Arakan Army makes battlefield gains in Rakhine as it nears Kyaukphyu, where China is investing billions in oil, gas and port projects
Antijunta resistance groups want a federal democratic union but cannot agree on what it should look like or how to build it
Hubs now in Cambodia, Laos, Philippines and, increasingly, Myanmar
Plans to resurrect its commercial surrogacy trade are reviving old fears concerning human trafficking of babies and women hired to bear them
Rights groups fear expansion portends more arbitrary arrests, prisoner abuse and forced labor
Since a top court found Move Forward guilty of trying to undermine Thailand’s constitutional monarchy, the party’s critics have filed a spate of complaints to see it dissolved
Rebel groups have the military on edge across much of Myanmar, but experts say the junta remains a tough and dangerous foe
In its annual world report, the group places part of the blame on Western democracies for coddling repressive governments
More countries act as region’s syndicates scour globe for victims to con, traffic into 'scam farms'
After more than two decades as the world’s leading supplier of opium, Afghanistan saw its cultivated area plummet.
The U.N. says over 3,700 Rohingya have attempted the risky voyages so far this year and another 400 may be stranded at sea
Rebel groups have seized military posts, key roads and towns on the border with Myanmar’s main trading partner China
Southeast Asian criminal gangs use region’s poorly regulated, increasingly digital gambling industry to move and launder tens or hundreds of billions of dollars annually, UNODC says
Protesters trample and burn the Israeli flag outside the country's Bangkok embassy while chanting 'Down with Israel! Down with America!'
Officials, experts, dealers say none of the gun control reforms floated in the wake of Thailand’s deadliest mass shooting have come to pass
Porlajee 'Billy' Rakchongcharoen was last seen alive nine years ago
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
Thailand Threatens Facebook Shutdown Over Scam Ads
Government says it’s banning the watches for pushing an agenda ‘not accepted by the general public’; rights groups suspect political motives
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