Full Coverage: South East Asia

21.03.2008 BANGKOK, Mar 20 (IPS) - New technology, religion, and the market must be harnessed to secure basic toilet facilities for Asia's rural and urban poor, sanitation experts from the region said here Thursday.

18.03.2008

13.03.2008 A recent U.S. court ruling refuted a civil lawsuit brought by Vietnamese plaintiffs against major American chemical corporations for their manufacture of the herbicide and chemical weapon known as Agent Orange.

12.03.2008 Drowning is the biggest killer of children who die from injuries in Bangladesh, China, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam, according to new surveys.

11.03.2008 UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon should take over UN efforts to restore democracy to Myanmar following the failure of Ibrahim Gambari to achieve any breakthrough on his latest visit, said a leading pro-democracy group.

09.03.2008 Continuing his latest mission to promote democratisation and national reconciliation in Myanmar, the UN Secretary-General's Special Adviser yesterday met senior government ministers in Yangon.

06.03.2008 Due to "government restraints on expression, assembly and access to state media," Malaysians will not be voting in a free and fair election this Saturday, says an international human rights monitor.
From: Human Rights Watch

05.03.2008 The world has largely turned its attention away from humanitarian crises in Somalia, Sri Lanka, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Burma, but the world body shouldn't, said a prominent human rights group this week.
From: Human Rights Watch

05.03.2008 Dr. Nafsiah Mbo, Secretary of the National AIDS Commission in Indonesia, must challenge gender inequity and other stigmas associated with marginalized populations in her country as she seeks to stem the spread of HIV/AIDS.