U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is urging Southeast Asian nations to deal with the causes behind a growing humanitarian crisis that has forced thousands of Rohingya from Myanmar and Bangladeshi migrants to flee by sea, leaving many still stranded in boats. By Robin McDowell and Tran Van Minh.

THAILAND-JUNTA'S FIRST YEAR — Shortly after seizing power in a coup that followed months of anti-government protests and spiraling violence in Thailand, Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha vowed "to bring everything out in the open and fix it." A year later, the country is calm but the societal splits that fed the unrest still simmering under the surface, as bitter as ever. 

AP INTERVIEW: NKOREA-DMZ CROSSING — In an AP interview, iconic women's rights activist Gloria Steinem says she decided to join a group of women in a rare and controversial walk across the Demilitarized Zone dividing North and South Korea because she thinks efforts to force change by isolating the North have failed. But, she says, that doesn't mean letting the North off the hook for its own human rights record.

JAPAN-CLIMATE CHANGE — Japan pledges climate change aid to Pacific island nations in latest bid to raise clout. 

CHINA-DISASTER RELIEF — China contributing experts, troops to Southeast Asian disaster relief drills in Malaysia. 

CHINA-FLOOD DEATHS — China says 2 schoolchildren die amid heavy flooding.