NLD chooses Suu Kyi’s ‘driver’ as president
Aung San Suu Kyi memorabilia at the NLD's Yangon headquarters. Suu Kyi, 70, will not be the next president but the constitution might be...
China ‘demands’ return of Uyghurs
China has reportedly asked Malaysia to send back 11 Uyghur Muslims detained after they escaped from detention in Thailand last year, amid calls from...
Indonesia prisons feed Isis: study
So-called Islamic State is increasingly looking towards Asean. Source: Flickr
So-called Islamic State is allegedly flourishing in Indonesia's 70 prisons, taking advantage of the archipelago's poverty, a report...
Philippines to form drugs battalion
The Philippine military is famously under-invested. Source: Wikimedia
The Philippine armed forces chief says he will create a battalion-sized task force with the anti-narcotics agency...
Fires twice as expensive as 2004 tsunami: World Bank
Indonesia is still paying the price for this year's fires. Source: Flickr by mararie
Indonesia's forest fires and the so-called haze it caused this year have...
Mines accused of funding Maoists
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte (pictured) says he will shut down any mine helping Maoist rebels waging a prolonged insurgency.
Duterte’s administration has held stuttering peace...
Jakarta offers second tax amnesty
To address Indonesia’s revenue shortfalls, the government is giving taxpayers another opportunity to report previously hidden assets as lower-than-expected growth hits the state income....
Jakarta snub shakes US relations
Washington has apologised to the chief of Indonesia's military after he was denied entry to the country at the weekend, despite having an invitation...
US calls on Laos to investigate activist’s disappearance
Sombath pictured with South African human rights icon Archbishop Desmond Tutu in 2006. Photo: Shui-Meng Ng/Wikimedia Commons.
Washington has called on the Lao government to “conduct...
Shell sells Malaysian arm to Chinese firm
A Shell petrol station in Sabah, Malaysia. Source: Wikimedia
Royal Dutch Shell said it had agreed to sell its shares in Shell Refining Company in...
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