boycott Thingyan festivities

Yangon and Mandalay were eerily quiet on Wednesday despite the start of the three-day Thingyan holiday in Myanmar, as residents…

3 years ago

Bangladesh home minister: Rohingya have babies to get more food aid

The way food aid is distributed to Rohingya needs to be adjusted because it is driving population growth in the…

3 years ago

Vietnam upholds former police officer’s 2-year sentence over traffic spat

An appellate court in Vietnam upheld the two-year sentence of a former policeman arrested last year for “resisting officers on…

3 years ago

Thai authorities release Vietnamese dissident with UN refugee status

A Vietnamese political dissident granted refugee status by the United Nations but held by immigration authorities in Thailand for possible…

3 years ago

As Lao dam plans progress, farmers worry about compensation for lost land

Chinese developers are preparing to begin work on two major hydropower dams to be built on the Mekong River in…

3 years ago

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