Rare Siamese Croc Eggs Hatch at Cambodian Conservation Center
PHNOM PENH — Nine eggs of an endangered crocodile species found in the wild in June and taken to a conservation center in southern...
Malaysia Acquits Aussie Woman of Drug Trafficking
KUALA LUMPUR — An Australian woman was found not guilty Wednesday of trafficking 1.5 kilograms (3.3 pounds) of crystal meth at Kuala Lumpur's airport three years ago, avoiding a possible death sentence.
Cambodia’s Biggest Hydropower Dam Now Producing Electricity
PHNOM PENH — Cambodia's largest hydropower project officially began producing electricity Monday as the country tries to increase its energy capacity to reduce energy...
Myanmar Rebels Launch Attacks in North; at Least 15 Dead
YANGON — An ethnic rebel group launched an attack against Myanmar's military in a northern town on Saturday, leaving at least 15 people dead and 20 injured, including civilians, officials said.
Morality Push May Outlaw Sex Outside Marriage in Indonesia
JAKARTA — Riding a tsunami of moral conservatism and anti-gay prejudice, Indonesia's Islamic political parties appear on the cusp of a major victory: outlawing all sex outside marriage.
Lecturers Boycott Grad Ceremony As Anti-election Leader Selected Student Rep.
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Malaysian Ex-PM’s Lawyer Charged With Money Laundering
KUALA LUMPUR — A top Malaysian lawyer for former Prime Minister Najib Razak was charged Thursday with receiving 9.5 million ringgit (USD$2.3 million) in...
Myanmar Rejects Int’l Court’s Right to Rohingya Probe
NAYPYITAW — Myanmar's government on Friday rejected an International Criminal Court ruling that it has jurisdiction to investigate allegations that Myanmar security forces violated...
North Korean ‘Masterminds’ Evade Kim Jong Nam Murder Trial
KUALA LUMPUR — At a trial that could send two Southeast Asian women to the gallows, Malaysian prosecutors are shining a light on several men at large they say masterminded and played crucial roles in carrying out the assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong's Un's estranged half brother.
Indonesian Investigators Say Doomed Lion Air Jet ‘Airworthy’
JAKARTA — Investigators of the Oct. 29 crash of a Lion Air flight into the Java Sea say the Boeing 737 MAX aircraft was...
