Sara Duterte radiated confidence and smiled as the Philippine vice president addressed reporters, saying she would survive a political storm from her impeachment this week for alleged corruption and ...

Anti-junta rebels and allied forces on the Thailand-Myanmar border have driven out the military’s last battalion from a major trade hub in Myanmar’s Kayin state, the ethnic Karen National Union said ...

Papua New Guinea security personnel shot and killed two alleged illegal miners and reportedly wounded three others in weekend clashes at the Porgera gold mine in the restive Enga highlands province.

Indonesia is expected to ratify an agreement with Vietnam on the demarcation of their exclusive economic zones (EEZs) next month, settling a decade-long dispute involving overlapping waters, Indonesia ...

As a proud naturalized citizen of Vanuatu, I am fond of my green passport with the country’s flag emblazoned on its corner. An added benefit is that it offers visa-free access to the 27 countries that ...

The United States on Friday imposed financial sanctions on the notorious Bangladeshi police unit RAB and six of its current and former officers, saying they were responsible for serious human rights ...

Police in Indonesia’s North Sumatra province confirmed Monday that arson was behind a fire that killed a journalist and three family members at his home, and said two men suspected of setting the ...

Polygamy, still practiced in some parts of Papua New Guinea, symbolized wealth and status in the country’s so-called “big man” culture. The greater the fortune a man accumulated, the more wives he ...

One of the best Pacific Ocean locations to witness a stunning abundance of tropical fish, sharks and corals is also the least expected – Bikini Atoll, a site of U.S. nuclear tests in the middle of the ...

A Philippine court convicted four police officers Tuesday for killing a father and his son in 2016, putting the total number of police successfully prosecuted for their involvement in former President ...

Palauan tourism official Lelly Obakerbau shakes her head and motions at the encroaching jungle that threatens to reclaim an ancient and largely unknown Pacific archaeological site. “If we don’t keep ...

>>> For more on this topic, read the complete Bear East series here. Ask any Russian person which country in Southeast Asia they have heard about and you’d probably hear “Thailand.” Russian tourists ...