A paleontologist journeys through Indonesia’s Riau Archipelago in search of our earliest ancestors, and uncovers how ...

Around four thousand years ago people speaking languages belonging to the Austronesian family (originating in southern China and Taiwan) began to trickle into island Southeast Asia. In the Philippines ...

Thailand is legalizing same-sex marriage — the first country in Southeast Asia to do so. DW looks at what is next for Thailand and the region on LGBTQ+ rights and marriage equality.

"This archipelago of 99 naturally wonderful islands is rich with culture and steeped in legends and folklore. A preferred destination by travellers the world over, Langkawi is also Southeast Asia ...

Thailand has become the first country in Southeast Asia to legalize same-sex marriage ... a campaigner for LGBTQ rights in the archipelago, told DW. In general terms, Oetomo said, "it is a ...

Singapore’s S.E.A. Focus 2025 shows how Southeast Asian art is moving in a direction ... almost like an archipelago of ideas, mirroring the geographic reality of the region it represents ...