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Man Arrested for Hacking Jakarta Billboard With Japanese Porn

JAKARTA — Indonesian police say a man they arrested for broadcasting pornography on an electronic billboard in the country's capital gained access to the system after it displayed its log-on credentials.

Suu Kyi Says Trust Must Precede Peace in Myanmar (Photos)

BANGKOK — Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi said Friday there must be trust between conflicting groups in the country before there can be full peace.
A relative of a passenger of a Lion Air plane cries while waiting for update on the plane that crashed off Java Island, at Tanjung Priok Port in Jakarta, Indonesia. Photo: Tatan Syuflana / Associated Press

Woman Recounts Problems on Lion Air Jet’s Previous Flight

JAKARTA — An Indonesian TV presenter who was on the penultimate flight of the Lion Air plane that crashed Monday says passengers were angry...
-FILE- In this Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017, file photo members of Myanmar's Rohingya ethnic minority walk through rice fields after crossing the border into Bangladesh near Cox's Bazar's Teknaf area. Gambia has filed a case at the United Nations' highest court in The Hague, Netherlands, Monday, Nov. 11, 2019, accusing Myanmar of genocide in its campaign against the Rohingya Muslim minority. A statement released Monday by lawyers for Gambia says the case also asks the International Court of Justice to order measures "to stop Myanmar's genocidal conduct immediately." Photo: Bernat Armangue / AP File

Myanmar Accused at UN Court of Genocide Against Rohingya

THE HAGUE (AP) — Myanmar was accused Monday of genocide at the U.N.'s highest court for its campaign against the country's Rohingya Muslim minority, as lawyers asked the International Court of Justice to urgently order measures "to stop Myanmar's genocidal conduct immediately."

Cambodian Charged With Murder in Government Critic’s Killing

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — A former Cambodian soldier has been charged with murder in the killing of a prominent government critic, an attack that has raised accusations of a political conspiracy.

Thai Authorities Seek Political Foes Taking Refuge in Laos

BANGKOK — Thailand's military government wants neighboring Laos to send back about half a dozen Thai citizens who have reportedly taken refuge there to escape being arrested for insulting the Thai monarchy, a crime punishable by up to 15 years in prison.

Women Migrant Numbers High in Thai Construction

BANGKOK — A U.N. report says that women make up almost 40 percent of migrant construction workers in Thailand, more than almost anywhere else in the world. But the large numbers only serve to magnify their problems, including lower pay and the risk of being fired if they get pregnant.
Gurkha police officers on Sunday guard the perimeter of the Shangri-La Hotel in Singapore ahead of the summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Photo: Yong Teck Lim / Associated Press

Elite Nepali Gurkhas Deployed to Secure Trump-Kim Summit

SINGAPORE — To protect one of the highest-profile diplomatic events so far this century, Singapore has enlisted the help of its fearsome Nepalese fighters whose large curved knives, according to custom, must "taste blood" whenever they're drawn.

Forget Boring Summit and Head to ASEAN Film Fest

BANGKOK — Though we couldn’t join world leaders at last week’s ASEAN Summit, us average Joes and Somchais can explore the region over the next two weeks through the annual Bangkok ASEAN Film Festival.  
Lt. Gen. William R. Peers, head of the Army panel flying to Vietnam to investigate the initial probe into the alleged My Lai massacre, sights along his cigar during a preflight news conference in 1969 in the Pentagon. Photo: Associated Press

50 Years Ago, the My Lai Massacre Shamed the US Military

MY LAI, Vietnam — The shudder of artillery fire woke the boy at 5:30 a.m. Three American soldiers appeared at his family's home a couple of hours later and forced the mother and five children into their bomb shelter, a structure most every Vietnamese home had during the war, to keep them safe.

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