Myanmar's junta extended a state of emergency by six months on Friday, four years after it seized power triggering a civil war that has claimed thousands of lives. Elections cannot be held under a ...

The Commercial Bank of Ceylon is joining hands with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and government partners to improve preschool education in Sri Lanka. The Bank will support the ...

Across Southeast Asia, criminals have found there is big money to be made in human trafficking and bilking victims out of ...

It quickly became a nightmare. Upon arriving in Thailand last summer to pick up the “products,” the Hongkonger had their identity documents seized and was driven across the border into Myanmar. Days ...

Chinese transnational criminal syndicates reportedly exploit this area with support from local armed groups, including Myanmar’s Karen Border Guard Force (BGF), previously known as the ...

SINGAPORE – Record seizures of synthetic drugs in East and South-east Asia have set off alarm bells, as reports emerge of heightened production in Myanmar amid the chaos of civil war.

Police officers examine documents of Thai nationals released from Myanmar prisons in Shan State upon their arrival at the immigration checkpoint of the 2nd Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge in Mae ...

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia said Saturday (Jan 4) that it expelled two boats ferrying about 300 undocumented migrants from Myanmar from the country's waters. The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency ...

More than 6,000 prisoners have been released in Myanmar as part of an amnesty to mark the 77th anniversary of the country's independence from Britain. The head of Myanmar's military government has ...

Burmese pythons may be the most destructive foreign animal in Florida Everglades history. The invasive snake was first recorded in the Everglades National Park in 1979 and quickly put a ...