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Former Malaysian strongman Mahathir Mohamad shows his finger that is marked in ink after voting in May for the general election in Alor Setar, state capital of Kedah, northern Malaysia. Photo: Andy Wong / Associated Press

Malaysia’s Mahathir Aims to Scrap China Deals

PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia — Malaysia's prime minister said Monday he will seek to cancel multibillion-dollar Chinese-backed infrastructure projects that were signed by his predecessor as...
French national Arthur Desclaux is seen at the immigration office Wednesday, March 6, 2019, in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. Photo: Aung Shine Oo / Associated Press

Frenchman Completes Sentence for Myanmar Drone Flight

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar — A French man sentenced to one month in prison with hard labor for flying a drone in Myanmar completed his term...

Video Shows Kim Jong Un’s Brother Motionless on Gurney After Attack

PETALING JAYA, Malaysia — A Malaysian airport security video shows the poisoned half brother of North Korea's leader apparently unconscious on a gurney and being pumped with oxygen by medical attendants as they wait for an elevator to take him to an ambulance.
Myanmar police officers patrol the border fence between Myanmar and Bangladesh on Oct. 14, 2016, in Maungdaw, Rakhine State, Myanmar. Photo: Thein Zaw / Associated Press

Insurgents Attack Myanmar Soldiers in Rakhine

BANGKOK — Six Myanmar soldiers were wounded in an insurgent attack in northern Rakhine state, where government troops have been accused of "ethnic cleansing" that forced hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims to flee into Bangladesh, officials said.
Hindu refugees stand outside their make shift shelters at Kutupalong refugee camp in January near Cox's bazar, Bangladesh. Photo: Manish Swarup / Associated Press

Rights Group: Rohingya Insurgents Massacred Myanmar Hindus

BANGKOK — Amnesty International said Wednesday that Myanmar's army was not the only group that has slaughtered civilians in the country's volatile west. In a new report, it accused ethnic Rohingya insurgents of carrying out at least one brutal massacre when the long-running conflict in Rakhine state exploded last year.
A row of charred vehicles is seen June 12 at the fire and police station in the south central province of Binh Thuan, Vietnam. Photo: Associated Press

Vietnam Arrests 8 People After Economic Zone Law Protests

HANOI — Vietnamese police have arrested eight more people after protests a week ago over a ...

“The Future of ASEAN” Anwar Ibrahim Presses Cooperation, not Competition

On February 10, 2023 at Grand Ballroom, Royal orchid Sheraton Bangkok, Prime Minister of Malaysia, Yang Berhormat Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim, attends the Business Meeting...
Photo: Dog Meat Free Indonesia / Facebook

Stars Urge Indonesia to Ban ‘Brutal’ Trade in Dog Meat

JAKARTA — International stars of acting, music and sports have urged Indonesia's president to ban what they say is a brutal trade in dog and cat meat for human consumption.

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