Zaw Zaw was a poor villager from Mandalay, whose insatiable hunger for books drove him to Yangon. There, his love for reading bore fruit and brought smiles to bookworms from underprivileged backgrounds.
Jakarta's Christian governor choked back tears on Tuesday (Dec 13) as he gave an impassioned defence against charges of blasphemy, telling an Indonesian court he never intended to offend his Muslim countrymen.
Nothing is more important than peace and stability, said Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, asserting that her country would like to show the world that it is possible to achieve this.
Indonesian police on Wednesday (Nov 30) said it foiled a major terror attack that was planned for the end of the year, local news outlet Detik reported.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday hit out at what he called "bullshit" Western threats to seek his indictment by the International Criminal Court (ICC) over his role in a bloody crackdown on drugs.
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