Southeast Asia News

One soldier was killed and another wounded by a bomb explosion on a road in Pattani's Mayo district on Tuesday morning, reports said.

A suspect in the bombing at Soi Ramkhamhaeng 43/1 in Bangkok on May 26 was arrested in Muang district of Narathiwat province late Monday night, Pol Maj Gen Suchart Theerasawat, deputy chief of the Southern Border Provinces Police Operations Centre, said on Tuesday.

Panasonic Corporation and UNESCO announced the renewal of their strategic partnership agreement today.

Thailand and Laos have stepped up bilateral cooperation on practical response to any possible outbreak of the new deadly H7N9 bird flu along their common border.

After clashes between police and protesters, Indonesia's parliament Monday night voted to revise the national budget and allow an increase of up to 44% in the prices of subsidized gas and diesel fuel.

In this photo taken on June 28, 2012, Cambodia's famed Angkor Wat temples complex stands in Siem Reap province, some 230 kilometers northwest Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

Canada's junior mining companies are turning to alternative sources of funding such as private investments, strategic mergers and the sale of non-core assets in the face of headwinds that range from slowing global growth to risk-averse investors.

Protesters from a human rights group hold signs during a rally against Laos' recent repatriation of nine North Korean defectors, in front of the Laotian embassy in Seoul on May 31, 2013.

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President's Office Minister Aung Min, standing at left, addresses Karen National Union delegates in Rangoon during a meeting over the weekend.

Members of the anti-government white-mask movement, or "V for Thailand group" Sunday rallied in several major provinces of all regions across the country.

Indonesia's parliament could pass measures on Monday paving the way for a 33 percent rise in the country's fuel prices to reduce a government subsidy bill that has cast a shadow over Southeast Asia's biggest economy.

AUSTRALIA'S Great Barrier Reef and six ancient Syrian sites could be listed as endangered by UNESCO, which on Sunday begins its annual session to decide which global cultural and natural treasures merit World Heritage status.

HALF of Hong Kongers believe the city's government should not extradite former US spy Edward Snowden, according to a poll published a day after hundreds protested in his support.

Jakarta, June 15 : Indonesia went out of contention in the men's singles and mixed doubles as their shuttlers were beaten in the semifinals of the Indonesia Open Super Series Premier here Saturday.

With investors struggling to raise funds amid the economic slowdown, many resort and hotel projects have stalled and ended up having their licenses withdrawn.

Former soldier and Australian citizen Warren Rodwell has been released by al-Qaida-linked captors who held him hostage in the Philippines for over one year.

It is usually a star who renders the National Day Parade theme song, in one of the highlights of that evening.

With its great beaches, Boracay in the Philippines is hard to beat, and the Ambassador In Paradise is the resort of choice.

However, they emphasised that if there is to be lasting peace in the region it would be due to the determination of locals, not in any formula prescribed by armchair negotiators.