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Bali volcano spews ash 4.7 miles high, closing airport again

KARANGASEM, Indonesia — A volcano with a deadly history on Indonesia’s Bali, one of the world’s most popular resort islands, …

Q&A: As Zika rages in the Americas, should Asia be worried?

Zika virus continues to rage in the Americas, and the World Health Organization has declared it a global health emergency. …

More than 300 slave fishermen now safe in Indonesian island

TUAL, Indonesia – The same trawlers that had enslaved countless migrant fishermen for years carried more than 300 of them …

Thailand’s multibillion dollar seafood industry plagued by pirates and slaves on high seas

SAMUT SAKHON, Thailand—Urine pools under a bed where an emaciated Burmese man lies wearing only a T-shirt and a diaper. …

Indonesian Official: Prospects bleak for missing jet

SURABAYA, Indonesia — Search planes and ships from several countries on Monday were scouring Indonesian waters over which an AirAsia …

Search expands for missing AirAsia flight

SURABAYA, Indonesia — The search for a missing AirAsia jet carrying 162 people that disappeared more than 24 hours ago …

UPDATED: AirAsia plane with 162 on board missing while flying from Indonesia to Singapore

JAKARTA, Indonesia — In the third air incident connected to Malaysia this year, an AirAsia plane with 162 people on …

Tiny wasps tasked with saving Indonesia’s cassava crop from devastating pest

BOGOR, Indonesia—They are the size of a pinhead and don’t even pack a sting, but these tiny wasps are cold-blooded …

Affluence eludes poor crowding into Asian cities as elites capture increasing share of wealth

JAKARTA, Indonesia—Down a concrete path, between rail tracks that buzz with each approaching train and a river choked by plastic …

Are slaves catching the fish you eat? Thailand could face US sanctions for human trafficking

AMBON, Indonesia—He was too sick to eat, and Min Min Chan’s chest ached with each breath he sucked. It didn’t …

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