Southeast Asia

Lithuania’s experience provides a wake-up call for Southeast Asia about the risks of economic coercion.

Bangkok says that membership would help boost the country's global economic and political profile.

The annual ban comes at a time of growing tension between Beijing and Manila in the South China Sea.

The pact between Thaksin's camp and the royalist establishment, which allowed the former leader to return from self-exile last year, may be starting to fray.

Anwar Ibrahim has pitched Malaysia to foreign chipmakers as "the most neutral and non-aligned location for semiconductor production."

While Dili has publicly welcomed the former general's election, other Timorese -- particularly women -- want justice for his role in past atrocities.

Last year saw East and Southeast Asian governments seize 190 tons of methamphetamine, the largest amount ever recorded in a single year.

The Indonesian government recently brought corruption charges against Harvey Moeis, a wealthy businessman with interests in the mining sector.

Both were granted bail pending an appeal, following the recent death of a monarchy-reform activist in custody.

The recent attack on a police station in Johor State bears all the hallmarks of a lone-wolf attack.

The powerful former public security minister has been boosted into the ranks of the country's top leaders. Will the promotion come back to haunt him?

The U.N.'s human rights office says that tens of thousands have been forcibly displaced in what one expert described as a "hate-driven unnatural disaster."