WASHINGTON - Thanat Apichonpongsakorn, a 34-year-old business owner, had nearly given up on Thai politics. But after he saw young politicians launch a new party, he went to the polls last year with a new attitude, not just to vote …

BANGKOK - - Thailand's Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday said it would file criminal charges of breaching electoral law against Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, leader of the now-defunct Future Forward Party, in the latest action against the former anti-junta politician.

"This is …

RFA blogger Truong Duy Nhat was sentenced to a 10-year prison term on Monday in a trial held in Vietnam’s capital Hanoi, a verdict his lawyer said appeared to be “planned” in advance and which Nhat called "vile political revenge," …

BANGKOK, The second peace dialogue meeting between the Thai government and Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN) concluded on a positive note, where both sides discussed a number of technical and administrative issues to pave the way for long-term peace in Thailand's …

Myanmar's largest ethnic armed group, the United Wa State Army, will hold voting in four townships of its self-administered region for the first time when general elections are held later this year, a spokesman for the UWSA said Tuesday.

The …

KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA - Malaysia's Muhyiddin Yassin, a Malay nationalist politician backed by the corruption-tarnished former ruling party, was sworn in as prime minister Sunday after the king picked him to replace 94-year-old Mahathir Mohamad.

The swearing-in capped a week …