投稿者: Rebecca Ratcliffe, south-east Asia correspondent
South Korea will delay the shutdown of coal-fired plants, while the Philippines also plans to boost the output of its coal-burning plantsGovernments across Asia are ramping up their use of coal, the dirtiest fossil fuel, as they try to cover huge energ…
Carried by a band of pirates that stand up to corrupt and repressive rulers, the meaning of the One Piece flag has resonated across AsiaIn Indonesia, it was hung outside homes, on motorbikes, cars and trucks, in a sign of discontent with the government…
Operated by crime syndicates and fostered by the country’s military junta, the number of vast complexes such as KK Park on the Thai-Myanmar border has doubled since 2021Five years ago, the land now home to KK Park – a vast, heavily guarded complex stre…
All vehicles and travellers will be prohibited from crossing border into Cambodia as relations deteriorate after shooting of Cambodian soldierThailand’s military has closed border crossings into Cambodia to almost all travellers, including tourists and…
Former Philippines president filmed a video message en route to the Hague, saying ‘I will be responsible for everything’Former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte has said he will accept responsibility for his government’s so-called “war on drugs” in…
Former Philippine president expected in court within days as daughter accuses Manila government of ‘kidnapping’The former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte has landed in the Netherlands and been taken into the custody of the international criminal c…
Head of anti-trafficking agency says dozens of Chinese criminal gangs were running the centresTens of thousands of people could be living inside illegal scam compounds in Myanmar that have proliferated near Thailand’s border, according to the head of T…
Head of anti-trafficking agency says dozens of Chinese criminal gangs were running the centresTens of thousands of people could be living inside illegal scam compounds in Myanmar that have proliferated near Thailand’s border, according to the head of T…
Authorities are hoping to to slow population growth and curb conflict with humansThailand will begin giving birth control to a small number of wild female elephants this year, as the country struggles with the growing problem of human-elephant conflict…
Northern Thailand has been hit by severe floods over recent weeks, with Typhoon Yagi worsening the seasonal monsoon rainsTwo elephants have drowned, while power was cut and hotels were forced to evacuate guests after the Thai tourist hotspot Chiang Mai…
Paetongtarn Shinawatra is the fourth member of her family to lead Thailand, but she faces a country that has moved on from her father’s eraPaetongtarn Shinawatra becomes Thailand’s youngest prime ministerPaetongtarn Shinawatra comes from one of the mos…
Exclusive: Pita Limjaroenrat, whose Move Forward party won the most votes in last year’s election but has been dissolved, vows ‘you cannot stop spring’Thailand’s lese majesty laws explained in 30 secondsThailand’s conservative establishment is seeking …
Leaders of progressive group Move Forward, which won most votes in last year’s election, also barred from politics for 10 yearsThailand’s constitutional court has ordered the dissolution of the country’s most popular party, and banned its leaders from…
The Sierra Madre, deliberately marooned by the Philippines in 1999, is crumbling but repair is being made impossible by an effective blockade by BeijingIt is perhaps the most unlikely kind of military base. For more than two decades, a second world war…
Gibran Rakabuming Raka wants to follow in his father’s footsteps, but can he shake off public anger over allegations of nepotism?Indonesia’s next vice-president could be a familiar face. Gibran Rakabuming Raka, 36, is the son of the current president, …