A local government office building, a 7-Eleven convenience store and a stolen vehicle were burned in the 51 attacks, according to the military's Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC) and local media reports.

Fires between January and July burned more than 200,000 hectares of land - an area three times the size of the capital Jakarta, the Indonesian government said this week.

The Panama-flagged bulk carrier MV Ocean Winner was headed to Singapore from Paradip port in India's Odisha state, according to MarineTraffic.

Bangladesh was largely self-sufficient in natural gas in 2018, but production declined as older fields depleted, while demand has risen.

Pari Island is at the centre of a decade-long land dispute which has seen local residents attempting to defend their community land rights against PT Bumi Pari Asri which says it owns about 90 per cent of the island via freehold certificates and righ...

While alarming for Seoul, an abandonment of US guarantees could be disastrous for Tokyo, says Leo Lewis for The Financial Times.

Sailing from Busan New Port, the "PanStar Acro" container ship is to sail to Europe via the Arctic, testing whether a route opened by melting sea ice can be commercially viable.

While not yet finalised, the move "clearly signifies a dangerous expansion of the war budget that will bring new turmoil to the region and the world", KCNA said.

The attack hit a monastery hall around 9am on Friday, killing 11 men and three women, according to a rebel fighter who witnessed the aftermath.

The child told his father he was tired at the sixth station of the mountain, which is located at an altitude of more than 2,000m, local SBS TV reported.

The petition against the government also calls for the ex-prime minister to receive treatment at the private hospital specified by the court. 

President Lee Jae Myung has made Arctic shipping a priority for South Korea, a shipping powerhouse.

Before the “healing chair” label caught, JB's late-night cafe scene was built out of car boots and spare chairs. Here’s a guide to the best spots and where it's heading.

US President Donald Trump scaled back joint military exercises with key ally South Korea this week, while signalling plans to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un later this year.

In a video that went viral, Mohamed Anim Atam was recorded by an e-hailing driver making remarks about the Quran while travelling in Johor Bahru.

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has advocated maintaining Indonesia's "free and active" foreign policy of non-alignment, vowing to befriend all countries including China and the United States.