Cambodian opposition officials were thwarted Saturday in their latest attempt to return to Phnom Penh from exile to defend themselves against treason and incitement charges,… Read More »Opposition Leaders Stopped From Flying to Cambodia to Face Charges — Radio Free Asia
A Philippine Air Force helicopter crashed Saturday while resupplying troops fighting communist rebels in the southern province of Bukidnon, killing a colonel and six other… Read More »Seven Soldiers Dead in Philippine Helicopter Crash — BenarNews
Updated at 5:30 p.m. ET on 2021-01-16 China’s foreign minister wrapped up a Southeast Asian tour in Manila on Saturday, promising to donate half a… Read More »Chinese FM Wraps Up Aid Diplomacy Push through SEAsia — BenarNews
Malaysia made only seven counterterrorism arrests in 2020, the country’s counter-terror chief said this week, but analysts told BenarNews that the dramatic drop in detentions… Read More »Terror Arrests Drop in Malaysia Due to Pandemic, New Policing Approach — BenarNews
Muhyiddin Yassin’s government shouldn’t politicize the country’s health system, medical groups said after Malaysia this week declared a national emergency, which much of the opposition… Read More »Govt Shouldn’t Politicize Health System Under Emergency, Malaysian Medical Groups Warn — BenarNews
Bangladesh strongly rejected U.S. charges this week that al-Qaeda cells had committed attacks on the South Asian nation, although the U.S. State Department had documented… Read More »Bangladesh Again Denies Al-Qaeda Presence — BenarNews
At least 7,000 members of an ethnic Karen force of border guards backed by the Myanmar military resigned on Thursday to protest the ouster of… Read More »Kayin State Border Guards Resign to Protest Ouster of Top Leaders by Myanmar Military — Radio Free Asia
Laos’ ruling Communist Party Friday promoted Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith to the office of secretary general, replacing retiring party leader Bounnhang Vorachit, state media said… Read More »Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith Elected Secretary General — Radio Free Asia
A France-based Uyghur woman’s trip back to Xinjiang to sign retirement papers in late 2016 turned into a 32-month ordeal of cold-iron shackles, interrogation and… Read More »Book by Uyghur Retiree Details Two Grim Years in Xinjiang Internment Camp — Radio Free Asia
A young Indonesian who was arrested in the southern Philippines on suspicion of preparing for a suicide bombing mission claimed that her now-dead parents had… Read More »Suspected Indonesian Bomber Says Parents Forced Her to Join IS — BenarNews