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Tanintharyi region officials are keeping the 93 Rohingya at sea until the central government tells them what to do with them.

The discrimination against minority Rohingya Muslims is occurring in a region with the world’s biggest Muslim population.

Online comments say the authorities have been enabling rape and illegal detention.

Nearly a dozen businessmen from Shan state reportedly detained while attending a trade fair

Authorities in Phnom Penh and Sihanoukville say they’ve captured 1.5 metric tons of illegal narcotics.

Banks, corporations and politicians in Thailand and Malaysia are identified in rights group’s report.

U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom Nury Turkel underscored threats to all faiths in China.

A British newspaper noted that endangered pangolins “lack the celebrity status of elephants, rhinos, and tigers.”

The move will make it harder for anyone hoping to seek political asylum in the United States.

They are providing food, shelter and clothing to the migrants while they try to verify their nationalities.

The country is believed to be the world's leading executioner.

The group could be forcibly repatriated to China, where they are already being targeted by state security police.

Cambodia blocks public rallies for International Women’s Day, while NGOs remember jailed women journalists.

Relatives have asked for assistance from the Chinese Embassy in Thailand.

They could no longer tolerate the bad food, disease, lack of clothing, and threats, one escapee says.

The nearly 100 Myanmar nationals were forced to work without pay at a Shandong seafood processing plant.

They also question why the pro-military government organized the meeting when it was drubbed in the May election.

The vines might be sent to Laos for processing into ecstasy or MDMA, sources said.

Seoul said it is also willing to consider raising the level of travel warnings for the region.

Viral video of a gang of thugs has prompted widespread public anger and fears for women's safety in public places.

Despite economic progress, human rights remain mostly elusive for women in Asia.

Thailand turned away their boat three times, and Malaysian sailors threatened to shoot them if they did not leave territorial waters, passengers say.

Demand from wealthy Chinese for tiger bones, teeth and pelts drive a robust underground trade.

The raid of venues along a busy highway may have only targeted smaller establishments.

The group was part of an online money laundering gang and repatriated through a trilateral agreement, according to a Chinese ministry.

Workers and business owners risk losing their homes and land as only a few banks agree to suspend repayment of loans.

Vine poachers need to be arrested to more effectively stop production, environmentalists say.