Vietnam Sentences 9 to Death for Heroin Trafficking
HANOI — A court in northern Vietnam has sentenced nine people including three women to death after finding them guilty of heroin trading and...
Cambodia Makes 1st Arrest on Charges of Insulting Monarchy
PHNOM PENH — A Cambodian school director has become the first person to be arrested on charges of insulting the monarchy after posting comments on Facebook critical of the authoritarian government.
Myanmar Ruling Party Lawyer Shot Dead at Airport
YANGON — A gunman killed a legal adviser for Myanmar's ruling National League for Democracy on Sunday, shooting the lawyer in the head at close range as he walked out of the Yangon airport, the government said.
UN Warns That Hundreds Of Thousands In Southeast Asia Have Been Roped Into Online...
GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. human rights office says criminal gangs have forced hundreds of thousands of people in Southeast Asia into participating in...
Nearly 80% of China-Laos Railway Project Completed
NANNING (Xinhua) — Nearly 80 percent of the construction of the China-Laos railway has been completed, said Lao Deputy Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone on Saturday.
Myanmar Court Rejects Appeal of Jailed Reuters Reporters
NAYPYITAW, Myanmar — Myanmar's Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected the final appeal of two Reuters journalists and upheld seven-year prison sentences for their reporting on the military's brutal crackdown on Rohingya Muslims.
Thai-Cambodian Flame War Erupts Over Traditional Dance. Both Are Wrong.
In a drama of epic proportions, Thailand and Cambodia are feuding once again after simultaneously claiming ownership of the traditional elaborate masked dance known as Khon in Thailand and Khol in Cambodia.
Court Extends Detention of Cambodian Opposition Leader
PHNOM PENH — A court in Cambodia has extended by six months the pre-trial detention of Kem Sokha, the leader of the now-dissolved main...
Muslim Scholars: Suicide Attacks Violate Islamic Principles
BOGOR, Indonesia — Muslim scholars from three countries issued an edict Friday saying that violent extremism and terrorism, including suicide attacks, are against Islamic principles, in an effort to convince the Taliban to end their violence.
