The unconditional release and support of all political prisoners is only the first step toward a free and democratic Myanmar, says prominent activist Bo Kyi.

By Shamindra Ferdinando Sri Lanka must address the developing issue of Rohingya refugees cautiously. Whatever the domestic politics, or divisions within political parties represented in Parliament, ...

Shot and exiled from his homeland by Myanmar's military, Faruk Arian was tired of feeling powerless - until he turned his ...

Science splits the iconic king cobra into four distinct species, reshaping our understanding of venomous snake diversity and ...

Russia has joined China and India in promoting its interests in war-ravaged Myanmar, in particular the possibility of investing in the moribund Dawei Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in which Thailand used ...

Southeast Asian foreign ministers are gathering for their first meeting this year under the regional bloc’s new chair, ...

A group of 49 Rohingya migrants travelling by boat from Bangladesh to Malaysia was found on Tuesday near a beach on Thailand's popular island of Phuket, police told AFP.

Malaysian diplomat Othman Hashim faces the weary task of engaging the junta and persuading it to abide by a Five-Point ...

China says it has brokered a ceasefire between Myanmar's military government and a major ethnic rebel group in the country's ...

It was not clear if airstrike in western Rakhine state was mistargeted or if junta was unaware of temporary detention area’s ...

Malaysia is hosting its first meeting as chair of the regional bloc which is dealing with Beijing’s aggression in the South China Sea and a faltering Asean peace process for Myanmar, where the ruling ...

Southeast Asian nations told Myanmar's military government on Sunday its plan to hold an election amid an escalating civil ...