The United Nations released a report Tuesday documenting a significant expansion of illicit drug manufacturing, trafficking and use in East and Southeast Asia. The report from the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime urges governments in the region to increase enforcement, prevention and treatment programs to contain the growing problem.
The death toll from the weekend suspension bridge collapse on the Indonesian island of Borneo has risen from four to eleven. Search and rescue teams continue to look for bodies in the Mahakam River. The number of wounded is currently 39 injured; reports from locals suggest 33 people remain missing at the scene in East […]
At least three people died today and seventeen more were injured after a road bridge collapsed on the Indonesian island of Borneo. At least three cars, several motorbikes, and a public bus all fell into the Mahakam River. The bridge was constructed from concrete roughly a decade ago to resemble California’s Golden Gate Bridge, and […]
Two strong earthquakes shook northern Japan Thursday, but neither caused any apparent damage or prompted a tsunami warning. Japan’s Meteorological Agency said a magnitude 6.1 undersea quake struck Thursday evening about 750 kilometers northeast of Tokyo, near Hokkaido island. Full story: VOANews.com VOA News
Indonesian men top the list when it comes to frequency of sexual intercourse, according to a survey conducted among sexuallyactive people in 10 Asian territories. Conducted by Pfizer, the latest “Ideal Sex in Asia Survey” found Indonesian men had sex 9.8 times each month on average. Coming in second were Filipino men, who had sex […]
Myanmar political dissident Aung San Suu Kyi will run for a seat in parliament in upcoming by-elections, National League for Democracy (NLD) senior official Nyan Win announced today. The NLD decided Friday to participate in the by-elections, but Suu Kyi did not say directly then that she would run. The by-elections include 48 seats in […]
Survivors of Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge regime have held a remembrance ceremony a day before a United Nations-backed tribunal tries three accused architects of some of the 20th century’s worst atrocities. The survivors and relatives of the victims gathered Sunday at the Choeung Ek Genocide Center in the capital, Phnom Penh.
Former Philippine President Gloria Arroyo has been arrested in her hospital room on electoral fraud charges, the latest in a high-profile case heightened by the former leader’s attempt to leave the country for medical treatment. A Philippine official who served Ms. Arroyo with an arrest warrant Friday said the former leader would be permitted to […]
