Southeast Asia News

THE head of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations urged Thailand and Cambodia on Saturday to show 'maximum restraint' amid tensions over Phnom Penh's job offer to a fugitive former Thai premier.

THE Philippines on Friday named five more Muslim separatist leaders from the country's restive south as suspects in the abduction of an Irish priest.

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will not reveal how the government will end the Oceanic Viking asylum-seeker stand-off but is confident a solution is inevitable.

President Barack Obama will meet leaders of Southeast Asian nations, including Myanmar, in a high-level affirmation of Washington's new policy of engaging the military-ruled country despite its dismal human rights record.

Taipei, Nov. 6 More than 190 aftershocks had been recorded as of early Friday since an earthquake measuring 6 on the Richter scale hit central Taiwan a day earlier, seismologists said that day.

The United Nations General Assembly has endorsed a report which found both Israeli forces and Palestinian militants were guilty of serious human rights violations during the 22-day conflict in the Gaza Strip over Christmas and New Year.

A plastic bottle thrown into a Taipei recycling bin could be reincarnated as a blanket to warm disaster victims in any of 20 countries, thanks to a unique project by the world's largest Buddhist charity.

Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong gives a press conference at the Istana or Presidential Palace on Tuesday, Nov.

Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has told parliament that the government disagreed with the idea of establishing autonomous areas in lower South, as it was not a solution to the problem.

Philippine Muslim rebel leaders on Thursday refused a government demand to force one of their members accused of kidnapping an Irish priest to come out and personally deny the allegation.

CHRISTMAS ISLAND, Australia - Deep in the jungle on this small island lost in the Indian Ocean, Australia's new $370 million refugee detention center reaches its full power after its lights come on at dusk.

Taipei - A strong, 6.0-magnitude earthquake hit central Taiwan on Thursday, the government said, with initial reports stating that one person had suffered minor injuries.

JAKARTA: Indonesia's top detective quit Thursday after wiretap phone recordings implicated him in an alleged plot to falsely imprison anti-graft investigators, in a scandal that has appalled the nation.

Gunmen opened fire on a commuter bus in the restive southern Philippines, killing two and wounding eight passengers, authorities said on Thursday.

The death toll from Tropical Storm Mirinae rose to 99 in central Vietnam on Thursday and authorities estimated damage from the storm at $55 million.

On Tuesday, Interior Secretary Ronaldo Puno turned down an offer from the country's largest Muslim rebel group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front , to send their own armed cadres to help free the Columban missionary priest.

CAMBODIA has appointed former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra economic adviser to premier Hun Sen, a Cambodian government statement said on Wednesday, adding to tensions between the countries.

A mainland panda expert has vowed to lend Taiwan a helping hand after two members of the low-libido species spent nearly a year at Taipei Zoo showing no inclination to breed, local media said on Wednesday.

Longer-term issues will top the agenda when Singapore hosts the leaders' summit for the first time next week.

Activists holds pictures of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi while slogans outside the... Activists holds pictures of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi while slogans outside the Myanmar embassy in Bangkok September 16, 2007.