archipelago's

Both the city-state — with air quality hovering close to "unhealthy" levels much of this week — and Malaysia have offered help to put out the more than 200 fires deliberately set to clear land on the archipelago's second-largest island.

Indonesia Seeks to Stem Haze En-Lai Yeoh 2010

Nearly 13,000 people have sought shelter in schools and gymnasiums turned into evacuation centers on the archipelago's eastern seaboard.

World Watch 2011

But as China's commercial and military power expands, Mr. Aquino said in an extensive interview that he is strengthening this tropical archipelago's security and diplomatic relationships with Washington, much as the U.S. is pivoting back toward Asia after a decade focused on Afghanistan and Iraq.

Philippine Leader Touts U.S.'s Asia Role James Hookway 2012

The number of people confirmed killed in the Indonesian tsunami rises to 280 with more than 400 missing, and a trail of destruction in the archipelago's western islands.

Indonesia Death Toll Rises to More than 300 in Disasters Yayu Yuniar 2010

Those who are holding on should carry on strong and adapt themselves to the archipelago's new reality.

Global Voices in English » Japan: For the Price of a Plane Ticket…? 2009

It is this desperation to take any job opportunity, combined with the porous borders of the archipelago's 7,000 islands and widespread corruption among government agencies that have allowed trafficking to operate with impunity.

Philippines boosts efforts to fight human traffickers 2011

One-third of the archipelago's vascular land plants are endemic, as are nearly all the reptiles, half the breeding land birds, and almost 30% of the species in the waters around the archipelago.

Galápagos National Park & Galápagos Marine Resources Reserve, Ecuador 2009

One-third of the archipelago's vascular land plants are endemic, as are nearly all the reptiles, half the breeding land birds, and almost 30% of the marine species of the archipelago.

Galápagos National Park & Galápagos Marine Resources Reserve, Ecuador 2009

It is this desperation to take any job opportunity, combined with the porous borders of the archipelago's 7,000 islands and widespread corruption among government agencies that have allowed trafficking to operate with impunity.

Philippines boosts efforts to fight human traffickers 2011

The problem is that each of the surrounding nations has for years been squatting on dozens of the archipelago's hundreds of islands and atolls scattered about the sea.

Peter Winter: The Interwoven Era: The US, China and its New Aircraft Carrier Peter Winter 2011