Dec 31, 2024 · Plans to proceed with a benefits-and-risks review of a proposed hydropower dam on the Mekong River have sparked concern in both Laos and Thailand about the impact on communities and the ecosystem.

Jan 2, 2025 · Navigating the shared challenges of climate change, geostrategic tensions, political upheaval, disaster recovery and decolonization plus a 50th birthday party.

Jan 2, 2025 · The once formidable Awami League has faded from the limelight in Bangladesh, leading some political analysts to question the party’s future amid uncertainty about whether it will be allowed to participate in elections again.

Oct 28, 2024 · Hasnat Abdullah, coordinator of the Students Movement Against Discrimination, which had spearheaded the anti-Hasina uprising, called for the tribunal to put party members on trial.He also said Awami must be banned. Ahmed, the analyst, expects party leaders to remain and to organize online.

Nov 21, 2024 · Former Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte might have scored political points through bluntly and unapologetically defending his drug war at recent congressional hearings, amid a falling out with his successor, Ferdinand Marcos Jr., observers said.. The scenario has raised the stakes for midterm and presidential elections in the Philippines next year and in 2028, respectively, with the two heads ...

Oct 28, 2024 · Aside from the Senate, the House of Representatives has also been investigating the previous administration’s drug war. Eight police officers have so far been prosecuted for killings in Duterte’s drug war, and in none of those cases did the former president’s lawyers offer any help.. The killings under the Duterte administration are currently the focus of an International Criminal Court ...

Sep 18, 2024 · Landowners have warned they fear further deaths and violence at the Porgera gold mine if the Papua New Guinea government does not relocate them as part of a state of emergency declared on Wednesday.

Nov 13, 2024 · The coconut fronds sway to a steady breeze from the South China Sea at the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) compound west of the Philippine capital Manila – Southeast Asia’s only nuclear facility that has been shuttered for four decades.

Jan 3, 2025 · The South China Sea has become one of the world’s most perilous geopolitical hot spots in recent years, with China stepping up the reinforcement of its expansive claims and countries from outside the region getting increasingly involved.

Indonesia’s amnesty plan for Papua independence fighters greeted with skepticism. TPNPB spokesman says many involved in battle for independence “are willing to die for this cause.”