Migrants working in Thailand say democratic changes in Burma could enable them to return.
Though less well-known than other regional flavours, Philippine food aficionados say it can "wow" as much as any other.
Although many regard their country as being outside the high-risk zone, recent events have changed perceptions.
The sound of birdsong helps bring relief to a community shaken by recent terror attacks.
Shortcomings still seen in preparedness despite improved public awareness and emergency response.
Shariff Abdullah, who runs with an artificial leg, won hearts and helped promote opportunities for disabled athletes as he completed Indonesia's first full-scale marathon in two decades.
A former immigration officer who approved Umar Patek's passport said no red flags came up in his application.
Responding to last week's ransacking of an Ahmadiyah mosque, Indonesian authorities warn that violence will not be tolerated.
Damage in Aceh was minimal compared to the 2004 disaster, thanks to better disaster preparedness and emergency response measures.
Traffickers believed linked to insurgents in southern Thailand planned to move a massive drug shipment during the Songkran holiday, police say.
Fake currency notes are as old as currency itself, but Malaysia is making the most of technology to stay ahead of the crime as much as possible.
The coronation of Malaysia's new king comes with it a first for the country as Tuanku Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah becomes the first person to be crowned twice.
Indonesian police ask minority groups to "give up" to avoid conflict, rather than protecting their rights, legislator charges.
Security personnel are on the lookout for drunk driving as well as insurgent activity.
The attacks that killed 202 also dealt a massive blow to the region's economy, Balinese officials said Thursday.
Don't let extremists tar the reputation of Islam by turning it into a "closed and warped ideology", British Prime Minister David Cameron said Thursday, lauding Indonesia for providing a successful example of democracy in the Muslim world.
Militant violence reflects a breakdown in ethics, a key Pattani cleric says, calling for a return to religious values.
Wednesday's jolt provides test of emergency preparedness, but repeat of 2004 catastrophe is avoided as tsunami threat recedes.
A change in mindset may be needed in order for progress to be made in resolving the insurgency, says noted political analyst Dr. Thitinan Pongsudhirak in an interview with Khabar Southeast Asia.
Recovery efforts are under way as local residents impacted by the terror attacks try to get their lives back on track.
For devout Muslims travelling by air, scheduling prayers has long been a frustrating challenge. An innovation developed in Singapore offers a solution.
Smuggled migrants may find themselves enslaved, if they are lucky enough to survive the trip.
The arrest of a deputy governor's son in Indonesia shines a spotlight on increased use of cyberspace to conduct drug deals.
A local woman whose restaurant was damaged in Saturday's co-ordinated bombings tells her story.
Yala's commercial district and the tourist hub of Hat Yai are the targets in a series of co-ordinated bombings over the weekend. Authorities say CCTV footage shows who was responsible.
Don't allow homecoming extremists to import their brand of jihad from Syria, cleric warns.
![Phuket resident Khin Myowin, an ethnic Mon, with her daughter Karn (left) and a young cousin. Mons are easily identified by the swirls of beige powder they apply to their faces. As Burma's government takes some positive steps, including holding elections, towards re-establishing democracy, many Burmese migrant workers are considering a return to their homeland. [Samila Nararanod/Khabar]](/shared/images/2012/04/30/120501-SOMCHAI_TH_MIGRANTS1-150_100.jpg)
![A plate of pan roasted sea bass with Vietnamese butter and mixed seafood in crustacean sauce is served at Cafe Ysabel in Manila. Thanks to a dedicated group of chefs and exposure through international cooking shows, Filipino food is gaining greater exposure. [Cheryl Ravelo/Reuters]](/shared/images/2012/04/29/120430-AFP_CUISINE_PP1-150_100.jpg)
![Malaysian government workers gather outside their office building in Putrajaya, outside Kuala Lumpur, following a 2007 earthquake that pounded Indonesia's Sumatra coast. Experts are warning Malaysians to be prepared for natural disasters potentially hitting closer to home. [Bazuki Muhammad/Reuters]](/shared/images/2012/04/27/120428_GRACE_MY_DISASTER_2-150_100.jpg)
![The red-whiskered bulbul is a highly popular bird in the Deep South region. [Photos courtesy of Ahmad Ramansiriwong/Khabar]](/shared/images/2012/04/26/120427-STEPHEN_TH_BIRDSONG1-150_100.jpg)
![Acehnese elementary students listen to instructions during an Indonesian Red Cross tsunami training exercise on the outskirts of Banda Aceh. Indonesia has made significant strides in educating its residents about disaster threats, but analysts say more needs to be done to enhance preparedness. [Tarmizy Harva/Reuters]](/shared/images/2012/04/25/120426-ZAHARA_ID_EXPERTS1-150_100.jpg)
![Shariff Abdullah, the Singapore Blade Runner, addresses the crowd after completing the marathon. Abdullah has also participated in the Boston Marathon despite being born without a left foot. [Grace Chen/Khabar]](/shared/images/2012/04/24/120425_GRACE_ID_BLADERUNNER-150_100.jpg)
![Accused Jemaah Islamiyah bomb-maker Umar Patek (right), participates in a re-enactment last year of the 2002 Bali bombings. Authorities at Patek's ongoing criminal trial said checks must be tightened in order to prevent terror suspects from eluding the authorities, as Patek did in 2009 when he fled the country for Pakistan. [Reuters]](/shared/images/2012/04/23/120424-FANI_ID_PATEK-150_100.jpg)
![Followers of the Ahmadiyah sect gather near a burnt car in Ciampea, West Java after a 2010 attack, in which hundreds of rioters set fire to a mosque and five houses reportedly belonging to followers of the sect. On Friday (April 20th), a mob damaged an Ahmadiyah mosque in Tasikmalaya, West Java. [Dadang Tri/Reuters]](/shared/images/2012/04/23/120424_FANI_ID_SECT-150_100.jpg)
![A man walks near an earthquake and tsunami detector at Lok Kruet beach, in Aceh Besar, on April 15th. Seven years after the devastating 2004 tsunami, Indonesia has invested heavily in early warning systems, quake-resistant buildings, disaster mitigation measures and preparedness drills in schools and public buildings. [Beawiharta/Reuters]](/shared/images/2012/04/22/120423-AFP_QUAKEPREP_ID-150_100.jpg)
![Police in Narathiwat show a picture of Police Sergeant Thanawat Yodtrakulchai's wife Suwisa, wanted in connection with her husband's alleged drug smuggling activities. [Bas Pattani/Khabar]](/shared/images/2012/04/20/120421-PATTANI_DRUGARREST1_TH-150_100.jpg)
![The note above is fake, but the forgery is hard to detect at first glance. The giveaway is the overly distinct print of the tiger watermark on the far left. These notes are no longer in circulation. [Grace Chen/Khabar]](/shared/images/2012/04/19/120413_GRACE_MY_COUNTER1-150_100.jpg)
![His Majesty the 14th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia, salutes Malaysian troops on April 11th, during official ceremonies for his ascension to the throne to succeed Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin of Terengganu. [Photos courtesy of Malaysian Ministry of Information, Communications and Culture]](/shared/images/2012/04/18/120419-GRACE_MY_MONARCH1-150_100.jpg)
![Anti-riot police view a burning house owned by followers of the minority Ahmadiyah sect, in Ciampea in West Java province, in October 2010. Neighbouring Muslims critical of Ahmadiyah allegedly set the blaze. Indonesian lawmaker Eva Kusuma Sundari has called for the national police force to do more to protect religious minorities. [Reuters]](/shared/images/2012/04/17/120418-FANI_ID_POLICE1-150_100.jpg)
![Crowds enjoy street sprinklers in Yala town on April 13th, 2012, during the Songkran Festival in Thailand. The water, a symbol of cleansing and renewal, provides many a welcome escape from the heat. [Amad Ramansiriwong/Khabar]](/shared/images/2012/04/16/120417_STEPHEN_TH_SONGKRAN-150_100.jpg)
![A list of nationalities of identified victims of the Bali bombing is posted outside the morgue at a Denpasar hospital on November 10th, 2002. Speaking during the terror trial of suspected bomb-maker Umar Patek Thursday (April 12th) in Jakarta, a forensic expert testified it took hospitals months to identify victims from body parts collected after the attack. [Beawiharta/Reuters]](/shared/images/2012/04/13/120414-FANI_ID_PATEK2-150_100.jpg)
![British Prime Minister David Cameron speaks at Jakarta's Al-Azhar University, Thursday (April 12th). Indonesia's respect for democracy and minority religious groups should serve as an example for other Muslim nations, he told the audience. [Adi Weda/Reuters]](/shared/images/2012/04/12/120413-AFP_ID_CAMERON-150_100.jpg)
![People riding motorbikes and cars packed streets in Banda Aceh, driving to higher ground after an 8.6 magnitude earthquake struck Sumatra on Wednesday (April 11th). Residents around the region evacuated buildings, mindful of the huge 2004 earthquake and tsunami disaster. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage. [Junaidi Hanafiah/Reuters]](/shared/images/2012/04/11/120412-ROB_ID_ACEHQUAKE-150_100.jpg)
![Thai security personnel investigate the site of a March 31st bomb attack in Yala, southern Thailand. The Southern Border Provinces Administration Center (SBPAC) and the private sector have joined to help victims by providing 1.8 million baht ($58,300) in assistance. Meanwhile, cleanup efforts are under way and authorities continue to hunt the perpetrators. [Surapan Boonthanom/Reuters]](/shared/images/2012/04/09/120410-AMAD_YALARECOVERY_TH-150_100.jpg)
![In a sign of increased attention by the travel and service industries to the needs of Muslim clientele, a new online tool enables passengers to determine prayer times during airline flights. [Edgar Su/Reuters]](/shared/images/2012/04/06/120407-AFP_AIRPRAYER1_IN-150_100.jpg)
![Malaysian police man a checkpoint near the Malaysia-Thailand border in the village of Jeram Perdah, about 550km (340 miles) northeast of Kuala Lumpur. Human traffickers try to sneak illegal immigrants stowed in trucks and car boots into both countries. [Bazuki Muhammad/Reuters]](/shared/images/2012/04/05/120406-GRACE_MY_SMUGGLING1-150_100.jpg)
![Indonesians surf the web at an Internet cafe in Jakarta in 2001. Since 2001, Internet use has skyrocketed from around 1% to 10% of the population, leading to new opportunities and problems. Authorities became more aware of online drug dealing after a deputy governor's son was recently arrested for ordering five ecstasy pills online. [Beawiharta/Reuters]](/shared/images/2012/04/04/120405_AMI_ID_DRUGS-150_100.jpg)
![Sanya Caichanat, 52, owns the curry shop in Mae Lan District near where insurgents detonated a bomb Saturday (March 31st). Caichanat, whose damaged shop remains closed, said she forgives the perpetrators but asks them to spare the lives of innocent people. [Bas Pattani/Khabar]](/shared/images/2012/04/03/p120404-ROB_PATTANI_TH-150_100.jpg)
![A screen grab of CCTV footage released by Yala Municipality shows the gray Isuzu pickup truck which detonated on Saturday (March 31st) in the heart of Yala's commercial district. [Municipality of Yala]](/shared/images/2012/04/02/120402-KHABAR_YALABOMB0_TH-150_100.jpg)
![Iranians sit on a boat at Denspar's Benoa port on May 12th, 2013. They were among 95 asylum seekers from Iran arrested by Indonesian marine police while sailing through nearby Badung strait. [Sonny Tumbelaka/AFP]](/shared/images/2014/02/15/140215_ANDHIKA_SAMUEL_IRANIAN_VISA_VG1-100_67.jpg)
![Indonesia's Election Supervisory Committee (Bawaslu) opens a Jakarta forum involving religious leaders January 22nd. [Yenny Herawati/Khabar]](/shared/images/2014/02/14/140214_YENNY_MUSLIM_VOTING_VG1-100_67.jpg)
![Imlek Festival goers in Solo celebrate the Chinese New Year. The festival went from January 23rd through January 29th. [Yenny Herawati/Khabar]](/shared/images/2014/02/13/140205_YENNY_ID_IMLEX_VG1-100_67.jpg)
![Opposition forces prepare to storm the headquarters of the jihadist Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant fighters in Aleppo, Syria on January 7th. Indonesian jihadists are among 8,000 foreigners fighting in the Syrian civil war. [Medo Halab/AFP]](/shared/images/2014/02/12/140203_ISMIRA_OKKY_ID_SYRIAN_JIHADIST_RETURNED_VG1-100_67.jpg)
![Typhoon Haiyan survivors prepare to board Australian and US C-130 aircraft departing storm-ravaged Tacloban on November 18th. [Photo courtesy of US Marines]](/shared/images/2013/11/26/131126-FORUM_TYPHOON2PE1_PP-270_180.jpg)