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Australian man arrested in Bali on drug charges

An Australian man has been arrested in Bali on drug charges along with a Brit, with local police alleging the Australian man was in possession of methamphetamine.

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Flooding in South-East Asia leaves at least 20 dead, thousands homeless

More than two dozen people have been killed by flooding in South-East Asia with more missing and thousands of homes inundated as tropical storms sweep the region.

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China's running dry, and that could spell danger for the ruling Communist Party

China has pledged to become carbon-neutral by 2060, responding to the need to drastically bring down its overwhelming share of global carbon emissions. Experts say it's also critical for the communist...

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'Unacceptable': ASEAN tells Myanmar to end violence, following emergency summit

South-East Asian leaders say they have agreed on a plan with Myanmar's junta chief to end the crisis in the violence-hit nation, including halting the killing of civilian protesters and accepting...

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How did Laos manage to have no COVID deaths until this month?

The South-East Asian nation of Laos has still only seen two deaths from coronavirus, but that could be set to change.

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From the Amazon to Asia, Aussie permaculture is gaining momentum

Farmers across the globe are producing more food and better ecosystems with some help from a sought-after TAFE course in Albury.

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Antony Blinken tried and failed to meet South-East Asian leaders online....

Australia and the US have pledged vaccines for South-East Asia. But as a deadly new surge rips through the region, they are looking instead to China for quick relief.

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Australia makes new strategic pact with South-East Asian nations at ASEAN summit

The pact would further strengthen Australia's diplomatic and security ties in a fast-growing area that has become a strategic battleground between the United States and China.

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Xi tells ASEAN that China will not 'bully' smaller neighbours

The Philippines criticised China's recent actions in the South China Sea at a conference of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

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How Thai border guards are trying to keep Golden Triangle drugs from reaching...

Deep in the jungle where Myanmar, Laos and Thailand's borders meet lies the Golden Triangle, a trafficking heartland where drug runners and police play a dangerous — and sometimes deadly — game of cat...

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Ghostly monkeys and succulent bamboo among 224 newly discovered Mekong region...

A monkey with ghostly white circles around its eyes, frogs, newts and the only known succulent bamboo are among 224 newly discovered species in the greater Mekong region, says the World Wildlife Fund.

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This tooth lay in a Laos cave for 150,000 years. It belonged to a young girl,...

What links a tooth found in a cave in the limestone landscapes of Laos to a finger bone and some fossil teeth found in a cave in the remote Altai Mountains of Siberia?

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Mekong fisherman snags largest-recorded freshwater fish that 'stuns' scientists

The world's largest-recorded freshwater fish, a giant stingray, has been caught in the Mekong River in Cambodia, according to scientists from the South-East Asian nation and the United States.

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Australian woman detained in Japan with drugs in luggage groomed by love...

Family and friends of a WA Indigenous leader being held in Japan say she is the victim of a romance scam that resulted in her being arrested with drugs in luggage she was carrying.

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Australian grandmother 'victim of romance scam' charged with importing 1.9kg...

Donna Nelson, who is a prominent Perth-based Indigenous leader, has been charged with importing almost two kilograms of an illegal stimulant into Tokyo.

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Young Laos political activist gunned down in cafe in 'cold-blooded killing'

Anousa "Jack" Luangsuphom, a 25-year-old well-known critic of the Laos government, was shot dead in a late-night attack in the capital Vientiane.

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Laos political activist survives cafe shooting, rights group says

Initial reports said Anousa "Jack" Luangsuphom had died, but activists say the 25-year-old critic of the Laos government is alive after being shot point blank in the face and chest. 

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Ancestors or a 'failed migration'? Researchers find ancient human fossils in...

Bone fragments found in a mountain cave in northern Laos are the oldest evidence of modern humans in South-East Asia, suggesting our species was in the region much earlier than previously thought, say...

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Laos cave fossils reveals secrets about first human journeys

Scientists say bones discovered in a cave in Northern Laos show ancient human migration patterns started earlier than previously thought.

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Australians help Laotian rice farmers replace hand weeding with machinery

In Savannakhet — a province in southern Laos — subsistence rice farmers toil for weeks on end weeding their crops.

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Better Buffalo: Australian know-how transforming buffalo care in Laos

A buffalo rental scheme and carbon credit earning lick blocks are helping lift rural Laos farmers out of poverty.

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Will China's scam crackdown have an effect in Australia?

China is working with neighbouring countries to crack down on the scam operations that are plaguing the region — including Australia. 

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Myanmar supplies most of Australia's drugs, but can a new coffee culture help...

After the Taliban outlawed opium production in Afghanistan, war-torn Myanmar became the world's main supplier. But former poppy farmers in Shan state say they have a solution for getting out of the...

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As Albanese prepares to greet South-East Asia's heavyweights, he faces some...

Nine South-East Asian leaders will descend on Melbourne today for the three-day ASEAN-Australia summit. Here's a look at what each leader might hope to achieve, and some of the flashpoints that could...

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Australia's neighbours are winning their 'war' against inflation

Australia's neighbours have targeted palm oil, chicken wings, rice and other essentials to curb inflation. But experts say there's one thing the most successful responses have in common.

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