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Asian Markets Flat After Apple Value Surpasses $1 Trillion

BANGKOK — Asian shares were flat Friday in mixed trading ahead of the U.S. jobs report later in the day. There appeared to be...

Hun Sen Plays Hardball to Keep His Grip on Cambodia

BANGKOK — Determined to extend his 33 years as Cambodia's strongman ruler, Prime Minister Hun Sen was not about to let an election derail...
ASEAN foreign ministers pose for a photo ahead of the 51st ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting on Thursday in Singapore. Photo: Yong Teck Lim / Associated Press

ASEAN Asked to Brace Amid Trade Feuds, Repel Protectionism

SINGAPORE — Southeast Asia's top diplomats have opened an annual meeting to tackle a slew of security concerns, including South China Sea territorial disputes,...

UN Council to Commemorate Myanmar Crackdown on Rohingya

UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council is planning to commemorate the one-year anniversary of Myanmar's violent crackdown that led about 700,000 Rohingya Muslims...
Songpol Sukchan, Thailand’s ambassador to Indonesia in yellow shirt, with Thai tourists departing Lombok island back to Bangkok on Monday. Photo: Royal Thai Embassy, Jakarta / Facebook

All Thais Evacuated From Mt. Rinjani: Foreign Affairs

BANGKOK — All Thai tourists stranded on an Indonesian volcano have been safely evacuated, officials said Tuesday.

Cambodian Opposition Says ‘Sham’ Election was Death of Democracy

The ruling party of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen congratulated itself Monday on its election victory, while the opposition party unable to contest the polls said they marked the death of ...

Quake Strands 300+ Thai Trekkers on Indonesian Volcano

BANGKOK — More than 300 Thai tourists stranded overnight on an Indonesian volcano will receive food and drinking water before they can be evacuated, Thai officials said Monday.
Villagers walk near destroyed homes in an area affected by the early Sunday morning earthquake at Sajang village, Sembalun, East Lombok, Indonesia. Photo: Rosidin / Associated Press

Strong Quake Hits Indonesian Island, Killing at Least 14

JAKARTA — A strong and shallow earthquake early Sunday killed at least 14 people and injured more than 160 on Indonesia's Lombok island, a popular tourist destination next to Bali, officials said.
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, center, of the Cambodian People's Party casts his ballot in the country's general election Sunday at a polling station in Takhmua in Kandal province, southeast of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Photo: Heng Sinith / Associated Press

With Opposition Silenced, Cambodia’s Hun Sen Coasts to Win

PHNOM PENH — Cambodia's ruling party has won Sunday's general election, the chief government spokesman said, a widely expected outcome in an election slammed...
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, center, of the Cambodian People's Party casts his ballot in the country's general election Sunday at a polling station in Takhmua in Kandal province, southeast of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Photo: Heng Sinith / Associated Press

Cambodians Vote in Polls with Main Opposition Party Silenced

PHNOM PEHN — With the main opposition silenced, Cambodians were voting in an election Sunday virtually certain to return to office Prime Minister Hun Sen and his party who have been in power for more than three decades.

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