The junta has emerged stronger from the disaster, and it is clearer than ever that only China has the clout to influence both ...

The canal has already created concern among environmentalists who say it could further harm the delicate ecology of the ...

Three suspected illegal recruiters were charged for human trafficking, according to the Bureau of Immigration.

Several Southeast Asian countries are kicking off their annual water festival holiday, an occasion for merrymaking during ...

An international team of malacologists discovered a new snail species, Anauchen picasso, in Southeast Asia that exhibits a highly complex and rectangularly angled shell shape, resembling a ...

Thai and Myanmar authorities worked together to turn off electricity and the internet in an unprecedented operation to free thousands of trafficking victims forced to work in cyber-scam centers in ...

They use trafficked workers from dozens of countries and are largely based in Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos. The growth has been enabled by the rise of new, illicit online marketplaces, with such ...

Victims who refused to comply were subjected to severe punishments, including physical torture and electrocution. Many remain ...

In Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar, millions normally take part in a mix of raucous play with uninhibited splashing of ...

Asian crime syndicates behind the multibillion-dollar cyberscam industry are expanding globally including to South America ...