The Trump admin is deporting hundreds of people to Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos, most of whom came to the U.S. as child refugees decades ago. What happens to them next? One group knows: Those deported the first time Trump was president. Bou Nou's story: www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...

A Post investigation found that Chinese manufacturers are shipping large amounts of chemicals that can be used in producing synthetic drugs to lawless parts of Southeast Asia, where criminal gangs have been trafficking record levels of meth.

@rebtanhs.bsky.social รายงาน, Shin Sirachai Arunrugstichai ภาพ โคตรยาว แต่ควรค่า อ่านตัวเต็มได้ใน (ถ้าไม่เป็นสมาชิก สามารถใช้อีเมลสมัครอ่านฟรีได้หนึ่งเรื่อง) www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...

Record levels of meth are flooding Asia. This doesn't just mirror the fentanyl crisis in the Americas; it's directly linked. The companies supplying Mexican cartels are the same as those supplying Myanmar warlords. A year-long investigation out on the @washingtonpost.com now: wapo.st/3LmdDdo

One country that may play a growing role in Gaza's peace process: Indonesia. Much of this push is being driven directly by President Prabowo, who has a deep and personal connection to the mideast, say officials. New in @washingtonpost.com: www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...

Despite being one of the world’s staunchest China supporters, Cambodia is embracing President Donald Trump with a level of enthusiasm virtually unmatched in Asia. “The Trump way of operating is something that the Cambodian leadership understands." www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

Budots is invading your feeds, whether you know it or not… 💿🪩🎧 We went to Davao, birthplace of the viral genre, to interview the legendary DJ Love. Now in @washingtonpost.com! wapo.st/4ndb7DT

Illicit gold mining is surging across the globe. Across the operations in Ghana, Indonesia, French Guiana, there’s a connecting thread: Chinese syndicates. New investigation in @washingtonpost.com: wapo.st/41GgjHP

Chinese illicit mining syndicates are ransacking gold deposits across the world, from Ghana to Indonesia. An unchecked "mining mafia" has left behind a trail of environmental devastation. New investigation for the @washingtonpost.com: www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

“It would be hiding from the obvious to say that Taiwan’s security will not affect us,” said Philippine Defense Sec Teodoro, who has backed a proposal to view the East China Sea, the South China Sea and the Korean Peninsula as a single “theater” of battle. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

The World Hongmen History and Culture Association, which says it is devoted to promoting Chinese culture abroad, is not just an alleged criminal front. It is entwined with the Chinese Communist Party, according to a Post investigation.

The Vietnam War ended 50 years ago today. It took decades for the two countries to normalize relations, then decades more for the U.S. to begin redressing what it left behind. These efforts at reconciliation are being eroded under Trump. A 🧵on our @washingtonpost.com story today:

Red Cross in Myanmar: Nearly 200,000 people displaced from the quake still living outdoors under 40-degree heat. "Myanmar’s cyclone season starts within days, exposing coastal populations to strong winds and rains – leaving families to face the risks of floods and landslides."

American businessman Michael Laskau said if the proposed tariffs are imposed, the impact on his garment business in Vietnam would be dramatic. “If we were to assume the 46 percent, it would be a huge, huge loss, as it would be for anybody in the supply chain.” www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

Powerful piece by @rebtanhs.bsky.social @washingtonpost.com #MyanmarEarthquake #USAID: www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

UN humanitarian coordinator for Myanmar: "The humanitarian response in Myanmar has been chronically underfunded for years. Four months into the year right now, less than 5 per cent of the required US$1.1 billion of the Humanitarian Response Plan has been received."

The tangible effects of Elon Musk’s DOGE cuts are on display right now in Myanmar, say USAID officials. America’s disaster relief capabilities, the biggest and best in the world, are immobilized while the death toll in Myanmar’s earthquake climbs up and up. @washingtonpost.com

Hours after the 7.7-magnitude earthquake devastated Myanmar on Friday, the U.S. officials charged with responding received their termination letters. Most of the personnel who would have made up a U.S. response team were already on indefinite leave @rebtanhs.bsky.social reports wapo.st/3E3PiFR

We're seeing in real time the terrible consequences of Musk & Trump's dismantling of USAID. A devastating earthquake has killed thousands — and many more will die without vital U.S. aid. The AID officials in charge had just gotten their termination letters. America in retreat.

Three days after the quake, there are no U.S. teams on the ground in Myanmar, a stark illustration of how Trump has upended America’s role in disaster response.

Fakhri Abu Diab led the effort to protect homes in East Jerusalem’s al-Bustan neighborhood from demolition. In November, Israel destroyed his house.

When Israel ordered citizens to evacuate border regions more than a year ago, it allowed poor migrant farmworkers, most of them from Thailand, to stay put — to water crops, prune trees and harvest fruit as rockets fell around them. Six have died this year. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/1...

No shortage of devastating stories. But this one, for me, was wrenching to report: Asian farmworkers are being killed in Israel's borders, dying in a war a world away from home. Their governments are desperate for this to stop. In @washingtonpost.com today: www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/1...

Starter pack for our excellent journalists on the @washingtonpost.com international team, courtesy of @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social. Follow along for stories and skeets from our team around the world: bsky.app/starter-pack...

Hi! My name is Rebecca and I cover Southeast Asia for The Washington Post, with occasional stints elsewhere. I’ve reported from nickel mines in Indonesia, rebel command centers in Myanmar, and loads of places in between. Follow along for stories on (imo) the most interesting place in the world 🌅

Hey all 👋🏼 I love covering West Africa, which recently has meant a lot of trips to the Sahel and stories about the changes underway there. It’s also meant finding the unexpected gems, like this dance troupe competing in Burkina Faso A free link to one of my favorite stories: wapo.st/4i7p4kO