Some 7,000 victims were rescued from scam compounds in Myanmar UN estimates hundreds of thousands of trafficked workers still ...

The canal has already created concern among environmentalists who say it could further harm the delicate ecology of the ...

Three suspected illegal recruiters were charged for human trafficking, according to the Bureau of Immigration.

Several Southeast Asian countries are kicking off their annual water festival holiday, an occasion for merrymaking during ...

The deal concerns Lashio, the capital of northern Shan state. It was a major blow to the junta’s authority when it fell to ...

The legacy of atrocity crimes that took the lives of millions of Cambodians during the communist Khmer Rouge regime, and the ...

Victims who refused to comply were subjected to severe punishments, including physical torture and electrocution. Many remain ...

Asian crime syndicates behind the multibillion-dollar cyberscam industry are expanding globally including to South America ...

Myanmar's junta and a key opposition group have indicated they will extend a ceasefire to support more aid efforts after a ...

An international team of malacologists discovered a new snail species, Anauchen picasso, in Southeast Asia that exhibits a highly complex and rectangularly angled shell shape, resembling a ...

They use trafficked workers from dozens of countries and are largely based in Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos. The growth has been enabled by the rise of new, illicit online marketplaces, with such ...

In Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar, millions normally take part in a mix of raucous play with uninhibited splashing of ...