More countries act as region’s syndicates scour globe for victims to con, traffic into 'scam farms'
For the first time, undocumented foreigners who fear persecution in their home country can ask the government for permission to stay
Myanmar drug gangs seen making own precursor chemicals to skirt international controls
10-year anniversary of Sombath Somphone’s suspected abduction draws attention to enforced disappearances across the region
Fundamental tensions over race, corruption expected to test its survival
Rights groups say rules have too many reasons to reject worthy applicants
‘They’ve been tortured mentally and physically,’ says Hishamuddin Hashim of the Malaysian International Humanitarian Organization
As China and Thailand tighten their borders with Myanmar, UN Office on Drugs and Crime says transnational gangs based in lawless corners of eastern Myanmar are funneling ever more methamphetamine through Laos
But anti-corruption campaigners fear a royal pardon for the still popular and well-connected Najib Razak may yet be near
Barisan Revolusi Nasional, Thailand’s largest Muslim rebel group, has claimed responsibility for Tuesday night’s bomb and arson attacks on 17 convenience stores and gas stations that killed one person and injured seven
A year and a half into the junta’s bloody crackdown on resistance to a 2021 coup, Washington is under mounting pressure to sever its main supply of U.S. dollars
'It’s like the 1984 novel. But this is in real life, it’s really happening,' said Prajak Kongkirati, one of at least 30 Thai targets of Pegasus spyware
Line is one piece of China’s plans to link all of mainland Southeast Asia, but is Thailand truly on board?
The government is predicting a $3 billion cannabis industry by 2027, but who will benefit?
'If [the] Thai government sends them back to China, it’s like we send them to death,' says opposition lawmaker Rangsiman Rome.
Thailand is facing wide criticism for legalizing cannabis before putting sturdy guardrails against its abuse in place, and doubts authorities can do much to stem likely rise in its recreational use
Rights groups are only cautiously optimistic, having seen similar plans falter
Analysts say the coming rains will bog down the army’s ground forces and hobble its air support for the next few months
In its latest report on the region’s synthetic drug trade, the UNODC says local drug gangs keep adapting, expanding and scaling up
Researchers say both countries cut their primary forest losses for a fifth straight year, but worry mounting forces could soon start driving losses up again.
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