Search for survivors continues 3 days after massive quake in Myanmar, Thailand Four people were found alive in Mandalay, signs of life still detected in Bangkok.

Thailand’s rural doctors venture to remote places, push for health-care equality The nation has struggled with shortages of medical providers outside of urban settings.

EXPLAINED: Why proposed revisions to Indonesia’s military law alarm democracy activists A bill proposes to expand armed forces’ role in state institutions, which critics said would reduce civilian ...

Guam at decolonization ‘crossroads’ with resolution on US statehood Local legislature to debate non-binding resolution to become 51st state of the U.S.

Pacific ‘shock’ as UN women’s declaration ditches reproductive rights A handful of countries opposed to abortion are blamed for a major omission from key CSW69 political declaration.

Fiji’s fishing ship graveyard highlights lax Pacific dumping controls Dozens of derelict boats, mostly from China, pose environmental and navigation hazards in Suva harbor.

EXPLAINED: How Indonesian textile giant Sritex collapsed Mounting debt, falling sales and a court’s bankruptcy ruling forced the Solo-based company out of business.

Students in Indonesia’s Papua region protest free-meal program, demand free education instead Authorities responded with force, including the use of tear gas and warning shots.

A court in Argentina has ruled that international arrest warrants be issued for Myanmar's self-appointed president and junta chief, Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, and 22 other military officials for ...

Palau’s hi-tech mission to preserve Pacific’s oldest monuments 2,400-year-old earthworks revealed as predating stone moai statues of Rapa Nui and megalithic Nan Madol in Micronesia.

Vanuatu faces possible return to all-male parliament after snap election Unofficial counting indicated most incumbent MPs have been reelected but with some high-profile departures.

Indonesia’s human rights situation deteriorated last year, marked by the election of a president with a checkered rights record and a steady erosion of democratic freedoms, according to an ...