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‘Our country is now like North Korea,’ says one man about a military-imposed internet shutdown and news blackouts.

They don’t trust the vaccines, which have yet to be recognized by the World Health Organization.

The coronavirus is spreading in the Southeast Asian nation, and workers are increasingly concerned for their health.

But observers say the holiday should be a time of political reconciliation for the good of the nation.

The move aims to further block revenue flows to Myanmar's military, which has killed more than 600 civilians protesting the army's overthrow of the country's ...

Authorities say that the fences are necessary in Sinuiju, a hotbed for dissidents.

The decision followed an appeal by NGOs who said debtors risk infection to avoid loss of property.

Shakedowns of cargo trucks at junta roadblocks have reduced the flow of food and other goods to a trickle.

They say debtors cannot avoid exposure because they fear losing their properties and homes.

China's encroachment on a disputed reef will not interfere with the 'positive trajectory' of bilateral relations or cooperation in fighting COVID-19, the ...

One man died while in police custody while the other was said to have hanged himself in quarantine.

Teenager’s situation highlights plight of stateless Muslim minority, many of whom have fled to South and Southeast Asian nations.

A Russian demining team is clearing the area of UXO in preparation for new construction, officials say.

“I don't know exactly what is going on,” said a Yangon resident. “I feel I'm no longer safe even at home.”

Over 960 people have fled to Thailand since Thursday alone, most of them women, children, elderly, and wounded, Thai sources say.

Lao workers are still waiting to be paid back wages owed by the former Chinese owner of a cement plant in Luang Prabang.

But rights groups say the measure will impact people dealing with emergencies that cannot obtain permission to leave their homes.

Railroad workers are conducting safety inspections on a cross-border bridge and officials suggest an early April opening.

Unconfirmed reports of the North Pyongan party official’s execution are making other cadres nervous.

WHO director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says the hypothesis that the COVID-19 virus was leaked from a virology lab is still on the table.

‘Genocide’ in the region takes center stage in Secretary Blinken’s introduction of an annual rights report.

The rare-earth metals trader was under pressure to send home a million dollars despite Sino-Korean border shutdown.

Analysts say the government should buy better vaccines from elsewhere to bolster public confidence.

Authorities cling to claim of zero confirmed coronavirus cases despite ramped-up quarantine measures.

The group had tried to win support for a campaign to petition Prime Minister Hun Sen over economic losses to Cambodians amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Military sources say life as a border guard is no longer as cushy as it was before coronavirus.

The group is urging assistance on rent, debt, utility bills, and the cost of gasoline amid the latest outbreak.

A seven-year-old girl becomes the youngest person slain by security forces since the Feb. 1 coup.

Top military official Li Jun says the People's Liberation Army won't be parading its military hardware through the capital on July 1.

The government takes action more than one month after the start of the latest outbreak.