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Elephant Sak Surin touches down in Thai homeland after flight

The elephant Sak Surin was transported back to Thailand from Sri Lanka inside a specially constructed crate on an Ilyushin Il-76 cargo plane. Thai officials ...

Papua New Guinea is home to thousands of refugees from conflict between Indonesia and Papuan insurgents.

Pita Limjaroenrat must overcome opposition in Senate to his pledge to amend nation’s royal defamation law.

“It is entirely possible that we will not find a way to make it happen,” the Philippine president says.

Solomon Islands prime minister said the government was still assessing security needs for the upcoming Pacific Games.

Report says rubbish mismanagement ranges between 50% and 75% in India and five Southeast Asian countries.

On Eid-ul-Adha, followers of Islam worldwide honor Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice his son to God.

Residents are doing their own “people’s environment assessment” after official report minimized impact.

The migrants were duped into working in the fraudulent operations, officials say.

The five demonstrators were charged with blocking the queen's royal motorcade.

Lorenzo Gadon was appointed as presidential adviser for poverty alleviation on Monday.

Government needs to improve deradicalization program and adopt less alienating tactics, says new study by think-tank.

Court dismisses ex-sultan’s purported heirs’ bid to enforce U.S. $15 billion award against Kuala Lumpur in The Netherlands.

Ailing Thai elephant in Sri Lanka to return home for treatment

This elephant was donated by Thailand to Sri Lanka in 2001. In a few days, it will be flown to Thailand for urgent medical treatment. It spent years living ...

The cases consist of some of Indonesia’s worst violations, including atrocities dating to the mid-1960s.

This former vet quit her Ph.D. studies to make goat cheese in Thailand

When you think of Thai food, do you think of cheese? Cheese is not traditionally part of the Thai diet, but a small group of cheesemakers in Thailand are ...

Al Zaytun, a boarding school in West Java, is accused of ties to a separatist group and deviating from Islam’s teachings.

Deadly violence broke out Saturday as police were serving a warrant for an MNLF leader in Sulu.

The Batanes chain could be key terrain should China invade Taiwan, analysts say.

This week: The debut of Malaysia’s first AI radio DJ. The family of a Filipina facing execution for drug trafficking in Indonesia is appealing to the national ...

Acehnese saw the structure as a symbol of the Indonesia military’s brutality during a decades-long separatist conflict.

Bangkok, for the first time, extradited Thai citizens to show its commitment to ending human smuggling.

If exploitation and abuse continue, bilateral relations could be affected, says Indonesia’s envoy to Malaysia.

Increased temperature, less rainfall due to El Niño exacerbating the smog problem.

Malaysia says Meta has failed to remove sensitive content on race, royalty and religion.

China has no right to prohibit activities in Philippine waters, fishers’ group and former Supreme Court justice say.

Mary Jane Veloso was arrested with heroin in a country with some of the world’s harshest anti-narcotics laws.

Four suspects were extradited following a six-year joint operation between the two neighbors.

The Fukushima nuclear plant operator is testing equipment to dilute the wastewater and pipe it out to sea.

Will ecotourism save Indonesia’s mangroves?

Indonesia has the largest area of mangrove forests in the world – 4 million hectares. But 700,000 hectares of mangroves have been lost to #deforestation for ...