Official: 3rd Pilot Aided Next-to-Last Lion Air Flight
JAKARTA — The chairman of Indonesia's transportation safety agency confirmed Thursday that a third pilot was in the cockpit of a Lion Air Boeing...
Report: Myanmar, China Failing to Stop ‘Bride’ Trafficking
BANGKOK — Authorities in China and Myanmar are failing to stop the brutal trafficking of young women, often teenagers, from the conflict-ridden Kachin region...
Philippines Seizes Drugs in Upscale Area, Arrests 4 Chinese
MANILA — Philippine authorities have seized more than 160 kilograms of methamphetamine concealed in tea wrappers in their second-largest drug haul this year in a sign of how the problem has persisted despite the president's bloody crackdown on illegal drugs.
Orangutan Mother Blinded by Air Gun Pellets in Indonesia
SIBOLANGIT, Indonesia — An orangutan mother has been blinded after being shot with at least 74 air gun pellets on Indonesia's Sumatra island, where...
Jakarta’s 1st Subway to Ease Frustration, Sweat and Fumes
JAKARTA — Commuting in Indonesia's gridlocked capital will for some involve less frustration, sweat and fumes when its first subway line opens later this...
Flash Floods, Slides in Eastern Indonesia Kill at Least 50
JAYAPURA, Indonesia — A disaster official say days of torrential downpours have triggered flash floods and mudslides in mountainside villages in Indonesia's easternmost province,...
Malaysia Won’t Drop Case Against Vietnamese in Kim Killing
Malaysia's attorney general ordered the murder case to proceed against a Vietnamese woman accused in the killing of ...
Vietnam Urges Malaysia Free 2nd Woman in N. Korean Killing
HANOI — Vietnam has urged Malaysia to release the second woman accused of killing the estranged half brother of North Korea's leader.
Foreign Minister Pham...
Boeing 737 Max Banned From Singaporean Airspace
SINGAPORE — Singapore's civil aviation authority says it has temporarily banned all Boeing 737 Max planes from entering and leaving the country.
It noted in...
Methamphetamine Output Booming in Southeast Asia: UN
BANGKOK — Production of methamphetamine is skyrocketing in Southeast Asia, with prices dropping and usage expanding, the U.N.'s anti-drug agency said Monday.
