Stretching northeast to southwest from Basilan Island, south of Mindanao's Zamboanga peninsula, to Sabah, Malaysia, the Sulu archipelago exceeds 320 kilometers (200 miles) in length, consists of over 500 islands, and occupies an area of 2,813...

Sulu Archipelago is an island chain in the southwest Philippines. It is considered to be part of Moroland by the local independence movement. With the centers in Maimbung and Jolo, the whole of this archipelago, Palawan and coastal regions of the...

Archipelago Exchange, the all-electronic stock mart, is feeling the heat from critics. Nasdaq contends that the exchange, run as a joint venture between the Archipelago ECN (ARCA) and the Pacific Exchange, avoided serious scrutiny by filing a rule change, instead of a much...

The Philippines is rich in architectural history, exotic landscapes and different species of floral, land and marine life that are at risk of becoming extinct. In Southeast Asia, ten nations including the Philippines are on the list of the United Nations Educational, Scientific...

Some nations where American foreign service officers are subject to security restrictions imposed by the State Department._ Afghanistan: U.S. officials posted to the embassy in Kabul are not permitted to have family members reside in Afghanistan, according to an April travel warning. It adds, "From...