Beijing calls attention to its Micronesia projects with ubiquitous China Aid signs but rejects scrutiny.

Negotiators for the Thai government and southern insurgents agreed to hold meetings later this month and in March to discuss an “improved” roadmap to peace as well as a Ramadan and Songkran ceasefire, ...

Students in Indonesia’s Papua region protest free-meal program, demand free education instead Authorities responded with force, including the use of tear gas and warning shots.

Close call as Chinese ships again harass Philippine ships in Manila’s EEZ A BenarNews correspondent traveled with a select group during the latest Philippine resupply mission to Ayungin (Second Thomas ...

Mass killing and ‘cannibalism’ video mar start of PNG’s 50th anniversary year Tribal violence during the New Year highlights increasing lawlessness and lack of police resources.

Philippine court convicts 4 police officers for killings in Duterte drug war Victims’ families see convictions as “partial victory” in holding former president accountable for bloody anti-drug ...

Bibijan Rahimullah, a member of Myanmar’s Rohingya minority, is pictured with her children in Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 13, 2014. (AFP) Malaysia, Thailand, Bangladesh and Myanmar must do more to protect ...

Papua New Guinea’s opening of an embassy in Israeli-occupied Jerusalem has been condemned by Palestinian officials and by the Pacific island country’s opposition leader, who said it was a reckless ...

Pacific island nations have tempered their protests against Indonesia’s rule in its volatile Papua region, a possible sign that Jakarta’s effort to silence some of its most vocal critics has gained ...

In Dili, Indonesia’s future means trying to forget about Timor-Leste’s past Indonesian President-elect Prabowo Subianto, a former military officer, has been linked to alleged atrocities in Timor-Leste ...

China discovers 100 million-ton oilfield in South China Sea: report The announcement came days after the U.S., Philippines, Japan staged naval training near a contested shoal.

Unexploded WWII bombs plague Palau amid US military build-up UXOs contaminate the Pacific but there's little clean-up funding despite hundreds of millions of dollars being spent on new defense ...