The film’s release on World Rainforest Day 2025 highlights Kayan River communities impacted in North Kalimantan.

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The aftermath of a junta airstrike on Naung Lin Village, Nawnghkio, which was bombed on March 28, 2025. (Danu People’s Liberation Front) UPDATED at 9:30 a.m. ET on 2025-04-01 Junta airstrikes ...

Physician Pittaya Lhawong, director of Sop Moei Hospital in Thailand’s Mae Hong Son province, travels with a public health team to examine patients in Mae Hong Son province near the border with ...

Protesters rally against amendments to a law that expand positions for military personnel in civilian roles, outside the Parliament Complex in Jakarta, March 20, 2025. (Eko Siswono Toyudho/BenarNews) ...

Members of the Philippine Coast Guard approach a Vietnam-flagged fishing vessel in a rubber speed boat in waters around Reed Bank in the South China Sea, Feb. 9, 2023. (Philippine Coast Guard) The ...

Indonesian Army personnel perform during the 79th Indonesian Military Anniversary celebrations at the National Monument (Monas) complex in Jakarta, Oct. 5, 2024. ( (Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana/Reuters)) ...

The Prince Group headquarters in Phnom Penh are seen in this undated photo. (Google Street View) (Photo: RFA) The governments of Taiwan and Palau have both been warned that offers of investment from ...

Pacific delegates have been left “shocked” by the omission of sexual and reproductive health rights from a key declaration at the 69th U.N. Commission on the Status of Women meeting in New York. This ...

The plane carrying former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte to The Hague takes off in Manila, March 11, 2025. (Aaron Favila/AP) For the past few days, Filipinos had waited anxiously to see if ...

A 2023 photo provided by National Geographic Pristine Seas shows Fungia corals at the Castle Bravo crater in Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands. (Manu San Félix/National Geographic Pristine Seas) One of ...