Vietnam jails dissident in crackdown on activists
Human rights groups have expressed alarm over the Communist-ruled country's biggest crackdown on activists in years.
China cracks down on pyramid scams after deaths
China's latest crackdown on pyramid schemes was prompted by three shocking deaths: one young man who was beaten, another who was found dead in a pond, a third left to die on a road
Thailand: 1 soldier killed, twenty injured in bomb attack
The blasts occurred in Yala, one of the predominantly ethnic, Malay Muslim provinces in the deepsouth where a separatist insurgency has dragged on for decades, with more than 6,500 people killed since 2004 alone.
Malaysia: At least 25 killed in fire at religious school
The fire at Darul Quran Ittifaqiyah was reported at around 5.40 am local time (2140 GMT)
Halimah Yacob set to be first woman president of Singapore
From the ethnic Malay minority, Halimah Yacob is set to be the first women President of Singapore
270,000 Rohingya have fled Myanmar in two weeks: UN
They have sought refuge in Bangladesh, the United Nations said
A lesson from Myanmar: Why India can't be the victim of West's idea of 'human right politics'
Morality must be judged from the consequence of a political action and shouldn’t become the sole axis on which diplomacy be conducted.
Why Aung San Suu Kyi is silent on the Rohingyas
Suu Kyi is a prisoner of the compromises she has to make as a politician if she is to survive.
"I am a Rohingya. And Rohingyas are not terrorist": Rohingya activist Tun Khin speaks to WION
"Aung San Suu Kyi is not speaking up for my people. I urge her, as she herself did once, please use your liberty to support ours", says Tun Khin.
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