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 ...

A hydropower project in the Indonesian part of Borneo is forging ahead despite recent setbacks, including the withdrawal of key international partners PowerChina and Sumitomo, according to the local ...

Consensus has been reached by Pacific leaders with Japan to address the controversial release of treated nuclear wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean. In August ...

A proposal by the governor of Jakarta to build an artificial island to help dispose of the city’s 8,000 tons of daily trash is being criticized by environmentalists who say waste needs to be reduced, ...

It was a clear day when Kham set out from his home in northwestern Laos for what he thought was a chance to make money in the gilded gambling towns of the Golden Triangle, the border region his ...

Vietnam’s island building in the South China Sea has reached a record with the total new land created in the first six months of this year nearly equaling that of 2022 and 2023 combined, a U.S.

The United States has expressed concern to Bangladesh about threats and physical attacks against the media in the South Asian country, including under a draconian digital law, ahead of national ...

Papua New Guinea’s opening of an embassy in Israeli-occupied Jerusalem has been condemned by Palestinian officials and by the Pacific island country’s opposition leader, who said it was a reckless ...

An Indonesian court convicted and sentenced a former tax official on Monday to 14 years in prison for corruption in a case that angered the public last year and set in motion a scrutiny of other ...

Ribuan mahasiswa dan koalisi masyarakat sipil di beragam daerah pada Jumat (21/2) menggelar unjuk rasa berjargon “Indonesia Gelap”, sebagai ungkapan kekecewaan terhadap sejumlah kebijakan pemerintahan ...

Seven years after Islamic State militants laid siege to the southern Philippine city of Marawi, tens of thousands of residents remain displaced in squalid villages on the outskirts of the war-torn ...

As Indonesia prepares for next month’s presidential and legislative elections, a video that uses artificial intelligence to resurrect the image and voice of the late longtime dictator Suharto has ...