World Oct 27 Thai students aim for ambitious political change The protesters have three main demands: They want Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha’s resignation; changes to a constitution that was drafted under military rule; and, most controversially, reforms to the constitutional monarchy.
World Oct 21 Thai protesters march in show of strength against government Student-led protesters in Thailand have defiantly marched to the streets outside the prime minister’s office, repeating their demand that he step down even as he urged them to let Parliament deal with their calls for democratic reforms.
World Oct 15 Thailand declares emergency after unprecedented protest Thailand's government declared a strict new state of emergency for the capital on Thursday, a day after a student-led protest against the country's traditional establishment saw an extraordinary moment in which demonstrators heckled a royal motorcade.
World Sep 08 Myanmar army deserters confirm atrocities against Rohingya Two soldiers who deserted from Myanmar's army have testified on video that they were instructed by commanding officers to "shoot all that you see and that you hear" in villages where minority Rohingya lived.
World Feb 09 Soldier kills 26 in bloodiest mass shooting in Thailand A soldier with a grudge gunned down 26 people and wounded 57 in Thailand's worst mass shooting before he was fatally shot inside a mall in the country's northeast on Sunday, officials said.
World Nov 04 Most Southeast Asian leaders skip meetings with Trump’s proxy The U.S. sent recently appointed national security adviser Robert O'Brien to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations gathering in President Donald Trump's stead.
World Aug 22 UN report: Myanmar military committed war crimes against Rohingya minority The U.N. Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar said it found the country's soldiers "routinely and systematically" forced sexual acts against women, girls, boys, men and transgender people in "blatant violation of international human rights law."…
World May 07 Myanmar frees Reuters journalists who reported on abuse of Rohingya The imprisonment of Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo and drew the world's attention to curbs on freedom of the press.
World Jul 06 Former Thai navy SEAL is first casualty of cave rescue effort A former member of the Thai navy's elite SEAL unit who volunteered to help his old comrades in their risky mission to evacuate a dozen boys and their soccer coach trapped in a cave has become the first casualty of…