Myanmar’s Suu Kyi Spends 3rd Straight Birthday In Detention
TOKYO - Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi, 78, has spent her third birthday in a row under detention following the ouster of her democratically...
Earthquake Recorded off Myanmar’s Coast, Shakes Buildings in Thailand
BANGKOK (AP) — An earthquake was recorded off the southern coast of Myanmar on Monday with tremors also felt in Thailand, but there were...
Philippine Ferry With 120 People Onboard Catches Fire At Sea
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — All 120 passengers and crew members aboard a Philippine ferry that caught fire at sea on Sunday were rescued safely...
Mayon Volcano Spews Lava Down Putting Thousands on Alert
LEGAZPI, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines' most active volcano was gently spewing lava down its slopes Monday, alerting tens of thousands of people they...
Philippines Evacuates People Near Mayon Volcano
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine troops, police and rescue workers began forcibly evacuating residents near Mayon Volcano on Friday as its increasing unrest indicated...
Groundbreaking Held For Cambodia’s Second Expressway, Linking Capital To Vietnam
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday presided over a groundbreaking ceremony for construction of the country’s second expressway,...
Thailand Cuts Power to Myanmar Border Towns’ Notorious Casinos, but They Keep Operating
BANGKOK (AP) — A Thai state enterprise that has been exporting electricity to neighboring Myanmar has cut off power to two border towns with...
A Boat Carrying 180 Rohingya Refugees Vanished. A Frantic Phone Call Helped Untangle the...
KRISTEN GELINEAU reported from TEKNAF, Bangladesh
The wind had whipped the waves to nearly three times the woman's height when her panicked voice crackled over...
Myanmar, China Hold Border Trade Fair in Nay Pyi Taw
NAY PYI TAW - The fourth Myanmar (Lashio)-China (Lincang) border trade fair kicked off in Myanmar's capital Nay Pyi Taw on Thursday. The fair...
Cambodia’s Top Opposition Party Barred From July Elections, Leaving Hun Sen’s Party Unchallenged
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia’s top opposition party was barred Thursday from participating in elections set for July after the Constitutional Council refused to overturn a decision not to register the party over a paperwork issue.
