投稿者: Rebecca Ratcliffe South-east Asia correspondent
Crusading pathologist Raquel Fortun finds evidence of multiple murder at the direction of ‘a madman’ in the exhumed remains of young FilipinosIt was in an old university stockroom, with wooden tables salvaged from a junkyard, that Raquel Fortun began t…
Police in Loei trying to determine if the animals migrated or were taken as part of a trafficking operationFor decades, Tham Pha Mak Ho temple in north-east Thailand has been home to crowds of rhesus macaques. Every morning monks feed them with rice an…
Friends of Duangpetch Promthep share emotional messages after the talented player was found dead in his dorm at a football academyTributes have been paid to Duangpetch Promthep, one of the 12 boys rescued from a flooded Thai cave in 2018, who died in t…
The Philippines accused a Chinese coastguard ship of directing a ‘military-grade laser light’ at one of its vessels, temporarily blinding a crew memberPhilippine president Ferdinand Marcos has summoned the Chinese ambassador to express serious concern …
Claimant seeks $3m in damages to cover financial losses as well as rehabilitation and therapy to overcome ‘trauma’A man in Singapore is seeking more than S$3m (£1.87m) in damages from a woman who said she saw him only as a friend, claiming she caused h…
Deal expands Washington’s access to military bases close to Taiwan and the South China SeaThe Philippines has granted the United States expanded access to its military bases, greatly enhancing Washington’s presence in the region at a time of growing co…
Thai capital’s already bad air made worse by forest fires and burning on farmsPeople in Bangkok have been advised to work from home and wear face masks due to air pollution that has worsened to unhealthy levels.Officials urged people to use public tran…
Survivors of alleged abuses at hands of military unite in universal jurisdiction case over atrocities they say amount to genocideA criminal complaint against individuals linked to Myanmar’s military has been filed in Germany by survivors from ethnic gr…
Court controlled by junta adds a further three years in jail to raft of other sentences handed to the former leaderMyanmar’s military coup explained in 30 secondsA military-controlled court in Myanmar has sentenced ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to a f…
Kaliwa dam project in the Sierra Madre would be disastrous for main island’s storm defences as well as biodiversity, say conservationistsAs Super Typhoon Noru made landfall in the Philippines last month and people across the main island of Luzon braced…
Han Lay appealed for help on social media after being stopped at Bangkok airport, saying Myanmar police there want to speak to herA Myanmar model who has spoken out against the military junta that seized power last year says she has sought help from th…
Country’s military has deployed brutal violence to crush dissent since taking power in a 2021 coup but resistance is growingOn 1 February 2021, Myanmar’s military took power in a coup, abruptly halting the country’s fragile transition towards democracy…
Vicky Bowman and Htein Lin were arrested last week accused of violating immigration lawsBritain’s former ambassador to Myanmar and her husband, a prominent artist, have been sentenced to one year in prison by the country’s military-controlled courts, r…
Tan Eng Hong was arrested under the law banning gay male sex and went on to challenge its constitutionality, a landmark moment for gay rightsTan Eng Hong’s voice wavers as he remembers his 12-year struggle against Section 377A, a law that criminalises …
While 700,000 Rohingya Muslims fled Myanmar after 25 August 2017, 600,000 remain, facing harsh restrictions on movement, persecution and povertyFive years ago Muhammad*, his wife and two children sheltered at their home, terrified as they heard of viol…