Thailand | Funeral for king a five-day marathon of intense solemnity

The exactingly planned five-day funeral for Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej will be governed by strict protocols for how the public and media conduct themselves that are as much about

New Zealand | US Ambassador Brown accepts advice after conduct complaint

U.S. Ambassador Scott Brown told a New Zealand website this week that he accepted advice that he should be more culturally aware after a U.S. inquiry into

Malaysia | Prosecutor to show video of two more suspects in Kim’s murder

Malaysian prosecutors said yesterday that they would present security camera video showing two more male suspects at the airport on the day the estranged half brother of

Vietnam-US | Ghosts of war stirring as Trump preps for Asia trip

For more than 50 years, every American president has been forced to grapple, in one way or another, with the quagmire of the Vietnam War. Now it’s Donald Trump’s

Philippines | Military chief says IS funded siege of Marawi

The Islamic State group sent at least USD1.5 million to finance the recently ended siege of the southern Philippine city of Marawi, with the assault leaders

New Zealand | Ardern aims to go green with electricity, tree planting

New Zealand’s incoming government is hoping to make the nation greener by planting 100 million trees each year, ensuring the electricity grid runs entirely from

The Buzz | Thai army detains activist for royal cremation comment

Thailand’s army yesterday detained an activist who wrote on Facebook that he would wear politically charged red clothing to mark King Bhumibol Adulyadej’s cremation this week. A lawyer for

Kim Jong Nam | Women on trial back to scene of attack on North Korean scion

The two women accused of killing the half brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un were taken back to the scene of the crime yesterday as

Kim Jong Nam murder trial | Who killed Kim’s half brother? Here’s what we know

Eight months after the audacious assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s estranged half brother, a Malaysian court is trying to unweave a complicated web of

Malaysia | Toll rises in landslide; 11 dead mostly foreigners

Two more bodies buried by a landslide in a construction site in northern Malaysia were recovered yesterday, bringing the death toll to 11, mostly foreign workers.

Japan | Shinzo Abe heads to impressive election win

Japan’s ruling coalition appeared headed to an impressive win in national elections yesterday, in what would represent at least a partial comeback for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

King’s legacy still felt strongly as Thailand bids goodbye

Half a century has passed and the king is dead, but the villagers of Huay Hom still haven’t forgotten the day Bhumibol Adulyadej descended by helicopter

Feature | Chinese power over North Korea? It’s more myth than reality

At first glance, it seems the perfect solution to the world’s most dangerous standoff: Find a way to get China to use its enormous influence to force North

To learn how to say New Zealand leader’s name, just call her

When an Australian journalist wanted to find out how to correctly pronounce the name of New Zealand’s incoming prime minister, he — unwittingly — went straight to the

Philippines | Five months of Marawi siege reveals city in ruins

Smoke wafted from the smoldering carcasses of buildings and houses, with the dome of a mosque blasted out with holes, as Philippine troops battled yesterday to

Myanmar | Fire rips through luxury hotel, one body recovered

A fire gutted a luxury teakwood hotel popular with foreigners in Myanmar’s biggest city of Yangon before dawn yesterday, causing one death. Firefighters who carried a

Tillerson seeks stronger ties with India, chides China

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called Wednesday for the U.S. and India to expand strategic ties. He also pointedly criticized China, which he accused of challenging

Indonesia | Files reveal details of US support for massacre in mid-60s

Declassified files have revealed new details of U.S. government knowledge and support of an Indonesian army extermination campaign that killed several hundred thousand civilians during anti-communist

Diplomats from US, S. Korea, Japan discuss N. Korean threat

Senior officials from the United States, South Korea and Japan reaffirmed their countries’ commitment yesterday to finding a diplomatic solution to the threat posed by North

Myanmar |Thousands more Rohingya Muslims cross border into Bangladesh

Thousands more Rohingya Muslims are fleeing large-scale violence and persecution in Myanmar and crossing into Bangladesh, where more than half a million others are already living in

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