ASEAN

SHAH ALAM, Malaysia — Two women accused of fatally poisoning the estranged half brother of North Korea's ruler pleaded not guilty as their trial began Monday in Malaysia's High Court, nearly eight months after the brazen airport assassination.

BANGKOK — Community leaders from the Christian ethnic Kachin community have called for urgent medical attention for about 2,000 civilians, including pregnant women and the elderly, trapped in the jungle where they fled to escape clashes between the Myanmar's army and the Kachin guerrillas in the country's north.

JAKARTA — Indonesian plantation companies fined for burning huge areas of land since 2009 have failed to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in...

(The Phuket News)

(Prachatai English)

SINGAPORE — Singapore's leader vowed Monday to strengthen ties with Malaysia, which is now led by a historic rival following a game-changing election.

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Thailand’s top diplomat said Wednesday that he met with ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi in detention over the...

BANGKOK — Myanmar's military says almost 400 people have died in recent violence in the western state of Rakhine triggered by attacks on security...

KARANGASEM, Indonesia — Gushing ash from Bali's Mount Agung volcano has dissipated into a wispy plume of steam, and Australian airlines that canceled some flights to the Indonesian resort island on the weekend have returned to near-normal schedules.

UKHIYA, Bangladesh — A violent military campaign sent scores of Myanmar's minority Rohingya Muslims running for their lives. Now the monsoon season is bringing fresh dangers to the 900,000 Rohingya who had hoped to find safety in Bangladesh's refugee camps.