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By Andrew Beatty and Mikhail Flores/AFP • May 09, 2022
Nearly 40 years after the patriarch was deposed by a popular revolt, Ferdinand Marcos Junior looks set to complete the family's remarkable comeback
By Allison Jackson/AFP • May 05, 2022
The $2.2 billion plant became a monument to the greed of the Marcos era, and was left dormant after the dictator was toppled in 1986
By Mark S. Cogan • May 03, 2022
The Japanese Prime Minister's visit to the Kingdom will mark the 135th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the countries and an opportunity to strengthen regional cooperation
By Agence France-Presse • Apr 28, 2022
Civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been in military custody since a coup ousted her government in February last year, plunging the country into turmoil
The United Nations and European Union are among those who have condemned the hanging of the 34-year-old Malaysian man
By Sam Reeves/AFP • Apr 27, 2022
Jose Ramos-Horta scored a landslide victory in the country's presidential election, according to preliminary results
By AFP • Apr 25, 2022
As the Candlelight Party emerges as the first unified opposition in years, the Kingdom’s political reality could prevent a legitimate campaign
By Fiona Kelliher • Apr 22, 2022
Accusations of outlawed weapons in Russia’s attack on Ukraine recall a historical dispute over deadly defoliants used in the Vietnam War
By Stein Tønnesson • Apr 21, 2022
Fleeing the fallout from last February’s coup, those who managed to leave find the future remains uncertain, cycling between anxiety, relief and survivor’s guilt.
By Sophie Chew • Apr 14, 2022
ASEAN's youth share their perspectives on the war in Ukraine and how digital connectivity is driving the generational gap but bringing global events closer
By Amanda Oon • Apr 07, 2022
Freedom House research finds the race for the archipelago’s new president is beset by attempts to control and contort online information
By Kian Vesteinsson • Apr 05, 2022
Roughly a million Rohingya lived in the Rakhine state of Myanmar before many of them were forced to leave during a 2017 military crackdown
By Agence France-Presse • Mar 21, 2022