Michael Sullivan

China has opened a new joint airbase in Laos, on an airstrip built by the CIA during the Vietnam war. The facility is raising questions about expanding Chinese influence in the region.

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.

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.

A 2021 military coup plunged Myanmar into a brutal civil war, ousting Aung San Suu Kyi's elected government. For years, the world isolated the junta. That isolation is breaking down.

A fire engulfed a beer hall in Bangkok early Monday, killing at least 27 people and injuring dozens.

A visit to India and planned visit to China by Myanmar's leader signal a reopening of international relations for a country that has been isolated since the 2021 coup.

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."

Myanmar's new military president visited India after a controversial election. Despite Western condemnation, the junta's confidence is growing both diplomatically and militarily.

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.

State television in Myanmar says detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been transferred from prison to house arrest, more than five years after the military coup that removed her from power.

Representatives from G7 countries gather in France, where U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is expected to try to shore up support from reticent allies for the Trump administration's war on Iran.

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.

Southeast Asia is among the areas hardest hit by Iran’s cutoff of oil and gas through the Strait of Hormuz, with many nations there almost entirely dependent on foreign energy — and quickly running out. We hear how the effects are being felt.And Iran has been not only launching missiles around the region but also firing off memes around the internet. We hear that although war propaganda has a long history, it now travels faster and to a wider audience than ever before.

Americans lost some $10 billion to online scammers in Southeast Asia in 2024. Cambodia, in particular, has been warned to clean up its act in recent months.

Myanmar completed its third and final round of voting on Sunday in a monthlong general election called by the ruling military junta — an election that critics call a sham.

Delegates from Vietnam's communist party are meeting to choose leadership and chart its economic future. The current General Secretary To Lam is expected to keep his post and seek that of president.

Myanmar's is holding its first elections since the military seized power five years ago. It could give the military junta more legitimacy.

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.

Myanmar, also known as Burma, will hold a phased general election starting later this month. It comes amidst a years long civil war that has killed thousands and displaced millions. And it is being called by a military government that seized power in a coup four years ago. We learn about the lengths the leadership is going to in order to convince the world to accept the election’s results.