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
Jul 22 MH17’s black boxes to be analyzed by UK experts By Sarah Corapi Britain has agreed to aid in the analysis of data retrieved from two black boxes that were salvaged from the downed Malaysia Airlines flight that killed 298 people Thursday. British Prime Minister David Cameron said Tuesday that investigators from the… Continue reading
Jul 21 Malaysia Prime Minister says his country will take custody of MH17’s black boxes By Colleen Shalby In a statement released Monday, Malaysia’s Prime Minister Najib Razak said that a Malaysian team in Donetsk will take custody of two black boxes from the downed Malaysia Airlines jet that crashed over eastern Ukraine Thursday. Continue reading
Apr 27 Obama spotlights human rights issues in Malaysia By Julie Pace, Associated Press President Barack Obama on Sunday pressed the Malaysian government to improve its human rights record and appealed to Southeast Asia's teeming youth population to stand up for the rights of minorities and the rule of law. Continue reading
Apr 23 Watch Why the White House is turning its attention to Asia By PBS News Hour President Obama’s four-nation Asia tour marks a policy shift toward the continent, which has been overshadowed by international concerns in the Middle East, and now the Ukraine crisis. Gwen Ifill talks to former State Department Official Kurt Campbell and Michael… Continue watching
Apr 23 Watch Obama kicks off four-nation Asia tour with visit to Japan By PBS News Hour President Obama made Tokyo his first stop on tour of Japan, South Korea, Malaysia and the Philippines. The trip is the latest step in a stated policy shift toward Asia and away from a decade of war in Iraq and… Continue watching