Southeast Asia

But Jakarta is likely to weigh carefully the domestic political benefits of cheap oil against possible international blowback.

Climate change-induced water loss in the Tibetan Plateau further challenges water security from Central to Southeast Asia.

A majority of Khmer Rouge survivors surveyed cited financial circumstances as a reason for not seeking treatment for mental or physical health conditions, disabilities, or ailments. 

Htet Htet Khine presented a popular Burmese-language television program produced by BBC Media Action.

There are numerous signs that the long-planned transition of power from the prime minister to his son may happen sooner rather than later.

The 37 defendants are accused of "incitement to treason" over an opposition politician's failed attempt to return to Cambodia from exile in early 2021.

The military government is pinning its political hopes on a state-managed election next year, but it is unclear if it can be held in the current political conditions.

With a government to provide for and its own pecuniary interests, the Malaysian state oil and gas giant is unlikely to change dramatically.

Whatever its decision, the outcome will do little to undermine the control of Thailand's royal-military establishment.

The leader promised to emphasize education and rehabilitation, but repeated that he would not cooperate with an ICC probe into extrajudicial killings.

Jatuporn Saeoueng was convicted of insulting Queen Suthida by impersonating her at a demonstration in October 2020.

Cambodia, Laos, and Myanmar have been cited as key trafficking destinations by victims' groups.