Residents of Thailand’s southern border provinces are calling for the new government of Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra to use “political determination” to solve economic concerns and advance ...

Tribal violence and claims of ‘cannibalism’ in Papua New Guinea have marked the start of 2025 for the Pacific nation as it prepares to celebrate its 50th anniversary of independence. Nine people were ...

Faced with the daunting task of reclaiming neighborhoods, beachfront properties and areas around mosques, repairs began quickly in sections of Indonesia and Thailand devastated by the deadly 2004 ...

For the past two decades, Pattani food vendor Abdulloh Yusoh has been perfecting his signature dish nasi kerabu, earning local acclaim and using its profits to support his three daughters’ education.

A Vietnamese Buddhist monk on a barefoot pilgrimage from his homeland to India has given up on his attempt to walk across Myanmar and is heading to Malaysia for the next leg of his journey, a fellow ...

Back in the 1980s, Cici Jueco was the envy of her university classmates because she caught the eye of Abu Ben Honesto Berdul, a Lebanese student who was popular on campus. In her words, Abu Ben, who ...

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 ...

Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s plan to cap a PM’s time in office to two five-year terms is facing pushback, with Malaysia’s largest faith-based party rejecting the move and framing it as a threat to ...

Budaya, gaya hidup sebagai Orang Laut akan hilang kerana penempatan baharu terletak di pendalaman kira-kira 50 kilometer dari kawasan sekarang.

In an interview with BenarNews, Philippine opposition Sen. Risa Hontiveros defended her controversial bill that seeks to address teenage pregnancy through a comprehensive sex education campaign, amid ...

José do Santos pernah menjadi saksi kemajuan Timor Leste. Sebagai mandor konstruksi di Dili, ia terlibat dalam pembangunan gedung-gedung yang menandai era baru setelah melepaskan diri dari Indonesia ...

Parts of Suva harbor in Fiji resemble a ship graveyard with more than two dozen rusting and unseaworthy vessels abandoned due to financial problems by their foreign owners and enabled by policy ...