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Thaksin Shinawatra defamed the monarchy during a 2015 interview in South Korea, attorney general alleges.

Ferdinand Marcos Jr. calls Beijing’s new policy allowing coast guard to detain foreign boats, crews “worrisome.”

Jakarta Governor Heru Budi Hartono has proposed building an artificial island to deal with the city’s waste problem.

Based in the Thai beachside city of Pattaya, the group took control of Americans’ computers to apply for funds.

The referendum asks citizens whether they support inserting two articles into the constitution designed to prevent party hopping.

Plans to emerge as a global chip center include expanding domestic industry and training 60,000 local engineers.

Meanwhile, a new Chinese order threatening arrest of trespassers into its waters takes effect on June 15.

Both defendants were involved in protests that roiled Thailand in 2020-21, demanding reform of the monarchy and constitutional amendments.

Up to 10,000 people from villages downhill of the disaster zone will be evacuated.

His government has failed so far to deliver on its economic promises, observers and business owners say.

Southeast Asia’s most populous country may miss its Golden Indonesia 2045 goal if a segment of its huge GenZ populations remains idle, analysts warn.

The challenge now is to combat radicalism being spread online, some experts and ex-militants say.

They are being questioned by Thai officials and awaiting repatriation, an army officer told RFA.

Marawi families affected by the five-month siege in 2017 appeal for adequate funds from Philippine government to rebuild their homes.

Photos show bodies being pulled from mud and debris following the disaster in a remote part of Enga province.

French military to stay in New Caledonia for months if needed, says President Macron during a brief visit.

Police in Kolkata, where lawmaker Anwarul Azim Anar went missing, haven’t yet recovered his body parts.

The government hopes to finally end one of Asia's longest-running armed conflicts.

The Asian superpower has made such agreements before, but its latest claims may be a divide-and-conquer tactic, analysts say.

Are Vietnamese fishermen to blame for Malaysia’s squid losses?

Malaysia is losing squid to illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing and local fishermen say Vietnamese counterparts are the main culprits. Malaysian ...

Billionaire Elon Musk and other high-profile CEOs have visited in the past month and met with the president.

Fishers in Terengganu state say their squid stock is diminishing because of foreigners entering territorial waters.

Papua New Guinea’s press freedom ranking has plummeted in recent years.

Elections may have been restored, but Thailand’s democracy has not yet recovered from May 22, 2014, analysts say.

Forty senators, who petitioned Constitutional Court, say ex-minister should not have been appointed because of criminal record.

Retired Gen. Aziz Ahmed, who had been accused of graft before, was blacklisted for corruption on Monday by Washington.

Manila accuses Beijing of damaging the environment and illegally harvesting giant clams and other species from South China Sea shoal.

Earlier this month, President Marcos announced the creation of a so-called “super body” to promote human rights.

Thailand’s military still has sway over the government, although a new civilian-led administration is in place, analyst Zachary Abuza writes.

The rules shut down discussion by prohibiting the questioning of “cultural values,” rights activists say.