Cambodians Turn to Spirits to Raise Statues from River
KEAN KHLANG, Cambodia — People in a Cambodian village have held a ceremony asking spirits to help recover Buddhist statues that their ancestral tales say were buried in a nearby river.
New Jakarta Airport Terminal Flooded Days After Opening
JAKARTA — The operator of the Indonesian capital's main airport has apologized to passengers for flooding at its brand new terminal after rains overcame drainage pipes and inundated the arrivals area on Sunday.
Malaysia Confirms MH370 Course Was on Pilot’s Simulator
KUALA LUMPUR — Malaysia has confirmed one of the pilots of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 had plotted a course on his home flight simulator to the southern Indian Ocean, where the missing jet is believed to have crashed.
China Criticizes US, Japan, Australia For ‘Fanning’ Tensions
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi criticized the United States, Japan and Australia for a joint statement on the South China Sea that he said was only "fanning the flames" of regional tensions just as countries have agreed to cool them down.
ASEAN Makes Last-Ditch Attempt at Consensus on S. China Sea
Southeast Asia's main grouping made a last-ditch attempt to reach a consensus on countering China's territorial expansion in the South China Sea, but their deadlock appeared far from being resolved as minutes ticked by before a critical meeting with the Chinese foreign minister Monday.
ASEAN Split on How to Deal with China in South China Sea Row
VIENTIANE, Laos — Southeast Asia's main grouping opened a meeting of their foreign ministers Sunday, deeply divided on how to deal with China's territorial expansion in the South China Sea that has impacted some of its members and whipped up an increasing diplomatic quagmire.
Myanmar Gov’t Criticizes Buddhist Nationalist Group
YANGON — Myanmar's government has denounced an influential Buddhist nationalist group after failing earlier to speak strongly against it though others were accusing it of using hate speech and inspiring violence against Muslims.
In Western Myanmar, a Town Ravaged by the Drugs Trade
KALAY, Sagaing Region — On a cloudy afternoon in June, Lieutenant Bo Bo Win Htut and several officers of Kalay Police Station were hiding in the long grass near a bridge outside of Kalay, a major trading town in the Sagaing Region.
ISIS’ Malay-Language Media Unlikely to Win Hearts, Minds in Deep South, Experts Say
BANGKOK — Even if it’s true the Islamic State is distributing newspapers in Thailand’s restive southern provinces, the group is unlikely to gain sway in the region, experts on the Deep South said Wednesday.
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.
