Southeast Asia

Among those accused of giving or soliciting bribes are former high-ranking members of the government, party, and security apparatus.

The country is in the grips of a nationwide struggle between two groups, neither of which is in any frame of mind to seek a peaceful political solution.

For 11 years, ASEAN member states have advanced a number of rationales for delaying the admission of the region's youngest nation.

This is the first such meeting to take place since late in the administration of President Benigno Aquino III.

The agreement, which will be signed later this year, coincides with the 30th anniversary of relations between the two countries.

Haris Azhar and Fatia Maulidiyanti are on trial for defaming the powerful minister Luhut Pandjaitan by accusing him of conflicts of interest in relation to a Papuan mining operation.

After a single-minded focus on growth and expansion, the region's leading tech firms face a rocky transition to sustained profitability.

In refusing to host Israel at the upcoming U-20 World Cup, political leaders in Bali have not just cost the country its hosting rights. They have also incurred lasting reputational damage. 

Despite the twists and turns in their nations' ties, Joko Widodo and Lee Hsien Loong will leave things much better than they found them.

The U.S. military will be granted access to three additional military facilities in the northern Philippines, and one on the island of Palawan in the South China Sea.

"Absent a major crisis, policy toward Southeast Asia tends to be a corollary of policies toward those major powers, most notably China."