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 ...

Just one day after President Prabowo Subianto’s inauguration, a minister announced plans to resume the transmigration program in eastern Indonesia, particularly in Papua, saying it was needed for ...

Rescuers in Myanmar and Thailand continued their search for survivors Monday, saying signs of life were still being detected following the 7.7 magnitude quake that rocked both countries three days ...

Maritime tensions between China and the Philippines were in the spotlight at the Munich Security Conference, with former Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Fu Ying calling the occupation of disputed ...

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 ...

A second day of protests rocked Bangladesh as people took to the streets Tuesday to demand justice for sexual assault after a video posted online on Sunday showed a group of men stripping, beating and ...

Vanuatu has taken a leading role in a bloc of nations fighting to keep marine environment protection on the main agenda of the U.N. organization responsible for developing global regulations for ...

Indigenous Orang Asli people who live in two villages in Kelantan are suing the government of the northern Malaysian state for allegedly allowing firms to run mining, logging and plantation operations ...

An autonomous Muslim region in the southern Philippines that came out of a peace deal is struggling to end violence five years after being established and 15 months before its first-ever elections, ...

The handover was the first official transfer in about 25 years of prisoners associated with the separatist insurgency in Thailand’s southern border region, a military source indicated. The ...

When Zin Myo Yu paid to be smuggled through Myanmar’s Mon state into Thailand for a lucrative factory job, she was painfully aware of the risks. “People don’t really have any money, so if you get ...