An image from 17 March 2014 showing Filipino artists with a depiction of flight MH370, created to express solidarity with the passengers.
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Despite advanced technology and search techniques the rugged seafloor can hide objects much larger than a plane.
Malaysian Islamists rally in favor of sharia law on Nov. 20, 2023.
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Religion and nationalism were once ideologies at odds. Now, they are increasingly bedfellows, with populism often the glue.
Xi Jinping shakes hands with Chinese construction workers at a Belt and Road Initiative site in Trinidad and Tobago in June 2023.
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More autocratic governments, growing urbanization and emerging technologies will bolster the spread of Chinese influence around the world, an expert on emerging economies explains.
Andrea Jalandoni
New dates for the rock art in the Gua Sireh cave in Malaysia reveal resistance to frontier violence between 1670 and 1830.
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For a quarter of a century Malaysians have campaigned for something better, for greater transparency and accountability, and a more equitable, cross-communal, way of governing Malaysia.
The first specimen of Bipalium admarginatum was found by George Verdon in the jungle of a tropical island.
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A strange worm found in the jungle, then harvested and preserved in… gin, provides a better understanding of the evolution and genetics of flatworms.
An Indonesian migrant worker in Malaysia.
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Our research shows why Indonesians are using ‘return smugglers’ to get home from Malaysia.
Workers working on the Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Train project at Halim Station, East Jakarta, Indonesia.
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Using the state budget as collateral it is too risky a move when it comes to dealing with Beijing.
Habitat loss has driven Asian elephants, like these foraging at a garbage dump in Sri Lanka, into human areas.
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A new study looks back into history to assess human impacts on the range of Asian elephants and finds sharp decline starting several centuries ago.
A Marine amphibious assault vehicle takes part in a 2019 joint U.S.-Philippines exercise.
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The South China Sea is of strategic and economic importance to Beijing and the US, setting up a potential power struggle that could spark conflict.
Maryam Dari Pagi Ke Malam (Maryam From Day to Night) made its debut at Rotterdam Film Festival.
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Last year saw attendance records smashed at screenings of homegrown movies in Indonesia and Malaysia.
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Can Anwar, the man who wrote a book on “his vision for a more tolerant, pluralistic Asia”, bring together a divided Malaysia?
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Setting aside half of Borneo would significantly reduce their decline, say experts.
The growth of Islamic banks provides Muslims living in North America with options that reflect their beliefs.
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Shariah law informs financial contracts and credit systems, and the growth of Islamic financing options provides an alternative to current debt-based banking systems.
A view of the oil refinery on Khark Island, located 25km off the coast of Iran.
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With accelerating climate change making the need to decarbonise clearer by the day, two oil-dependent countries weigh how to preserve and present their historical fossil fuel infrastructure.
Indonesia’s first and only female president Megawati Sukarnoputri at a campaign rally in 1999.
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Four different female presidents led three Asian nations in recent decades. What does their legislative record tell us about the impact women leaders can have on women’s lives?
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Political families have a strong hold on power in Southeast Asian countries – often to the detriment of the people they serve.
A farmer holds kernels of oil palm fruits in Jakarta, Indonesia, on May 17, 2022. Indonesia, one of the world’s top palm oil exporters has banned exports of cooking oil and its raw materials to reduce domestic shortages and hold down skyrocketing prices since late last month.
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Over the past two years, labour restrictions, climate change and violent conflict have contributed to the record-breaking high prices of vegetable oil around the world.
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TikTok is a new strategic tool for propagandists to push for political narrative during the electoral period.
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Tracking misinformation and disinformation on TikTok is a difficult feat, a study finds