Michael Sullivan
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In June, U.S. citizen and prominent Myanmar scholar Min Zin was taken into custody in China. Min Zin's detention will likely be on the agenda during Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to Washington.
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The search continues in Indonesia for at least 129 people who are still missing after a ferry capsized on Sunday. At least six people have died.
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China's government said Min Zin, who heads a think tank focused on Myanmar, was detained on suspicion of engaging in "espionage and endangering Chinese national security." -
The tour comes as Myanmar's new government tries to consolidate its political position regionally, while continuing to wage a brutal civil war. -
Southeast Asian countries are voicing concern about President Trump and the war with Iran.
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Southeast Asia is among the areas hardest hit by Iran's cutoff of oil and gas through the Strait of Hormuz, with many nations almost entirely dependent on foreign energy — and quickly running out. -
Myanmar's military rulers are holding a general election in phases starting Dec. 28 amid the country's civil war. The head of the U.N. says the vote will be anything but free and fair. -
Both sides accused the other of breaking a ceasefire that halted fighting earlier this year. Longstanding border disputes erupted into five days of combat in July that killed dozens. -
With the Association of Southeast Asian Nations leaders meeting in Kuala Lumpur, the growing problem of scam centers is in the spotlight.
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In an indictment unsealed in federal court, U.S. prosecutors charge the founder of a Cambodian conglomerate in a massive cryptocurrency scam, bilking would-be investors out of billions of dollars.
