A campaigner who tackles youth suicide in South Korea, two journalists, and a human rights activist were named Friday among the winners of Asia’s equivalent of the Nobel Prize, the Ramon Magsaysay Award.

Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono has urged the Myanmar government to take "more strenuous efforts" to take Rohingyas back from Bangladesh to their place of origin in Rakhine State.

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has continuously stressed that he will pass the baton to PKR president Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, but opposition representatives have allegedly met him to convince him to serve out his full term.

Raids on jungle drug labs have been met with heavy artillery fire, Myanmar narcotics police said yesterday, in an area riddled with armed groups accused of pumping out much of the world’s methamphetamine.

Australia pledged US$55 million to fight human trafficking in Southeast Asia yesterday, vowing to tackle “modern slavery” ensnaring vulnerable populations across the region, from low-paid workers to underage brides and Rohingya refugees.

Philippines is still open to allowing the use of the dengue vaccine again if experts agree to recommend it to combat the rising number of cases of the mosquito-borne disease in the country, according to presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo.

Attempts to reduce tension in the contested South China Sea reached a milestone on Wednesday when Beijing revealed that Asean and China had completed the first reading of the single draft negotiating text for a code of conduct (COC).

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo yesterday insisted that Washington was not asking Southeast Asian nations to “choose” between his country and rival power China, as he trailed a rebooted security and trade strategy at a Bangkok summit.

Dozens of Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters appeared in court yesterday after being charged with rioting, setting the stage for further unrest in a weeks-long crisis that has rocked the global financial hub.

The largest water supply network established by International Organization for Migration (IOM) and Japan at Kutupalong Rohingya camp in Cox's Bazar will connect nearly 30,000 refugees.

Pakistani troops opened fire and shelled mortars along the de facto border with Rajouri district in India’s Jammu and Kashmir, Indian officials say.

An undocumented domestic worker has the right to pursue her claim for unpaid wages in Malaysia, a court has ruled, setting a legal precedent migrant rights groups said would help protect human trafficking survivors.

Police say dozens of Hong Kong protesters detained during recent clashes will be charged with rioting -- an offence that carries a jail term of up to ten years -- as the finance hub’s embattled pro-Beijing leaders crack down on weeks of demonstrations.

Reiterating that Bangladesh sheltering 1.1 million Rohingyas for the sake of humanity, Law Minister Anisul Huq tells the United Nation that the flow of Rohingyas into Bangladesh still continues, albeit low.

Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono visits the Rohingya camp in Kutupalong of Cox’s Bazar.

Mentioning that hosting over 1.1 million Rohingyas is a big burden for Bangladesh, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says her country wants to resolve the Rohingya crisis through discussions with Myanmar.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen says the Rohingya citizenship issue was an internal affair of Myanmar and Bangladesh would not like to be taken hostage on the matter.

Bangladesh hands over a fresh list of 25,000 Rohingyas to Myanmar for verification before their repatriation to their place of origin in Rakhine State.

A landslide at a Myanmar jade mine killed 14 people including at least one policemen in the early hours of yesterday as earth and mud engulfed a guard post, and four people were missing and feared dead, police said. The jade hub of Hpakant, in Kachin State in the north

Eight people were killed and dozens injured when a series of earthquakes struck islands in the far northern Philippines early yesterday, toppling historic buildings and sending terrified locals fleeing their homes.