Bundit Pantarakon, a local businessman and city council member in Mae Sai, Thailand, looks over the Sai River. (Michael Sullivan | NPR) THA TON, Thailand — The Wat Tha Ton Temple sits high above the ...

Built from a simple bamboo structure, these one-room homes provide a new blueprint for resilient disaster housing.

American nonprofit groups have raised more than $110-million for victims of the natural disasters that hit Myanmar and China in May. As charities make the transition from providing food and medicine ...

Total losses from natural disasters across Asia-Pacific last year totaled $73 billion, yet just $9 billion was insured, ...

Myanmar’s Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda Festival is a major Buddhist celebration, but recent challenges have dampened its spirit Ethnic Intha people perform during Phaung Daw Oo pagoda festival in Inle Lake, ...

The Myanmar government's continued refusal to facilitate aid to its own people has raised a challenging question: would an invasion for "humanitarian purposes" make things better or worse? We update ...

American relief groups have raised more than $72-million to help victims of the cyclone that struck Myanmar and the earthquake in China last month. Donors have given just over $32-million for each ...

A drastic increase in unregulated production of rare earth minerals in Myanmar is causing serious environmental concerns downriver in Thailand, as... In Myanmar, a rush for rare earth metals is ...

THA TON, Thailand — The Wat Tha Ton Temple sits high above the tourist town of Tha Ton, with a magnificent view of the Kok River valley to the south and an equally impressive view of the river winding ...