UN Myanmar chief dismissed
The United Nations' regional and humanitarian coordinator for Myanmar, Renata Lok-Dessallien, has been moved for allegedly failing to prioritise human rights.
The UN’s Myanmar team...
Is Myanmar’s military really loosening its grip on power?
Myanmar’s mobile artillery in action. Source: Flickr
Myanmar's Tatmadaw or military appears to be relaxing its iron grip on the country but in many respects...
KL airport security disabled: security chief
Kuala Lumpur International Airport. Source: Wikimedia
Around 15 Malaysian immigration officers have been sacked and dozens more have been suspended or redeployed after they appear to...
Looming Civil War in Myanmar Urges UN to Act Immediately
Myanmar is on the verge of an intensifying civil war due to the country's military rule. The military's displacement of Aung San Suu Kyi...
Obama to be first US president to visit Laos
President Barack Obama will be the first US head of state to visit Laos when he attends an Asean summit in the landlocked country...
Smugglers given death sentence
Eight Taiwanese drug smugglers have been sentenced to death by an Indonesian court after being arrested with around a tonne of crystal methamphetamine, known...
Indonesia to send ‘600’ soldiers to protect Papua road project
Hundreds of Indonesian troops are due to be deployed to protect workers on the trans-Papua highway after civilian employees fled the project with as...
Malaysia frees journalists as it seeks Australian support over China
Kuching waterfront, Borneo. Source: Flickr
The Australian journalists detained in Malaysia after trying to question Prime Minister Najib Razak have flown to Singapore after the...
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi to face Rohingya genocide charges at UN court
Myanmar’s state counsellor, Aung San Suu Kyi, will lead a delegation to the UN’s International Court of Justice (ICJ) to defend a case accusing the quasi-democratic...
Manila rejects EU aid
The Philippine government has formally rejected at least 380 million pesos (€6.1 million) in aid from the European Union amid allegations that it carries...