Asia Pacific

Myanmar under pressure to balance enconomic growth and poverty reduction at the 2013 World Economic Forum on East Asia.

Malaysian police have detained more than 900 Myanmar nationals in a security sweep after at least two people were killed last week in clashes, reportedly linked to Burmese sectarian violence.

A key focus of this year's gathering of the World Economic Forum is the trade and investment opportunities as Myanmar opens up.

Pakistan's new Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has officially taken office for an unprecedented third term.

The autonomous government of the Papua New Guinea Island of Bougainville is being asked not to pay compensation to people who assist the victims of sorcery accusations.

The government in Myanmar has reached a deal with Kachin rebels to stop fighting while more political discussions continue.

Australia-India relations have been proclaimed to be 'on the rise', following the first visit to Australia by an Indian defence minister.

Australia and India will increase their military cooperation, including running a joint naval exercise in 2015.

A three-day conference addressing witchcraft and sorcery killings in Melanesia has started at Australia's National University in Canberra.

A three-day conference addressing witchcraft and sorcery killings in Melanesia has started at Australia's National University in Canberra.

They're one of the world's most persecuted people - but it seems few countries are willing to provide them refuge.

Papua New Guinea's Muslim population has grown by some 500 per cent since the September 9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States in 2001, according to research by an Australian academic and expert on Islamic studies.

Thirty judges from the courts of sixteen Asia Pacific nations have met in Thailand to discuss the law and the judiciary in the UN's HIV-AIDS response.

A landmark treaty aimed at regulating the global arms trade has opened for signature at the United Nations in New York.

Nearly a month after general elections, Malaysia's opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim concedes it's time to work with the government, even if he does consider it illegitimate.

The countdown to Australia and other international forces' withdrawal from Afghanistan next year is highlighting the shortcomings of the local Afghan troops.

A new threat has hit Australia's sugar cane industry, it's called Yellow Canopy Syndrome.

There's some good news for those who like to eat Pacific bluefin tuna, despite initial public fears about radiation from Japan's Fukushima nuclear meltdown in 2011.

Protestors today gathered at Cambodia's Ministry of Justice in Phnom Penh, to support a group of six people on a hunger strike, demanding the release of a jailed land rights activist.