Aug 01 Kerry: Malaysian efforts to address trafficking must 'redouble' By Matthew Pennington, Associated Press Secretary of State John Kerry will push Malaysia to redouble its efforts against human trafficking during an upcoming visit for regional security talks, a senior State Department official said Friday. Continue reading
Jun 01 Watch 3:11 'I wished I was dead': the harrowing plight of Myanmar's Rohingya Muslims By PBS News Hour Thousands of Rohingya Muslims have attempted to flee Myanmar, where they are seen as illegal immigrants, Lucy Watson of Independent Television News reports from Rakhine State, where 140,000 Rohingya are living in camps and yearning to escape. Continue watching
May 26 Watch 3:43 Human trafficking camps and mass graves discovered in Malaysia By PBS News Hour Continue watching
May 25 Mass graves in Malaysia might hold remains of smuggled migrants By News Desk Police in Malaysia said Monday that more than 139 graves were found near the border with Thailand, and they suspect the graves contain the remains of migrants who were staying in camps run by smugglers. Continue reading
May 20 Watch 4:30 News Wrap: Indonesia, Malaysia agree to shelter thousands adrift at sea By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, Indonesia and Malaysia agreed to accept thousands of refugees who have been stranded at sea in Southeast Asia. Meanwhile, the U.S. State Department said that the U.S. is willing to take more refugees and help… Continue watching
May 17 Watch 4:30 Refugees desperate for aid caught in 'maritime ping pong' By PBS News Hour Malaysian officials initiated emergency, high-level talks with neighboring countries Sunday, hoping to address the more than 5,000 refugees that have been stranded at sea as they try to escape ethnic persecution and poverty in Myanmar and Bangladesh. But none of… Continue watching
Dec 29 Watch 2:22 Search widens for missing AirAsia flight - Part 1 By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Dec 29 Missing AirAsia plane likely at 'bottom of the sea' By Elisabeth Ponsot Authorities in Indonesia have halted the search for missing AirAsia Flight QZ8501 as night fell on Sunday. Continue reading
Aug 09 Malaysia Airlines to be bought out by government By Xander Landen The Malaysian government announced its plans to take financial control over Malaysia Airlines on Friday, in an effort to reinvigorate a company that had been struggling even before it faced two major crises--the crash of flight MH17 in Ukraine and… Continue reading
Jul 26 Unanswered questions about MH17 crash show limits of US intel By Ken Dilanian, Associated Press A series of unanswered questions about the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 shows the limits of U.S. intelligence-gathering even when it is intensely focused. Continue reading