Without decisive leadership and inclusive reform, Myanmar’s Spring Revolution risks dissolving into symbolism rather than achieving substantive change.

Sweden-Right Livelihood Award FILE -Taiwan's Digital Minister Audrey Tang speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Taipei, Taiwan, Dec. 10, 2020. (AP ...

Press freedom groups rank China as the world's top jailer of journalists, with 112 journalists and media workers currently behind bars, alongside another eight in Hong Kong in the wake of Beijing's ...

Since 2017, Myanmar’s military has killed tens of thousands of Rohingya and exiled hundreds of thousands more to neighboring Bangladesh; in early 2025, the junta cut off food and supplies to the ...

Myanmar's Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda Festival is a major Buddhist celebration, but recent challenges have dampened its spirit.

Thailand is set for a record decline in electricity output this year as mild weather and a slowing economy are reducing demand, government data shows, putting Southeast Asia's top LNG importer on ...

AP Visit to Myanmar Highlights Its Struggle to Rebuild After an Earthquake While a Civil War Rages MANDALAY, Myanmar (AP) — Thae Mama Swe stood atop a pile of earthquake rubble in the monsoon rain as ...

Today in History for Oct. 2: In 322 BC, Greek philosopher Aristotle died. In 1535, French explorer Jacques Cartier explored the St. Lawrence River to Hochelaga, present site of Montreal. In 1608, the ...