Category: Brunei Darussalam

1. INDONESIA: Structural Problems Blight Agriculture As Key Sector For Employment
2. MALAYSIA: Education Minister: Upholding Malay, English Languages Must Go Hand-in-Hand
3. MALAYSIA Plans To Introduce ‘Orangutan Diplomacy’
4. MYANMAR Junta Rebuffs Hun Sen’s Request to Meet Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
5. THAILAND: PM Clamps Down on Cannabis For Recreational Use
6. CAMBODIA: Hun Sen Requests Video Meeting With Aung San Suu Kyi
7. INDONESIA Sees Hottest April in 40 years
8. INDONESIA: Bata Shoe Factory Shuts Down After 30 Years
9. MYANMAR: Over 3 million ow displaced in Myanmar: UN
10. VIETNAM: Digital Content Exporters Open Foreign Offices To Avoid Tax
11. INDONESIA Hopes to Lead Global Green Aluminum Market with UAE
12. MYANMAR: AAPP: Myanmar Junta Killed 223 Females This Year
13. THAILAND: Heatwave Escalates Water War in Thailand’s North
14. INDONESIA: Unresolved Conflicts May Hinder Prabowo’s Plan to Form Presidents’ Club
15. INDONESIAN Muslim Cleric Reaffirms Ban on Interfaith Marriage
16. MYANMAR: Chin Alliances Clash Over Territory Liberated From Myanmar Junta
17. SINGAPORE:  Migrant Workers in S’pore Left in Limbo After Paying Large Sums to Agency Promising Jobs in Poland
18. VIETNAM:  Rail Route Connects China, Laos, Thailand, Malaysia
19. INDONESIA: Schools, Universities Prone To Corruption: KPK Survey
20. INDONESIA: Sumatran Orangutan’s Use of Medicinal Plant to Treat Wound Intrigues Scientists
21. MYANMAR: US Commission Slams Myanmar’s Religious Freedom
22. VIETNAM Posts Over $10B in Four-Month Tourism Revenue
23. VIETNAM to Produce Enough Rice for 8 Million Tons Exports
24. INDONESIA May Offer Dual Citizenship to Attract Overseas Workers: Minister
25. INDONESIA: Ministry Unveils New Funding Initiative For Climate-Resilient Health System
26. MALAYSIA: PM Anwar: Govt Can Take Criticism But Will Not Compromise on 3R Sentiments
27. MYANMAR: EU Extends Myanmar Junta Sanctions for Another Year
28. VIETNAM Welcomes over 6 Million Int’l Visitors in Four Months
29. INDONESIA: Magnitude 6.5 Earthquake Strikes off Java Island: Authorities
30. INDONESIA: PDI-P Could Become Sole Opposition to Prabowo Coalition
31. INDONESIA: Political Dynasticism Rampant in Newly Elected House Lawmakers
32. MYANMAR: India Needs to Protect its Strategic Stakes in ‘Unstable’ Myanmar
33. PHILIPPINES- Heat wave in Southeast Asia closes schools, triggers health alerts
34. REGIONAL: Women in SE Asia Gaining Representation in Boardrooms: Report
35. CAMBODIA: Pailin Farmer Hits On Solution To Excess Mangoes
36. INDONESIA: US Returns Antiquities to Indonesia Amid Probe into Trafficking Networks
37. INDONESIA: Creative Industry Workers Worry AI Is After Their Jobs
38. MALAYSIA Adopts a Balanced Foreign Policy, Stands Clear of Provocations: PM Anwar
39. MYANMAR: Network of ASEAN Parliamentarians Says Only Myanmar is Locking up Lawmakers
40. INDONESIA: House of Old Men: 2024 Election Sees Lowest Number of Young Lawmakers ​​​
41. INDONESIA: Job Creation Law Eases Business Licensing to Propel Growth
42. MALAYSIA: UM Apologizes For Hosting Pro-Israel Professor, Lambasts Him for Claiming Malaysia Unsafe for Travelers
43. MYANMAR: Thailand Warns Myanmar’s Rivals Against Using Its Soil For Harm: Minister
44. THAILAND: 30 Died From Heatstroke in Thailand so Far in 2024 as South-east Asia Bakes
45. CAMBODIA: Ending a Scourge: PM Pushes For Final Steps to Eradicate Malaria in Cambodia
46. INDONESIA in Dire Need of Specialist Doctors: Jokowi
47. INDONESIA: Jokowi: Transition To New Government to Begin Soon Jokowi Told Reporters that He Would Work Soon on Setting Up a Transitional Team Following the Court Ruling
48. MYANMAR: US Think-Tank Sounds Alarm as Scam Centers Mushroom on Myanmar-Thai Border
49. SINGAPORE Red Cross Sends 9 Volunteers to Egypt for Gaza Relief Work, S$815,000 Worth of Aid
50. INDONESIA: Dengue Deaths Spike Almost Threefold Compared to Last Year
51. INDONESIA: Inter-Province Migration Costs Jakarta Trillions of Rupiah
52. MALAYSIA Seeing Sharp Increase In Ageing Population: Nanta
53. MYANMAR: UN’s Türk Sounds Alarm Amid Rising Tensions in Rakhine
54. INDONESIA: Court Rulings Seal Prabowo Win
55. INDONESIA: Clashes Between TNI, OPM Continue in Papua Amid Rising Tension
56. MALAYSIA Poised to Become Powerhouse In Clean, Renewable Energy: Industry Players
57. MYANMAR: As Losses Mount, Myanmar’s Junta Tightens Its Embrace of Russia
58. CAMBODIA: Chinese Police Complete Repatriation Of Over 680 Gambling, Scam Suspects from Cambodia
59. INDONESIA: Authorities Call For Vigilance Amid Heightened Volcanic Activity
60. MALAYSIA Aims To Be In Top 20 Countries in Global Startup Ecosystem Index by 2030: PM Anwar
61. MYANMAR Junta Using Rohingya Recruits to Sow Ethnic Hatred: Activists
62. VIETNAM: Three Vietnam Locales Among World’s ‘Best Walking cities’
63. ASEAN Says ‘Deeply Concerned’ Over Escalating Myanmar Violence
64. INDONESIA: Trust in Constitutional Court Rises Ahead Of Ruling On Election Disputes: LSI Survey
65. MYANMAR: New Year, Old Tactic: Myanmar Junta’s Amnesty Skips Political Prisoners
66. SINGAPORE:  24-Year-Old Maps Singapore Toilets With Bidets on Google, Earning Rave Reviews From Netizens
67. THAILAND: NIA Launches New Platform to Boost Thai Agricultural Startups with Deep Tech
68. INDONESIA: Apple Mulls Building First Production Facility in Indonesia
69. INDONESIA: Jokowi Raises Concerns Over Money Laundering Using Crypto Assets
70. MALAYSIA: Single Mother is First Woman Khalwat Offender to be Whipped in Terengganu
71. MYANMAR: Burmese Activist Maung Zarni Nominated For the Nobel Peace Prize
72. VIETNAM Needs $30B Investment For Universal Clean Water Access
73. INDONESIA: Minister Launches 500,000 Hectares of Farming Land in S Papua
74. INDONESIA: Young People in Indonesia Put Off Marriage
75. MALAYSIA: Biggest Renter Group in Malaysia are Millennials: Study
76. MYANMAR: Aung San Suu Kyi And Former President Win Myint Reportedly Moved to House Arrest in Naypyidaw
77. VIETNAM: Draft Law Restricting Journalists’ Courtroom Rights Meets Opposition
78. INDONESIA: Mideast Escalation Could Pose Major Economic Risk to RI
79. INDONESIA: Komnas HAM Criticizes Government Handling of Tensions in Papua
80. MYANMAR: Over 1,000 Rohingya, Including Children, Abducted in Violation of Conscription Law
81. PHILIPPINES-Marcos Rules Out New Bases for US
82. SINGAPORE: Lawrence Wong to Take Over From Lee Hsien Loong As Prime Minister on May 15: PMO
83. CAMBODIA’S Alternative Medicine to Hit $64.03 Million in 2024
84. INDONESIA Poised to Lead Booming Halal Cosmetics Market
85. INDONESIA: Papua Rebel Leader Says Captured New Zealand Pilot Won’t Be Released
86. MYANMAR Democracy Icon Suu Kyi Believed Held in Solitary Confinement in Naypyidaw Prison
87. VIETNAM: Schengen-Like Visa for Southeast Asia Will Boost Foreign Arrivals to Vietnam
88. INDONESIA: Government Denies Israeli Reports On Normalizing Ties
89. INDONESIA: Prabowo Collaborates with King of Jordan to Drop Indonesian Relief Supplies to Gaza
90. MYANMAR Junta Slams UN’s ‘One-Sided’ Human Rights Claims
91. SINGAPORE Wants to INsulate and Protect the Local Jewish Community From the Impacts of the War in Gaza: Shanmugam
92. VIETNAM: Van Thinh Phat Chairwoman Truong My Lan Sentenced to Death in $27B Scam
93. ASEAN Tourists Prefer Thailand Over Indonesia: Study
94. Indonesia’s Economy to Grow 5.2 Pct in 2024, 2025: Report
95. MALAYSIA: Meta, TikTok Pledge Online Safety Measures for Children Using Social Media: Fahmi
96. MYANMAR: Reluctant Exiles: Another ‘Life or Death’ Exodus From Myanmar
97. VIETNAM: Thailand Aims to Boost Durian Exports to China, Reclaiming lead from Vietnam
98. CAMBODIA: 69-Year Old Phnom Penh Madam Detained For Underage Prostitution
99. INDONESIA: Govt Urged To Tighten, Stop Granting Mining Licenses On Small Islands
100. INDONESIA: 2 Papuan Rebel Leaders Killed in Shootout
101. MYANMAR: Australia’s Ex-Foreign Minister Named UN Myanmar Envoy
102. VIETNAM Firms Face Highest Local Cyberthreats in Southeast Asia: Kaspersky
103. INDONESIA: Police Uncover Crystal and Liquid Meth Production House Linked to Hong Kong Ring
104. INDONESIA: PLN Mulls Importing LNG Amid Likely Shortfall in Local Gas Supply
105. MALAYSIA: Prabowo, Anwar Discuss Direction to Strengthen Malaysia-Indonesia Ties
106. MYANMAR Junta Deputy Defense Minister Interrogated Over Online Scams
107. THAILAND: Google Lunches Security Feature to Protect Thailand Users From Scams
108. INDONESIA: Lack of Clean Power May Jeopardize Indonesia’s Downstream Dream
109. INDONESIA: Brunei and Laos Join Regional Payment Connectivity
110. MALAYSIA: Putrajaya Must Calm ‘Allah’ Socks Storm Before Tensions Erupt: Extremism Experts
111. MYANMAR: BHRN Calls On International Community to Help Muslims in Myanmar
112. THAILAND: National Anti-Corruption Commission Initiates An Anti-Corruption Education Curriculum to Educate Thai Children and Instill Integrity Value in Thai society
113. INDONESIA: Hyundai Ends Indonesia Aluminium Deal After Climate Campaign By K-Pop Fans
114. INDONESIA: Aceh Authorities Detain Four Suspects in Rohingya Refugee Smuggling Case
115. MALAYSIA Probes Links Between Detained Man and Israeli Crime Group
116. MYANMAR Junta Scrambling to Hang on to Pearl of Economic Partnership With China
117. VIETNAM Has 6 Billionaires in Forbes Global Rich List
118. INDONESIA: Gov’t Revokes Over 2,000 Mining Licenses
119. INDONESIA: Court Summons 4 Jokowi Ministers to Testify in Presidential Election Dispute Trial
120. INDONESIA: As El Nino Bites, Indonesians Struggle with Record-High Rice Prices
121. MYANMAR Military Loses Historic Outpost on Road to China in Kachin State
122. SINGAPORE: 5 Takeaways From Survey of Southeast Asians, Including Singapore Being Top Choice of Regional Country for Relocation
123. INDONESIA: Pope Francis to Visit Indonesia in September: Minister
124. INDONESIA Gears Up for Another Colossal Elections
125. MYANMAR: KNU Grateful For Aid Sent by Thai Government Through Myanmar Red Cross
126. SINGAPORE: Dengue Cases Soar, Doubling in First Quarter of 2024; 7 Deaths Reported
127. CAMBODIA: Chetra Urges Preservation of Tonle Sap
128. INDONESIA’S Business Environment Ranking Slips As Others Improve
129. INDONESIA: Untapped Muslim Donations Could Reach Rp180 Trillion Annually
130. MYANMAR: India Urged to Stop Embracing War Criminals in Myanmar
131. THAILAND Equal Marriage Bill a Victory for LGBTQA+ All Over the World:Pita
132. INDONESIA Calls for Immediate Cease-Fire in Gaza After UN Vote
133. INDONESIA Moves Closer to Next World Cup Qualifying Round with 3-0 Win in Vietnam
134. MALAYSIA: New SOPs Introduced To Prrevent Child Abuse Cases at Daycare Centers: Nancy Shukri
135. MYANMAR: UK Government Raps Myanmar Junta on Armed Forces Day Over Its Brutality
136. S’PORE-Flagged Vessel Had ‘Momentary Loss of Propulsion’ Just Before Hitting Baltimore Bridge: MPA
137. INDONESIA: 13 Soldiers Held Over Alleged Torture of Papuan
138. INDONESIA: Jakarta Police Capture Portuguese Nationals Involved in Liquid Cocaine Trafficking Operation
139. MYANMAR: A Chronicle of Collapse: How the Tide Turned Against Myanmar’s Once Mighty Military
140. PHILIPPINES: Drug War Restarts in Davao
141. VIETNAM: Central Vietnam Province Gets Its Own Red Sea
142. INDONESIA: Constitutional Court Rules Defamation Clause ‘Conditionally Unconstitutional’
143. INDONESIA Takes Over Airspace Management in Riau Islands and Natuna from Singapore
144. MYANMAR: Chinese Town Deports 200 Myanmar Migrant Workers Each Day
145. SINGAPORE: Govt Tells Israeli Embassy to Remove Facebook Post That Was an ‘Astonishing Attempt to Rewrite History’, says Shanmugam
146. THAILAND: An Entrepreneur Scores a Win in Europe With Her Low Glycemic Flour
147. INDONESIA: Failed Election Candidates Place Hopes in Court Proceedings
148. INDONESIA: New Import Rules Hoped to Save Ailing Textile Industry
149. MALAYSIA: ‘Allah’ Socks Issue: Sabahan Sentenced to Six Months of Jail for Insulting Islam on Facebook
150. MYANMAR is Main Beneficiary of Chinese Fund: Ambassador
151. THAI Scientists Breed Coral in Labs to Restore Degraded Reefs
152. INDONESIA Among the Unhappiest Countries in Southeast Asia: Study
153. INDONESIA: Prabowo Declared as Elected President After Final Vote Count
154. MYANMAR Court-Ordered Auction of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s Home Fails to Draw Bids
155. SINGAPORE Completes First Humanitarian Aid Airdrop into Gaza
156. VIETNAM: Vo Van Thuong Leaves Position as Vietnam President
157. INDONESIA Braces For Wildfires Ahead of Dry Season
158. INDONESIA: $11.6 Billion Invested in Indonesia’s Smelters
159. MYANMAR’S Women Bear the Cost of the Junta’s Coup
160. THAILAND: Rural Doctor Society Claims Identities of 2.2 Million Thais on Sale in ‘Dark Web’
161. VIETNAM: Pakistani, Iranian Men Pose As Interpol To Extort Tourists in Hanoi
162. INDONESIA Accused of Avoiding Human Rights Issues
163. INDONESIA: Government Considers Student Loan Scheme for Low-Income Families
164. MALAYSIA: High Court Strikes Out Woman’s Bid to Declare Herself as Non-Muslim
165. In MYANMAR, Citizen Journalism is Connecting News to Its Revolutionary Roots
166. INDONESIA: KPU Races to Finish Vote Tally
167. INDONESIA: Russia Alleges 10 Indonesians Fighting as mercenaries in Ukraine
168. INDONESIA: Jakarta Police Seize 2,500 LSD Sheets from Germany
169. Myanmar’s UN Ambassador Calls for Security Council Action to Halt Conscription
170. CAMBODIA: First Khmer-Speaking Robot Introduced-KhmerTimes
171. INDONESIA: Draft Policy Draws Flak for Allowing Military, Police Hold Civil Posts
172. INDONESIA Needs 350 More Aircraft to Make Airfare More Affordable
173. MALAYSIA: Proposed Amendment on Citizenship Laws Goes Against Founding Fathers’ Intentions, Nazir Razak Tells Putrajaya
174. MYANMAR Junta Cuts Communications in Around 80 Myanmar’s Townships: Report
175. INDONESIA: EU Deforestation Regulation Seen to Complicate RI Biodiesel Exports
176. INDONESIA: Thirst for ‘Swiftnomics’: Indonesia Eyes Partnering with Singapore on Concerts
177. newspapers to strengthen mastery of Malay language among students
178. MYANMAR: Japan Announces Extra US$ 37 Million In Aid to Myanmar
179. SINGAPORE: Singapore Endorses Communique on Tackling Scams at Inaugural Global Fraud Summit
180. INDONESIA: Extreme Weather Looms Over Indonesia
181. INDONESIA: 2024 Presidential Election Results: Prabowo-Gibran Secures Victory in Jakarta
182. MYANMAR: China Tightens Access For Myanmar Migrant Workers Entering From Shan State
183. SINGAPORE: Over Half in S’pore Say Society, Technology Changing Too Fast, and In Ways That Don’t Benefit Them: Survey
184. INDONESIA: Civil Society Piles Pressure On Parties To Launch House Probe
185. INDONESIA: Batik Air Grounds Pilots Following Alleged In-Flight Napping
186. MALAYSIA Charts Better Score In Latest Pew Religious Restriction Index, Driven By Drop in Govt Curbs
187. MYANMAR General Arrested for Retreating as Ethnic Alliance Overran Northern Shan State
188. THAILAND: Crackdown On ‘Mule’ Accounts Aims to Impact Call-Center Gangs
189. INDONESIA: Why Carbon Utilization Key To Indonesia’s Decarbonization
190. INDONESIA: 18 Dead, 5 Missing After Indonesia Floods, Landslide
191. MALAYSIA: PM Anwar: Sarawak to Become Major Renewable Energy Hub in SE Asia
192. MYANMAR: AA Joins KIA Attacks on Myanmar Junta in Kachin State, While Fighting in Rakhine
193. VIETNAMESE Tech TAlents Find Homeland Has Appealing Career Prospects
194. INDONESIA: Cooking Up Opportunities: Used Cooking Oil Can Be a ‘Sizzling Success’ for Indonesia
195. INDONESIA Aiming for 80 Percent Middle Class Population in 2045: Bappenas
196. MALAYSIA: A Decade After MH370: Hopes of a New search to End All Speculation
197. MYANMAR: Besieged Junta Troops Launch ‘Scorched Earth’ Attacks in Myanmar Jade Hub
198. PHILIPPINES: 3,600 Ex-Rebels, Mostly in Mindanao, Await Amnesty as Senate Backs Marcos’ Initiative
199. INDONESIA: Prabowo Sets Ambitious 8 Pct Economic Growth Target for Indonesia
200. MALAYSIA Among Top Five Most Improved in Increasing Legal Gender Equality, But Still Lags Behind Regional Neighbors: World Bank Report
201. MYANMAR: Number of Townships Placed Under Martial Law by Myanmar Junta Rises to 61
202. SINGAPORE: Govt Mulls Publicizing Litterbugs’ Photos to Identify Them As Part of ‘Targeted’ Response to Rise in Cases
203. THAILAND: Wealthy Myanmar Citizens Buy Thai Property to Seek Refuge From Civil War
204. INDONESIA: Teachers’ Groups Oppose Using Operational Assistance Fund to Provide Free Lunches
205. INDONESIA: Prabowo Looks Certain to Protect Status Quo for Political Stability
206. MALAYSIA: PM Anwar ‘Happy to Reopen’ MH370 Search If Compelling Evidence Found
207. MYANMAR: ‘No Breakthrough’ in Fresh Talks Between Myanmar’s Brotherhood Alliance and Junta
208. VIETNAM: Carbon Credit trade could bring Vietnam $200M per year
209. CAMBODIA: Shiva Reborn: 10th Century Statue Takes Shape
210. INDONESIA: Poll Body in Hot Water After String of Tech Failures
211. INDONESIA: President Jokowi Takes a Stand Against Bullying at PGRI Congress
212. MALAYSIAN Graduates are Overqualified and Underpaid: Khazanah Research Institute Report
213. MYANMAR: Arakan Army Exposes Myanmar’s Naval Weaknesses
214. INDONESIA: Government Trials Free Meal Program at Tangerang School
215. INDONESIA: Jokowi Promotes Prabowo to TNI Honorary General
216. MYANMAR Junta Captives Confess to Rakhine Executions
217. SINGAPORE: New Anti-scam Portal to be Launched; MHA Calls out Meta for ‘Consistently Pushing Back’ on Efforts to Tackle Scams
218. THAILAND: Zero Baht Stores: How ‘Grandpa Garbage’ Turned Waste into Sustainable Communities
219. INDONESIA: Govt Doubles Funds for Oil Palm Replanting
220. INDONESIA Losing Out on Foreign Tourists To Its Neighbors: Sandiaga
221. MYANMAR: Aid Received by Myanmar in 2023 Insufficient According to Analysis
222. SINGAPORE: Restaurant in Singapore Offers ‘Divorce’ Booking Option With Treats for Celebration
223. THAILAND: Chaiwat Insists 2,900 Rai Under Dispute is Protected Forest, Cannot Be ‘Buffer Zone’
224. CAMBODIA: Troubled Phnom Penh ‘Beer Bus’ Rebrands as ‘Eco-Friendly Exploration’
225. INDONESIA: World Bank Urges Fiscal Caution for Indonesia’s Free Lunch Program in 2025
226. INDONESIA: Inclusive Marriage Registry Plan for KUAs Meets With Questions, Calls for Dialogue
227. MALAYSIA: Most Malaysians Agree With New National Service Scheme, Think It Will Be Positive: Survey
228. MYANMAR: Myanmar Junta Calls on Students to Join University Corps
229. INDONESIA Most Networked Nation in Southeast Asia Amid Geopolitical Race
230. INDONESIA: Government to Relocate 6,000 Civil Servants to Nusantara in July
231. MALAYSIA now ranks number one globally for 5G consistency score: Fahmi
232. MYANMAR: Legal Aid Network Raps Myanmar Junta’s Conscription Drive
233. VIETNAM Risks Losing Regional Tourism Race Without Visa Waivers: Experts
234. CAMBODIA ex-PM Hun Sen Returns to Frontline Politics for Senate Seat
235. INDONESIA: Luhut says China Ready to Fork Over for Cutlery Factory
236. MYANMAR: Ta’ang Towns Promised Civilian Administration
237. VIETNAM: Scrap Dealer Builds $2.85M Gold-Plated Castle in Central Vietnam
238. CAMBODIA: Prime Minister Explains Hun Many’s Promotion to DPM
239. INDONESIA: Jokowi Unveils Biggest Port in Eastern Indonesia
240. INDONESIA Decries ‘Geopolitical Nightmare’ Ahead of ICJ Appeal
241. MYANMAR: Thai Police Round Up Myanmar Citizens Fleeing Conscription
242. VIETNAM To See Largest Expansion in Wealth Growth Over The Next Decade
243. INDONESIA: Fitch, Moody’s Raise Concerns About Fiscal Policy Under Prabowo leadership
244. INDONESIA: Prabowo’s School Meal Program to Cost $7.7 Billion in First Year
245. MYANMAR: Pa-O Militia Backs Myanmar Junta Conscription by Forcibly Recruiting Civilians
246. SINGAPORE: Malaysian Govt Study Warns of ‘Brain Drain’, Finds 3 in 4 M’sians Living, Working in S’pore Skilled or Semi-skilled
247. THAILAND: What Thailand Must Do To Improve its Democracy Index Ranking
248. INDONESIA: Jokowi signs regulation requiring Google, Meta to pay for news
249. INDONESIA Says Women’s Rights Advocacy Should Remain a Priority in Afghanistan
250. MALAYSIA: Police and State Islamic Authorities will Investigate Man Who Claims to be Prophet Muhammad’s Descendant: Home Minister
251. MYANMAR:  Global ESG Investment Advisory Firms Accused of Aiding Myanmar Junta
252. VIETNAM to send 125,000 Laborers Abroad in 2024
253. CAMBODIA To Install Hundreds of Wildlife Cameras in an EFfort to Restore its Tiger Population
254. INDONESIA: Jokowi Inaugurates 26 Military Hospitals Across Indonesia
255. MYANMAR: 3 Myanmar Brigadier Generals Sentenced To Death For Surrendering Town
256. VIETNAM’S VinFast to Establish EV Assembly Plant in Indonesia This Year
257. INDONESIA: Doctors Blame Late Detection as Cancer Deaths in Indonesia Near 243,000
258. INDONESIA: Prabowo Faces Policy Scrutiny After Free-Market Comments
259. MYANMAR: Thailand’s Proposed Fishing Law Leaves Burmese Workers Vulnerable
260. SINGAPORE: Air Ticket Prices To Go Up as Singapore Mandates Sustainable Fuel for Departing Flights from 2026
261. THAILAND: Group Opposed to Thaksin’s Parole Vows to Seek NACC Investigation
262. INDONESIA: Prabowo On Track To Succeed Jokowi
263. INDONESIA: From Floods to Love Hearts
264. MYANMAR: Restrictions Imposed on Domestic Air Travel in Myanmar
265. THAILAND: Govt Launches New Medical Coverage Scheme for Tourists
266. VIETNAMESE Spend $3.8M Daily on Online Food Orders
267. INDONESIA: Tale of Two cities: Religious Tolerance in Bekasi & Depok
268. INDONESIA to Address International Court Hearing on Israel Next Week
269. MALAYSIA: Tourism Minister Urges Malaysians to Reject Racism to Achieve Strong Unity
270. MYANMAR: Thailand to Open Humanitarian Center to Deliver Aid to Myanmar in One Month
271. SINGAPORE Builds AI Model to ‘Represent’ Southeast Asians
272. INDONESIA’S 2024 Cybersecurity Challenge: Rising Threats and Human Risks
273. INDONESIA: New Energy Rule Discourages Rooftop Solar Systems: Users
274. INDONESIA: Prabowo Reaffirms Continuation of Jokowi’s Programs
275. MALAYSIA: Sharia Punishments in Malaysia Determined by Govt, No Question of Any Challenge Against Islamic Laws: IKIM
276. MYANMAR Junta Enforces Military Service Law Following Battlefield Losses
277. INDONESIA: Government Targets Completion of 41 National Strategic Projects by 2024, Removes 12
278. MYANMAR’S Depleted Military Takes Aim at Professors, Students to Beef Up
279. PHILIPPINES: Marcos Rejects Calls for Independent Mindanao After Duterte’s Remarks
280. SINGAPORE: Median Monthly Household Income Rises to S$10,869 in 2023, a Real Increase of 2.8%
281. INDONESIA’S Leading Banks Thrive in Post-Pandemic Recovery
282. INDONESIA: KPU Found Guilty of Ethics Breach in Handling of Gibran VP Bid
283. MYANMAR: Nine UN Security Council Members Call on Junta to End Attacks on Civilians
284. THAILAND Confident Aid Effort Will Lead to Myanmar Crisis Dialogue
285. INDONESIA: Anies to Uphold FPI, HTI Bans
286. INDONESIA: Ship Captain Arrested for Transporting Migrant Workers from Malaysia
287. MALAYSIA’S Pardons Board Announces Decision to Cut Najib’s Jail Term from 12 to 6 Years
288. MYANMAR: 41 Rohingya Refugees Arrested After Fleeing Malaysian Detention Center
289. VIETNAM: South Australia Halts Central Vietnam Students’ Admittance Amid Disappearances
290. INDONESIAN Academia Calls for Electoral Integrity
291. INDONESIA’S Manufacturing PMI Beats Other ASEAN Countries
292. MALAYSIA: Stats Dept 2023 Report Shows Cancer Fourth Leading cCuse of death in Malaysia: Health Minister
293. MYANMAR: 900 Myanmar Medics Detained Since 2021 Coup: Swiss Report
294. SINGAPORE: Muslims Will Be Allowed to Eat Lab-Grown Meat If  It’s From Halal Animal Cells, Free From Non-Halal Ingredients: Mufti
295. CAMBODIA: Soothsayers Barred From Social Media aEtivities
296. INDONESIA: TNI Deploys 400,000 Soldiers to Safeguard the 2024 Election
297. INDONESIA to Import Chinese Trains for Aging Commuter Line
298. MYANMAR: Junta Prepared to Extend Myanmar’s State of Emergency Again in August
299. VIETNAM: Thousands of Vietnamese queue for Korean jobs
300. INDONESIA: Dynasty in the Making’ as President Jokowi Shadow Hangs Over General Elections
301. INDONESIA: Singkawang Retains Title as Indonesia’s Most Tolerant City
302. MALAYSIA Ranks 57th in Global Corruption Perception Index, Trails Singapore in ASEAN
303. MYANMAR: Momeik Incinerated as Myanmar Junta Reoccupies Shan Town
304. PHILIPPINES: CNN Philippines to Close Due to Financial Losses
305. ASEAN Foreign Ministers Back ‘Myanmar-Owned and Led’ Solution to Crisis
306. INDONESIA: South Korean Native Vies for House seat
307. INDONESIA: Sustainable Infrastructure Will Remain as Top Priority under New President: Sri Mulyani
308. MYANMAR Sends Official to First ASEAN Meeting in More Than Two Years
309. SINGAPORE: Women Aged 21 to 49 More Likely Than Male Peers to Accept Being Single, Married Without Children: IPS poll
310. INDONESIA Aims to Attract 1,000 Investors with ‘Golden Visa’ Program
311. INDONESIA: Jokowi Gets Red Mark in Agrarian Dispute Resolution
312. MYANMAR: Both Junta and Resistance Digging In as Third Myanmar Coup Anniversary Approaches
313. THAILAND: Most Thais Believe Country in Economic Crisis That Needs Urgent Attention: Poll
314. Vietnamese Make Up Largest Percentage of Japan’s Foreign Workforce
315. INDONESIA: Rohingya Refugees Flee Aceh Shelter Amid Tensions With Locals
316. INDONESIA Walks Out During Israel’s UN Security Council Speech
317. MALAYSIA: At UPR Review, Malaysia Stands Firm on its Treatment of Refugees
318. MYANMAR’S Supreme Court Orders Sale of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s Home
319. VIETNAM Condemns Fabricated Report by Human Rights Watch
320. INDONESIA: More Indonesians Smoking, Bucking Global Trend
321. INDONESIA Seeks EU Trade Deal to Compete Against Vietnamese Footwear
322. MALAYSIA to Launch Inquiry Into Cases Involving Disputed Singapore Strait Islets
323. MYANMAR’S  Military Has Turned a Strategic Town in Sagaing Region Into a ‘Graveyard’
324. THAILAND Must Get Out of Comfort Zone Amid Global Polycrises: CEOs
325. INDONESIA Needs to Quadruple Sugar Output by 2030 for Self-Fufficiency, Ethanol
326. INDONESIA: Demands from China, India to Boost Indonesia’s Coal Production
327. MALAYSIA Demands Accountability for Israel’s Violations of International Law: Foreign Minister
328. MYANMAR: Defeated Myanmar Junta Generals Given Death Sentences
329. THAILAND Rolls out New VAT Refund for Foreign Tourists
330. INDONESIA to Defend Skeptical Stance on Digital Goods Tax Moratorium at WTO
331. INDONESIA: Special Buses for Students with Disabilities Begin Operations in Jakarta
332. MALAYSIA’s Regressive Citizenship Amendments Risk Giving ‘Little Napoleons’ Power to Decide Who Gets To Be a Malaysian: Lawyer
333. MYANMAR: India Plans to Fence Off Myanmar Frontier
334. VIETNAM: First Homemade Radar Satellite to Go into Space Next Year
335. INDONESIA: Prabowo Says Indonesia’s Future Lies in Kalimantan
336. INDONESIA Eyes More Hydro-Floating Solar Hybrid Projects in 2024
337. MYANMAR Named Second-Biggest Jailer of Journalists
338. THAILAND: Muay Thai Takes the US by Storm, with 1,724 Centers, $1.25 Billion Industry
339. VIETNAM: PM Requests Review of Labor Export Companies
340. INDONESIA to Abandon 23% Renewable Energy Target
341. INDONESIA’S Tourism to Fall Behind Thailand if Entertainment Tax Goes Up: Apindo
342. MYANMAR: Another 278 Myanmar Junta Troops Flee to India
343. SINGAPORE: EV Fast Chargers to be Set Up in HDB Neighborhood and town centers
344. VIETNAM: Health Ministry Warns of Covid, Flu Surges Amid Tet travel, weather
345. INDONESIA: Prabowo, Ganjar, Anies Offer Diverse Anti-Graft Strategies
346. INDONESIA: Jakarta’s Global Graffic Ranking Improves, But Congestion Worsens
347. MALAYSIA: Immigration D-G says 220 Undocumented Migrant Hotspots Detected Nationwide
348. MYANMAR: Thailand Mulls Providing Humanitarian Aid to Victims of War in Myanmar: Report
349. VIETNAM: US Terrorist Group Coaxes People Into Deadly Attacks in Vietnam: Prosecutors
350. INDONESIA: President Jokowi Breaks Ground on Rp 940 Billion Mosque Project in Nusantara
351. INDONESIA: KPK Seeks FBI Assistance in Investigating SAP’s Bribery Allegations
352. MALAYSIA: Two Malaysian Detainees at Guantanamo Bay Plead Guilty to Conspiring in 2002 Bali Bombing
353. MYANMAR: Female Prisoners Subjected to Humiliating Strip Searches in Corridors
354. VIETNAM: Hanoi Man Suffers Roundworm Attacks Passed From Dog
355. INDONESIA Targets 15 Oil and Gas Projects Going Onstream in 2024
356. INDONESIA Narrowly Misses Target of 100% Electrification Rate
357. INDONESIA: Vietnam to Surpass Indonesia if We Do Nothing: Jokowi
358. MYANMAR  Military Bows to Powerful Ethnic Army, Gives it More Towns Near China Border
359. VIETNAM: 290 Kg of Cocaine Washed Ashore in Central Vietnam
360. INDONESIA: Candidates to Pledge Commitment On Graft Eradication
361. INDONESIA: Police in West Papua Urge Vigilance as 53 Inmates Escape from Sorong Prison
362. MYANMAR’S Dictator is Facing Calls to Resign From Some of His Most Ardent Supporters
363. SINGAPOREANS Less Happy Today Than 5 Years Ago, But Those With More Balanced View of LIfe Generally More Satisfied: NUS Survey
364. VIETNAM Upholds ‘One China’ Policy After Taiwan Election
365. INDONESIA: Prabowo Revives Plan to Build Giant Seawall Across Java Coastline
366. INDONESIA: Communication and Information Ministry Removes 810,000 Online Gambling Content in 2023
367. MALAYSIAN Drug Kingpin Arrested in Laos Deported to Thailand, Authorities Working to Seize Remaining Ill-Gotten Gains
368. MYANMAR: Captured Myanmar Brigadier General Urges Junta Boss to Stop Committing War Crimes
369. SINGAPORE Passport Ranked World’s Most Powerful in 2024, Tied With 5 Other Countries
370. INDONESIA: Police Extend Cartenz Peace Operation in Papua Through 2024
371. INDONESIA: PLN Transforms Electric Poles into EV Charging Stations
372. MALAYSIA: Fahmi: Spreading Fake News is a Crime, Agong is in Malaysia
373. MYANMAR: Over 1,000 Myanmar Migrants Detained in Malaysia Crackdown
374. SINGAPORE Looking to Hire Auxiliary Police from China, India, the Philippines, Myanmar as Taiwan Recruits Dwindle: Shanmugam
375. INDONESIA: Unlocking Indonesia’s Supply Chain Opporst Asia-tunity in Energized Southea
376. INDONESIA to Send Record-Breaking 241,000 Pilgrims for 2024 Hajj Season
377. Myanmar Junta Unleashes Fury on Indonesia After MP Calls For Int’l Isolation, Rohingya Rights
378. SINGAPORE: Films at Upcoming Palestine Film Festival Allowed As They Do Not Promote Violence Against Any Group: Shanmugam
379. THAILAND Set to Surpass 2023 Rice Export Target as November Figures Surge
380. INDONESIA, Taiwan Prepare Migrant Fisher Protection Pact
381. INDONESIA’S Foreign Policy is Not Transactional: Minister
382. MALAYSIA: Protecting Malaysian Kids Online From Sexual Exploitation: Govt Explores Measures to Safeguard Against Overseas Predators
383. MYANMAR: Notorious Myanmar Arms Broker Convicted of Cash Smuggling in Singapore
384. INDONESIA: Presidential Candidates Eye More Tax on the Rich, Digital Firms to Raise Revenue
385. INDONESIA Faces Dilemma on Rohingya Refugees
386. MALAYSIA: Make No mistake, Downloading And Viewing ‘Child Porn’ is a Crime in Malaysia — Here’s What the Numbers Tell Us
387. MYANMAR Junta Moves to Retake Major Shan State Camp
388. SINGAPORE: ‘The Urgency Has Gone Up’: SIngapore Government Agencies React To Findings of Third Climate Change Study
389. INDONESIA: Waves of Lay-Offs Sweep Indonesia’s Export-Oriented Industries in 2023
390. INDONESIA Confident About Winning EU Lawsuit on Palm Oil Biofuel
391. MALAYSIA: Global Pharmaceutical Firm Roche Selects Malaysia as Site for First-in-Human Clinical Trial on Experimental Immuno Suppressant Drug
392. SINGAPORE: What is a ‘Cyber Kidnapping’ Scam, and How Can You Protect Yourself Against it?
393. MYANMAR Resistance Set to Expand Fighting in Mandalay After Seizing Strategic Junta Outpost
394. CAMBODIA: New Minimum Wage in Effect, Up $4 Per Month
395. INDONESIA: Presidential Candidates Venture Into TikTok To Win Over Young Voters
396. INDONESIA: Bali Senator Sparks Islamophobic Controversy Over Comments on Airport Staff Attire
397. MYANMAR Junta Threatens Nonstop Bombing of Towns Seized by Ethnic Groups
398. VIETNAMESE Workers’ Average Income Grows 6.9% in 2023
399. ASEAN FDI Hits All-Time High as EV Investment Skyrockets
400. MYANMAR: Spring Revolution News for 1 January 2024
401. SINGAPORE’S Economy Grew 1.2% in 2023; External Environment ‘Less Favorable’ to Security, Prosperity For Some Years To Come: PM Lee
402. VIETNAM: India, Cambodia are Vietnam’s Fastest Growing Tourism Markets
403. INDONESIA: Govt Confirms New COVID-19 Subvariant Ahead of Year-End Holidays
404. INDONESIA’S Pertamina to Invest $900 Million in Algeria: Minister
405. MALAYSIANNS Who Made Their Mark in the International Film Industry in 2023
406. MYANMAR Junta Accused of Starving and Arresting Civilians in Rakhine State ‘to Instill Fear’
407. VIETNAM: Tourism Race Heats Up as Asian Countries Rush to Simplify Visa Requirements
408. INDONESIA: Constitutional Court Finally Forms Permanent Ethics Council
409. INDONESIA: No Need to Go Abroad: Jokowi Wants People to Seek Healthcare in New Capital
410. MALAYSIA: Fahmi: Govt ban on Israeli-owned ships entering country clear signal Malaysia does not recognise Israel
411. SINGAPORE to Step Up Enforcement Against Vapes at Changi Airport and Other Checkpoints
412. THAILAND: Survey Finds That 50% of Thais of Working Age Cannot Afford to Retire
413. INDONESIA: Nickel Plan Sidelined as Govt Pushes EV Market With New Incentives
414. INDONESIA: North Maluku Governor Arrested 13 Days Prior to Retirement
415. MALAYSIA: Bumiputera Population Estimated at 21.3 Million This Year
416. MYANMAR Stands on Humanitarian ‘Precipice’, UN Warns
417. SINGAPORE: Will Global Supply Chains Be Disrupted By Ship Attacks in the Red Sea and is Singapore Affected?
418. ASEAN: Japan to Provide $1b for ASEAN’s Regional EV Ecosystem
419. INDONESIA: Spending Discrepancy in Jakarta: Land of the Rich, Home of the Poor
420. MALAYSIA: Health Ministry Rules out Return of MCO as Covid-19 Cases Rise, TRIIS reinstated
421. MYANMAR: Number of Civilians Fleeing War in Myanmar Doubled to 660,000 in One Month: UN
422. Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia Eye Seamless Tourism: Srettha
423. CAMBODIA: Endangered Dholes Discovered at Mondulkiri Wildlife Conservancy
424. INDONESIA: KPU Puts Health As Priority When Recruiting Poll Workers
425. INDONESIA: India Proposes Local Currency Use in Trade with Indonesia
426. MYANMAR: Few Places in Myanmar Still Safe for Junta Boss to Visit
427. VIETNAM: Hanoi Aims to Increase Per Capita Green Space Five-Fold
428. INDONESIA: Soekarno-Hatta Airport to Reimpose Health Protocols Amid Rising COVID-19 Trend
429. INDONESIA’S Economic Growth Earns Praise from Global Economists: Enggartiasto
430. MALAYSIA: Meta, TikTok Report Jump in Malaysia Govt Requests to Remove Content in 2023
431. MYANMAR’S Spring Revolution Must Open Two New Fronts to Oust Junta
432. INDONESIA’S Deforestation Rate Off Target For 2030 Climate Goal
433. INDONESIA: Anies Wants to Discontinue New Capital Nusantara Project
434. MALAYSIA: Health Ministry Calls For Masks Again As Malaysia’s Covid-19 Cases Nearly Double to 13,000 In a Week
435. MYANMAR: China Says ‘Positive’ Peace Talks Held Over North Myanmar Conflict
436. INDONESIA: Ministry Urges Complete COVID-19 Vaccination Ahead of Holiday Season
437. ‘INDONESIA Imprisoned More Graft Convicts than any Other Nation’: Jokowi
438. MYANMAR’S Growth to Fall to 1 Percent: World Bank
439. MYANMAR Overtakes Afghanistan as World’s Biggest Opium Producer: UN
440. PHILIPPINES: 65 Provinces Face Severe Drought
441. INDONESIA: Presidential Candidates Ready for First Debate
442. INDONESIA: Barito Dethrones BCA as Indonesia’s Biggest Listed Company
443. MALAYSIA: CIJ: Surge in Anti-LGBT Hate Speech Since 1975 Incident at Good Vibes
444. MYANMAR-Thailand to Form Joint Task Force to Cope With War Refugees
445. SINGAPORE Suspends Poultry Imports From Regions in Japan, US and Other Countries Hit by Bird Flu Outbreak
446. CAMBODIA: LGBT Community Proposes Marital Equality Discussions
447. INDONESIA: Prabowo to Push for Indonesian-Made Cars If He Wins Election
448. INDONESIA: President Jokowi Prioritizes 4 Cities as New Growth Drivers
449. MYANMAR Regime Stops Fuel Supplies to Yangon Factories
450. PHILIPPINES: Most Filipinos Oppose Divorce
451. INDONESIA: Jakarta Reports Infections Linked to ‘Mystery Pneumonia’
452. INDONESIA: 11 Bodies Recovered after Marapi Eruption, and 12 Climbers Still Missing
453. MYANMAR: Full Civilian Rule Restored in First Large Town Seized by Myanmar Resistance: NUG
454. SINGAPORE: Fewer Young People in Singapore Donating Blood Even as Demand Rises From Ageing Population: Red Cross
455. THAILAND: Work-Life Balance and Flexibility Top Priorities for Thai Employees: Survey
456. INDONESIA’S Call for Support in COP28 Shows ‘No New’ Commitment
457. INDONESIA and UAE Collaborate to Combat Money Laundering
458. MYANMAR: ASEAN Urged to Stop Calling For ‘Inclusive Talks’ Between Myanmar Junta and Its Victims
459. PHILIPPINES:11 Dead, Scores Hurt in MSU Bombing
460. THAILAND: Police to Investigate Bribery Allegations Reported by German media
461. INDONESIA Heightens Monitoring in Response to ‘Mysterious Pneumonia’ Outbreak in China
462. INDONESIA Calls for Palestine’s Full UN Membership
463. MYANMAR Junta Chief Says ‘Foreign Experts’ Helping in Offensive Against Military
464. MYANMAR: Fighting In Over 200 Townships Since Myanmar Coup
465. INDONESIA: Indonesia EV Battery Industry in Limbo Amid Uncertain Roadmap, Rule
466. INDONESIA: Anak Krakatau Continues to Erupt on Tuesday
467. MYANMAR: Exodus: Tens of Thousands Flee as Myanmar Junta Troops Face Last Stand in Kokang
468. MYANMAR: Gangs, Extortion in Bangladesh Camps Driving Rohingya Sea Exodus
469. SINGAPORE: Shanmugam Seeks Court Order Requiring TikTok to Name Users Who Posted ‘False, Baseless’ Claims of Extra-Marital Affair
470. INDONESIA: President Jokowi Highlights Importance of Religion at R20 Summit
471. INDONESIA: Presidential Candidates On The Move Ahead of Official Campaign Season
472. MALAYSIA: Education Minister Apologizes Over Vanning of Tamil Songs at Carnival in Penang
473. MYANMAR: Rohingya Resettlements From Bangladesh Increase While Myanmar Instability Grows
474. THAILAND: Chinese Nationals Begging in Bangkok Not Victims of Trafficking: Immigration Chief
475. INDONESIA: State-Owned Enterprises Yield Rp 74 Trillion in Dividends
476. INDONESIAN Police, Fishers Start Patrols to Stop Rohingya Boats
477. MALAYSIA: In China, Court Begins Hearing Malaysia Airlines’ Flight MH370 Compensation Claims From Passengers’ Families
478. MYANMAR Junta to Prosecute Satellite Internet Users
479. INDONESIA: KPK Marches On As Leader Fights Graft Charges
480. INDONESIA: President Jokowi Inaugurates Two Airports in Papua
481. MYANMAR: Battle For Control of Myanmar State Capital Escalating at ‘Alarming Rate’
482. VIETNAMESE in Myanmar Relocated to Safe Zones: ministry
483. INDONESIA Welcomes Temporary Truce in Gaza, Seeks Lasting Solution
484. INDONESIA: Amended Law Allows Gov’t to Freeze Bank Accounts in Online Gambling Crackdown
485. MALAYSIA, VIETNAM Electronics Face Closer US Scrutiny Over China-Forced Labor
486. MYANMAR: Doctors Without Borders Calls for Patient and Healthcare Worker Safety in Myanmar Conflict Areas
487. VIETNAM: Task Force Curbing Traffic of Newborns to China
488. INDONESIA: Regional Economic Integration Underpins Indonesia’s Transformation-JakartaPost-Nov 22, 2023
489. INDONESIANS See US, China As the Right Economic Partners for ASEAN
490. MALAYSIA: Bomb Threats Hit Several International Schools in Malaysia
491. MYANMAR: Junta Completes Stranglehold on Myanmar Media With Law Change
492. THAILAND: LGBTQ Couples in Thailand to Soon Have Equal Legal Rights in Marriage
493. INDONESIA Sends $2 Million worth of Humanitarian Supplies to Palestine
494. INDONESIA: Disapora Welcomes New visa, But Not the Cost
495. MALAYSIA: Average Salary in Malaysia to Increase 5.1pc in 2024: Mercer Survey
496. MYANMAR: Operation 1027 is Creating a New Political Template for Myanmar’s Future
497. CAMBODIA to Become First Asian Host of Mine Summit
498. INDONESIA Opts for Less Ambitious Option Than Early Coal Retirement
499. INDONESIA: About 250 Rohingya Refugees in Aceh Sent Back to Sea
500. MALAYSIA: Becoming a Malaysian Officially: Five things You Need to Know About the ‘Good Character’ Test
501. MYANMAR: Humbled Regime Helpless as China Demands Border Security; Hiding the Scale of Defeat; and More
502. INDONESIA Healthtech Industry Faces Fresh Challenges Despite Past Growths
503. INDONESIA: House to Form Committee to Watch Police Ahead of Elections
504. MALAYSIA, VIETNAM Agree to Address Illegal Fishing, Discuss South China Sea Issue During Bilateral Meeting in San Francisco
505. MYANMAR: 5 European Nations, Canada Seek to Join Genocide Case against Myanmar at Top UN Court
506. THAILAND: Hamas Tells govt Negotiators Thai Hostages Will Be Freed During Ceasefire
507. INDONESIA: Civil Groups Vow Close Scrutiny of 2024 Race
508. INDONESIA: Gunung Padang Could Be the World’s Oldest Pyramid: Study
509. MALAYSIA: Google, Malaysian Govt Announce Strategic Collaboration To Create Skill Opportunities for 300,000 by 2026
510. MYANMAR: Nine Towns Occupied by Myanmar Military for Decades Lost to Resistance in Days
511. SINGAPORE: All Adult Singaporeans To Receive up to S$800 in Assurance Package Support in December
512. INDONESIA: Competitive Three-Horse Race to Succeed Jokowi is On
513. INDONESIA, US to Develop Work Plan on Critical Minerals Deal
514. MYANMAR: Almost 40 Myanmar Junta Positions Abandoned in Rakhine: Arakan Army
515. PHILIPPINES: Why Court Allowed Leila de Lima to Post Bail
516. THAILAND Welcomes 23 Million Tourists This Year with Malaysians Topping List
517. INDONESIA: Presidential Candidates Divided on Jokowi’s Food Estate Policy
518. INDONESIA: Gibran Cleared To Run Despite Controversy
519. MALAYSIA: Why Aren’t More Malays Successful Despite NEP? Dr Mahathir Compares Culture to Centuries of ‘Wealth-Chasing’ by Chinese
520. MALAYSIA: ‘Stalemate’: Malaysia Still Can’t Get Sirul Extradited from Australia Due to Death Penalty: Lawyers
521. CHINA Offers Bounty for Myanmar Junta’s Scam Kingpin in Kokang
522. INDONESIA: Jokowi Calls OIC to Unite Against Israel’s Atrocities in Gaza
523. INDONESIA: Religious Figures, Activists Call for Dialogue to End Violence in Papua
524. MYANMAR: Thousands Trapped Without Food and Medicine in Shan State
525. THAILAND: Chinese Police to Patrol in Thailand to Boost Tourist Confidence
526. VIETNAM: Healing Tourism Trend Prompts Service Suppliers to Become More Dynamic
527. CAMBODIA Achieves Remarkable Rice Sales Exceeding $1.2 Billion
528. INDONESIA: Jokowi Inaugurates Southeast Asia’s Largest Floating Solar Farm
529. INDONESIA: TikTok Ramps Up Efforts To Fight Fake Election News
530. MYANMAR: Brotherhood Alliance Vows to Spread Operation 1027 Across Myanmar
531. VIETNAM Beckons DIaspora With Career Options
532. INDONESIA’S Diplomacy Must Be Value-Led, Not Transactional: Anies
533. INDONESIA Welcomes 22 Palestinian Students on Scholarships
534. MYANMAR Junta Calls Up All Reservists as Resistance Offensive Spreads
535. SINGAPORE: Religious Leaders’ Guidance On gGobal Conflicts Helped to Foster Harmony in Singapore: Shanmugam
536. VIETNAM: US Adds Vietnam to Currency Monitoring List
537. INDONESIA: Certification Headache for Indonesia’s Budding Carbon Market
538. INDONESIA Should Revamp Foreign Policy Amid Global Challenges: Ganjar
539. MALAYSIA: Recruitment Agencies Not Allowed to Outsource Hiring of Foreign Workers: HR Minister
540. MYANMAR: Thousands Displaced by Fighting Need Food: Myanmar Volunteers
541. VIETNAMESE  Boycott Snapchat Over China’s U-shaped Line
542. INDONESIA: GDP Growth Falls Below 5 Percent for First Time Since Pandemic
543. INDONESIA Joins Money Laundering Watchdog FATF
544. MYANMAR: Thai Police Pledge to Rescue Trafficked Nationals From Myanmar
545. SINGAPORE PRoposes New Laws for President, Ministers to Hold ROles in Foreign and Global organizations
546. VIETNAM By Far the Biggest Market for South Korean Cars in Southeast Asia
547. INDONESIA: New Law Allows Military’s Return to Civilian Positions
548. INDONESIA: West Papua Tribe At Risk of Losing Homeland aAter Court Ruling: NGOs
549. MALAYSIA: Health Experts Predict Diabetes Will Heavily Burden Malaysia’s Healthcare System in Future
550. MYANMAR Ethnic Groups Seize More Junta Outposts in Northern Shan State
551. PHILIPPINES: Radioman Killed While Broadcasting
552. INDONESIA Unlikely To Boycott Pro-Israel Products
553. INDONESIA, UAE to Launch Mangrove Research Center at COP28
554. MYNMAR Military Says Lost Control of Strategic Border Town
555. SINGAPORE Warns Foreigners Against Using Country to Further Political Causes Amid Israel-Hamas war
556. VIETNAM Uncovers Oldest Human Remains
557. CAMBODIA: UNESCO Formally List Battambang Gastronomy
558. INDONESIAN Hospital in Gaza in its Last Hours Amid Israel’s Fuel Blockade
559. INDONESIA: More Local Firms Start Developing Malls, Hospitals in Nusantara
560. MALAYSIA: On Proposed ‘Regressive’ Citizenship Law Changes, Stateless Kids Still Have Legal Avenues to be Malays: Saifuddin Nasution
561. MYANMAR: US Sanctions Myanmar Junta’s State Oil and Gas Company
562. INDONESIA Doubts Myanmar is Close to Inclusive National Dialogue
563. INDONESIA: Government to introduce superior tuber varieties to address famine in Papua
564. INDONESIA: 200,000 Hectares of Palm Plantations to be Made Forests: Government
565. MALAYSIA: PM Anwar Says Allowed 100pc Foreign-Owned Tesla, Starlink To Operate in Malaysia for National Good
566. MYANMAR: Chinese Security Minister Meets Myanmar Junta Chief as Border Violence Grows
567. INDONESIA: At Least 45 Suspected Militants Arrested in October
568. INDONESIA: Remote Working for Jakarta Public Employees Fails to Tackle Pollution
569. MALAYSIA: Sold An Illusion, Group Says Some Nepalis Find Bitter Reality Once in Malaysia
570. MYNMAR Military Caught Off Guard by Ethnic Alliance’s Northern Offensive
571. THAILAND To Lift Deep South Emergency by 2027: Defense Minister
572. INDONESIA: 2024 Elections Chance to ‘Rejuvenate Democracy’ in Southeast Asia
573. INDONESIA Surpasses Target With 26 Gold Medals at Hangzhou Para Games
574. MYANMAR’S Shan State Clashes Stretch Into Second Day
575. SINGAPORE’S Vote In Favor of UN Resolution Shows Clear Stand on Israel-Hamas Conflict: Shanmugam
576. VIETNAM: Google Offers 40,000 Scholarships to Support Vietnam’s digital transformation
577. INDONESIA Slams Western ‘Bias’ Regarding Gaza Siege at Security Council
578. INDONESIA: TikTok, YouTube, Meta Eye Indonesia E-commerce License: Sources
579. MYANMAR Junta Gets an ‘F’ For Education as Schools Spiral into Chaos
580. SINGAPORE: Sleep-Deprived, 2 in 3 S’poreans Planning Travel With Goal of Catching Up On Shut-Eye: Survey
581. THAILAND: At Least 54 Thais Held Hostage by Hamas: Israeli government
582. INDONESIA: Businesses Seek to Ensure Post-Election Continuity
583. INDONESIA: We Are Open to All: Indonesia Denies Favoring Chinese Investment
584. MALAYSIA: Using Bahasa Melayu in Govt Dept Correspondence Crucial to Safeguard its Position: Malay Students Federation
585. MYANMAR: Daw Aung Suu Kyi in Limbo as Myanmar Resumes Prison Visits After Three-Year Ban
586. MYANMAR Crackdown on Business Escalates, 16 More Executives Face Life in Prison
587. CAMBODIA-Village Ends Logging, Plants Crops
588. INDONESIA Can Sue EU over Protectionist Green Policy: Economist
589. MALAYSIA: DAP Rep Calls on Malaysians to Buy Palestinian Products Like Olive Oil, Dates As Sign of Solidarity
590. MYANMAR: Global Petition Ups Pressure on Singapore to Cut Myanmar Military’s Supply Line
591. VIETNAM Reports First Monkeypox Death
592. INDONESIA: Firms Want Direct 95-Year Land Rights In Nusantara As Uncertainty Persists
593. INDONESIA: Indonesia’s Huge Geothermal Potential Catches Iceland’s Attention
594. MALAYSIA: Poor Command of Bahasa Malaysia Among Reasons Why Senior Applicants Refused Citizenship:  Home Minister
595. MYANMAR Regime Opens Larger Gems Emporium
596. SINGAPORE: No Decision On Use Of Nuclear Energy Yet, Singapore to Keep Options Open
597. INDONESIA: Prabowo Picks Jokowi’s Son Gibran as Running Mate
598. INDONESIA: Cultural Diversity Takes Center Stage in Indonesia’s “Living Rooms”
599. MYANMAR: Rohingya Lie at the Bottom of the Pile of World Aid Priorities
600. MYANMAR Junta Allocates Land in Yangon for Russia to Build Orthodox Church
601. VIETNAM: Vietnam to Sign Rice Trade Deals with Indonesia, Philippines
602. INDONESIA: After Nearly A Decade, Jokowi Falls Short On Promise Of Energy Subsidy Reform
603. INDONESIA: Ex-Papua Governor Lukas Enembe Sentenced to 8 Years for Corruption
604. MYANMAR: German Firm Faces Legal Probe Over Myanmar Junta Supplies
605. MYANMAR Junta Demands Expats Pay Tax Before Renewing Passports
606. PHILIPPINES: Marcos Secures $4.26B Business Deals in Saudi Arabia-
607. INDONESIA: Belt and Road Cooperation Must Not Complicate Countries’ Fiscal Conditions: Jokowi
608. INDONESIA: European Firm Commits to Invest $2b in Indonesia’s Renewables
609. MALAYSIA Proposes Upgrading 2002 ASEAN Pact To Address Haze Issue: Nik Nazmi
610. MYANMAR: Junta Boss Trying to Sow Division in Myanmar’s Oldest Ethnic Armed Group
611. THAILAND: Iranian Envoy in Thailand Says Effort Being Made to Free Thais Held Hostage by Hamas
612. INDONESIA: Xi Wants to Expand Cooperation With Indonesia in Several Key Markets
613. INDONESIA: 30.000 Coal Workers Could Lose Jobs as Indonesia Shifts to Clean Energy
614. MALAYSIA: First Women’s Health Clinic Set Up At National Sports Medical Centre To Handle Female Athletes’ Health Issues: Hannah Yeoh
615. MYANMAR: ASEAN Must Take Action Against Members Supporting Myanmar Junta
616. MYANMAR: ‘Cyber Scammer’ Facing Arrest in China Linked to Drugs Trade in Myanmar
617. INDONESIA: Constitutional Court Opens Door For Jokowi’s Son to Run in Presidential Poll
618. INDONESIA: Jakarta Aims to Become Global City After Capital Relocation
619. MALAYSIA: EPF: Budget 2024 Prioritizes Retirement Wellbeing, Secure Future For Malaysians
620. MYANMAR: China Begins Surveys for Railway on Myanmar’s Indian Ocean
621. PHILIPPINES: Canada Forges Agreement to Help Philippines Track Illegal Fishing vessels Using Satellite Technology
622. INDONESIA: Constitutional Court Upholds Minimum Age for President, VP candidates
623. INDONESIA: Missing Emission Cap Renders RI Carbon Exchange Less Effective: Experts
624. INDONESIA Urges Norway to Accelerate $250 Million Clean Energy Investment
625. MYANMAR Junta and Russia Discuss Building Gas Pipeline in Myanmar
626. VIETNAM: Halal Tourism ‘Gold Mine’ For Vietnam To Tap Into
627. INDONESIA Signs Tourism Decarbonization Road Map
628. MYANMAR: Junta Orders Employment Agencies to Submit Lists of Myanmar Migrant Workers
629. SINGAPORE: Pew Sudy Hails Singapore’s ‘Remarkable’ Religious Diversity and High Tolerance, Acceptance
630. THAILAND: Two Thai Elephants Born Through Artificial Insemination
631. INDONESIA: Island Nations Band Together To Face Existential Threat
632. INDONESIA Reelected at UN Human Rights Council with Most Votes
633. MALAYSIA: In A First For The Country, Public Finance and Fiscal Responsibility Act Passed in Dewan Rakyat
634. MYANMAR: A Corrupt Business Empire Thrives Under the Junta
635. THAILAND: Govt Eyes Community-Based Jobs For Workers Returning From Israel
636. INDONESIA: Jokowi’s Administration Gets Red Mark On Graft Eradication
637. INDONESIA Asks Philippines’s Help to Evacuate Citizens from War-Torn Gaza
638. MALAYSIA: First Time Malaysian Trafficking Victims Found All The Way in South America: IGP
639. MYANMAR  Troops Cut Power in Southern Sagaing, Force 10,000 to Flee
640. THAILAND: YouTube remains top video platform in Thailand:  Survey
641. INDONESIA To Evacuate Citizens from Gaza As Israel-Hamas War Worsens
642. INDONESIA Hosts Inaugural Summit of Island States
643. MALAYSIA: Indonesia, Thailand and China Agree To Trade With Malaysia Using Ringgit: PM Anwar
644. MYANMAR: 29 Killed in Myanmar Junta Strike on Displaced Persons Camp
645. THAILAND Postpones Regional Summit to Which Myanmar Junta Boss Invited
646. INDONESIA Calls for End of Israel-Palestine Conflicts
647. INDONESIA: Confidence In Collaborative Climate Response Weighed Down By Inaction
648. MYANMAR Junta Rejects Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Appeal
649. SINGAPORE Banks To Allow Customers To ‘Lock Up’ Funds in Latest Move To Guard Against Scams
650. VIETNAMESE Citizens In Israel Remain Safe Amid Severe Conflict
651. INDONESIA: Govt Orders E-Commerce Firms To Share Import Data With Customs Office
652. INDONESIA: Govt Conducts First Biofuel-Powered Flight Test On Commercial Plane
653. MYANMAR: Expressing Dissent Online Can Be Deadly In Myanmar: Freedom House
654. THAILAND Needs An SMS Emergency Alert System
655. VIETNAM: Vietjet To Launch 5 New Routes To Asia-Pacific Destinations
656. INDONESIA: KPU Urges Political Parties To Withdraw Ex-Graft Convicts From Legislative Elections
657. INDONESIA: Seeks Negotiations on Binding Rules on AI-Driven Weapons
658. MALAYSIA: KL, Riyadh In Talks To Make Malaysia Preferred Transit Hub For Umrah Pilgrims: MOTAC
659. MYANMAR Junta Boss’s Graft Purge Can’t Hide His Own Ill-Gotten Wealth
660. VIETNAM’S Largest Rare Earth Mine To Open
661. INDONESIA: Govt Goes All In To Extinguish Wildfires
662. INDONESIA: House Passes Revised IKN Law To Future-Proof Nusantara Against Regime Change
663. INDONESIA: Agriculture Minister Syahrul Abroad Amid Ongoing Corruption Probe
664. MYANMAR: Expert Panel Issues Scathing Assessment of UN’s Handling of Myanmar Crisis
665. SINGAPORE: New Inter-Ministerial Committee To Review And Strengthen Singapore’s Anti-Money Laundering Regime
666. CAMBODIA: Guinness Recognize Giant Stingray
667. INDONESIA: State Firms Accused Of Selling Arms To Myanmar Junta
668. INDONESIA: Court Upholds Jobs Law As Labor Unions Stage Rallies
669. MYANMAR’S Cash-Strapped Junta Hikes Taxes, Utilities Despite Surging Inflation
670. VIETNAM: Mekong Delta Braces For Severe Drought, River salinity
671. INDONESIA: PDI-P Touts Food Security As Election Priority
672. INDONESIA: 77 Indonesians Could Be Spared Death Penalty in Malaysia
673. MYANMAR: Dethroned NLD party marks 35th anniversary in Myanmar
674. SINGAPORE’S Total Population Back Above Pre-Covid Levels, Rising 5% to 5.92 Million
675. THAILAND: Toxic Smoke From Indonesia Drifts Towards Thailand
676. INDONESIA: TIkTok Laments Social Media Commerce Ban
677. INDONESIA, Malaysia Seek to Counter Negative Perception of Palm Oil in India
678. MALAYSIA: Artist Of Banned Book Says ‘Monkey’ Remark Meant To Compliment Indonesian Maid’s Agility
679. MYANMAR: Tracing Myanmar Junta’s Repeated Governing Body Shakeups Since Coup
680. SINGAPOREAN Woman And Daughter Arrested in Manila Airport For Allegedly Smuggling 14kg of Cocaine Worth S$1.83m
681. INDONESIA: Multiple Task Forces Make Little Dent On Jakarta Air Pollution
682. INDONESIA’S Carbon Exchange Holds Rp 3,000t Potential: Jokowi
683. MALAYSIA: No Harassment of LGBT Community Will Be Allowed: Anwar
684. MALAYSIA Working To Bring Home 2 Suspected Terrorists Detained in Guantanamo Bay
685. MYANMAR: As Resistance Drone Attacks Rise, Myanmar Junta Seeks Regional Help
686. INDONESIA: Govt Efforts To Tackle Human Trafficking Not Enough: Activists
687. INDONESIA: Use Buildings Idled By Capital Move To Make Jakarta ‘Livable’: ADB
688. MALAYSIA Will Not Entertain Frivolous Claims By Any Party on Sabah: Foreign Minister
689. MYANMAR: How Chinese-Run Mines Are Fueling the Myanmar Junta’s Terror Campaign
690. VIETNAM Opposes China’s Ship Identification Stations in Paracel Islands
691. INDONESIA Reiterates Call To Reform Global Financial System
692. INDONESIA: Gov’t To Issue Regulation Banning Social Media Platforms from Running E-Commerce
693. MYANMAR: Catch-22 For Rohingya Caught Up in Myanmar Citizenship Dilemma
694. PHILIPPINES: China Installs Barrier in Bajo de Masinloc
695. SINGAPORE: World War II Bomb Found in Bukit Timah, SAF to Carry Out On
696. INDONESIA: Local Investors Kick-Start Commercial Projects in Nusantara
697. INDONESIA Pledges to Protect Marine Biodiversity in High Seas
698. MALAYSIA: PM Anwar: Despite Geopolitical Rivalry, US Remains Malaysia’s Top Investor
699. MYANMAR: US Committed To Resolving The Crisis in Burma: Deputy Secretary of State
700. PHILIPPINES Considers Banning TikTok For Security Workers To Block App From Cyberspying
701. INDONESIA: What climate change? Study Finds Political Parties Lack Focus on Climate Issues
702. INDONESIA Seeks to Strengthen Fragmented Global South in Weeklong UNGA
703. INDONESIA: Elon Musk’s Starlink Makes Indonesian Presence Withyees: Minerist
704. MALAYSIA’S Largest Renewable Energy Power Plant Commences Operation
705. MYANMAR: Junta Shutters Myanmar Currency Exchanges in ‘Futile’ Bid to Prop Up Economy
706. CAMBODIA Set To Celebrate Koh Ker UNESCO Listing
707. INDONESIA: Govt To Proceed With Oil Exploration In Warim Block In Papua
708. INDONESIAN Woman Jailed for Using Islamic Invocation Before Eating Pork
709. MALAYSIA: Resorting to Racial Politics Is Easiest Way To Gain Malay Support: PKR Deputy President Rafizi
710. MYANMAR Junta Seeks Chinese Help Acquiring Nuclear Technology
711. INDONESIAN Nickel Reserves Could Be Depleted In 15 Years, Minister Warns
712. INDONESIA: Antam Ordered to Pay Surabaya Businessman Rp 1 Trillion in 1 Ton Gold Dispute
713. MALAYSIA: Customers in Malaysia Reportedly Told to Pay RM15,000 as Downpayment For Tesla Model 3
714. MALAYSIA: Customers in Malaysia Reportedly Told to Pay RM15,000 as Downpayment For Tesla Model 3
715. MYANMAR: UK Ad Cuts to Rohingya Now at 85%: NGO
716. VIETNAMESE Earthworm Hunters Destroying Protective Forest Go Unpunished
717. INDONESIA: Rights Groups Slam Jokowi For Spying Boast
718. INDONESIAN Navy Thwarts People Smuggling Attempt to Malaysia in High-Speed Boat Chase
719. INDONESIA: National Museum that Houses Pre-Historic Artifacts Ravaged by Fire
720. MYANMAR: UN Expert Suggests ‘Collective Punishment’ To End Myanmar mMilitary’s War on the People
721. THAILAND: Health Ministry Launches Swift Vaccine Project to Prevent Cervical Cancer
722. INDONESIA: Jokowi Says Hyundai-LG’s EV Battery Plant in Indonesia is Southeast Asia’s Largest
723. INDONESIA: Jokowi Says Hyundai-LG’s EV Battery Plant in Indonesia is Southeast Asia’s Largest
724. MALAYSIA: Immigration Dept Cripples Pakistani Immigrant Syndicate in Kelantan
725. MYANMAR: NLD Alarmed at Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Health Woes
726. MYANMAR: Several ASEAN Air Force Chiefs Skip Myanmar Meeting
727. INDONESIA: Fears of Abuse as Ministers Allowed To Campaign ‘On Leave’
728. INDONESIA: 19 Regional Governments and 2 Companies Awarded for Impactful Development Initiatives
729. MALAYSIA Determined To Get Back 1MDB Funds From Goldman Sachs: PM Anwar
730. MYANMAR Junta Chief Woos Shan Militias Amid Troop Shortages
731. THAILAND: Pita Named An Emerging Leader In TIME100 Next List
732. INDONESIA Grapples With Fires As El Nino Peaks
733. INDONESIA Looks Back on Tough East Asia Summit Negotiations
734. MALAYSIA: In Malaysia, Survey Shows Muslims and Buddhists See Extremists From Their Own Faiths As Biggest Threats
735. MYANMAR: Crimes Against Humanity Are Getting More ‘Brazen’ in Myanmar, UN Told
736. PHILIPPINES: A Decade Later, Philippines Still Most Dangerous Country in Asia for Envi Defenders
737. CAMBODIAN Rice Benefits From Global Security Woes
738. INDONESIA: PLN’s Ambitious Renewables Target Lacks Govt Support
739. MALAYSIA Is Latest in Asia To Tighten Grip on Key Minerals
740. MYANMAR: Shamed By ASEAN, Myanmar’s Generals Try to Save Face
741. VIETNAM: Bayer Launches Southeast Asia’s First ForwardFarm in Vietnam
742. INDONESIA: Jokowi Reiterates Developing Nations Call For Help On Climate at G20
743. INDONESIA: ASEAN Establishes New Troika to Find Solution on Myanmar Crisis
744. MYANMAR: Education Under Attack in Myanmar, Ukraine and Other War Zones: NGO
745. MYANMAR Has Been Running Out of Power Since the Coup: World Bank
746. THAILAND Malaysia Mull Setting Up Joint Committee To Tackle Cross-Border Cybercrime
747. INDONESIA: Proposed Govt Control Over Places Of Worship Draws Criticism
748. INDONESIA: Police Deployed to Check Pollutant Level at Factories
749. MALAYSIA: Suhakam To Work With Indonesian, Philippine Counterparts To Find Answers To Sabah’s Stateless Issue In Next Five Years
750. MYANMAR Junta Losing War: East Timor’s President
751. VIETNAM Rises As Potential Semiconductor Hub For Global Manufacturers
752. INDONESIA: China Warns Against ‘New Cold War’ at ASEAN Summit
753. INDONESIA: Police Arrest 42 Chinese Nationals Accused of Romance Scams
754. MYANMAR: No Election Likely Before 2025: Myanmar Junta Chief
755. MYANMAR’S Suu Kyi Unwell, Back in Prison: NLD Members
756. VIETNAM, Laos, Cambodia Agree To Operate ‘One Journey-Three Destinations’ Tours
757. ASEAN Bars Myanmar From 2026 Chairmanship
758. INDONESIA: OpenAI Chief Granted First ‘Golden Visa’
759. INDONESIA Introduces De-Dollarization Task Force
760. SINGAPORE: Rapper Subhas Nair Sentenced To Jail For Attempting To Promote Ill Will Between Races and Religions
761. THAILAND: As New Cabinet Is Sworn In, Srettha Says ‘No Honeymoon Period’ For His Government
762. INDONESIA: Calls Mount For ASEAN To Denounce ‘Ten-Dash Line’
763. INDONESIA To Import 250,000 Tons Of Rice From Cambodia
764. MYANMAR: Hong Kong Based V-Power Company Ceases Four Projects in Myanmar
765. VIETNAM’S Mekong Delta, World’s Youngest River Basin, Might Be First One Gone
766. INDONESIA: Regions Brace For Wildfire, Haze As Dry Season Peaks
767. INDONESIA: W. Australia Offers to Make Indonesia’s EV Battery Dream Come True ​​​
768. MALAYSIA: Dr Mahathir says racial issues caused by non-Malay parties, calls them ‘parti pendatang’: Report
769. MYANMAR And Other Rice Exporting Countries Struggle To Maintain Normal Production
770. SINGAPORE: Tharman Clinches Oresidency With Landslide Win, Pledges To Help Usher In ‘Future of Optimism and Solidarity’
771. INDONESIA Open To ‘Kratom’ Opioid Exports Despite Proposed Local Ban
772. INDONESIA: Challenges Abound Ahead Of ASEAN Summit In Jakarta
773. MYANMAR’S Landmine Clearers Working With Pliers And Bare Hands
774. PHILIPPINES Rejects China ’10-Dash’ Map
775. SINGAPORE Holds First Contested Presidential Vote In Over A Decade
776. INDONESIA: Political Dynasties, Graft Leniency Loom Over 2024 Elections
777. INDONESIA: Jokowi Threatens to Shut Down Polluting Factories
778. MYANMAR: Yangon Food Charities Swamped as Hunger Stalks Myanmar
779. THAILAND: Activists Submit Petition With Over 212,000 Signatures, Seek Democratic Constitution
780. VIETNAM: All Eyes On Agroecology As Vietnam Embarks on Food System Transformation Journey
781. INDONESIA: Political Exiles Push For Guarantee Of Continued Nonjudicial Resolutions
782. INDONESIA: Says Freedom of Expression Not Free Pass for Quran Desecration
783. MALAYSIA: Beyond A ‘Band-Aid’: Why SIS Started Free Legal Advice For Muslims 20 years Ago And What’s Next
784. MYANMAR: As Dollars Vanish, Myanmar Regime Boss Blames Cooking Oil, Greed and Sanctions
785. THAILAND: MRT To Partially Power Blue, Purple Lines With Solar Energy
786. INDONESIAN Protectionism May Stand In Way of ASEAN Digital Economy Pact
787. INDONESIAN Muslims Advised against Multiple Hajj Pilgrimages
788. MYANMAR: Seven Indian Companies Added To Myanmar ‘Dirty List’
789. MYANMAR Vulnerable To Climate Emergencies, says NGO
790. VIETNAM: Mekong Delta Province Coastline Devastated By Erosion
791. CAMBODIA: NGOs Warn of ‘Sharp’ Decline in Breastfeeding
792. INDONESIA Lifts Ban on Sending Domestic Workers to Middle East
793. INDONESIA Inaugurates $2B LRT Trains to Reduce Jakarta’s Traffic
794. MYANMAR Expels Top East Timor Diplomat
795. THAILAND Running Out of Jobs For University Graduates: NESDC Report
796. CAMBODIA: From Waste To Wealth: Cambodian Compost Mogul Turns Trash To Treasure
797. INDONESIA: Jokowi Reignites ‘Bandung Spirit’ In Week-Long Africa Tour
798. INDONESIA: Hyundai To Introduce New Electric Vehicle Model From Indonesian Plant
799. MYANMAR: Singapore Called On to Stop Feeding Myanmar Junta’s War Machine
800. PHILIPPINES: Marcos Pitches For Federalism
801. INDONESIA: Pertamina Eyes Oil And Gas, Geothermal Expansion In Kenya
802. INDONESIA: Partial Work-from-Home Policy Implemented in Greater Jakarta to Address Air Pollution
803. MYANMAR: Buddhist Monks Condemn Myanmar Junta for Arrests Over ‘Blasphemous’ Movie
804. PHILIPPINES: Chinese Ships Block PH Boats
805. THAILAND: Srettha Gets Royal Endorsement As Prime Minister
806. INDONESIA: Captive Power Casts Doubt On JETP Emissions Reduction Goal
807. INDONESIA: Govt To Merge Three State-Owned Airlines
808. INDONESIA’S Cellular Tariffs Among the Cheapest in SE Asia
809. MYANMAR Will Get Sicker—Junta Shuts Another Hospital in Mandalay
810. THAILAND: Thaksin Taken To Bangkok Remand Prison To Start Serving His Jail Terms
811. INDONESIA: Jakarta Police Uncover Arms Trade Syndicate
812. INDONESIA: Health Ministry To Set Up Independent Body To Probe Malpractice Claims
813. MALAYSIA: Federal Court Allows Leave For Sisters In Islam’s Bid To Appeal Ruling Over Selangor Fatwa Declaring It As Deviant
814. MYANMAR: Several Resistance Attacks Reported Near Myanmar Regime’s Nerve Center
815. THAILAND’S Pheu Thai Launches PM Bid As Fugitive Figurehead Thaksin Eyes Return
816. CAMBODIA-New Cultural Heritage Sites Identified In Protected Areas
817. INDONESIA: Jokowi To Attend BRICS Summit in South Africa
818. INDONESIA: Nearly 17,000 Central Government Employees to Relocate to Nusantara
819. MYANMAR: H&M’s Forced Exit Leaves 42,000 Myanmar Workers Asking How They Will Eat
820. THAILAND Now Has 36 Smart Cities In 25 Provinces
821. INDONESIA: Jokowi Govt Sets Final $2.6b Tranche for Nusantara Next Year
822. INDONESIA: Four More Provinces Ink Low-Carbon Development Deal With Bappenas
823. MYANMAR: Leader of Sanctions-Hit Myanmar Junta Moans About ‘Weaponization’ of Dollar
824. MYANMAR: In Myanmar Prisons, Showing Solidarity With Martyrs Leads to Solitary Confinement
825. SINGAPORE: Police Warn Of New Android App Scam Targeting Users of TikTok, Dating Platforms-
826. INDONESIA: Tesla To Sign Investment Deal In Indonesia Within Months: Luhut
827. INDONESIA: Newly-Arrested Militant Plots Attacks on Police, Military Targets
828. MYANMAR: Price Control Panel Fails to Stem Myanmar’s Growing Food Crisis
829. MYANMAR Regime to Arm Civil Servants
830. SINGAPORE: Some Employers Make Baseless ‘revenge accusations’ Against Maids To Punish Them For Leaving Job: Home Report
831. INDONESIA: Government To Start Random Emission Tests As Poor Air Chokes Jakarta
832. INDONESIA: Jokowi Mulls Work From Home Policy to Address Deteriorating Jakarta Air Quality
833. MYANMAR: At Least 25 Missing After Myanmar Jade Mine Landslide
834. THAILAND: Man, 36, Becomes First Patient To Die of Mpox in Thailand
835. VIETNAM Issues e-Visa For All Countries
836. INDONESIA: Jakarta Pollution Blamed For Respiratory Problems
837. INDONESIA: Miss Universe Cuts Ties with Indonesian Organizer amid Sexual Harassment Allegations
838. MYANMAR: Torture and Terror at Chinese-Run Cyber Scam Hubs in Myanmar
839. VIETNAM: Big Wave of Internal Migration Hits Da Lat
840. INDONESIA: Jakarta Hit By Major Pollution spike: Air quality monitor
841. INDONESIA: Lecturer’s Curse of President Tests Limits of Free Speech
842. INDONESIA: New Capital Nusantara is World’s Largest Project: Jokowi
843. MYANMAR: Indian Minister of Home Affairs Blames Manipur Violence On Myanmar Refugees
844. VIETNAM: Power Outages Cost Vietnam $1.4B: World Bank
845. INDONESIA: ‘Missing Link’ in Indonesia’s Economic Development: INDEF
846. INDONESIA: New Zealand Calls For Release of Pilot Kidnapped in Papua
847. INDONESIA: 30 Miss Universe Indonesia Contestants Report Sexual Abuse: Lawyer
848. MYANMAR: Prominent Activist Calls for Public Boycott of Myanmar Junta’s ‘Blood’ Products
849. THAILAND To Grow Opium, Magic Mushrooms To Produce Morphine, Anti-Depressants
850. INDONESIA’S Inequality Increases Slightly As Poverty Falls
851. INDONESIA: Brain Drain: Calls Mount For Dual Citizenship In Indonesia
852. INDONESIA: Populous Indonesia Defends Democracy Index That is Behind Malaysia
853. MALAYSIA: PM Anwar: Turkiye’s President Erdogan Suggests Cooperation With Malaysia In Facing Islamophobia
854. MYANMAR: Deadly Floods Displace Thousands in Three Myanmar Border States
855. CAMBODIA Dismisses Human Rights Report
856. INDONESIA: Experts Warn of Contagious Outbreaks, Health Problems As El Niño Returns
857. INDONESIA’S Economic Growth Exceeds 5% for 7th Consecutive Quarter
858. MYANMAR: US Closes Sanctions Window For Myanmar Junta Banks
859. VIETNAM: Earthworm Electrocution Is Destroying The Environment For China Trade
860. ASEAN: Timor-Leste Rethinks Its Accession Bid if ASEAN Cannot Handle Myanmar Issue
861. INDONESIA- West Sumatra Administration Criticized For Stifling Protests
862. MALAYSIA: Muslim Nationalism Challenges Anwar’s Multiethnic Government: Wong Chin Huat
863. MYANMAR: Political Prisoners Tortured for Honoring Myanmar’s Martyrs’ Day
864. VIETNAM: Export Demand Should Not Jeopardize Vietnam Food Security: Experts
865. INDONESIA Initiates ASEAN Road Map For Digital Transformation Of Education Systems
866. INDONESIA: Foreigners Only Need Passport to Buy House in Indonesia: Gov’t
867. MALAYSIA: Woman Convert Fails To Get High Court Leave In Bid To Be Declared Christian After Divorcing Muslim Man
868. MYANMAR: Singapore Urged to Stop Aiding War Crimes in Myanmar
869. THAILAND: Chinese Investors Top BOI Investments Applications
870. INDONESIA: Islamic School Leader Panji Gumilang Detained for Blasphemy, Hate Speech
871. INDONESIA: Govt Plans to Revive Sanatoriums To Treat Tuberculosis
872. MYANMAR: Junta’s Amnesty for Political Prisoners was Hostage Diplomacy: Myanmar Watchdog
873. VIETNAM Continues ‘Four Nos’ Defense Policy
874. VIETNAM: Culinary Tourism To Become National Strategic Product
875. INDONESIA: Govt Unveils Ecotourism Concept For New Capital City
876. INDONESIA: No LSD In Our Cattle, Canberra Insists After RI Halts Imports
877. MYANMAR Regime Reduces Jailed Leaders’ Sentences Under Prisoner Amnesty
878. SINGAPORE:  Man Charged With Running Unregistered Muslim Religious School, Teaching False Doctrine
879. VIETNAMESE Consume Too Much Meat, Say Health Advocates
880. INDONESIA: Government Orders Shipment of Aid to Drought-Hit Papua Region
881. INDONESIA: Jokowi Seeks Chinese Investment in 5,000-Hectare Durian Plantation
882. Myanmar Junta Extends State of Emergency for 6 More Months
883. PHILIPPINES: 25 Dead, Over 2 million Affected from Typhoon Doksuri in Philippines
884. VIETNAM: Russia to Issue E-Visas for Vietnamese Nationals
885. NDONESIA’S Middle-Strength Passport Remains a Travel Barrier For Some
886. INDONESIA Launches Its First CryIpto Bourse
887. MALAYSIA: Customs Makes Biggest Drug Bust in Sabah, Seizes over 100Kg of Syabu Worth Around RM3M
888. MYANMAR Jade Worth About US$4 Billion Exported to China in 2022
889. THAILAND:  Police Prepare for Thaksin’s Return As August 10 Arrival Date Confirmed By Family
890. INDONESIA’s Rice Reserve Not Sufficient To Weather El Niño Next Year
891. ASEAN Predicted to Be Net Importer of Natural Gas by 2025
892. MYANMAR’S Northern Alliance ‘Not Interested’ in Empty Peace Talks With Junta
893. PHILIPPINES; China Eyes Military Exercises With PH
894. SINGAPORE: No Zero-Tolerance Approach by PAP to Extramarital Affairs, Unlike Corruption and Criminal Conduct: DPM Wong
895. CAMBODIA: An End To An Era as Hun Sen Passes Baton To Son Manet
896. INDONESIA: JETP Could Help Drive Indonesia’s Geothermal Growth
897. INDONESIA Says Taliban Representatives Visited ‘Informally’
898. MYANMAR: Thai Beer Titan to Invest US$14M in Another Brewery in Myanmar
899. PHILIPPINES: VIETNAM Builds More Facilities in Spratlys
900. CAMBODIAN Election Draws Criticism
901. INDONESIA: Social Media Monitoring Agency Could Curb Free Speech, Activists Warn
902. INDONESIA Set to Launch Largest Solar Panel Industry in SE Asia
903. MYANMAR Military May Move Suu Kyi to House Arrest
904. SINGAPORE To Execute First Woman In Nearly 20 Years: Rights Groups
905. INDONESIA: G20 Energy Proposal Costly, Not Feasible: RI
906. INDONESIA Spends $3.8B on Fuel Subsidies in 1st Half of 2023
907. MYANMAR: Number of IDPs in Myanmar Surges Almost 50,000 in Five Weeks
908. SINGAPORE: Growing Concern With Youth Radicalism, Terrorism Threat to Singapore Remains High: ISD
909. VIETNAM: Researchers Find Evidence of 2,000-year-old curry in Vietnam, the oldest in Southeast Asia
910. CAMBODIA’S 2023 General Election Kicks Off
911. INDONESIA: Power Struggle Grips Golkar Ahead of 2024 Polls
912. INDONESIA: Gov’t Told to Close Illegal Railroad Crossings
913. MALAYSIA: In Malaysia, More Muslim Parents Turning To Abducting Kids in Custody Wars: SIS Data
914. MYANMAR: Whither Wa State? Myanmar’s Criminal Hub Spreads Wings Under Junta
915. INDONESIA Must Push For Fairer Carbon Market: Activists
916. INDONESIA: Gov’t Takes Down Over 11,000 Gambling Websites
917. MALAYSIA Issues License to Elon Musk’s Starlink To Bring Internet Services To Remote Areas
918. MYANMAR: Chin Schoolchildren Being Taught In Trenches Cecause of Airstrikes
919. VIETNAM’S Last Wild Elephants On The Brink of Survival
920. INDONESIA Strengthens Economic Diplomacy With Cabinet Reshuffle
921. INDONESIA: No Authorization for Interfaith Marriages: Supreme Court
922. Myanmar Regime Again Bars Daw Aung San Suu Kyi From Honoring Father on Martyrs’ Day
923. SINGAPORE: Foreigners Need Approval To Buy Mixed Commercial and Residential Properties, Land in Singapore
924. VIETNAM Passport Jumps 6 Places in Global Ranking
925. INDONESIA: RI, EU Gear Up For Trade Clash
926. INDONESIA: Tech Giants Pay Indonesia $886M in Digital Taxes in 3.5 Years
927. MYANMAR: Political Prisoners in Constant Fear of Torture and Murder
928. PHILIPPINES: ICC Junks PH Appeal On Drug War Probe
929. VIETNAM: Google Maps Re-Displays Vietnamese Flag on Spratly Island
930. INDONESIA: When Teachers Are The Bullies, Where Do Students Go?
931. INDONESIA Trade Surplus for 38 Months in a Row
932. MYANMAR Junta Condemns ASEAN for Ignoring ‘Peaceful Efforts to Restore Democracy’
933. THAILAND: Coalition Decides to Propose Pita as its PM Candidate in Second Round
934. VIETNAM’S Aging 100-million Population a Demographic Time Bomb
935. CAMBODIA: Childhood Diabetes Up Amid Sugar Epidemic
936. INDONESIA: Growing Informal Sector Signals Lack In Job Creation
937. INDONESIA: PTPP, Adhi Karya Win $540M Railway Project in Philippines
938. MYANMAR Junta Likely to Extend Military Rule Again
939. THAILAND: Two-Wheeled Angels:Bangkok Launches First Fleet of Motorbike-ambulances
940. ASEAN Struggles For Unity On Myanmar Conflict
941. ASEAN, China Agree on South China Sea’s Code of Conduct Guidelines
942. INDONESIA: Shrinking Domestic Industry May Dethrone RI As World’s No. 2 Rubber Exporter
943. MYANMAR: Protect Rohingya From Armed Gangs: HRW
944. THAILAND: Pita Fails in Bid to Become Prime Minister
945. INDONESIA Wants to Double Lithium Pact with Australia to 120,000 Tons
946. INDONESIA: LGBT Event in Indonesia Scrapped After Security Threats
947. MYANMAR: Thai Foreign Minister Says Met Myanmar’s Suu Kyi
948. SINGAPORE: Maid Agencies Find Various Ways to Sieve Out Underage Candidates, Even As MOM Sees Fewer Cases
949. THAILAND: Thaksin Postpones Return Until Thailand’s Political Situation Settles Down
950. INDONESIA: Bakamla Seizes Iranian Tanker Over Illicit Oil Transfer
951. INDONESIA: Netherlands Returns Ancient Jewels, Temple Carvings to Indonesia
952. MALAYSIA: PM Anwar Gives Final Warning To Those Playing Up 3R Issues
953. MYANMAR Junta Condemned For Using ‘Prison Transfers’ as a Pretext For Murder
954. PHILIPPINE Activists Fight Back on Online Theats Rise
955. CAMBODIA: Manhunt Underway After Capital 103kg-Meth Bust
956. INDONESIA: RI Property Giants to Build Malls, Offices In Nusantara Capital City
957. INDONESIA: $3.5 Billion Jababeka Movieland Launched as Indonesian Answer to Hollywood
958. MYANMAR: Singapore’s UOB Is Shutting Myanmar Junta Allied Airline’s Bank Accounts
959. SINGAPORE: Millions Vie For Tickets to Taylor Swift’s Only Stop in Southeast Asia
960. INDONESIA: Potable Tap Water Still a Pipe Dream, for Now
961. INDONESIA: Political Row Undermines RI’S Second Chance as FIFA Host
962. MALAYSIA: Counting Malaysia’s ‘Invisible’ People: How Many Born Here Cannot Be Citizens Despite Their Local Roots
963. MYANMAR: Thailand’s Deportation of Undocumented Children Branded Cruel
964. SINGAPORE Must Never Become a Welfare State, But It Can Be a ‘Welfare Society’: SM Tharman
965. INDONESIA: Govt Steps Up Efforts To Curb Anthrax After Outbreak Kills 3 People
966. INDONESIA: Robust Salt Industry Recipe to Cut Indonesia’s Deficit with Australia
967. MYANMAR: UN Urges End to Arms, Currency Supplies to Myanmar Junta
968. SINGAPORE: Police Warn of Resurgence of Concert Ticket Scam As At Least 462 Lose Over S$480,000 Since January
969. VIETNAM: New Crocodile Newt Species Discovered in Vietnam
970. INDONESIA: Government Rescues Nearly 2,000 Human Trafficking Victims
971. INDONESIA: Safeguarding the Sunda Pangolin: RER’s Commitment to Wildlife Protection and Conservation
972. MALAYSIA: More Malaysians Transitioning to Solar Power to Reduce Electricity Bills
973. MYANMAR: Junta Orders Nightlife Shutdown as Narcotics Flood Myanmar
974. VIETNAM RIses FOur Ranks in Global Peace Index
975. CAMBODIA Bans Entry for All Meta Oversight Board Bembers
976. INDONESIA: Victims, Families Urge Jokowi to Rewrite History on Rights Abuse
977. INDONESIA: ‘No Big Deal’: Minister Reacts to Indonesian Rice Terraces Used in Philippine Tourism Promo
978. MYANMAR Supreme Court to Hear President and Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Appeals
979. VIETNAMESE People Turning Their Backs On Dog Meat
980. INDONESIA: Jakarta Installs AI-Controlled Traffic Lights to Ease Congestion
981. INDONESIA Reports Slower Deforestation Growth
982. MYANMAR: Surprise? Myanmar Ranks Poorly in ‘Tourist-Friendly ’Ranking
983. THAILAND-Foreign Investors Wary of Delay in Thai Govt Formation: FTI
984. VIETNAM  Bans Barbie Movie for Featuring China’s Nine-Dash Line
985. INDONESIA: After Recent Portfolio Sell-Offs, Is Traditional Retail Banking Dead in Indonesia?
986. INDONESIA In Talks with 3 Unnamed Countries for OPEC-Like Nickel Cartel
987. MYANMAR Junta War Crimes Rising: UN Report
988. SINGAPORE Sees Highest Number of Suicides in Over 20 Years, With Most Cases Among Those in Their 20s: SOS
989. TIMOR LESTE Independence Hero Xanana Gusmao Returns to Power
990. INDONESIA: Reparations Program Gets Mixed Welcome
991. INDONESIA’S  Learning Gap Spanning Two Decades: Minister
992. MYANMAR: Medical Association Issues Urgent Global Appeal to Deliver Healthcare to Myanmar
993. SINGAPORE: Growing Popularity of Adventure Tourism
994. VIETNAM: Philippine Police Rescue More than 1,000 Alleged Trafficking Victims, Including Vietnamese
995. INDONESIA: Reparations Program Gets Mixed Welcome
996. INDONESIA’S  Learning Gap Spanning Two Decades: Minister
997. MYANMAR: Medical Association Issues Urgent Global Appeal to Deliver Healthcare to Myanmar
998. SINGAPORE: Growing Popularity of Adventure Tourism
999. VIETNAM: Philippine Police Rescue More than 1,000 Alleged Trafficking Victims, Including Vietnamese
1000. INDONESIA: World Bank Sees Stagnant FDI, Slowdown in Growth for Indonesia
1001. INDONESIA to Reroute Palm Oil Export to Africa Following EUDR
1002. MYANMAR Junta Turns Thai-Sponsored Talks Into Propaganda Tool
1003. PHILLIPPINES- Kitchen Crisis: How some food prices soared under Marcos
1004. SINGAPORE: Air Purifiers Flying off the shelves as S’poreans brace themselves for haze; experts give tips on dealing with it
1005. SOUTHEAST ASIA at High Risk of Trans-boundary Haze: Report
1006. INDONESIA Moves ASEAN Military Drill Site Away From South China Sea
1007. MYANMAR: US Slaps Sanctions on Myanmar Junta Defense Ministry, Regime-Run Banks
1008. VIETNAM: Dak Lak Armed Group Connected to US-based Terrorists
1009. VIETNAM: Nearly 5,000 ChatGPT Accounts hacked in Vietnam
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EXTRICATING NDONESIAN CHILDREN FROM ISIS INFLUENCE ABROAD

Indonesia urgently needs to revisit the possibility of repatriating the neediest of its young citizens stranded abroad, whose families had earlier joined ISIS. Most of these children are in camps in northern Syria but there are also small numbers in the Philippines, Afghanistan and Iraq. “Extricating Indonesian Children from ISIS Influence Abroad”, the latest report from the Institute for Policy Analysis of Conflict (IPAC) argues that the government could begin by bringing back small groups of unaccompanied children under ten years of age, who pose minimal security risk and are most vulnerable to deteriorating conditions in the camps.“The problem is that health and security conditions are worsening by the day in the Syrian camps, and the children are growing older,” says Dyah Kartika, IPAC analyst. “They need access to schools, a nurturing environment, and medical attention. If the government waits too long, the children will be further exposed to ISIS ideology.” The new report examines a 2019 list of Indonesians in camps and prisons run by the Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). The Indonesian government has been trying to verify their citizenship, but with pseudonyms, misspellings and bad transliterations, it is a daunting task. At the time the data was collected, between March and June 2019, there were 555 Indonesians in SDF camps and prisons, including 367 children. Among the children, approximately 277 were under the age of ten and 34 were unaccompanied. In June 2021, there are fewer than ten children who are both unaccompanied and under the age of ten that could be prioritized for return. Bringing back children of ISIS families is no easy task. The report analyses the main challenges faced by the Indonesian government. These include definitional issues, bureaucratic competition, the difficulty of verifying nationality, evaluating the toll of exposure to conflict, assessing security risk, and finding relatives or others willing to provide care once the children are returned. In addition, COVID has meant stringent restrictions on travel, placing further obstacles in the way of repatriation. There are several models for rehabilitation of children exposed to violent extremism in Indonesia that could be modified to accommodate the needs of children repatriated from abroad. The report examines these models and argues that the government does not need to have every detail of rehabilitation programs in place before it starts extricating children from ISIS influence. It can start by bringing back the most vulnerable children and then modify programs as needed.

“It’s important that the government see these children as victims” says Dyah. “They deserve a chance to be children again.”