A US-based organization for survivors of the Khmer Rouge condemned the UN-backed war crimes tribunal on Thursday for preventing overseas Cambodians from taking part in the court’s controversial third case. Tribunal observers fear the court is trying to dismiss those cases in the face of stringent government opposition. The U.S.-based survivors group ASRIC says the […]
Thai police have arrested U.S. citizen Lerpong Wichaikhammat, 54, and charged him with defaming the revered monarchy for an alleged offense dating to a four-year-old post on his blog. Insulting the monarchy, known as “Lese Majeste”, is a serious crime in Thailand that is punishable by up to 15 years in prison. Rights groups and […]
Police in Malaysia say they have ended search and rescue operations after pulling 16 dead and nine survivors from the rubble of an orphanage that was hit by a landslide Saturday. Authorities said Sunday they recovered the bodies of 15 boys, aged eight to 15, and one adult. Six boys and three adults were rescued […]
The body of a South Korean man has been discovered nailed to a wooden cross in a manner echoing representations of the death of Jesus Christ. Police say the body of a 58-year-old man identified only as Kim was found Sunday in an abandoned rock quarry in the central city of Mungyeong. He was dressed […]
U.S. officials last night said Osama bin Laden, the Al-Qaeda leader and orchestrator of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, had been killed by U.S. special forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan near the capital Islamabad. White House officials say that four others were killed in the raid, including a woman said to have been used as […]
In Indonesia, security and religious analysts say the planned bombing of a church and recent attacks on the police and moderate Muslim leaders, show that violent extremist groups are growing closer to non-violent Islamist organizations to draw in new militants. They say the Southeast Asian terrorist network Jemaah Islamiyah is aligning with legal fundamentalist groups […]
Saturday’s local election in the Malaysia’s Sarawak state, on the island of Borneo, did little to change the unsettled political situation in the country. The ruling Barisan Nasional coalition retained it two thirds majority, but the opposition party made some gains, by capitalizing on discontent among ethnic Chinese. Sarawak has been a traditional stronghold for […]
The operators of the stricken Fukushima I nuclear power plant in northeast Japan have been ordered to pay compensation to families affected by the worsening crisis at the site amid calls for the resignation of the Japanese prime minister have demanded he resign over how he is handling the crisis, which has now been designated […]
