Letter says Myanmar’s leader and peace prize winner has failed to act as ‘grossly disproportionate’ crackdown on minority Muslim group kills hundreds

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The body of a decapitated Rohingya Muslim man has been found in a river in in Myanmar just days after he spoke to journalists. The man had spoken to Burmese reporters on a rare Government-sanctioned media tour of an area within the Rakhine state, which has been on lockdown for more than two months since its border posts were attacked by militants.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean lawmakers on Friday impeached President Park Geun-hye, a stunning and swift fall for the country's first female leader amid protests that drew millions into the streets in united fury.

They have been described as the world's most persecuted people. Rejected by the country they call home and unwanted by its neighbours, the Rohingya are impoverished, virtually stateless and have been fleeing Myanmar in droves and for decades.

Burmese leader Aung San Suu Kyi has vowed to work towards "peace and national reconciliation" but has refused to address accusations Rohingya Muslims in her country may be the victims of crimes against humanity.  Ms Suu Kyi gave no specific details on how her government intends to resolve the violence and discrimination the long-persecuted Muslim minority face.

Southwest of Bangkok, the Maeklong Railway Market is one of the most popular places to shop for seafood in Thailand. But buyer beware: oncoming trains may spoil your trip if you fail to step out of the way. By Kurt Kohlstedt.

Rohingya Muslims in Burma are being ethnically cleansed, according to a UN official, and government soldiers have allegedly killed children and raped women in the northern Rakhine state. 

Alarming new satellite images confirm that the destruction in Rohingya villages is far greater and in more places than the government has admitted. High-definition satellite imagery shows 820 newly identified structures destroyed in five different ethnic Rohingya villages between November 10-18, 2016. 

China’s fish problem is an underappreciated source of tension in the East and South China Seas. By Adam Bartley.

The Korean peninsula is no longer critical for U.S. security. By Doug Bandow.

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Thailand's long-time monarch, King Bhumibol Adulyadej, died Thursday at age 88 after enduring a long battle with failing health, the Associated Press reported.

Fewer storms will travel across central Asia this winter compared to last, while drenching rain will further ease drought in southeastern areas.

“What would Chairman Mao, who died (or, in Communist Party parlance, ‘went to meet Marx’) forty years ago, think of Seoul-based bands being blocked from appearing on Chinese television and touring the mainland because of a South Korean missile programme?” By Richard Curt Kraus and Jeffrey Wasserstrom.

Indonesia’s capital is working to dredge its network of rivers and canals, long blocked with garbage and a central contributor to chronic flooding. By Joe Cochrane.

Towering above the murky waters, the New Yalu River Bridge was supposed to symbolize a new era in relations between China and North Korea, helping bring investment to landmark free trade zones jointly run with the impoverished and isolated state.

You've undoubtedly seen photos of this craggy karst tower shooting into the sky from turquoise waters. But what's the story behind this surreal locale?

Giant storms that wreak havoc across China, Japan, Korea and the Philippines have grown 50% stronger in the past 40 years due to warming seas

Before 2000, few people in China – or the rest of the world – had heard of the Rainbow Mountains. Now they are catching the eye of photographers and filmmakers.