Khmer Rouge bosses convicted of genocide
An international tribunal in Phnom Penh has convicted two elderly Cambodians of genocide over their role in the Khmer Rouge regime.
Nuon Chea, known as...
Myanmar’s democratic deficit
The hopes that surrounded the November 2015 general election in Myanmar now seem a distant memory as democratic rights are systematically crushed in the...
Indonesian mass murderer dies
Anwar Congo, the former leader of an Indonesian death squad that killed thousands of suspected communists in the Sumatran city of Medan during the...
Hundreds rescued as Indonesia’s Merapi spews ash
Hundreds of Indonesians were forced to evacuate following an increased volcanic activity from Mount Merapi.
This after Yogyakarta’s Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation Center head...
Philippines to Sell Retail Treasury Bonds at ₱30B
The pandemic's devastating effect continues to wreak havoc all over the world. The death toll keeps increasing, while economies suffer at the same time....
EU pledges cash for southern Philippines
The EU wants to stop the violence in the southern Philippines. Source: Wikimedia
The European Union will boost aid to the Philippines, primarily to...
Villagers flee fresh Shan fighting
The Myanmar army remains extremely powerful. Source: Flickr
Thousands of civilians have fled their villages in Myanmar’s Shan State after fighting between ethnic minority rebel...
Junta signs $1bn China subs deal
Chinese submarines are seen as more threatening elsewhere in Asean, where they reinforce Beijing’s claims to the South China Sea. Source: Wikimedia
Thailand’s military junta...
MPs scrap junta-era law
Insein Prison in Yangon. Source: Wikimedia
Myanmar has scrapped a law used by its former military dictators to silence opposition. It could jail anyone who...
Duterte talks tough on Isis
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte. Source: Wikimedia
The Philippine president, Rodrigo Duterte, has promised to ignore human rights if so-called Islamic State fighters flee from West Asia...
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