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Selected under a new system, these lawmakers will not have power to vote for prime minister.

Even if a judge accepts admission of fraud, Boeing won’t be held accountable, survivors say.

Y Quynh Bdap, an indigenous Ede, faces torture if returned, says Amnesty International.

Syahrul Yasin Limpo is the sixth cabinet member in President Joko Widodo’s two terms to be linked to graft.

A clean water network will be readied in time for the celebrations, official claims.

A grassroots movement is replanting abandoned fields and working to preserve local culture.

Paulene Canada, a close associate of Apollo Quiboloy, is facing charges of sexual abuse and trafficking.

A U.N. special rapporteur cites Singapore’s unambiguous position on transfers that benefit the junta.

China reiterated that the 2016 court ruling on territorial waters is “illegal, null and void.”

Southeastern Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar, meanwhile, saw a foot of rain fall over 24 hours.

Thousands of civilians and about 100 junta troops have fled from the fighting into Bangladesh.

The trio’s 45-minute set at the prestigious music festival in England earned terrific reviews for its energy and skill.

A new bill would give the envoy a $10 million annual budget to investigate atrocities against the ethnic minority.

This divide has led to “growing insensitivity,” and hardened people’s sense of ethnic and religious identity.

Nuclear weapons test legacy is felt across the Pacific, notably in Marshall Islands and French Polynesia.

Church leader says locals need health, welfare services but not new residents in their communities.

The addition of two new units at the Suralaya power plant in Java embodies this.

Kuala Lumpur reportedly sent a letter of complaint about Hanoi’s development of a disputed reef.

Cambodia’s claim to part of Koh Kood alarms Thai conservatives who question talks aimed at exploiting gas.

During 2023 electoral campaign, Pheu Thai promised to include lèse-majesté cases in a proposed amnesty bill.

The country’s estimated 250,000 sex workers are vulnerable to exploitation, according to the International Union of Sex Workers.

On visits to two superpowers, new leader to seek expanded ties and with G20 attendance, stand with Global South.

Penny Wong and S. Jaishankar held a joint press conference in Canberra hours before polls opened in America.

Women make up about half of the population but there are only 14 women in Prabowo Subianto’s 104-strong cabinet.

Disenfranchised citizens in U.S. territories have no vote for who will be their president.

Greetings pour in from Japan, South Korea and Taiwan – but not China.

The second Donald Trump administration’s sweeping import taxes will cause trade slowdown in Southeast Asia, observers said.

Some worry tariffs from Trump’s trade war will spill over to hurt the region.

Deepening U.S. engagement with the Pacific is now firmly a consensus issue in Washington.