Category: Indonesia

1. INDONESIA: Probe Launched After Death of Man Linked to Ex-Top Prosecutor
2. INDONESIA: BI Governor Appointment Seen as Referendum on Central Bank Independence
3. MALAYSIA: Tok Mat Warns UNHCR: Cooperate on Refugee Screening in Malaysia or Face Exit
4. MYANMAR Border Scams Move Inland as Regional Crackdown Intensifies
5. THAILAND Seeks 78 Additional US Tariff Exemptions for Key Export Goods
6. INDONESIA: Government Says Perry Warjiyo’s Resignation Won’t Disrupt Monetary Policy
7. Indonesia in Talks with US for 0% Tariff on Palm Oil
8. MYANMAR: Hundreds of Myanmar Migrants Flee Chinese Crackdown in Yunnan
9. CAMBODIA: CMAC Reports 387,000Ha Contaminated by Thai Explosives
10. INDONESIA: BI Governor Perry Warjiyo Resigns
11. INDONESIA Bars Taxpayers from Recording Online Interviews with Tax Officials
12. MYANMAR: Nearly 400 Myanmar Migrant Workers Arrested in Malaysia’s Johor State
13. THAILAND Tightens Data Centre Rules as AI Demand Grows
14. INDONESIA: Children’s Day Spotlights Protection Flaws
15. INDONESIA Proposes Limited Dual Citizenship to Attract Global Talent
16. MYANMAR: ASEAN Agrees To Draft Benchmarks for Myanmar Peace Plan
17. THAILAND: US Sets 12.5% tariff on Thai Goods Over Forced Labor
18. VIETNAM Needs Tens of Thousands of Nuclear Power workers by 2035
19. CAMBODIA and US Pledge Joint Push Against Transnational Cybercrime as UN Warns of Evolving Scam Networks
20. INDONESIA: Flexibility, Bargaining Power in Focus as RI Treats Gig Workers as Micro Businesses
21. INDONESIA’S School Health Checks of 8.8 Million Students Reveal Widespread Tooth Decay, Anemia
22. MYANMAR-Thai Government Extends Work Permits for Migrant Workers, Including Myanmar Nationals
23. THAILAND to Launch Japanese-Style Savings Scheme as Rapid Aging Strains Retirement System
24. INDONESIA: Gen-Zers Turn to AI for Mental Health Support Despite Validity, Privacy risks
25. INDONESIA Keeps Tight Rein on Nickel Output to Avoid Global Oversupply
26. MYANMAR: TNLA Becomes First Ethnic Rebel Army to Join Regime Peace Talks
27. THAILAND: Briton Becomes First Foreign Somdet 
28. VIETNAMESE Men Become Japan Region’s First Foreign Bus Drivers Amid Labor Shortage
29. CAMBODIA: Thai-Cambodian Border Stays Shut Amid Political and Military Tensions
30. INDONESIA: Outrage as Trans Women Targeted in Mob
31. Indonesia’s New Citizenship Fees: Rp 75 Million to Naturalize, Rp 5 Million to Renounce
32. MYANMAR: Still a Mystery: Where is Aung San Suu Kyi?
33. THAILAND Moves Forward with $362 Cruise Terminal on Second Largest Island
34. INDONESIA: Prabowo Renews Antigraft Pledge as Scrutiny Grows Over Ex-Top Prosecutor’s
35. INDONESIA: Anwar to Address KWAP’s Investment Losses in Indonesia’s eFishery
36. MYANMAR: The Philippines’ Failure on Myanmar is Existential for ASEAN
37. SINGAPORE: Why New Divorce Figures Show ‘Unreasonable Behavior’ is Singapore’s Biggest Marriage Breaker
38. Cambodia Eliminates Indigenous malaria; Imported Cases Could Pose Challenge
39. INDONESIA: Prabowo Orders Reviews of Flagship Programs, Signals Possible Shift
40. INDONESIA Restarts $21 Billion Masela Gas Project After Nearly Three Decades
41. INDONESIA’S 2nd-Wealthiest Man Prajogo Pangestu to Buy Philippines’ Largest Geothermal Company
42. MYANMAR: Hong Kong Regulator Warns Myanmar Faces Tougher FATF Measures Without Reform Progress
43. INDONESIA: AGO Begins Probe into Ex-Top Prosecutor
44. INDONESIA: Freeport Targets More Than $7 Billion in Annual State Revenue Contributions
45. MALAYSIA: Immigration Department looking into Forest City ‘Network School‘
46. MYANMAR: ASEAN Envoy Pledges Humanitarian Mission to Myanmar
47. VIETNAM Leads Southeast Asia in Using Google AI for Education
48. CAMBODIA: History Records Prove Khnar Temple’s Khmer Roots
49. INDONESIA: Why EV Makers Choose Vietnam, Not Nickel-Rich Indonesia
50. INDONESIA’S Education Council Warns of Rising Online Gambling Threat in Schools
51. SINGAPORE Ministers Shanmugam, Tan See Leng Awarded S$230,000 Each in Bloomberg Defamation suit
52. MYANMAR Regime Rejects ASEAN Peace Plan, Pushes for Full Reinstatement
53. CAMBODIA: Arrival Numbers Drop Amid Sweeping Crackdown on cyber fraud
54. INDONESIA: KPK Arrests in Regions Raise Alarm Over Systemic Corruption
55. INDONESIA Cuts Visa-Free Entry Permits by 88% Under Selective Immigration Policy
56. MALAYSIA: Immigration’s Labor Quota System Manipulated by Syndicate: Sources
57. MYANMAR: As World Rejects the Myanmar Passport, Belarus Opens its Door
58. INDONESIA: Police Bill Slammed Over Potential Expansion Into Civilian Roles
59. INDONESIA: Rupiah Weakness Has Become Excessive, Indonesian Economist Warns
60. MALAYSIA: The Great Migration: Why Singapore Giants like Gardenia Are Moving to Johor
61. MYANMAR: Indonesia to Host Separate Talks with Key Actors in Myanmar’s Crisis
62. THAILAND: China Retreats — Russians Reshape Thai condo Demand
63. INDONESIA: Firms Gear Up For Buybacks Amid Stock Market Slump
64. INDONESIA: Government Spending Surges in Q1 2026 on Fiscal Stimulus and Low Base Effect
65. MYANMAR Migrants in Thailand Emerge as $6.7-Billion Consumer Market
66. DUAL SINGAPOREAN-INDONESIAN Citizen Gets Record Three-Year Jail Term For Dodging National Service for 21 Years
67. THAILAND Scales Up Farm Drones to Cut Costs and Boost Yields
68. INDONESIA: Joint Police, Military Crackdown on Street Robbers Raises Fear of Extrajudicial Killings
69. INDONESIA Develops National Fraud Portal to Strengthen Anti-Scam Response
70. SINGAPORE: Surgeons in Singapore Remove Brain Tumor Through Eye Socket in First-of-Its-Kind Procedure
71. THAILAND to Quarantine DRC Arrivals Even Without Symptoms
72. INDONEhttps://asiaviews.net/thailand-to-quarantine-drc-arrivals-even-without-symptoms/SIA: Prabowo’s Rare Address Raises Political Concerns
73. INDONESIA’S New Export Watchdog Could Recover Billions Lost to Under-Invoicing
74. MYANMAR: Youths in Yangon Fear Arrests Amid Forced Military Recruitment Drive
75. THAILAND: Anutin Declares War on Drugs, Mafia
76. VIETNAM Debuts in Global Top 50 Startup Ecosystems
77. CAMBODIA Revisits the Brutality of Pol Pot’s Regime on National Day of Remembrance
78. INDONESIA: Dejà Vu as Current ‘Chaos’ Haunt Reform Anniversary
79. MALAYSIA: Survey Shows Malaysians Becoming More Intolerant of Differences Amid Rising ‘Insular Trust’ Trend
80. MYANMAR Military Recaptures Key Thai Border Trade Hub as 4,000 Flee
81. SINGAPORE: Robots to Clean, Patrol and Deliver Food in Singapore’s Punggol Under Expanded AI Trials
82. INDONESIA: Right To Be Forgotten Proposal Raises Misuse Concerns
83. INDONESIA: ‘No Dollar, No Problem’: Indonesia’s Biggest Banks Connect to Alipay and WeChat Pay
84. MALAYSIA: Malay Language Studies Expand in China, 17 Universities Now Offer Programs Amid Stronger MalaysiaChina Ties
85. MYANMAR: Miss Grand Myanmar Contestant Expelled Following Backlash Over Religious Costume
86. THAILAND Widens Crackdown On Foreign Nominee Businesses
87. INDONESIA: Reform Team Pushes Demilitarization of Police Amid Brutality Concerns
88. INDONESIA: Jakarta Cuts Slum Areas by Half, Boosts Green Space Coverage
89. MALAYSIA’S 1MDB Recovery Hits RM31.3B as of 2025, Ranks Among World’s Highest: MACC chief
90. MYANMAR: Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s Son Seeks France’s Help in Obtaining ‘Proof of Life’
91. THAILAND Approves $25-Billion Investment By TikTok
92. INDONESIA: ‘Interventionist’ Policies May Deter Indonesia’s Growth
93. INDONESIA Banks on Currency Swap with China to Bolster Rupiah
94. MYANMAR Junta Expands Subsidized Fuel, Fertilizer Distribution To Farmers
95. THAILAND: True, Google and Thailand’s Government Launch Nationwide AI Literacy Drive
96. VIETNAM Turns To Laos For Electricity To Prevent Power Shortage
97. INDONESIA: Creeping Militarization Looms As Battalions Expand Nationwide: CSIS-JakartaPost
98. INDONESIA Fast-Tracks 575 km Sea Wall to Safeguard 55 Million Residents
99. MALAYSIA To Pursue Balanced Economic Diplomacy Without Compromising Energy Security: Anwar
100. MYANMAR: War Crimes Case Against Myanmar Dictator Moves Forward in Timor
101. THAILAND Accelerates Rail Links with Malaysia
102. CAMBODIA: Hun Sen Warns Thai Move to End Maritime MoU May Fuel Row
103. INDONESIA: Arrests Mar Labor Day Rallies in Jakarta, Bandung
104. INDONESIA: Malaria Hits Record High in Indonesia As Elimination Challenges Persist
105. MYANMAR: NUG And Family Dismiss Junta’s Relocation Claim, Demand Proof of Life for Aung San Suu Kyi
106. THAILAND Pushes Land Bridge As Energy Hub to Guard Against Hormuz Risk
107. CAMBODIA Drafts New Military Service Law for Citizens Aged 18 to 25-KhmerTimes
108. INDONESIA: Iran War, Domestic Strains Push Rupiah To New Historic Low
109. INDONESIA Weighs Copyright Protection for Journalistic Works
110. MALAYSIANS Repaid a Record RM23b In Credit Card Debt in 2025 As Household Debt Rises
111. MYANMAR: Regime Considering ‘Good Things’ for Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Min Aung Hlaing Says
112. INDONESIA: Fury As Court Dismisses 1998 Mass Rape Lawsuit
113. INDONESIA: De-Dollarization Drive: Indonesia-China Cross-Border QRIS Payments to Launch Next Week
114. MYANMAR: Min Aung Hlaing Targets ASEAN Re-Entry as Key to Ending Isolation-Irrawaddy
115. THAILAND Moves to End 60-Day Visa-Free Stays To Screen Out Unwanted Visitors
116. VIETNAM: ‘VinFast Will Never Produce Gasoline Cars Again’: Southeast Asia’s Richest Man Pham Nhat Vuong
117. INDONESIA: Human Rights Hit New Low in Indonesia: Amnesty
118. INDONESIA Declines Multi-Billion-Dollar Loan Offers from IMF and World Bank
119. MALAYSIA: Food vs Fuel: Survey Shows What Malaysians and Thais Fear Most as Oil Jitters Rise
120. MYANMAR: Min Aung Hlaing Gives Armed Groups 100 Days to Join Peace Talks
121. THAILAND: Moody’s Lifts Thailand’s Credit Outlook To Stable From negative
122. CAMBODIA: Military Conflict with Thailand Scarred Society: UN Report
123. INDONESIA’S Waste Crisis Exposes Urgent Need for Regulatory Reform
124. INDONESIA: Vasectomy Debate Highlights Gender Gap in Family Planning
125. MYANMAR’S New Year Amnesty Sparks Outrage Over Low Number of Political Prisoners
126. THAI Firms Exit Cambodia Amid Tensions
127. INDONESIA: Wikimedia To Meet Government After Access Block Threat
128. INDONESIA: Jakarta to Begin Taxing Electric Vehicles
129. MYANMAR: Win Myint Is Free—Where Is Aung San Suu Kyi?
130. THAILAND:  Specter of Stagflation Haunts Thailand
131. VIETNAMESE Woman Jailed for Selling 18 People to Thailand, Myanmar Scam Compounds
132. INDONESIA: Sovereignty Concerns Loom Over New Security Pact with US
133. INDONESIA: Russia to Supply Crude and LPG to Indonesia Following Moscow Talks
134. MYANMAR: Recaptured Conscripts in Naypyidaw Branded with Facial Tattoos to Prevent Desertion 
135. SINGAPORE Bets Big on AI, Stakes Claim as Regional Hub Contender: PwC
136. THAILAND Emerges as a Top Gaming Market in Southeast Asia
137. CAMBODIA Strongly Protests Thai Encroachment on Cultural Heritage Sites
138. INDONESIA: BGN Stokes Overspending Criticism for Billion-Rupiah Procurement of Event Planners
139. INDONESIA Accelerates De-Dollarization as Local Currency Transactions Surge 163%
140. MYANMAR: Min Aung Hlaing Vows to Normalize Myanmar-ASEAN Ties Despite Genocide Charges
141. THAILAND: Parnpree Backs New Myanmar President
142. INDONESIA: Prabowo Heads to Moscow for Possible Oil Deal with Putin
143. INDONESIA: Gibran’s Ad Hoc Judges Proposal in Acid Attack Case Draws Legal Doubt
144. MALAYSIA: Johor–Singapore Economic Zone Takes Shape: What it could mean for jobs, wages and growth
145. MYANMAR: KNU Establishes Kawthoolei Governing Councils Following Ratification of Federal Charter
146. VIETNAM: VnExpress International Turns 10
147. MALAYSIA Kicks off 100-Country Grand Sumud Nusantara Mission to Send Aid to Gaza
148. MYANMAR Social Media Users React to Min Aung Hlaing’s New Role
149. THAI Airlines Rrim Routes as Jet Fuel Surge Bites
150. CAMBODIA: PM Orders Probe Into Alleged Petrol Smuggling, Reaffirms Cambodia’s sufficient fuel supply
151. INDONESIA: Prabowo’s East Asia Outreach: Gains, But Missed Time
152. INDONESIA Rents Extra Warehouses as Rice Stocks Hit Record Levels
153. MALAYSIA: Anwar Defends Strong Iran Position, Says Malaysia’s Stance Delivered Results
154. MYANMAR: The Burma War’s Impact on Food Production
155. INDONESIA: Govt Scrambles for Oil From Anywhere Amid Mideast Supply Crunch
156. INDONESIA Expands Health Partnership with China on TB, AI, and Biotech
157. LAOS Approves Railway to Vietnam in Bid to Shed Landlocked Status
158. MALAYSIA, China seen as more resilient among Asia economies in current global turmoil: JP Morgan
159. SINGAPORE Offers Parents 30 Weeks of Paid Leave as Birth Rate Hits Historic Low
160. CAMBODIA: Koh Kong Island will be Region’s First ‘Carbon Neutral Community’
161. INDONESIA: Geoeconomic headwinds fracture ASEAN neutrality
162. INDONESIA: Pertamina Tankers Still Stuck in Persian Gulf as Malaysia Gets Hormuz Pass
163. MYANMAR: Chaos Reigns Across Myanmar as Fuel Crisis Deepens
164. THAILAND: Population Shrinks to 65.8M
165. CAMBODIA: Trade Persists Between Cambodia, Thailand Despite Border Halt
166. INDONESIA Plans $14 Billion in New Downstream Industrial Projects
167. INDONESIA Urged to Honor Contracts, Keep Doors Open in Mineral Tug-of-War
168. MALAYSIA: Anwar Calls for Lebanon to be Included in Expanded West Asia Ceasefire
169. MYANMAR: Regime Fuel Rationing Threatens Myanmar’s Rice Harvest
170. INDONESIA: Prabowo Affirms Support for Palestinian Cause
171. INDONESIA: Report Shows Incentives Drive Indonesians to Switch to EVs
172. MALAYSIA: Anwar Urges Peaceful Resolution to West Asia Tensions After Calls with Bahrain, UAE leaders
173. MYANMAR: Chin Group in Myanmar Rebuts Drug Trafficking Claims Made in Indian Media Report
174. SINGAPORE: Dual Citizen Loses National Service Fight After Singapore Court Shuts Down ‘I’m Indonesian’ Defense
175. THAILAND: Government Urges Thai Citizens to Leave IsraeL
176. REGIONAL: Asia Pivots to Coal as Middle East Conflict Chokes LNG Supply
177. CAMBODIA: 1970 Coup Still Shapes Cambodia’s Foreign Policy
178. MYANMAR: Ukrainians and US Citizen Arrested in India Over Allegedly Entering Myanmar to Help Resistance Groups
179. THAILAND: Middle East Conflict Cuts 1,000 Flights to Thailand, Slows 2026 Aviation Growth
180. INDONESIA: ‘We Are Not A Colonialist’: Indonesia on US Forced Labor Probe
181. INDONESIA: Rights Coalition Urges Premeditated Murder Probe in Acid Attack on Kontras Activist
182. MYANMAR: SAC-M Reject Myanmar Junta’s Attempt to Rebrand Rule after Elections
183. SINGAPORE, MALAYSIA Universities Take Top Spots in First Southeast Asia Ranking
184. THAILAND: RSssia Ready to Sell Oil to Thailand as Government seeks More Sources: Sihasak
185. VIETNAM: Hanoi to Build Nearly 1,000 New Schools by 2045 as Class Sizes Hit 60 Students
186. ASEAN States Working on Fuel-Sharing Deal
187. CAMBODIA: Education Ministry Planning Border School Bunkers
188. INDONESIA: Prabowo Pushes Smooth Idul Fitri ‘Mudik’, Stable Food Supply
189. INDONESIA: Nearly Half of Economists Say Indonesia’s Economy Is Deteriorating: UI Survey
190. MYANMAR: Social Media Users React to Fuel Shortages Causing Hardship in Myanmar
191. CAMBODIA: Labor Ministry shrugs off Thailand ban on Cambodian migrant workers
192. INDONESIA: TNI Restructuring Raises Eyebrows
193. MYANMAR: Institute of Chin Affairs Reports Heavy Myanmar Junta Casualties and Escalating Airstrikes as Resistance Forces Defend Srategic Falam Hub
194. SINGAPOREANS’ Support for Death Penalty in Drug Trafficking Cases Rise’s to 77 Percent: Minister
195. VIETNAM Targets 95% of Population Aged 15 and Above to Have Bank Accounts
196. INDONESIA: High Alert Order for Troops Draws Scrutiny
197. INDONESIA Disburses $3.3 Billion Ramadan Bonus for State Employees
198. MYANMAR: Bago Resistance Frees Hundreds of Survivors as Evidence of Junta Massacre Emerges
199. THAI Navy Races to Assist 23 Crew After Cargo Ship Attack Near Hormuz
200. THAILAND Sends 40,000 Stranded Europeans Home
201. INDONESIA: Govt Steps up Vaccination as Measles Outbreak in Indonesia Spreads to Australia
202. INDONESIA: Government Plans 500 Integrated Schools Nationwide by 2026
203. LAOS and THAILAND Strengthen Ties in Consumer Protection
204. MYANMAR Junta Boss’s Budget Built on Economic Fantasy
205. REGIONAL: ‘Welcome to Hell’: How White Supremacist Content is Radicalizing Teens in South-east Asia
206. CAMBODIAN Travelers Recount Ordeals as Thai Authorities Deny KT ‘Entry Denial’ Report
207. INDONESIA Finally Tells US, Israel to Stop Attacking Iran
208. INDONESIA: Women’s Rights Group File Amicus Brief Against Minister’s Denial of 1998 Mass Rape
209. MYANMAR Junta Chief’s Family Cash In as Fuel Restrictions Spark EV Frenzy
210. SINGAPORE Orders Meta to Block ‘Blasphemous’ Video of Man Stepping on Quran
211. INDONESIA: Activists’ Acquittal of Riot Incitement Hailed as Democratic Win
212. INDONESIA Picks China as Its Waste-to-Energy Partner
213. SINGAPORE Orders Meta to Block ‘Blasphemous’ Video of Man Stepping on Quran
214. MYANMAR, Afghan Hopeful Scholars Mourn UK Study Visa Ban
215. VIETNAM: Fields Medalist Ngo Bao Chau Recruits 6 World-class Mathematicians to Reverse Vietnam’s Brain Drain
216. INDONESIA Keeps Seat on Trump’s Board of Peace as Critics Cite Iran Conflict
217. INDONESIA Secures $1.4 Billion Investment for Solar Power Expansion
218. MYANMAR: Dissolution of Scam-Linked Fully Light Group Hits Myanmar Junta Where It Hurts
219. SINGAPORE Workers Near Bottom While ASEAN Peers Lead Asia-Pacific in Workplace Happiness
220. THAI Youth Drug Use Reaches Crisis Stage 
221. INDONESIA: Gov’t Launches Rp 5 Trillion Subsidized Rice Program to Contain Inflation
222. INDONESIA: Questions Rise over Indonesia’s Silence on Khamenei’s Death-JakartaGlobe-Mar 4, 2026
223. MALAYSIA: Stolen Copper, Stalled Trains: Malaysia’s Costly cable theft crisis
224. MYANMAR: Junta Forms Multilingual Propaganda Body to Counter Independent Media
225. THAILAND: The Growing Cost of Elephant Intrusions
226. INDONESIA: Pressure Grows for Indonesia to Quit Board of Peace Amid US-Israel War Against Iran
227. INDONESIA: Top Court Narrows Obstruction of Justice Provision
228. MYANMAR: No Amnesty for Myanmar’s Top Political Prisoner as Junta Orchestrates Power Transition
229. THAILAND: US–Iran Conflict Threatens Baht 60Billion Thai Export hit, Spilling into Tourism, Property and Retail
230. VIETNAM Opposes Use of Force Against Sovereign Nations
231. INDONESIA: Half a million Indonesians in limbo as Middle East conflict escalates
232. INDONESIA: Bali Airport Cancels 15 International Flights Amid Gulf Airspace Shutdown
233. MALAYSIA: Govt Working to Bring Some Malaysians Stranded in Middle East After Iran strikes: Anwar
234. MYANMAR: UN Annual Report Shows a Sharp Increase in Myanmar’s Human Rights crisis, Especially for children
235. THAI Foreign Ministry Outlines Complex Evacuation Routes Amid Middle East Escalation
236. INDONESIA Monitors Pilgrims, Migrants As US-Israel Strikes on Iran Raise War Fears
237. INDONESIA Monitors Pilgrims, Migrants As US-Israel Strikes on Iran Raise War Fears
238. INDONESIA: Cheng Hoo Mosque Distributes Rp 500,000 Zakat to 32,000 Recipients
239. MALAYSIA Airlines Grounds All Doha, Jeddah and Medina Flights until March 4 as Middle East Conflict Escalates
240. MYANMAR: Junta Defense Minister Admits Recruitment of Minors and Overage Civilians Amid Systemic Corruption and Forced Enlistment
241. INDONESIA: Beyond Tariffs: Indonesia’s Uneven Pact with Washington
242. INDONESIA: KUA Mixes TikTok, Treats to Spark Gen Z Interest in Marriage
243. MALAYSIA: Government Overthrow Plot: Bukit Aman Probes Prominent Local Figure, Foreign Media
244. MYANMAR: Kachin Amber and the Bloody Truth Behind China’s Latest Scientific Breakthrough
245. VIETNAMESE REturnees from Cambodia Endure Hardship On Floating Homes in Dong Nai
246. Is INDONESIA’S 19% Tariff Deal Still Valid After the US Supreme Court Ruling?
247. INDONESIA: LPDP Alumni Controversy Rekindles Debate Over Return Rules
248. MYANMAR: SAC-M Urges ASEAN to Back Timor-Leste’s Legal Move on Myanmar Military
249. SINGAPORE Hit by AI Disinformation Blitz, Hundreds of Fake YouTube Videos Target PM Wong
250. VIETNAM: Tet Tourism Surge Exposes Overcrowding, Service Quality Concerns
251. INDONESIA Decries Double Standards in Nuclear Weapons Control
252. INDONESIA: Prabowo Ministers Clash Over Restricting Indomaret, Alfamart as Village Cooperatives Roll Out
253. Myanmar Junta Sets Mid-March Date for New Parliament
254. THAILAND: World Bank Warns Thailand of Labor Crisis, Urges AI Upskilling
255. VIETNAM’S Hottest Jobs in 2026: AI, Sales and Semiconductor Surge
256. INDONESIA: Presidency For All: Indonesia’s Human Rights Diplomacy
257. INDONESIA: UK-Based Arm to Train 15,000 Indonesian Engineers in Chip Design
258. MALAYSIA’S ‘Survival’ Hinges on ‘One Family’ Unity: Anwar to Foreign Envoys
259. MYANMAR: Junta Escalates Airstrikes in Kachin State After Drone Attack on MNA Aircraft
260. PHILIPPINES: What Evidence Did the ICC Prosecution Present vs Duterte on Day 1?
261. CAMBODIA Protests Thai Naval Incursion in Territorial Waters
262. INDONESIA Catches Break After US Supreme Court Ruling on Trump Tariffs
263. INDONESIA to Buy 1,000 Tons of US Rice Despite Prabowo’s Anti-Import Stance
264. MYANMAR: Nearly 120,000 Civilian Homes Torched Across Myanmar Since 2021 Coup as Arson Attacks Intensify
265. THAILAND is Losing Ground to Vietnam
266. CAMBODIA: Lethal Legacies of War Await Displaced Families at Home
267. INDONESIA: Four Countries Join Indonesia in Promising Troops for Trump’s Gaza Peace Board
268. INDONESIA: Prabowo Faces Dual Diplomatic Test on Palestine at First BOP Meeting
269. MYANMAR: Mizoram Suspends India–Myanmar Border Trade for Two Months Following Death of Indian Driver
270. SINGAPORE: IDF Data Suggests Singapore Nationals May Be Among Dual Citizens Serving in Israeli Military During Gaza War
271. INDONESIA, US Firms Sign Over $7 Billion in Trade, Investment Deals-JakartaPost
272. Indonesia Slams Israel’s West Bank Annexation
273. MALAYSIA: No One Above The Law in Building Houses of Worship: Anwar
274. MYANMAR: Athan Publishes Analysis of Freedom of Expression Under Interim Governance Arrangements in Myanmar
275. THAILAND: Call for Stimulus in Border Provinces
276. CAMBODIA: Ongoing Spat Stems From Historical Narratives, Nationalism, Misinformation and Unresolved Mechanisms
277. INDONESIA: Chinese Muslims Navigate Identities Amid Lunar New Year, Ramadan Overlap
278. INDONESIA Reaffirms Two-State Solution in Talks with Palestinian Envoy at UN
279. MYANMAR Expels Timor-Leste Representative Over War Crimes Case
280. SINGAPORE is Spending Billions to Boost Births, and It’s Not Working
281. CAMBODIA Urged to Diversify Trade as Border Tensions Expose Reliance on Thai Market
282. INDONESIA Reaffirms Support for Palestine as Israel Joins Gaza Peace Board
283. INDONESIA: Purbaya Says Global Rating Agencies Misjudged Indonesian EconomyTHAILAND Leads ASEAN in AI Adoption as Regional Digital Economy Eyes $1 Trillion Valuation
284. PHILIPPINES: Biz, Civil Society Groups Want Tough Dynasty Law
285. THAILAND Leads ASEAN in AI Adoption as Regional Digital Economy Eyes $1 Trillion Valuation
286. CAMBODIA Says Nearly 200 Scam Centers CLosed
287. INDONESIA Slips in Corruption Index in Prabowo’s First Year
288. INDONESIA: Prabowo ‘Furious’ Over Stock Market Rout After MSCI Warning: Brother
289. MYANMAR: Drugs Seized as Myanmar Junta Troops Abandon Outposts Near Machanbaw Under KIA Pressure
290. THAILAND Can Capture Major Growth Gains by Scaling Up Green Manufacturing: World Bank
291. INDONESIA Readies Troops for Gaza Deployment
292. INDONESIA’S Journalist Safety Index Slips in 2025 as Censorship, Pressure Rise
293. MALAYSIA Rises to Third in ASEAN on 2025 Corruption Perception Index with Improved Score of 52
294. MYANMAR: The Junta’s Air War in Arakan: Desperation, Symbolism, and Strategic Miscalculation
295. VIETNAM Breaks into World’s TOp 10 Retirement Destinations for the First Time
296. INDONESIA: EU Proposes Sanctions on Indonesian Ports for Handling Russian Oil
297. INDONESIA Consumer Sentiment Improves as Growth Holds Above 5%
298. MALAYSIA: State Govts Must Follow Federal Decisions on Illegal Construction https://asiaviews.net/indonesia-eu-proposes-sanctions-on-indonesian-ports-for-handling-russian-oil/of Places of Worship: Anwar
299. MYANMAR Junta Hails ICJ Genocide Case Defense as ‘National Duty’
300. VIETNAM: Homestays in World’s Best Tourism Village Fully Booked for Tet Holidays
301. CAMBODIA: Visa-Free Entry Calls Turn Shriller as Cambodia Eases Norms for Chinese
302. INDONESIA: Bali Police Arrest Dozens of Indians in Online Gambling Crackdown
303. INDONESIA: Prabowo’s Approval Nears 80%, Surpassing Jokowi and SBY: Survey
304. MYANMAR: Top Gold Association Officials Arrested by Myanmar Junta Officials
305. THAILAND: Foreign Media: Anutin’s Nationalist Bet Delivers Landslide
306. CAMBODIA: US Lifts Weapons Sale Restrictions on Cambodia, Marking New Chapter in Bilateral Ties
307. INDONESIA: Women Take Lead in Community Climate Action
308. INDONESIA: Suzuki Launches First Electric Car in Indonesia With e-Vitara Debut
309. MYANMAR: Political Prisoners in Thayet Prison Stage Silent Strike to Mark Fifth Anniversary of Myanmar Coup
310. SINGAPORE: Southeast Asian Destination Named World’s Best City for Solo Female Travelers
311. INDONESIA: Authorities Prevent Attempted Smuggling of Wildlife to Thailand
312. INDONESIA: Danantara to Break Ground on 3 Million-Ton Steel Plant to Cut Indonesia’s Import Reliance
313. MYANMAR and Russia Agree New Military Alliance
314. PHILIPPINES-House Panel Junks 2 Impeach Raps vs Marcos Jr.
315. THAILAND: Foreign Tourists Rank Scams as Top Safety Concern in Thailand
316. CAMBODITHAILAND: Foreign Tourists Rank Scams as Top Safety Concern in ThailandA Protests Thai Activity at Ta Moan and Ta Krabei Temples
317. INDONESIA: Prabowo Courts Islamic Leaders to Support Board of Peace Membership Amid Pushback
318. INDONESIA Probes Market Manipulation, Freezes Broker Accounts Worth $40 Million
319. MYANMAR Junta Turns to Pakistan Amid Rohingya Genocide Case
320. THAILAND Overtakes Vietnam as Southeast Asia’s Top Market for Gold Demand
321. INDONESIA: Military Training for Civil Servants Draws Mixed Reactions
322. INDONESIA: Indonesia Steps Up TB Campaign Under Prabowo as Cases Rank Second Worldwide
323. MYANMAR  Junta Calls Coup-Protesting Civil Servants Back to Work
324. PHILIPPINE Billionaire Manuel Villar Loses $1B in Net Worth Amid Market Manipulation, Insider Trading Complaint
325. VIETNAM’S Motorbike Market Leads Southeast Asia in Growth
326. INDONESIA: Education Fund Allocation for Free Meal Faces Legal Challenge
327. MALAYSIA: Why Malaysia, not Indonesia, is the Strategic First Stop for China’s Muslim F&B Entrepreneurs
328. MALAYSIA: Why Malaysia, not Indonesia, is the Strategic First Stop for China’s Muslim F&B Entrepreneurs
329. MYANMAR: Five Years After the Coup, Myanmar Is Worse Off Than Ever
330. VIETNAM: President Trump Welcomes Vietnam’s Decision to Join Peace Council
331. INDONESIA: Walhi Calls for Systemic Reform After 19 Fatalities Linked to Illegal Gold Mining
332. INDONESIA’S  Alcohol Industry Contributes Rp 9 Trillion to State Coffers
333. MALAYSIA: Majority of Respondents Favor Two-Term Cap Over 10-Year Limit for Prime Ministers: Poll
334. MYANMAR: Facebook Deletes 270 Accounts Tied to Myanmar Military’s Business and Propaganda Efforts
335. VIETNAM Confirms High-Potential Offshore Oil Discovery Off Southern Coast
336. CAMBODIA: Govt Swats Malaria, With No Cases for Seven Years
337. INDONESIA to Host Ocean Impact Summit in Bali
338. INDONESIA Logs $1B Food Delivery Growth, Region’s Highest
339. MYANMAR Nationalists Protest ICJ Rohingya Genocide Case in Yangon
340. SINGAPOREANS, MALAYSIANS Among Top Overseas Homeowners in England, Wales
341. INDONESIA: Land Erosion Worsens on Riau’s Bengkalis Island, May Alter Maritime Border
342. INDONESIA Boasts Strong Basis for Green Economy Transiti
343. MALAYSIA: Strategic Location and Incentives Give Malaysia Edge to Become Major Regional Maritime MRO Hub: Miti
344. MYANMAR: Voter Turnout Reaches About 55 % in Myanmar’s 2025 General Elections
345. VIETNAM: Hanoi Adopts 100-Year Master Plan Resolution
346. INDONESIA: Cambodia Scam Crackdown Sheds Light on Indonesia’s Employment Gaps
347. INDONESIA: Forest Areas Cited in West Bandung Landslide
348. MYANMAR: Min Aung Hlaing shrugs off criticism as military-backed party dominates Myanmar vote
349. PHILIPPINES: Duterte’s ICC Confirmation of Charges Hearing Set for Feb. 23
350. VIETNAM Lacks System to Nurture its 1 Million Autistic Children
351. INDONESIA: Reform Team Weighs Placing Police Under Ministry
352. INDONESIA: Rescuers Recover More Bodies from West Java Landslide, With 72 Still Missing
353. MYANMAR: Final Round of Myanmar Vote Set to Seal Junta Ally’s Victory
354. SINGAPORE Steps Up AI Ambitions with S$1b Public Research Investment
355. VIETNAM: Halal Race Heats Up as Vietnam Advances Certification and Trade Plans
356. CAMBODIAN Urges UN to Monitor Thai Military Abuses
357. INDONESIA: IMF Expects Indonesia’s Economy to Grow 5.1% this Year
358. INDONESIA’S Free Meal Program to Exceed McDonald’s Global Output: Prabowo
359. MALAYSIA: Starting School at Six: How Malaysia Stacks Up Against its Neighbors
360. MYANMAR: IPCM Calls for Immediate Release of 27 Journalists and Stronger Media Safety Guarantees in Myanmar
361. INDONESIA Accepts Trump ‘Board of Peace’ Invite
362. INDONESIA Joins Global Coalition to Grow Carbon Markets
363. MALAYSIA: Judiciary Sets Up Dedicated High Court to Handle and Fast-Track Corruption Cases
364. MYANMAR’S Gold Haven Evaporates as Junta Caps Surging Price
365. LAOS On Track to Graduate from LDC Status This Year: UN
366. CAMBODIA: Over 400 Indonesians ‘Released’ by Cambodian Scam Networks: Ambassador
367. INDONESIA Revokes Permits of 28 Companies after Sumatra Disasters
368. INDONESIA: Govt Pledges Central Bank Independence as Rupiah Hits Record Low
369. MALAYSIA: ASEAN Will Not Certify Myanmar Election or Send Observers
370. SINGAPORE Encourages Using Old Banknotes, Digital Red Envelopes During Lunar New Year
371. INDONESIA: Local Governments Propose 60 New Transmigration Areas
372. INDONESIA: Prabowo Nominates Nephew Thomas Djiwandono for Bank Indonesia Deputy Governor
373. MYANMAR Scam Job Vacancies Surge Despite Junta ‘Crackdown’
374. PHILIPPINES-Marcos Bares Major Malampaya Gas Find
375. VIETNAM: Hundreds of Tons of Fake Dietary Supplements Produced at Hanoi Industrial Park Over Decade
376. CAMBODIA Protests Thai Occupation of Thmar Da Area
377. INDONESIANS Love ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ Services
378. MYANMAR: Joint Myanmar Resistance Offensive Intensifies Across Bago Region as Multiple Fronts collapse
379. VIETNAM Police Bust $532,000 Crypto Scam Imitating Nasdaq
380. INDONESIA: Foreign Investors Put $53 Billion into Indonesia in 2025, Singapore on Lead
381. INDONESIAN Military Rescue 18 Freeport Workers From Rebel Siege in Papua
382. MALAYSIA: Better Than Singapore? How Malaysia’s ‘Balanced Economy’ is Winning Over Global Businesses
383. SINGAPORE, Indonesia Join Forces to Tighten Pharmaceutical and Clinical Trial Oversight in Asean
384. MYANNMAR: ICJ Hearings Highlight Role of Religious Propaganda in Rohingya Genocide
385. CAMBODIA Braces for Prolonged Border Displacement Crisis
386. INDONESIA: Ten Years after Sarinah Attack, Indonesia’s Fight Against Terror Moves Online
387. INDONESIA: Sri Mulyani Joins Gates Foundation Governing Board
388. MYANMAR: Civilians Face Widening Displacement Crisis: Myanmar Witness
389. THAILAND: New Thai Government Must Choose Between ‘Short-Term Handouts’ and Long-Term Growth, Economists Warn
390. INDONESIA: PDI-P Stands With Voters Against Indirect Polls
391. INDONESIA to End Diesel Imports in 2026 as Balikpapan Refinery Comes Online
392. MALAYSIA: Transport Minister Outlines Plan to Turn Penang’s Swettenham Pier Seafront Into Walkable Commercial Hub
393. MYANMAR: Rohingya ‘Targeted for Destruction’ by Myanmar, ICJ Hears
394. THAILAND: Politics Addresses Tourism Roadblocks
395. INDONESIA: Community Sentences Introduced in New Penal Code
396. INDONESIA: KPK Charges Tax Officials, Consultant in Rp 75 Billion Mining Tax Case
397. MALAYSIA: Key Questions About Malaysia’s Proposed Two-Term PM Limit
398. MYANMAR: Low Turnout, Intimidation and Attacks Mark Phase 2 of Myanmar Junta’s Election
399. THAILAND: US Bans Seafood Imports from Vietnam, Opening Door for Thai Exporters
400. INDONESIA: Prabowo Embraces Criticism But New Penal Code Draws Free Speech Concerns 
401. INDONESIA: Prabowo Declares End to Rice Imports as Self-Sufficiency Reached
402. MALAYSIA: Citizenship Amendment for Children Born Overseas to Malaysian Mothers Set to Take Effect Mid-2026: Home Minister
403. MYANMAR: USDP Wins Majority of Seats in Rakhine, Chin on Back of Advance Ballots
404. PHILIPPINES: Philhealth to Grant General Amnesty for Non-Payers: Marcos
405. INDONESIA: Democrats Back Prabowo’s Plan to End Direct Regional Elections
406. INDONESIA to Launch Waste-to-Energy Projects in 34 Cities
407. MALAYSIA: Here’s Why Social Media Firms May Come to Love Malaysia’s New Online Safety Act
408. MYANMAR: Yangon Residents Forced to Hoist National Flags for Independence Day Under Threat of Massive Fines
409. SOUTHEAST ASIA’S Five Richest Billionaires Hold More Than $135B
410. CAMBODIA: Plea for Peace as Thousands Remain Displaced by Border Encroachment
411. INDONESIA: Indonesia Enacts New Criminal Code, Regulating Cohabitation and Banning Marxism
412. INDONESIA: Do-Or-Die Year for Prabowo’s Free Meals Rollout
413. MYANMAR Junta Says to Release Over 6,000 Prisoners in Annual Amnesty
414. THAILAND Accuses Cambodia of War Crimes 
415. INDONESIA: Palm Oil Expansion in Papua Raises Eyebrows
416. INDONESIA Invests $500 Million in Novotel Makkah Deal: Hajj Village
417. MALAYSIA: Why Malaysian Campuses Are a Hit with Students from China, Bangladesh, India
418. MYANMAR: Life interrupted–Myanmar Gen Z Struggle With Threats Post-Coup
419. THAILAND: China Sends Special Envoy to Thailand and Cambodia Again Today to Mediate Border clash
420. CAMBODIA ‘Hires US Lobbyists’ 
421. INDONESIA to Fight For Zero Tariffs on Palm Oil in This Week’s US Trade Talks
422. INDONESIA: Prabowo to Inaugurate Rp 1 Trillion Hospital During Papua Visit
423. INDONESIA: Prabowo to Inaugurate Rp 1 Trillion Hospital During Papua Visit
424. THAILAND: Second Army Area Destroys Casino Compound at Chong Sai Taku
425. SINGAPORE Court Dismisses Challenge to Mandatory Death Penalty
426. INDONESIA: Govt Plans Major Rebuild After Sumatra Floods Kill Over 1,000
427. INDONESIA- Aceh Urges Govt to Allow Entry of Humanitarian Aid from Malaysia
428. MYANMAR Junta Leader Signals Enduring Military Role in Politics After Elections
429. THAI-CAMBODIAN Border Clash Exposes Expanding Arms Pipeline
430. VIETNAM: Hanoi Plans $212M Emergency Projects Before 2026 Rains to Stop Flooding
431. INDONESIA: Aceh Turns to UN Agencies for Recovery While Jakarta Maintains No-Aid Stance
432. INDONESIA: Sumatra Flood Deaths Exceed 1,000 as Regions Extend Emergency Status
433. MYANMAR  Junta Hits Back at Criticism of Military-Run Poll
434. THAILAND: Landslide Hopes Could Reset Thailand’s Three-Bloc Politics
435. INDONESIA: Danantara Signs Pact for Joint Investments in Jordan
436. INDONESIA: Two Firms Seek Licensing to Operate Crypto Exchanges in Indonesia
437. MYANMAR: Junta Forms Anti-Scam Body Amid Growing Evidence of Its Own Complicity
438. REGIONAL: 3 Southeast Asian Billionaires Makes Forbes Asia’s Philanthropy Heroes List
439. INDONESIA: Putin Meets Prabowo to Discuss Military and Energy Ties, Wheat Exports
440. INDONESIA: First-Ever Sling Load LPG Delivery Speeds Aid to Isolated Aceh Region
441. MALAYSIA: 15 Permanent Relief Centers Under Construction Nationwide for Flood Victims: NADMA
442. MYANMAR: Nationwide ‘Silent Strike’ Observed in Myanmar on International Human Rights Day
443. VIETNAM: Hanoi Prepares Charging Ztations, Subsidies Before Restricting Gasoline Motorbikes in 2026
444. INDONESIA: Death Strikes Stranded Evacuees in Isolated Sumatra Shelters
445. INDONESIA Halts Timber Transport Following Flood Debris Scandal
446. MALAYSIA: Preventing Corruption: Projek SAMA Urges New Law to Define ‘Political Donations’ and Stop Bribery Among Malaysian Politicians
447. MYANMARhttps://asiaviews.net/indonesia-halts-timber-transport-following-flood-debris-scandal/: As Myanmar Economy Sinks, Junta Grabs Lifeline From Europe’s Last Dictator
448. THAILAND Rejects Tariff Pressure in Push to End Cambodia Border Conflict: Sihasak
449. CAMBODIA–Thailand Military Comparison: Budgets, Personnel and Firepower
450. INDONESIA: Calls Grow for Indonesia to Accept Foreign Disaster aid
451. INDONESIA: Elephants Step In Where Machines Can’t in Aceh Flood Cleanup
452. MYANMAR Junta Boss Says Military Will Remain in Politics Until EAOs ‘Disappear’
453. VIETNAM: AI Xominates Vietnam’s 2025 Zearch Frends: Google report
454. INDONESIA  Launches Airborne Survey to Hunt New Oil and Gas in Sulawesi
455. INDONESIA: Nowhere is Safe: Women Remain Vulnerable to Violence Across All Spaces
456. MALAYSIA: PM Tells Works Ministry to Crack Down on Project Delays, Demands Accountability From Contractors
457. MYANMAR: PEC Demands Release of All Media Professionals Before Myanmar Polls
458. THAILAND: Second Army Area Warns Government Offices of Possible Cambodian Attacks
459. INDONESIA Won’t Phase Out Fossil Fuels: Hashim
460. INDONESIA: Eight Firms Called in as Deforestation Linked to Sumatra Disaster
461. MALAYSIA Passes Historic Anti-Bullying Bill 2025 to Protect Children, Set Up Tribunal
462. VIETNAM Plans Roadmap to Zero Hospital Fees and Free Annual Checkups for All Citizens
463. INDONESIA: Northern Sumatra Leaders Raise White Flag Amid Deadly Floods
464. INDONESIA: Why Floods in Sumatra Kill More People Than in Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines
465. MALAYSIA: Hunt Resumes: MH370 Search Back in Southern Indian Ocean from Dec 30: Transport Ministry
466. MYANMAR: Free Burma Rangers Training People in Burma to Save Lives in War
467. MYANMAR: Free Burma Rangers Training People in Burma to Save Lives in War
468. VIETNAM: HCMC Plans Vehicle Low-Emission Zones With Cash Fines for Violation
469. INDONESIA: Prabowo Vows Direct Aid for Flood-Hit Sumatra
470. INDONESIA: Local Demand Keeps RI Factories Humming as Exports Lose Steam
471. MYANMAR: Rights Groups Slam US Move to End Protected Status for Myanmar Nationals
472. SINGAPORE Says Local Doctors Make Up Over 90pc of its Workforce, Malaysians a Small Minority
473. VIETNAMESE Students in Australia Face Declining Employment Rates, Lower Salaries
474. INDONESIA: Pressure Mounts on Govt to Declare National Emergency in Sumatra
475. INDONESIA: Death Toll from Sumatra Floods and Landslides Tops 300
476. MYANMAR: UN Fears Mass-Electronic Surveillance During Myanmar Vote
477. SINGAPORE: In Singapore, a Hidden Crisis of Youth Homelessness
478. VIETNAM Offers ‘Best Conditions’ for Overseas Experts to Return and Lead Key Projects: Deputy PM
479. CAMBODIA: Education Minister Calls for Renewed School Ban on Energy Drinks to Fight Diabetes
480. INDONESIA: Northern Sumatra Floods Death Toll Rises to 84
481. INDONESIA: Trade Pact, Gold, Palm Oil: Indonesia Aims $4.2 Billion Export to UAE
482. MYANMAR: Farming Collapses Across Myingyan District as Conflict Deepens
483. THAI Hotel Chain RoomQuest Becomes World’s First Fully AI-Automated Hospitality Group
484. INDONESIA: Industry Wants Clarity on Indonesia’s ‘Haj Village’ in Mecca
485. INDONESIA: National Internship Program Hits 62,000 Participants in Second Wave
486. MYANMAR: KNU Raid on DKBA-Controlled Area Uncovers 2,000 Scam Workers, 733 Foreign Nationals Arrested
487. SINGAPORE Blocks TikTok and Meta Accounts of Australian Linked to Radicalization
488. THAILAND: Thailand Must Adopt New Laws to Meet Soaring AI and Data Center Demand: Business Leaders
489. INDONESIA: TNI Expansion Plan Raises Fear of Overreach
490. INDONESIA: Apindo Urges Government to Reinstate Predictable Minimum Wage Formula
491. MALAYSIA: Smart Upgrades and Quick Cash: How the Booming Used Phone Market is Fueling Malaysians’ Lifestyles
492. MYANMAR: Tensions Remain High Around Lashio After Handover to Junta
493. THAILAND – Immigration Police Target Visitors Making Multiple Visa Runs 
494. INDONESIA: Lively Libraries, Bookshops Defy ‘Myth’ of Low Reading Interest
495. INDONESIA: Indonesia to Allocate State Land to 1 Million Poor Households by 2026
496. MALAYSIA: Non-Consensual Sexual Content Now Top Online Threat to Malaysian Children: Unicef
497. MYANMAR: Leading Scholar Urges Thailand to Support Karen, Karenni Autonomy in Myanmar
498. SINGAPORE Charts Green Course for Methanol Marine Fuel
499. INDONESIA: Govt to Close Some 1,400 Illegal Gold Mines in Halimun Salak National Park
500. INDONESIA: G20 Declaration Gives Voice to Poor Nations, Indonesia Says Amid US Boycott
501. MALAYSIA is Neutral, Not Nosy: Putrajaya Rejects Accusations of Siding in Thai-Cambodia Dispute
502. MYANMAR: Junta Seeks SCO Lifeline in Moscow After Crashing Economy
503. VIETNAM: How Regional Discrimination Still Divides Vietnamese PeopleINDONESIA: More Than 1,000 Evacuated Following Massive Mt. Semeru Eruption
504. MALAYSIA: Anwar Calls on Youth in Malaysia and Africa to Shed ‘Colonial Mentality’
505. VIETNAM: 41 Dead, More Than 52,000 Homes Submerged as Historic Flooding Batters Central Vietnam
506. VIETNAM: 41 Dead, More Than 52,000 Homes Submerged as Historic Flooding Batters Central Vietnam
507. INDONESIA: ADB Approves $470m Loan to Accelerate RI’s Clean Energy Shift
508. INDONESIA: Microplastics Detected in Air Across 18 Major Cities in Indonesia: Study
509. INDONESIA’S $7.4 Billion Balikpapan Refinery to Start Full Operations in December 2025
510. MYANMAR Junta Chief Accuses Karen Armed Groups of Fueling Instability, Linking Them to Cyber
511. SINGAPORE: Record Haul of Rhino Horns Worth RM3.6m Seized at Singapore’s Changi Airport
512. INDONESIA: Batam Customs Uncovers New Ways to Smuggle Drugs From Malaysia
513. INDONESIA Uncovers Online Plot to Turn Children Against Pancasila, Join Militancy
514. MYANMAR: USDP Chair Claims Over 1,000 Party Members Killed Since Myanmar’s Military Takeover
515. THAILAND-MALAYSIA: Journalist Indicted in Thailand for Allegedly Defaming Malaysian Government 
516. VIETNAM: Facebook Removes 5.4 Million Scam, Fraud Posts in Vietnam
517. INDONESIA: Civil Groups Demand Halt to Criminal Procedure Law Revision
518. INDONESIA: Jakarta Is Sinking: Sea Levels Now Higher Than the City’s Coastline
519. INDONESIA to Receive Repatriated Artifacts From US
520. MYANMAR Junta Chief Awards Top Honorary Medals to Business Tycoons Linked to Junta
521. SINGAPORE: Lee Kuan Yew’s Son Files Last-Minute Objection Against Singapore’s Plan to Preserve Family Home as Heritage Site
522. INDONESIA: Non-UN Gaza Mission Risks Breaching International Law
523. INDONESIA: Vale Indonesia Achieves Best ESG Score in Company History, Ranks Among World’s 15 Best
524. MYANMAR: Targeted US Actions on Scam Centers Point to a New Burma Policy Favoring the Resistance
525. THAI Businesses Attacked by Spyware Over 21,000 Times in Six Months Amid Regional Surge
526. INDONESIA: Australia, Indonesia Agree to Sign New Security Treaty
527. INDONESIA: BI Expands QRIS Links to Seven Countries to Reduce Dollar Reliance
528. MALAYSIA: Langkawi Boat Tragedy Reflects Wider Regional Humanitarian Crisis: Home Minister
529. MYANMAR: Holding Myanmar Elections Next Month ‘Unfathomable’: UN Rights Chief
530. REGIONAl: Air Pollution Could Cost Southeast Asia Nearly $600B by 2050: Study
531. INDONESIA: Prabowo Honors Soeharto, Raising Fears of Authoritarian Resurgence
532. INDONESIA Mulls Repaying Whoosh Debt With Seized Corruption Funds
533. SINGAPORE: From 2026, Travelers Leaving Singapore By Air to Pay Extra S$1 to S$41.60 in Green Jet Fuel Levy: Authorities
534. MYANMAR Junta Touts Port Expansion, Trade Enforcement as Economic Pillars
535. THAILAND: Anti-Mining Network Demand Repeal of Thai-US Rare Earths MOU
536. INDONESIA: Police Arrest 27 Chinese Nationals in Online Scam Raid in Lampung
537. INDONESIA: Jakarta Deploys NaCl Cloud-Seeding to Curb Heavy Rainfall Risk
538. MALAYSIA: Not citizenship — What India’s Expanded OCI Actually Offers Sixth-Gen Indian Malaysians
539. MYANMAR: Blood Money Campaign Raises Concerns About New Gas Projects in Myanmar
540. THAILAND: Daytime Drinking Could Be Fined $300 in Thailand Under New Law
541. INDONESIA to Resume Shrimp Exports to US After CS-137 Contamination Scare
542. INDONESIA: Creative Economy Adds $90 Billion to Indonesia’s GDP as Investment and Exports Surge
543. MYANMAR’S UN Envoy Denounces Junta’s Digital Represion
544. THAILAND: Bank of Thailand to Launch New Credit Guarantee Mechanism to Support SME Loans
545. VIETNAM: Markets, Factories and Homes Devastated as Typhoon Kalmaegi Lashes Vietnam’s Central Region
546. CAMBODIA: Shifting Goalposts: Thailand Links Release of Cambodian Soldiers to Ta Krabei Temple Claims
547. INDONESIA: Prabowo Inaugurates $3.9 Billion Lotte Chemical Plant in Cilegon
548. INDONESIA: Culture Minister Submits Soeharto, Gus Dur for National Hero Recognition
549. MALAYSIAN Passport Climbs to 3rd Globally with Visa-Free Access to 174 Countries
550. MYANMAR: Nearly 2,000 People Arrested For Criticizing Myanmar’s Junta on Social Media
551. INDONESIA: Jakarta Targets 24 Hospitals Across Six Papua Provinces to Bridge Health Gaps
552. INDONESIA Plans Major Rail Expansion Outside Java Under Prabowo’s Infrastructure Push
553. MALAYSIA on Track to Achieve AI Nation Status by 2030, with 2026 as Turning Point: Gobind
554. MYANMAR: Bermuda and Cayman Islands Must Take Action Against Oil Companies for Suspected Myanmar Sanctions Breaches After JFM Legal Submission
555. PHILIPPINES: ‘Tino’ Flooding Kills over 40, Strands Thousands in Central Philippines
556. INDONESIA: Opposition Grows Over National Hero Title for Soeharto
557. INDONESIA: Prabowo Urges APEC to Tackle Online Gambling and Transnational Crime
558. MALAYSIA: Foreign Worker Numbers in Malaysia fall 13pc to 2.13 Million as Government Steps up Efforts to Reduce Dependence
559. Myanmar Junta, Russia Sign Mutual Visa Exemption Agreement
560. THAILAND: Google to Offer One-Year Free Google-AI Pro Access to 3 Million Thai students
561. INDONESIA: Opposition Grows Over National Hero Title for Soeharto
562. INDONESIA: Prabowo Urges APEC to Tackle Online Gambling and Transnational Crime
563. MALAYSIA: Foreign Worker Numbers in Malaysia fall 13pc to 2.13 Million as Government Steps up Efforts to Reduce Dependence
564. Myanmar Junta, Russia Sign Mutual Visa Exemption Agreement
565. THAILAND: Google to Offer One-Year Free Google-AI Pro Access to 3 Million Thai students
566. INDONESIA: $12b Boost to Banks Lifts Corporate Loans as SMEs Lag
567. INDONESIA’S Digital Economy Among World’s Fastest Thanks to QRIS
568. MALAYSIA: ASEAN Defense Ministers Approve Record Number of initiatives in ‘peaceful’ two-hour meeting
569. Myanmar’s Generals Step into Politics as Newly Minted Civilians
570. THAILAND: Raid on Chiang Mai Luxury Villa Nets 20 Chinese Scammers
571. INDONESIA: Govt launches small hydropower plants across eastern regions
572. INDONESIA: “Am I Really Authoritarian?” Prabowo Says He Often Watches Podcasts Mocking Him
573. MALAYSIA: Some Countries Won’t Aid Malaysia’s MACC Hunt for Fugitives Over Caning Laws: Azam Baki
574. MYANMAR: Sending Observers Would Risk Legitimizing Myanmar Election: FM Sugiono
575. THAILAND: Xi Discusses Thailand-Cambodia Conflict with Trump, Emphasizes Peace Efforts
576. INDONESIA: Scientists Discover Critically Endangered Tapanuli Orangutans in New Location
577. INDONESIA: Accommodating the Dead: Jakarta Faces Grave Shortage Crisis
578. MALAYSIA: Trade Deal with Washington Sparks Outcry in Malaysia Over Sovereignty Concerns
579. MYANMAR: MOGE and PTTEP to Drill New Offshore Blocks in Mottama Gulf
580. PHILIPPINES: POGOs Now Illegal
581. INDONESIA: House Calls on Government to Investigate Massive Illegal Gold Mining Near Mandalika
582. INDONESIA: Cambodia Not a Safe Destination for Migrant Workers: Muhaimin
583. MALAYSIA: Putrajaya to Deploy Over 10,000 New Teachers Nationwide from November, Parliament told
584. MYANMAR: ASEAN Not Sending Monitors to Myanmar Junta’s Election: Sources
585. VIETNAM: Over 1,000 MM Rainfall in Hue Shatters Vietnam’s All-Time Record, Sends Ravaging Floods Across Region
586. CAMBODIA, THAILAND Sign Historic Peace Declaration in Kuala Lumpur
587. INDONESIA: Land Conversion Puts Self-Sufficiency At Risk
588. MYANMAR: Open Letter to U.S. President Donald Trump
589. THAILAND: Year-Long Funeral Starts for Thailand’s Former Queen Sirikit 
590. TIMOR LESTE, Asia’s Youngest Nation, Becomes ASEAN’s 11th Member
591. INDONESIA: Prabowo’s ‘Indonesia Incorporated Vision Faces Test of Market Trust
592. INDONESIA: Over 100 Indonesians Flee Cambodia Cybercrime Rings, But Not All Want to Return
593. MALAYSIA: Anwar and Trump Set to Witness Malaysia’s Peace Deal for Thailand-Cambodia at ASEAN Summit
594. MYANMAR: Min Aung Hlaing’s Attendance at ASEAN Summit Uncertain After His Name Deleted From Malaysian Media Report
595. THAI Aromatic Coconut Industry in Crisis as Vietnamese Rivals Seize China Market
596. INDONESIA: Prabowo-Gibran Administration Gets Low Scores
597. INDONESIA: Police Monitoring Spread of Radical Groups in Batam
598. Prabowo Wants to Start $5.4b Waste-to-Energy Drive Soon so Bali Remains a Tourist Favorite
599. SINGAPORE Novels to Hit Bookshelves Across Southeast Asia Under Landmark S$3b Publishing Pact
600. Myanmar Regime Bans Election Campaign Rallies
601. INDONESIA: Forest Under Threat as Corporations, Military Gain Power under Prabowo
602. INDONESIA: Pertamina to Buy Oil from Indonesia’s Traditional Wells: Bahlil
603. INDONESIA: Prabowo’s Populist Policies ‘Disconnected’ from People’s Needs
604. MYANMAR: BHRN Says Myanmar Faces New Wave of Hate Speech targeting Muslims
605. Vietnam’s AI Talent Pool Needs to Grow 10-Fold to Lure Global Investors: Executive
606. Cambodian SMEs Call for Indonesian Investment Amid Growing Boycott of Thai Goods
607. INDONESIA: In first Year, Prabowo Tightens Grip, Redraws Political Map
608. INDONESIA: Prabowo Calls Free Meal Initiative a 99.99% Success Despite Setbacks
609. MALAYSIA Receives Global Zero Waste Special Citation Award in Istanbul
610. MYANMAR: Delusions of Grandeur
611. INDONESIA: Three Australians Face Death Penalty Over Bali Shooting
612. INDONESIA: Prabowo Launches 165 Free Boarding Schools to Break Indonesia’s Cycle of Poverty
613. MALAYSIA: Home Ministry Explains How Scam Syndicates Still Lure Malaysians Into Modern Slavery
614. MYANMAR: Why So Many Young People Work Voluntarily in Myanmar’s Scam Compounds
615. SINGAPORE Ties to Alleged Cambodian Scam Ring Under Spotlight 
616. INDONESIA Allows Foreigners to Take Leadership Roles at State Enterprises
617. INDONESIA Allows Resumption of International Carbon Trade After Four Years
618. MYANMAR: Forum 2000 Conference Reminds Audience of Aung San Suu Kyi’s Plight and Hosts Call from 2025 Nobel Peace Laureate
619. THAILAND: Second Army Area Postpones RBC talks indefinitely as Cambodia Fails to Submit Weapons and Landmine Plan
620. VIETNAM: Hanoi Company Injects Chemicals Into Buffalo Meat to Sell as Wagyu Beef
621. INDONESIA: Government Denies Prabowo Ever Intended to Visit Israel
622. INDONESIA Surpasses 2025 Oil Production Goal Amid New Exploration Push
623. MYANMAR Ethnic Organizations condemn military junta for destroying NCA
624. THAILAND, CAMBODIA to Sign Ceasefire at ASEAN Summit, Malaysia: Minister
625. VIETNAM inaugurates World’s 2nd Largest Waste-to-Energy Plant in Hanoi
626. CAMBODIA: CAPFISH Lays Groundwork for Cambodia’s First-Ever Fish Exports to EU
627. INDONESIA: Productivity Among Lowest in Region, Govt Launches National Push
628. INDONESIA: Jakarta Court Upholds Ex-Minister, Gojek Cofounder Nadiem Makarim’s Graft Status
629. MYANMAR Scam Cities Booming Despite Crackdown–Using Musk’s Starlink
630. THAILAND Launches 24-Hour E-WorkPermit Platform for Foreign Workers
631. INDONESIA: Militarization, Crackdown Fears Overshadow Cyber Security Bill
632. INDONESIA: Prabowo to Join Trump-Led Gaza Summit in Egypt
633. MYANMAR: Burma War: The Junta’s Arms Pipeline and How to Stop It
634. THAI Army Defends Psych-Ops Along Cambodian Border
635. SINGAPORE Becomes Launchpad for Chinese Food Chains Escaping Price Wars in China, Intensifying Competition and Driving up Rents
636. INDONESIA: Efficiency, Coordination at Risk as Government Expands Further
637. INDONESIA Issues Tsunami Warning After 7.6-Magnitude Quake Strikes North Sulawesi
638. MALAYSIA to Send Observers to Myanmar’s Long-Delayed Elections: Military Govt
639. MYANMAR: Thousands of Myanmar IDPs in Banmauk Face Food Crisis Amid Clashes Between SNA and Resistance Forces
640. THAI Influenza Cases Surge Past 700,000 With 61 Deaths
641. INDONESIA: Health Scare Taints Indonesia’s Export Reputation
642. INDONESIA: Why Indonesia’s ‘Golden Generation’ Could Stall Economic Growth
643. Myanmar Junta Accused of ‘Famine Warfare’ as Hunger Grips Karenni State
644. THAI Giant CP Group Targets Zero Food Waste by 2030
645. VIETNAM: 30,000 Troops in Vietnam Race to Rescue Families After Record Floods
646. INDONESIA: E-Waste Containers to be Reexported to the US: Batam Customs Office
647. INDONESIA: North Kalimantan to Get New Bridges After Residents Prefer Traveling to Malaysia
648. MALAYSIA, India Agree on Regional Standards to Protect Gig, Platform Workers
649. MYANMAR: HURFOM Report Exposes Rising Violence Against Women and Children in Southeastern Myanmar
650. SINGAPORE’S Digital Economy Reaches Nearly 20% of GDP, Creates 214,000 Tech jobs
651. INDONESIA: World Bank Pledges $800 Million for Indonesian Villages: Govt
652. INDONESIA: Breaking the Silence: Deaf Lawyers Make Judicial History in Indonesia
653. MALAYSIA: The Khairul Aming Effect: More Young Malaysians Choosing Business Over Salaried Jobs
654. MYANMAR: Buddhist Monk Accused of Kidnapping Men for Myanmar Military Service
655. THAI Army Presents Discovery of 200 Landmines to ASEAN Observers
656. INDONESIA: Govt Rushes to Clean Up Cesium-137 Spill in Banten
657. INDONESIA: Meteor Falls Into Java Sea, Sparks Bright Fireball and Loud Boom Over Cirebon
658. MYANMAR Airstrikes and Internet Blackouts Hit 123 Townships, Leaving Civilians Vulnerable
659. THAILAND: Highways Department asks Google Maps to Update Routes After Viral “lost” Incident
660. VIETNAM: 30 Hours of Isolation in the Heart of Hanoi Floods
661. INDONESIA: Government Confirms Widespread Radioactive Contamination at Banten Industrial Hub
662. INDONESIA’S Palm Oil Export Soars 35% to Over $16 Billion
663. MALAYSIA Sends Rescue Team With K9 Units to Philippines After Deadly Quake
664. MYANMNAR: Election Watchdog Warns Myanmar Junta’s Planned Polls Lack Credibility
665. THAILAND: Myanmar Refugees Now Allowed to Work in Thailand
666. INDONESIA: ‘Red terror’ Continues to Haunt Indonesia
667. INDONESIA: Legendary Shoe Brand Bata Stops Daily Footwear Manufacturing in Indonesia
668. MALAYSIA Launches New Digital ‘Posting Swap’ Platform for Nurses Amid Brain Drain
669. MYANMAR: China Sentences 16 Myanmar-Linked Gang Members to Death
670. PHILIPPINES: Cebu Shaken: Deadly Quake Kills 26 As Search Ongoing
671. CAMBODIA: Thai Eviction Signs in Border Villages Draw Censure, Fury
672. INDONESIA: Calls Grow for Meaningful Reform in Election LawRevision
673. INDONESIA: From Wartegs to Hotels, Jakarta Faces Resistance Over Smoking Rules
674. MYANMAR’S  AA Urges Dhaka to Probe Border Officers Backing Rohingya Militants
675. SINGAPORE’S Population Hits 6.11m, Driven by Rise in Non-Residents and Migrant Workers
676. INDONESIA: Golden Visa Investment hits Rp 48 Trillion: Govt
677. INDONESIA Deploys Nutrition Experts After Mass Food Poisoning in Free Meal Program
678. MALAYSIA Wraps Up Successful Asean Economic Ministers’ Meeting, Emphasizes Inclusive Growth
679. MYANMAR: Preservation Over Destruction: Why Myanmar’s Revolution—and Its Neighbors
680. THAILAND’S Ageing Society Threatens Fiscal Collapse and Drags Down Economy
681. INDONESIA: Prabowo, Megawati Ties in Question After Cabinet Reshuffle
682. INDONESIA to Disband SOEs Ministry Amid Danantara Expansion
683. MYANMAR:: Mosque’s Reopening Reflects Thawing Interfaith Ties in Rakhine Under AA
684. THAILAND Native ‘Ayam Bangkok’ Chickens Fetch Premium Prices in Indonesia
685. SINGAPORE Gives Meta Sept 30 Deadline to Curb Facebook Scams Impersonating Govt Officials
686. INDONESIA: Prabowo Pushes Two-State Solution, Multilateralism in Debut UNGA Speech
687. INDONESIA: What is Sumitronomics? Indonesia’s Blueprint to 8% Growth
688. MYANMAR: Rights Group Warns US Aid Cuts Could Kill 200,000 in Myanmar
689. SINGAPORE to Introduce QR-Coded Halal Certificate from Oct 1, Replacing Physical Versions by March 2026
690. THAILAND: Foreign Investment in EEC Exceeds 660 Billion Baht: BOI
691. INDONESIA: Prabowo Offers 20,000 Troops for Post-War Gaza
692. INDONESIA Halts 190 Mining Concessions for Breaching Environmental Rules
693. MYANMAR: AA Chief Accuses Bangladesh Officials of Inciting Rohingya Insurgent Attacks
694. THAILAND: Chinese Flock to Vietnam Due to Thailand Safety Fears
695. VIETNAM: Vingroup Establishes 3rd Robotics Company
696. INDONESIA: Prabowo Gives Nusantara Certainty With New Regulation
697. INDONESIA: Govt Orders Evaluation After 5,000 Poisonings Cases in Free Nutritious Meals Program
698. MYANMAR Junta Eases Election Rules to Keep Parties in Race
699. PHILIPPINES: Super Typhoon Ragasa barrels through northern Philippines, triggers alerts across Asia
700. THAILAND: IMF advises Thailand to reinstate 60% debt ceiling
701. INDONESIA: Policy Gaps, Crackdowns Squeeze Rice Millers as Prices Soar
702. INDONESIA Mulls Reallocating Unspent Free Meal Program Money
703. MALAYSIA: Malaysian Bar brings free legal advice and public services to KL Sentral with first-ever MyBar Carnival 2025
704. MYANMAR: Clashes on Myanmar–Thailand border Mark Nine Months of Fighting, Casualties Mount on Both Sides
706. PHILIPPINES: Tens of Thousands Join Anti-Corruption Protests in Metro Manila
707. INDONESIA Revises 2026 Budget Following Appointment of New Finance Minister
708. INDONESIA: Bali Shuts Down Russian-Owned Factory Built on Protected Mangrove Land
709. MALAYSIA to Exempt Some Palestinian Farm and Food Products From Customs Duties:Tengku Zafrul
710. MYANMAR: OCHA details severe humanitarian access constraints across Myanmar
711. THAILAND: Transnational Illegal Logging Network Busted in Nong Khai
712. INDONESIA: Reshuffle Sees Prabowo, Allies Close Ranks
713. INDONESIA: Medan Reaffirms Humanitarian Support for Refugees
714. MYANMAR Junta’s Election Commission Excludes Key Southern Rakhine Areas from No-Election List Ahead of December Polls
715. THAILAND: B10,000 Fine for Drinking in Pubs After Hours
716. VIETNAM Ranked 5th Best Country for Expats in 2025
717. INDONESIA: Constitutional Court to Rule on Challenges to Military Law
718. INDONESIA: Energy Minister Tells Shell, BP, Vivo to Rely on Pertamina for Fuel Supply
719. MALAYSIA: Enough for 12 Million Users: Cops Seize 3.6 Tons of Ecstasy Worth Almost RM600m in Kepong, Dataran Templer
720. MYANMAR: Ruling Generals, Ministers to Dominate Myanmar Military’s Proxy Party Candidate List
721. INDONESIA Rolls Out $1 Billion Stimulus to Boost Jobs and Consumption
722. INDONESIA: Jakarta’s ‘Invisible’ Lives: Undocumented Coastal Children
723. Myanmar Citizens Fear More Harassment, Violence as Election Nears
724. THAI Banks Pledge Urgent Action to Unblock Accounts Amid Fraudulent Transfer Crisis
725. VIETNAM: Southeast Asian Languages to be Increasingly Taught in Vietnamese Schools
726. INDONESIA Sees $869M Outflow After Cabinet Reshuffle
727. INDONESIA: Bali Takes Massive Economic Hit from Worst Flooding in Years
728. MALAYSIA: Anwar Joins World Islamic Leaders at Doha Summit on Gaza Crisis, to Voice Malaysia’s Stand Tonight
729. MYANMAR: UNICEF Condemns Deadly Attack on Rakhine School
730. THAILAND: DES Urges Calm Amid Locked Bank Accounts
731. INDONESIA: Prabowo to Set Up Commission for Police Reform
732. INDONESIA: Social Media as Town Square, Battleground in Indonesia’s Protests
733. MYANMAR: Democracy as a Cage: Myanmar Junta’s Election Gambit and the Opposition’s Self
734. THAILAND: Reopening Border Needs Military, Local Input: Bhumjaithai Deputy Leader
735. VIETNAM: Cyberattack Signs Detected at Vietnam’s National Credit Database
736. INDONESIA: Sjafrie’s New Post Shows Prabowo’s Reliance on Military Figures
737. INDONESIA: At Least Nine Dead, Two Missing After Severe Floods Sweep Across Bali
738. MYANMAR: Chinese Technology Company Helps Track the Location of Over 33 Million Myanmar Internet Users in Real-time
739. THAILAND: Shinawatras in Legal Crossfire: Father’s Case Ends, Daughter Faces 5 More
740. INDONESIA: Power Consolidation In Motion Behind Cabinet Shake-up
741. INDONESIA: Papua Police Arrest Four Chinese Nationals Over Illegal Gold Mining
742. MALAYSIA: Dr Mahathir Under Scrutiny: MACC Teams Up with UK Anti-Graft Agency to Track Alleged Assets Overseas
743. MYANMAR: Junta-Allied Karen Warlords Hit by US Sanctions Over Myanmar’s Scam City
744. THAILAND and INDONESIA Trail ASEAN as Political Instability Stifles Growth
745. INDONESIA: Sri Mulyani Left Cabinet After Weeklong Unrest in Indonesia In a Major Reshuffle
746. INDONESIA: Sri Mulyani’s Successor Told to Tax the Superrich, Restructure Debt
747. MYANMAR: NLD Urges International Intervention for Medical Care and Release of Aung San Suu Kyi
748. THAILAND: Supreme Court Orders Thaksin to Return and Serve One-Year Jail
749. VIETNAM Emerges as Top Alternative to Thailand for Beach Holidays
750. INDONESIA: Five Suspended Lawmakers Face Ethics Probe
751. INDONESIA Records Over 4,000 Earthquakes in August: BMKG
752. MALAYSIA: Anti-Bullying Tribunal Bill to be Tabled in Parliament this October: Azalina
753. MYANMAR Ambassador Urges UNICEF to Act as Children Suffer under Junta Violence
754. THAILAND: Royal Command Appoints Anutin Charnvirakul as Prime Minister of Thailand
755. CAMBODIA: Foreign Ministry Decries Thai Eviction Plans for Cambodian Villagers
756. INDONESIA: Ex-Minister Nadiem Makarim Detained Over Chromebook Procurement Scandal
757. MYANMAR: UWSA Neutered: Myanmar’s Revolutionary Driving Force Derailed by China
758. SINGAPORE to Issue First Directive Under New Law, Orders Meta To Act on Scam Ad
759. INDONESIA: Unrest ‘Wake-Up Call’ for Prabowo to Address Public Grievances
760. INDONESIA: Gov’t Told to Be Transparent with Economic Data
761. MALAYSIA: Bahasa Malaysia-Based AI in the Works as Govt Pushes Digital Sovereignty Agenda
762. MYANMAR: Nine Parties to Run Nationwide in Myanmar’s Planned Election
763. VIETNAM: For Many Women in Vietnam, the New IVF rule is a Long-Awaited Lifeline
764. INDONESIA: Violent Crackdown on Protests Sparks Outcry
765. INDONESIA: Asset Forfeiture Law: A Way to Gain Public and Investors’ Trust
766. Myanmar Junta Boss Schedules Chengdu Meeting with Chinese Investors
767. THAILAND Pledges ‘Secure, Sustainable’ Energy Transition at Global Summit
768. VIETNAM: Hanoi Sets Record for National Day Holiday Visitors and Revenue
769. INDONESIA: Jakarta Regains Calm Under Heavy Security
770. INDONESIA: Starting Today, All Travelers to Indonesia Must File Declarations via New App
771. MALAYSIA: From Wage Regulation to Dispute Resolution: How the Gig Workers Bill Offers Safeguards for 1.2 Million Malaysians
772. MYANMAR: EuroCham and ‘MADE in Myanmar’ Seek to Support Myanmar Workers’ rights
773. THAILAND: New city Plan Exposes Ban Nong Chan Land Grab at Thai-Cambodian Border
774. INDONESIA: Prabowo Calls for Severe Response to Protests
775. INDONESIA: Businesses on Edge About Political Stability as Protests Turn Chaotic
776. MYANMAR: NUG Defense Ministry Reaffirms Ban on Child Soldiers in People’s Defense Force
777. SINGAPORE Govt Plans New Platform to Unite its Malay-Muslim Groups as younger Voices Grow Louder
778. VIETNAM: State Treasury has Disbursed Over $200M as National Day Cash Gifts
779. INDONESIA Presses Islamic Nations to Stop Israel’s Expansionist Agenda
780. INDONESIA: Central–Regional Divide Widens in Indonesia’s 2026 Spending Plan
781. MALAYSIA: Fighting Entrenched Corruption Remains Toughest Challenge After Three Years in Govt: Anwar
782. MYANMAR: Rohingya Crisis Should Be Resolved Together: Yunus
783. THAILAND Accuses Cambodia of Using ‘Human Shields’ on Border
784. INDONESIA Urges EU to Lift Biodiesel Import Curbs After WTO Panel Backs Jakarta
785. INDONESIA: New Agency to Assert State Control Over Minerals Vital for Defense
786. MALAYSIA: Education Act Update Underway to Strengthen School Discipline in Crackdown on Bullying Cases: Minister
787. MYANMAR Junta Propaganda Vehicle Joins China-Led Media Bloc
788. THAILAND Becomes Regional Leader in Energy Transition: ABB Study
789. INDONESIA: Prabowo Banks on Danantara to Balance Budget
790. INDONESIA Shuts Down Banten Waste Plant Over Hazardous Imports
791. MYANMAR: Rohingya Refugees Must Wait for Justice Before Returning: UN Investigator
792. THAILAND to host Asia’s largest gaming event in October 2025
793. SINGAPORE Workplaces Struggle to Stamp Out Vaping Despite National Ban
794. INDONESIA: Bekasi Quake Shakes Jakarta Into Preparedness Debate
795. INDONESIA: Breaking: Deputy Manpower Minister Caught in Anti-Graft Sting
796. MALAYSIA: Parliamentary Group Drafting Hate Speech Guidelines to Reflect Malaysia’s Diversity
797. MYANMAR: Under Chinese Pressure, Myanmar’s UWSP Cuts Off Support to Allied Ethnic Armies
798. THAILAND: Thai Government Approves Major Digital Strategy
799. INDONESIA: Govt in Crisis-Control Mode Over Tax Hike
800. INDONESIA Targets Shadow Economy to Lift $145 Billion in 2026 Tax Revenue
801. MALAYSIA: What Iman Research’s Study Reveals About Young Malays’ Attitudes Towards a Plural and More Economically Just Malaysia
802. MYANMAR: Junta Abruptly Closes Thai-Myanmar Trade Bridge to Cut Off Rebel Funding
803. PHILIPPINES: Cockfighting Livestreams Thrive in Philippines Despite Ban and Murders
804. INDONESIA: Political Parties Divided Over Court Ruling on Direct Regional Elections
805. INDONESIA Shuts 1,800 Fraudulent Lenders and Investment Schemes
806. MYANMAR: Death Toll from Myanmar Junta Airstrike on Mawchi Climbs to 31
807. PHILIPPINES Spends Billions on Flood Projects, But Disasters Keep Killing
808. Cambodia Setting Sights on Muslim Tourist Market
809. INDONESIA’S  Shrinking Middle Class Threatens Growth, Consumption
810. INDONESIA: Religious Affairs Ministry Vows Crackdown on Intolerance
811. MYANMAR: Widespread Absenteeism and Dismissals Reported in Myanmar Junta’s Electric Power Ministry
812. SINGAPORE to Classify Vaping as Drug Offense, PM Wong Says
813. INDONESIA: ‘Life is Plastic’: US is Biggest Buyer of Indonesian Toys
814. MALAYSIA and ASEAN Push for Transparency in Myanmar’s Election Plans and Rohingya Crisis During Sept 19 Visit: Tok Mat
815. MYANMAR: International IDEA Calls for Global Rejection of Myanmar Junta’s Elections
816. THAILAND Gives Stranded Cambodian Workers 6-Month Work Permit Extension
817. INDONESIA: Bali Waste Cycle Aims to Scale Up to Make Recycling Profitable
818. INDONESIA: Incentives Needed for Mining Sector to Cut Emissions
819. THAILAND: Government Given Failing Grade on Corruption
820. THAILAND’S Tourism Boom Continues with 20 Million Visitors and THB937 Billion Revenue
821. CAMBODIA: Assessment reveals extensive damage to Preah Vihear
822. INDONESIA: Renewed Plan to Reinstate New Order-Style State Guidelines Draws Flak
823. INDONESIACould Raise $5 Billion by Taxing Its 50 Wealthiest Citizens, Study Says
824. MYANMAR Region Sees ‘Dramatic’ Hunger Rise After Aid Cutbacks
825. Singapore is Now World’s Second-Richest Country, Far Ahead of its Southeast Asian Neighbors
826. INDONESIA: Delay Triggers Fresh Demands to Scrap History Rewrite
827. INDONESIA: Shaky Regulations, Finances Stall Coal Miners’ Transition to ‘Green’ Investment
828. INDONESIA: Jakarta Governor Signs Sister City Agreement with Kuala Lumpur
829. MYANMAR: AA Rejects Junta’s Planned Election in Rakhine
830. THAILAND: Cambodia Crisis Hits Thai Brands, Disrupts Logistics and Halts Ad Spending
831. INDONESIA Revives Deputy Commander Role After 25 Years, Promotes Elite Force Chiefs to Three-Star Rank
832. INDONESIA:  Bali Immigration Forms a Special Task Force to Crack Down on Unruly Tourists
833. MYANMAR: Nine Killed and 28 Injured in Hpakant as Myanmar Military Shelling Hits civilian Areas
834. VIETNAM: Inside the world of Vietnamese Crypto Investigators Tackling Billion-Dollar Hacks
835. SINGAPORE at Increased Risk of Chikungunya as Cases Double in 2025, Health Agency Warns
836. INDONESIA Readies Island Medical Facility for 2,000 Wounded Gazans
837. INDONESIA: More Than Half a Million Social Assistance Recipients Suspected of Online Gambling
838. Myanmar Junta Hires US Lobby Firm in Bid to Boost Ties With Washington
839. THAILAND and CAMBODIA Sign 13-Point Ceasefire Agreement 
840. VIETNAM to Identify, Focus on 3 Strategic Technology Products
841. INDONESIA Unfreezes 122 Million Dormant Accounts as Online Gambling Transactions Near $60 Billion
842. INDONESIA: US Agrees to Grant 0% Tariff on Indonesian Copper: Minister
843. MYANMAR Junta Launches Street Phone Checks as Cybersecurity Law Takes Effect
844. THAILAND: Health Ministry Estimates 146 Million Baht Damage, Plans Lawsuit Against Cambodia
845. VIETNAM Installs First Domestically Owned International Internet Cable
846. INDONESIA Has $129 Billion to Spend — And Just Six Months to Do It
847. INDONESIA Readies Gaza Rice Delivery as Israeli Attacks Persist
848. MYANMAR: Press Freedom Concerns Raised after Myanmar Military-Linked Press Council Signs MOU With Thai Press Body
849. PHILIPPINES: Marcos Suspends Rice Importation for 60 Days
850. THAILAND: ‘Economic Animal’ in Luxury Leather
851. INDONESIA: Pardons Cast Doubt Over Prabowo’s Anticorruption Commitment
852. INDONESIA Kicks Off Health Screening for 58 Million Students Nationwide
853. MALAYSIA: Manga With a Malaysian Soul: How Rise Production Blends Local Folklore with Japanese Style and Modern Storytelling
854. MYANMAR Junta Ramps Up Rhetoric Against Timor Leste
855. THAILAND and Cambodia Begin Crucial Border Talks in Malaysia
856. VIETNAM targets domestic semiconductor chip production by 2027: PM
857. CAMBODIA: ASEAN Interim Observer En Route to Monitor Border Ceasefire
858. INDONESIA: Danantara Unveils Sweeping Reforms for SOE Executive Bonuses, Incentives
859. INDONESIA: RI Manufacturers See Tough Times Ahead as Higher US Tariffs Kick In
860. MYANMAR: European Anti-Jamming Tech Found in Myanmar Military Drones, CAR Report Reveals
861. THAI CEOs Unveil Survival Strategies as Trump Tariffs Threaten Economic Growth
862. INDONESIA: Mining Industry Leaders Highlight Challenges to Reaching Net Zero Emissions
863. INDONESIA Struggles with Regulatory, Infrastructure Gaps in AI Adoption
864. MYANMAR Regime Sets More Traps to Guarantee Election Win
865. SINGAPORE: Terror Threat to Singapore Remains High Amid AI Risks, Rising youth Radicalization: Home Affairs Report
866. THAI Cyber Agency Rushes to Bolster Media Defenses Against Escalating Threats
867. REGION: Thailand and Cambodia Agree to Ceasefire After Five Days of Border Clash
868. INDONESIA to Slash Middle East Oil Imports in Favor of $15B US Energy Deal
869. MALAYSIA: Anwar Hails Asean Diplomacy as Cambodia, Thailand Agree to Ceasefire After Malaysia Meet
870. MYANMAR: 17 Political Prisoners Have Died in Myanmar in 2025 Due to Lack of Medical CareTHAI Delegation to Hold Urgent Talks with Cambodia in Malaysia on July 28
871. THAI Army Accuses Cambodia of Breaking Truce
872. CAMBODIA: Mine Action Authority Warn of ‘Cruel Shadow’ of Thai Cluster
873. INDONESIA Welcomes France’s Recognition of Palestine
874. INDONESIA: Poverty Rate Falls Nationwide — Except in Papua and Maluku
875. MYANMAR Rights Group Demands Chinese Sanctions
876. THAI Delegation to Hold Urgent Talks with Cambodia in Malaysia on July 28
877. CAMBODIA-Thailand Exchange Fire Along Border, Civilians Killed
878. INDONESIA-US Trade Deal Possible Threat to Data Sovereignty
879. MYANMAR Junta Looks for Foreign Energy Investment
880. THAI Military Raises Concerns Over Hun Sen’s Role in Ordering Attacks on Thai Civilians
881. VIETNAM Urges Thailand, Cambodia to Refrain From Using Force
882. INDONESIA to Exempt US Companies from Local Content Requirement
883. INDONESIA: Layoffs Surge in Manufacturing, Retail, Govt Data Suggest
884. MYANMAR: Armed Groups Warn Myanmar Junta Election Staff
885. THAILAND: Countdown to US Tariff, 7 Thai Industries at risk, Millions of Jobs on the Line
886. VIETNAM: HCMC Unveils Ambitious Plan to Replace 400,000 Gasoline Motorbikes with EVs
887. INDONESIA: ASEAN Urged to Focus on People Amid Challenges
888. INDONESI Draws $58 Billion in H1 Investment, Fueled by Downstream Expansion
889. MALAYSIA: Swiped into routine: How China-inspired apps redefine Malaysian daily life
890. MYANMAR- Thailand Lodges Protest After Suspected Myanmar Junta Drone Found in Tak
891. VIETNAM Ranks 6th Globally in AI Openness
892. INDONESIA Exporters Seek to Split Tariffs with US Buyers to Ensure Demand
893. INDONESIA: Polytron Starts Mass Production of Electric Vehicles in West Java
894. MYANMAR: Conjuring an Election Illusion in War-Torn Shan
895. THAI Foreign Ministry Condemns Cambodia over Landmine Incident, Urges Accountability
896. VIETNAM: 300 Rescuers Join Overnight Search for Victims of Capsized Ha Long Bay Cruise Boat
897. INDONESIA: Bali Emerges as Major Hot Spot for Transnational Drug Trafficking: BNN
898. INDONESIA: Foreign Hospitals Cleared to Operate in Indonesia as Prabowo Targets Healthcare Upgrade
899. MYANMAR: Arakan Rohingya National Council (ARNC) Formed to Reclaim Identity and Seek Justice
900. SINGAPORE Ranks Among World’s Top Cities for Tech Talent
901. THAILAND: Chinese Tourist Numbers Plummet, Malaysia Overtakes Thailand in ASEAN Race
902. INDONESIA to Pay 19% US Tariffs in Exchange for Full Market Access, Boeing Jets
903. INDONESIA: Jakarta Governor Makes Historic Debut at UN Forum on Sustainable Development
904. MALAYSIA: Freedom of Information Act to be tabled by year end to boost transparency: Anwar
905. MYANMAR and Russian Regimes Push Indian Trade Corridor to Bypass Western Sanctions
906. VIETNAM: 59 Vietnamese Arrested in Laos Over Large-Scale Scam Syndicate
907. CAMBODIA to Enforce Military Conscription Law in 2026
908. INDONESIA: BPJS Kesehatan Proves Equal Healthcare Access Is Possible Across Indonesia
909. INDONESIA: Starlink Pauses New Customer Sign-Ups in Indonesia
910. MYANMAR: Burma’s Cyber Scam Centers: A Global Security Crisis, Now Targeting Americans
911. THAILAND: Temple Donation Loopholes Spark Concern Over Corruption and Money Laundering Risks
912. INDONESIA: EU Grants Indonesia Multi-Entry Schengen Visa as Landmark Trade Deal Nears Completion
913. INDONESIA: Free Boarding Schools for Poor Children to Open Across Indonesia Next Week
914. MALAYSIA Acts to Avoid US Sanctions Amid EScalating Global AI Chip War
915. MYANMAR: Hundreds of Myanmar Troops, Civilians Flee Across Thai Border from Karen State
916. THAILAND: US Blocks AI Chip Access to China, Warning Sign for Thailand, Malaysia
917. Cambodia expresses concern over construction of Angkor Wat replica in Thailand
918. NDONESIA: US Tariff Threatens 70,000 Textile Jobs in Indonesia
919. MYANMAR- A Atrike Leader Urges Urgent Reforms Within NUG to Sustain the Revolution
920. SINGAPOREANS Cross Border in Droves for Malaysian Durian Tours, All-You-Can-Eat Buffets
921. INDONESIA: Pertamina Inks MoUs with Exxon, Chevron to Sweeten Indonesia’s Tariff Offer
922. INDONESIA: Prabowo Assigns Gibran to Spearhead Papua Development, Rights Efforts
923. MYANMAR: Trump Tariff Letter to Myanmar Junta Raises Eyebrows, Risks Lending Legitimacy
924. VIETNAMESE Content Creators Earn Thousands of Dollars Monthly from AI-Generated Faceless Videos
925. INDONESIA: US Maintains Tariff Threat Despite Indonesian Concessions
926. INDONESIA: Trump Tariffs May Slow Indonesia’s Economy by 0.5%, Economist Warns
927. MALAYSIA: ASEAN Hits Back at Trump’s ‘Counterproductive’ Trade Tactics, Warns of Regional Instability
928. MYANMAR: Timor Leste Hits Back at Myanmar Junta’s Objection to ASEAN Membership
929. THAILAND Hit with Steep US Tariffs as Trump Escalates Trade Stance
930. INDONESIA: BRICS Revives Bandung Spirit to Unite Global South
931. INDONESIA to Send 10,000 Tons of Rice Aid to Palestine, Set Up Joint Investment Zone
932. MALAYSIA: Southeast Asia’s Most-Visited Destination Among Countries With Highest Tourism Growth
933. MALAYSIA: How Much Onions Do Malaysians Eat and Why is it Biting into our National Coffers?
934. MYANMAR People Skeptical of Junta’s Promises of Election, Peace
935. Cambodia-Thailand Border Dispute Resolutions Hinge on Agreements Stipulated in Franco-Siam Treaties
936. INDONESIA: Serving at Sea, PIS and DoctorSHARE Bring Hospital Ship to Serve Remote Communities in Papua
937. INDONESIA: Widening Deficit Spurs Calls to Curb Major Spending
938. MALAYSIA : Pay Up or Lose your Assets: Errant Ex-Husbands Face Seizures, Frozen Income Under Selangor’s Proposed Crackdown on ‘Nafkah’ Dodgers
939. MYANMAR: Making Connections in Myanmar’s Fractured State
940. CAMBODIA: Hun Sen Orders Halt to Strategic Imports from Thailand, Citing National Security concerns
941. Malaysia: ‘Some Starting in Primary school’: Hannah Yeoh, Says Synthetic Drug Addiction Now a Cabinet Concern
942. MYANMAR: Indonesian ‘Influencer’ Given 7-year Myanmar Prison Sentence
943. THAILAND: Public Outrage as South Korean Taxi Driver Suggests Thai Tourist ‘Pay with Body’
944. INDONESIA: Govt Targets 15,000 Barrels per Day from Community Oil Wells
945. INDONESIA Hopes to Join BRICS-Backed New Development Bank
946. INDONESIA: Women’s Growing Role in Drug Trade Raises Concerns in Indonesia
947. MYANMAR – Dying in Jail, Myanmar’s Political Prisoners a ‘Stain on ASEAN’s Conscience’
948. SINGAPORE Hits Record High in Renewable Energy Consumption
949. INDONESIA: Preventive Strikes Keep Indonesia Free of Terror Attacks Since 2023: Police Chief
950. INDONESIA: Raja Ampat’s Nickel Mining May Threaten Endangered Papuan Blue Orchid
951. MALAYSIA-Standard Chartered Sued for US$2.7B Over Role in 1MDB Scandal
952. MYANMAR: Federal and State Parliaments Express Grave Concern Over Health Crisis Facing Myanmar’s Political Prisoners
953. THAILAND-Constitutional Court Suspends Paetongtarn as PM Because of Hun Sen’s Clip
954. INDONESIA to Relax Import Rules as US Tariff Deadline Nears
955. INDONESIA Police Deploys Robots for Crime-Fighting and Rescue
956. INDONESIA: China to Keep Anti-Dumping Steel Duties on Indonesia, EU and South Korea
957. MYANMAR: Helping Myanmar Garment Workers Get a Fair Deal?
958. THAILAND: Thousands of Thai Cannabis Shops Face Closure Under New Regulations
959. INDONESIA: Separate National, Local Elections Starting 2029: Constitutional Court
960. INDONESIA Begins Construction of $5.9 Billion Mega EV Battery Hub With China’s CATL Consortium
961. MALAYSIA: Ganja on the Rise: Melaka and Cheras are New Drug Hotspots, Anti-Narcotics Data Shows
962. MYANMAR: Mizoram Chief Minister warns of strict action against lawbreaking Myanmar refugees
963. VIETNAM Issues Plan to Attract Top AI Talents
964. INDONESIA: Govt, House Staunch Defense Opens Court Battle on TNI Law
965. INDONESIA Stock Exchange Surpasses 950 Listed Companies, Profit Soars
966. MALAYSIA: Armed Forces Make History With Promotion of First Malaysian Chinese Three-Star General
967. MYANMAR: Malaysian Crackdown on Undocumented Migrant Workers Spurs Fear Among Myanmar Nationals
968. MYANMAR Junta Arrests State-Controlled MRTV Employee Over Aung San Suu Kyi Birthday Tribute
969. THAILAND Reclassifies Cannabis Bud as a Controlled Herb, Restricts Sales and Advertising
970. INDONESIA: House Shelves Gibran Impeachment Petition
971. INDONESIA: Gov’t Rolls Out 2025 Wage Subsidy to Support Up to 17 Million Workers
972. MALAYSIA: Anwar Backs Students’ Right to Protest, Tells MoHE and UMS to Protect Academic Freedom
973. MYANMAR: Shan State Takes Center Stage in Myanmar Junta’s Election Push
974. VIETNAM Designates Da Nang as Nation’s Inaugural Free Trade Zone
975. CAMBODIA: UN Expert Highlights Growing Synthetic Drug Threat in Cambodia
976. INDONESIA: Jokowi’s Health Draws Attention During Birthday Celebration
977. INDONESIA: Pertamina Says It Has Enough Fuel Supplies as Iran Threatens to Block Hormuz
978. Myanmar Junta Scrambles for Chinese Energy Investment as Lights Go Out
979. THAI Fuel Exports to Cambodia Worth Nearly 48 Billion Baht in 2024
980. INDONESIA Predicted to Grow Just 4.5 Pct This Year if Israel-Iran War Doesn’t Stop
981. INDONESIA: Forestry Ministry to Strengthen Enforcement at Tesso Nilo National Park
982. MALAYSIA: The Vanilla Farm That’s Saving LIves: Inside Malaysia’s Revolutionary ‘Halfway Farm’ for Former Death Row Inmates
983. MYANMAR: Satellite Images Reveal Alarming Rare Earth Mining Expansion in Myanmar’s UWSA Territory
984. INDONESIA: Papua Primary Target in Battle to Eradicate Malaria Nationwide
985. INDONESIA: 19 Suitcases of Cash Used to Buy Private Jet in Papua Corruption Case, KPK Says
986. MALAYSIA: ‘It’s Not Just Women’: Govt to Boost Fertility Rate With Inclusive Solutions: Minister
987. MYANMAR Junta Attacks to Reclaim KIA’s Jade and Rare Earth Strongholds
988. VIETNAM: E-Cigarette Users Could Face Fines of $120-200
989. CAMBODIA Firmly Rejects Thailand’s Unilateral Map in Border Talks
990. INDONESIA: Culture Minister’s Denial of Mass Rape in 1998 Riots Sparks Outrage
991. MALAYSIA: ‘We ate one egg between five’: Malaysian Haj pilgrims detail nightmare journey to Mecca after alleged scam
992. MYANMAR Junta Forces Recapture Kataingti Camp in Karen State After Months
993. THAILAND Ranks Lowest in ASEAN for Business Innovation: World Bank
994. CAMBODIA: All TV stations, Cinemas must stop broadcasting Thai films
995. INDONESIA: Tension grows between North Sumatra, Aceh over disputed border
996. MALAYSIA Named Top Muslim-Friendly Travel Destination for 10th Straight Year
997. NUG Confirms Construction of Two Bomb-Proof Underground Hospitals in Myanmar
998. THAILAND: Bangkok Reveals Smart Traffic Signals Reduce cCngestion Buy up to 41%
999. CAMBODIA: Legal Groundwork Underway to Take Border Dispute to ICJ
1000. INDONESIA Opens $12.3 Billion in Infrastructure Projects to Global Investors
1001. INDONESIA: Magelang Demands Eight Times Increase in Borobudur Visitor Limit
1002. MYANMAR: How the Myanmar Military’s Propaganda Efforts Have Evolved Over the Decades
1003. SINGAPORE: Jetstar Asia Closure: 4 Key Things Travelers Need to Know
1004. Cambodian leaders condemn politicians for disseminating fake news on social media
1005. INDONESIA: Govt is Redefining Poverty Line After Two Decades: DEN
1006. INDONESIA Revokes Mining Permits of Four Companies in Raja Ampat
1007. MYANMAR: PNO Orders Over 6,000 Residents to Relocate in Southern Shan State
1008. VIETNAM: Qualcomm Launches New AI R&D Center in Vietnam
1009. INDONESIA Ignores Its Middle Class in Latest Economic Stimuli: Analyst
1010. INDONESIA: Controversial Discipline Program Sends “Unruly” Students to Army Facility in Bandung
1011. MYANMAR Junta Boss Thanks Protector China on 75th Anniversary of Ties
1012. THAILAND: Foreign Ministry Affirms Measures to Cut Electricity, Internet to Cambodia Remain
1013. CAMBODIA: Thailand Likely to Face Substantial Economic Losses without Cambodia’s 1.2 Million Migrant Workers in the Country
1014. INDONESIA: Three Nickel Mining Firms Accused of Environmental Damage in Raja Ampat
1015. INDONESIA Faces Brain Drain as Skilled Graduates Leave for Jobs Abroad
1016. MYANMAR: Aung San Suu Kyi: Enduring Relevance, Manipulation, and the Battle for Myanmar’s Future
1017. Thai Economy: NESDC Warns of SME Job Losses and Graduate Unemployment Crisis
1018. CAMBODIA: Anonymous Wildlife Crime Reporting Tool Launched in Cambodia
1019. INDONESIA: BI Revises Down Its Target for Sharia Financing Growth in Indonesia
1020. INDONESIA: Australian Government Issues Travel Advisory for Indonesia, Especially Bali
1021. SINGAPORE: Global Anti-Scam Blitz: 106 Nabbed, S$7.7m Seized in Singapore; Malaysia among seven countries in joint operation
1022. MYANMAR Farmers Lose Crops in Monsoon Flooding
1023. INDONESIA: Suspected Papua Rebels Kill Two Church Builders at Project Site
1024. MYANMAR: Burma Research Institute Urges Continued US Aid Amid Mounting Crisis in Myanmar
1025. THAILAND: Urgent Action After Myanmar Cargo Ship Runs Aground Near Surin Islands, Damaging Coral Reefs and Threatening Marine Life
1026. INDONESIA: Plan to Increase State Funding for Political parties brings calls for caution
1027. INDONESIA Faces $46 Billion Infrastructure Funding Gap Through 2029
1028. MALAYSIA: Federal Govt Unveils Kota Madani Township in Putrajaya — a 10,000-Home, High-Density Hub Powered By AI
1029. MYANMAR: Thousands of Children in Myanmar’s Earthquake Zone Have No Schools to go to For New School Year: Save the Children
1030. VIETNAM: Apple Removes 9,600 Vietnamese Apps from App Store
1031. INDONESIA: Prabowo Vows to Clean House Amid Calls for Reshuffle
1032. INDONESIA: Prabowo Alleges Foreign-Funded NGOs Aim to Divide Indonesia
1033. MYANMAR: Junta Troops Massing to Reclaim Myanmar’s China-Backed Pipelines
1034. SINGAPORE Woman Gets just S$1 in Divorce, But Ex Loses Bigger Share Over Misconduct
1035. THAI Entertainment Boom Forecast to Top THB 601 Billion Revenue
1036. INDONESIA: https://asiaviews.net/singapore-woman-gets-just-s1-in-divorce-but-ex-loses-bigger-share-over-misconduct/Bali to Ban Production of Bottled Water Under 1 Liter
1037. INDONESIA: Thousands of Indonesian Pilgrims Barred from Hajj as Saudi Halts Special Visa Issuance
1038. MALAYSIA: How Malaysia’s Discount Store Boom Minted its Newest Billionaire Lee Kar Whatt
1039. MYANMAR: Karen Offensive Seizes a Dozen Junta Bases Along Myanmar-Thai Border
1040. THAILAND: Bangkok Tops Global List as Best City for Remote Work
1041. CAMBODIA Faces Alarming Measles Surge Amid Regional Outbreak
1042. INDONESIA: Dalio’s Reported Exit Sparks Questions Over Danantara’s Game Plan
1043. INDONESIA Seeks New Study Destinations for Students Affected by US Visa Suspension
1044. MYANMAR: UN Warns of ‘Catastrophic’ Human Rghts Crisis in Myanmar
1045. THAILAND: Bangkok Gears Up for Thailand’s Largest Ever Pride Parade
1046. INDONESIA: Indonesia Open to Ties with Israel if It Recognizes Palestine: Prabowo
1047. INDONESIA: Court Orders Govt to Provide Free Basic Education in All Schools
1048. MALAYSIA: Even Closed-Door LGBTQ-Friendly Events ‘Against Societal norms’, Urges cops to probe and act: Religious Affairs Minister
1049. MYANMAR: Yadaya-How Myanmar’s Junta Boss Hopes to Hex His Way to Presidency
1050. THAILAND: Rising Demand Fuels Growth of international Schools in Thailand
1051. INDONESIA: Prabowo’s Papua New Guinea ASEAN Membership Pitch Likely Serves Jakarta’s Interests
1052. INDONESIA: Landmark Ruling: State Must Help Fund Private Elementary Schooling
1053. MYANMAR: JFM Releases List of ASEAN Companies Supporting the Myanmar Junta with Taxes, Jet Fuel, and Eechnology
1054. THAILAND: Safety Concerns and Structural Issues Hinder Chinese Travel to Thailand
1055. VIETNAM: Legislature Weighs on Abolishing Death Penalty for Drug Trafficking
1056. CAMBODIA- Civil Society Urges End To Victim-Blaming In Rape Cases
1057. INDONESIA: New History Book to Highlight Past Presidents’ Achievements: Culture Minister
1058. INDONESIA to Prioritize Jamu and Natural Medicines in Health Sector Transformation
1059. MYANMAR: ASEAN Urged to Prioritize Human Rights in Burma
1060. VIETNAM to Export Renewable Energy to Malaysia, Singapore via Submarine Cables
1061. INDONESIA: Govt’s Energy Deregulation Vow Draws Global Giants
1062. INDONESIA: Critical Op-Ed Retraction Tests Freedom of Expression
1063. SINGAPORE: AI Use in Singapore Classrooms Outpaces Policy, Raising Concerns Among Educators
1064. MALAYSIA: Why Malaysians Spend More on Groceries Than Anyone Else in Southeast Asia
1065. MYANMAR: UNHCR Updates Show Ongoing Challenges for Displaced Individuals Following Myanmar Earthquake
1066. INDONESIA: TNI General Appointment as Customs Office Head Raises Question
1067. INDONESIA: Japanese Carmakers Look Elsewhere, as RI Bioethanol Lags Behind
1068. MYANMAR: India Asked to Probe Myanmar Rebel Deaths
1069. SINGAPORE University Tops Asia for Ultra-Wealthy Alumni, Beating China’s Tsinghua
1070. THAI Gemstone Exports Face Uncertainty Amid U.S. Tariff Hike, Risk Losing Ground to Vietnam and Sri Lanka
1071. Cambodia, Hollywood Studio in Deal to Boost Creative Economy
1072. INDONESIA: House Speaker Puan Warns Government Against Whitewashing History
1073. INDONESIA Aims to Cut Poverty Rate Below 7.5 Pct by 2026
1074. MYANMAR: We Can’t Help You, Myanmar Junta Tells Striking Workers at Adidas Factory
1075. VIETNAM Hit Hardest by Brute-Force Cyberattacks in Southeast Asia
1076. INDONESIA: Over 28,000 Accounts Blocked in Crackdown on Online Gambling: PPATK
1077. INDONESIA: Rescue Teams Search for 19 People After Landslide at Gold Mine in Papua
1078. MYANMAR Political Parties Fear Mass Boycott of Junta’s Election
1079. PHILIPPINES: Marcos Willing to Reconcile with Dutertes
1080. THAILAND: Bangkok–Kuala Lumpur Direct Train Service To Resume This Year
1081. INDONESIA: Prabowo: No Second Term If I Fail the First
1082. INDONESIA: Hotels Demand Crackdown On Unlicensed Rentals in Bali
1083. MYANMAR Junta likely to Form New ‘Interim Government’ in July Ahead of Year-End Elections
1084. SINGAPORE: Made-in-Singapore antibody test for multiple viruses now used worldwide
1085. THAILAND Among Top 10 Nations with Significant LGBTQI+ Population
1086. CAMBODIA: GDCE Cracks Whip Over Illegal Durian Imports
1087. INDONESIA: Critics Slam Prabowo’s Smart Screens as Misplaced Education Priority
1088. INDONESIA: Judge Transfers Fall Short in Tackling Judiciary Corruption
1089. MYANMAR: Three Japanese Firms Ditch Myanmar Port Project
1090. Thailand Tourism Crisis Brews As Foreign Arrivals Continue to Declin
1091. INDONESIA: Concern Grows Over Project to Rewrite History
1092. INDONESIA: Will Nickel Be Indonesia’s Trump Card?
1093. INDONESIA: Lawmaker Warns of $1 Billion Deficit in National Health Insurance Due to Inactive Members
1094. THAILAND: Power Struggles Put Thai PM in Political Crosshairs
1095. PHILIPPINES: 29 kg of Meth Disguised As Durian Seized in Philippine Drug Bust
1096. INDONESIA’s Top Islamic Body Rejects Proposal to Legalize Casinos
1097. INDONESIA: Jakarta Police crack down on thuggery, street brawls
1098. MYANMAR: 12 ASEAN Billionaires Fueling Myanmar Junta Terror Campaign: JFM
1099. PHILIPPINES: Vote and Vanish? Study Says Civic Engagement Drops After Elections
1100. VIETNAM’s Major Cities Push Ahead with Electric Bus Revolution
1101. INDONESIA: West Java to Provide Mental Health Services in All ‘Puskesmas’ Amid High Depression Rate
1102. INDONESIA Ranks Top 3 in ASEAN Competitiveness, So Why Are Investors Still Hesitant?
1103. MALAYSIA Must Use ASEAN Chair to Grow Halal Exports into 600 Million-Strong Regional Market: Zahid
1104. MYANMAR’S Ethnic Karen Face Food Shortages Amid Aid Cuts to Camps on Thai Border
1105. THAILAND On Track to Become Global Leader in Future Food: Experts
1106. INDONESIA to Cultivate 300,000 Hectares of Sugar Palm to Power Bioethanol Push
1107. INDONESIA: Police, Military to Crack Down on Rogue Mass Organizations
1108. MYANMAR Junta Chief Pledges to Protect Chinese Interests During Meeting with Xi Jinpinhttps://asiaviews.net/indonesia-police-military-to-crack-down-on-rogue-mass-organizations/g in Moscow
1109. INDONESIA: SOEs Law Raises Graft Oversight Concerns
1110. INDONESIA to Halt Refined Fuel Imports from Singapore
1111. MALAYSIA: Sixteen Foreigners, Including Children, Rescued from Forced Labor in Raids Across KL and Selangor
1112. MYANMAR: Mansat Villagers Urge TNLA to Address Unlawful Silicon Mining, Environmental and Social Harms
1113. VIETNAM Has ‘Significant’ Demand for US Goods: Trade Minister
1114. INDONESIA: Politics Creep into Military Ranks
1115. INDONESIA: Government Forms Anti-Extortion Task Force
1116. MALAYSIA: RM10,000 fine for TikTok post on racial, religious sensitivities, says MCMC
1117. MYANMAR Junta Calls New Ceasefire After Quake
1118. THAILAND: Southern Insurgency Escalates, Govt to Crackdown on Militant Leaders
1119. INDONESIA: ‘I’m In Charge’, Says Prabowo
1120. INDONESIA: Garuda Indonesia Grounds 15 Planes Over Maintenance, Financial Issues
1121. MALAYSIAN Travelers Can Soon Stay in China Visa-Free For Up to 90 Days Under New Five-Year Deal
1122. MYANMAR: US Imposes Sanctions on Myanmar Border Militia Over Cyber Scams
1123. SINGAPORE: Tech Billionaire Bill Gates’ Philanthropic Foundation to Set Up Office in Singapore
1124. INDONESIA: Miners Slam Chinese Smelters for Buying Bauxite Below Benchmark Price
1125. INDONESIA Annual Q1 GDP Growth Slowest in More Than Three Years
1126. SINGAPORE: Sexist, Racist Abuse of Women Candidates in Singapore GE2025 Draws Backlash From Gender Equality NGO
1127. MYANMAR: Sex-Based Violence Against Women and Girls in Myanmar
1128. VIETNAM: Thousands of Vietnamese Workers Scramble for High
1129. CAMBODIA: Troops Withdraw From Ancient Temple After Thai-Cambodian Talks
1130. INDONESIA: Impeachment Call, Abortive Reshuffle Hint at Internal TNI Tension
1131. INDONESIA: Beyond Statistics: Establishing a Poverty Line That Reflects True Hardship
1132. MYANMAR: Over 60 Villages Displaced in Bago’s Minhla Township Amid Junta Raids and Shelling
1133. THAILAND to Launch CB Disaster Notification System by Mid-July
1134. MYANMAR: Junta Boss Issues Labor Day Plea as Workers Desert Myanmar
1135. INDONESIA: Jokowi Faces Storm of Lawsuits Six months After Stepping Down
1136. INDONESIA: Foreign Investment up 12% yoy in First Quarter
1137. MALAYSIA Facing Severe Brain Drain with 1.86 Million Already Gone: Digital Minister
1138. MYANMAR Heritage Falls Victim to Quake
1139. VIETNAM Forecast to Become Second-Largest Economy in Southeast Asia by 2036
1140. INDONESIA Moves Toward Lifting Saudi Labor Ban Under New Safeguards
1141. INDONESIA: Indorama to Invest $2B in US as Tariff Talks Go On
1142. MALAYSIA and VIETNAM Vow Continued Humanitarian Aid for Myanmar Citizens: PM Anwar
1143. MYANMAR Marks Month of Misery Since Historic Quake
1144. THAILAND to Launch Delivery Drone Trials in Bangkok This Year
1145. CAMBODIA On Track to be Malaria-Free by September
1146. INDONESIA: LG Departure Marks Rude Awakening for Indonesia’s Nickel Downstream Dream
1147. INDONESIA: Free Meal Program Faces Hurdles on Food Safety, Funds Management
1148. MYANMAR Junta Builds a Surveillance State: report
1149. VIETNAM: World Bank forecasts Vietnam GDP growth at 5.8% in 2025
1150. INDONESIA: Govt Sticks to 5 Percent Growth Target Despite IMF’s Downward Revision
1151. INDONESIA: US Criticism of QRIS Baseless, Says Indonesian Economist
1152. MALAYSIA Indonesia to Explore Large-Scale Plantation Projects in Kalimantan and South Papua
1153. MYANMAR: ND-Burma Condemns Myanmar Junta’s Forced Enlistment of Women
1154. VIETNAM: US Representatives will Attend Vietnam’s National Reunification Anniversary: Foreign Ministry
1155. INDONESIA’S Largest Muslim Group Defends Halal Rules Against US Criticism
1156. INDONESIA’S Food Plan Risks ‘World’s Largest Deforestation
1157. MYANMAR Junta Troops Re-Enter Lashio as MNDAA Withdraws; Uncertainty Grows Among Locals
1158. THAILAND Cracks Down on Foreigners Using Student Visas to Work Illegally
1159. INDONESIA: Proposal to Name Soeharto National Hero Draws Opposition
1160. INDONESIA: Govt Vows to Trade with China as Usual Despite US-China Trade War
1161. MYANMAR: Women and Girls in Myanmar Face Deadly Dual crises following earthquake
1162. Thailand’s Central Bank Pushes for Inclusive Digital Finance in ASEAN
1163. VIETNAM: VinFast Delivers 400 e-Vehicles to Indonesian Dealers, Consumers
1164. INDONESIA: TNI Presence On Campus Stokes Fears of Shrinking Civic Space
1165. MALAYSIA Among Four Countries Hit by New US Solar Import Duties
1166. MYANMAR: Kim Aris Concludes U.S. Tour With Renewed Call to Action for Aung San Suu Kyi and Myanmar People
1167. PHILIPPINES: Law Signed Requiring Immediate, Proper Burial of Muslim Cadavers
1168. VIETNAM: Northern Region Sees Sharp Rise in Forest Fires in Early 2025
1169. CAMBODIA: Remembering the ‘Fall of Phnom Penh’ 50 years ago
1170. INDONESIA Weighs US Arms Purchases to Curb Tariff Threat: Bloomberg
1171. INDONESIA Aims to Halt Rice Imports in 2025 as Self-Sufficiency Improves
1172. MALAYSIA to Teach Thai, Khmer and Vietnamese as Elective Languages in Schools to Boost ASEAN Ties: Fadhlina
1173. MYANMAR: New Year Honors List: A Who’s Who of Genocide, Sanctions, and Misrule
1174. CAMBODIA: April 17, 1975: A Day of Long-Lasting Memories
1175. INDONESIA: Top US, Indonesian Diplomats Discuss Tariffs, Defense in Meeting
1176. INDONESIA: Trump’s Tariff Moves Push Indonesians Toward Gold and Real Estate
1177. MYANMAR’S Pushback Against Chinese Influence: Social Media and Street Protests
1178. THAILAND: Thaksin Meets Anwar, Myanmar Junta Leader at Bangkok Hotel Amid Tight Security
1179. INDONESIA: Two More Indonesian Geoparks Get UNESCO Recognition
1180. INDONESIAN Consulate Warns Against Unofficial Hajj Routes for 2025
1181. MALAYSIA: Rare Diseases in Malaysia: the Hidden Crisis Few are Talking About
1182. MYANMAR Junta Chief to Meet ASEAN Chair After Years of Being Kept AT a Distance
1183. PHILIPPINES-Security Tightened vs Kidnaps
1184. VIETNAM’S Largest City to Test 47,000 Public School Teachers for English Proficiency
1185. CAMBODIA: At Least 80,000 Indonesians are Working Illegally in Cambodia
1186. INDONESIA: Australia Asks Indonesia About Russian Request to Base Aircraft in Papua
1187. INDONESIA Hosts 100 Foreign Investors Amid Rising US-China Trade Tensions
1188. MALAYSIA PM says to Meet MYANMAR Junta Chief Over Quake Relief
1189. VIETNAM, CHINA Ink Pivotal Agreements on Railway, Road Cooperation
1190. INDONESIAN Embassy Urges Students in US to be Cautious Amid Visa Concerns
1191. INDONESIAN Embassy Urges Students in US to be Cautious Amid Visa Concerns
1192. MYANMAR Quake Victims Mark New Year Camped in Ruins
1193. SINGAPORE Slashes 2025 Growth Forecast to as Low as 0% Amid US-China Tariff War and Global Slowdown Fears
1194. THAILAND: BOT to Hold Financial institutions Liable for Call Center Scam Losses
1195. INDONESIA: Calls Mount for Transparency in KUHAP Law Revision
1196. INDONESIA Eyes Global Rice Export Market with Projected 12 Million Ton Surplus
1197. MYANMAR: India Rethinks Myanmar Policy Amid Border Shifts and Rising Tensions
1198. THAILAND Seeks Extradition of Former Buddhism Office Chief from US
1199. VIETNAM Administrative Overhaul: Planned Mergers to Reduce 63 Cities and provinces to 34
1200. INDONESIA: ‘We Are Not Trying to Displace Palestinians’: Indonesia on Gaza Evacuation Plan
1201. MYANMAR: Earthquake Destroyed 50,000 Houses in Central Myanmar: Junta
1202. THAILAND: BMA Outlines New Educational Guidelines for Disaster and Globalization Resilience
1203. VIETNAM-High School Students Create Semi-Automatic Durian Shelling Machine
1204. INDONESIA: Prabowo Says Revival of Military ‘Dwifungsi’ Nonsense
1205. INDONESIA-EU Seek Each Other’s Markets as Trump Tariffs Take Effect
1206. MYANMAR: Local Expertise Key to Earthquake Relief Amid Conflict in Myanmar, Report Advises
1207. THAILAND: Coffee Crisis Looms as Court Halts Nescafé Production in Thailand
1208. VIETNAM May Allow Dual Citizenship Under Amended Law
1209. INDONESIA: Prabowo Slams ‘Dark Indonesia’ Narrative, Warns of Nazi-Style Propaganda Tactics
1210. MYANMAR Suspends Tourist Visas After Quake
1211. THAILAND Plans to Restore Trade Balance with US: Finance Minister
1212. SINGAPORE: Crypto Ownership Climbs in Singapore, Gen Z and millennials lead shift: survey
1213. INDONESIA: President Prabowo to Distribute 1,000 Owls to Combat Rat Pests in Majalengka
1214. MYANMAR Junta Orders Earthquake Rescue Teams to Seek Prior Permission For Operations
1215. THAILAND Joins ASEAN Effort to Aid Myanmar Quake Victims
1216. VIETNAM Asks US to Delay New Tariffs by At Least 45 Days
1217. CAMBODIA is Open to Negotiation With US Over Tariff Hike, Offers to slash Import Duties
1218. INDONESIA: Prabowo Connects with World Leaders Amid Concerns Over US Tariffs
1219. INDONESIA Seeks to Negotiate with US over Trump’s New Tariffs
1220. MYANMAR: Rain Complicates Recovery in Quake-Hit Myanmar as Death Toll Tises
1221. VIETNAM: ‘US is Vietnam’s Largest Export Market, But There Are Other Buyers’: PM
1222. CAMBODIA Tops List of New Trump Tariffs, 49%
1223. INDONESIA Sends Medical Team and Relief Supplies to Earthquake-Hit Myanmar
1224. MALAYSIA: Trump Announces Tariffs on All Countries, including Malaysia at 24pc
1225. MYANMAR Quake Toll Passes 2,700 as Hopes of Rescue Fade
1226. THAILAND: Trump Tax Plan Targets Thailand as “Non-Reciprocal” Trading Partner
1227. INDONESIA: House Vows Openness, Public Participation in Police Law Revision
1228. INDONESIA: New TNI Law Could Bring Economic Consequences
1229. MYANMAR’https://asiaviews.net/indonesia-house-vows-openness-public-participation-in-police-law-revision/S Bloodiest Armed Forces Day
1230. SINGAPORE: Haze Returns to Singapore As Regional Hot Spot Activity Intensifies
1231. VIETNAM Approves 5-year Pilot Plan of Elon Musk’s Starlink Satellite Internet
1232. CAMBODIA: Cambodia Ranks Lowest in ASEAN Education
1233. INDONESIA Joins BRICS-Backed New Development Bank
1234. INDONESIA: Rupiah Hits Lowest Level Since 1998 Crisis Amid US Tariff Fears, Fiscal Concerns
1235. MYANMAR Junta’s Lottery Intensifies Conscription in Mandalay
1236. VIETNAM: Japan Turns to Vietnam, Indonesia to Tackle Truck Driver Shortage
1237. CAMBODIA: Nearly 1,000 Job Scam Cases Involving Indonesians Reported
1238. INDONESIA: Overlapping Responsibilities Loom Over Revised TNI Law
1239. INDONESIA: Flights Cancelled, Thousands Evacuated After East Flores Volcano Eruption
1240. INDONESIA: China’s Largest Coffee Chain Luckin Coffee Establishes Exclusive Coconut Island in Indonesia
1241. MYANMAR Junta Banks on Solar Miracle as Yangon Sinks Back into Darkness
1242. INDONESIA: ‘RIP Reform’: Democracy Advocates Sound Alarm Over Return of New Order
1243. INDONESIA: Papua Militias Kill Female Teacher, Injure Six: Authorities
1244. MYANMAR: UK Condemns Myanmar military’s escalating violence at UN Human Rights Council
1245. THAILAND: Censure Debate: PM Accused of Prioritizing Family, Allies Over Nation
1246. VIETNAM: Why Foreign Entrepreneurs Are Choosing Vietnam for Their Startups
1247. INDONESIA: Protection for Journalist Safety Remains Weak in Indonesia: Survey
1248. INDONESIA: Thai Ambassador Leads Business Delegation to Nusantara to Explore Investment Opportunities
1249. MYANMAR  Junta Arming Grassroots Militias to Control Urban Centers
1250. THAILAND to Propose Wat Arun’s Stupa as  World Heritage Site
1251. VIETNAM Enters Mobile Internet Speed Global Top 20 for First Time
1252. INDONESIA: Government Earmarks Rp 20 Trillion to Rescue Labor-Intensive Industries
1253. INDONESIA: Prabowo Instructs Minister to Begin Giant Seawall Project
1254. MALAYSIA: World Happiness Report: Like income, Malaysia stuck in middle
1255. MYANMAR: Scam Centers ‘Alive and Kicking’ in Shan State
1256. VIETNAM: People Queue Up for Hours to Buy Gold as Prices Surpass $3,900 For the First Time
1257. INDONESIA’S Stock Market Plunges While Others Shine
1258. INDONESIA: Sri Mulyani Reassures Investors on Prudent Budget Management as Stock Market Slumps
1259. MALAYSIA: ‘What Is Accepting 15 people?’: Malaysia to take in Palestinian Fighters Freed by Israel: Foreign Minister
1260. MYANMAR: Militants Killed Dozens of Rohingya Refugees Last Year: Watchdog
1261. SINGAPORE: First Solar-Powered Electric Boats to Ply Singapore River Next Month
1262. INDONESIA: TNI Law Revision Crosses Democratic Red Line
1263. INDONESIA’S  Business Sector Struggles Against Organized Extortion
1264. MALAYSIA: PM Anwar: Foreign State Immunity Act key to boosting investor confidence, protecting national security
1265. MYANMAR: Forcibly Displaced to Surge by 6.7 Million in 2025-2026: Aid Group
1266. VIETNAM: Asia’s Most Prestigious University Launches Exchange Program for Vietnamese Students
1267. INDONESIA to Lift Ban on Sending Workers to Saudi, Expecting 600,000 Jobs
1268. INDONESIA: Civil Groups Criticize Military Involvement in Drug Enforcement
1269. MYANMAR: WFP to Cut Food Aid to 1 Million People in Myanmar
1270. THAILAND Ranks 3rd in the World for QR Code Usage
1271. VIETNAM: UN Confirms Vietnam’s Deposit of Chart, Geographical Coordinates of Points for Baseline in Gulf of Tonkin
1272. INDONESIA: State Revenue Nosedives in January and February
1273. INDONESIA: Prabowo Considers Isolated Island Prison for Corruption Convicts
1274. MYANMAR: Aung San Suu Kyi’s Son Begins U.S. Tour to Urge International Action on Myanmar Crisis
1275. THAI Businesses Lead Asia’s Green Tech Surge: Alibaba report
1276. VIETNAM: VinFast Plans 100,000 EV Charging Stations in Indonesia
1277. INDONESIA: Dark Cloud Hangs Over RI Economy Amid Declining Confidence in Fiscal Policy
1278. INDONESIA: Foreign Investors Dump Indonesian Stocks, JCI Plummets as BBRI and GOTO Take Heavy Hit
1279. INDONESIA’S  Anti-Graft Law Allows Death Penalty, but Will It Ever Be Enforced?
1280. MYANMAR: What We Know About the Myanmar Junta’s Promise of Elections
1281. PHILIPPINE Armed Forces, Police On Alert After Ex-President Duterte Arrest, Transfer to The Hague
1282. INDONESIA: Outcry Against Nepotism, Cronyism in Government
1283. INDONESIA: East Java Police Foil Arms Smuggling to Papua’s Armed Group
1284. MYANMAR: UN Reinstates Aid to Rohingya Refugees in Indonesia: Official
1285. PHILIPPINES: Sara Duterte Flies to the Netherlands to Help Father in ICC Case
1286. VIETNAM: Singaporean Businesses Seek to Invest More in Vietnam’s Renewable Energy, Industrial parks
1287. CAMBODIA: Buddha Statue Body Found After Head was Uncovered in 1927
1288. INDONESIA: New Cars on the Block as Chinese Brands Extend Turf War to Indonesia
1289. INDONESIA May Allocate Up to Rp 5 Trillion for Free Boarding Schools for Underprivileged Students
1290. MALAYSIA: End of Cheap Palm oil? Malaysia, Indonesia Face Supply Crunch as Biodiesel Demand Surges
1291. MYANMAR: Chinese-Run Online Money Laundering Continues in DKBA-Controlled Areas of Myanmar Despite Crackdown
1292. INDONESIA: Govt Delays Monthly Budget Data Relay, as Experts Warn Likely Revenue Drop
1293. INDONESIA: KPK Flags Irregularities in Indonesia’s $4 Billion Free Meal Program
1294. MYANMAR: Karen BGF to Repatriate Approximately 1,500 Chinese Nationals Involved in Online Fraud
1295. THAILAND: Malaysians Urged Delaying Non-Essential Trips to Southern Thailand
1296. VIETNAM Aims to Make English Second Language For All Students by 2035
1297. INDONESIA: Tepid Middle-Class Growth Casts Doubt on Economic Ambitions
1298. INDONESIA: Police Foil Attempt to Smuggle 127 Illegal Workers Disguised as Umrah Pilgrims
1299. INDONESIA: Chinese and German Investors Eye Indonesian Bamboo Cultivation
1300. MYANMAR: Rohingya Food Aid to be Halved From Next Month: UN
1301. THAILAND: Chinese Business Wave Takes Over Sampheng and Pratunam
1302. INDONESIA: Prabowo Consolidates Ranks, Orders More Populist Policies
1303. INDONESIA: Factories Struggle as Indonesia Faces Industrial Challenges in 2025
1304. MALAYSIA: CCTV Now Mandatory in New Housing Projects Across Federal Territories: Minister
1305. MYANMAR: Putin Hails Myanmar Ties as Junta Chief Visits Moscow
1306. VIETNAM Considers Waiving Visas for Select Countries, Billionaires
1307. INDONESIA: Authorities Scramble to Contain Greater Jakarta Floods
1308. INDONESIA: Nusantara Authority Now Fully Works in New Capital
1309. MALAYSIA: Mocking Other Religions Is Against Islam, Jakim warns as Era FM Hosts Taken Off-Air Over Thaipusam Clip
1310. MYANMAR: Pressure on Thailand Grows as 200 Myanmar Deportees Fed into Junta War Machine
1311. THAILAND Eyes Health Industry As its Next Economic Powerhouse
1312. CAMBODIA: Ministry’s Report Sees Major Decline in Infectious Diseases
1313. INDONESIA: Govt Mulls Merging Pertamina Subsidiaries After Fuel Import Scandal
1314. INDONESIA: Deflation and Layoffs Weaken Indonesia’s Ramadan
1315. MYANMAR: ‘Made in China’: Inside the Myanmar Junta’s Intensifying Drone Offensive
1316. VIETNAM Considers Relaxing Its Two-Child Policy Amid Declining Birth Rate
1317. INDONESIA: Government Banks on Students to Preserve Indonesia’s Native Languages
1318. INDONESIA: Erick Thohir to Transfer $909 Billion in SOE Assets to Danantara
1319. MALAYSIA: From Trash to Treasure: What is Malaysia Doing With its Waste?
1320. MYANMAR: Min Aung Hlaing to Visit Russia
1321. VIETNAMESE Ethnic Couple Adapting to New Life After Spending 90 Years Living in Caves
1322. REGION: Whales and marine mammals thrive in Southeast Asia’s rich waters
1323. INDONESIA: Distrust in Danantara Sparks Online Calls to Switch Banks
1324. INDONESIA Has the Potential to Become a Key Player in the Global Halal Industry
1325. MYANMAR: Food Running Out for 100,000 Myanmar Refugees After US Aid Freeze
1326. VIETNAMESE Citizens Among 7,000 Rescued from Myanmar scam networks
1327. INDONESIA: Prabowo Inaugurates Indonesia’s First Bullion Bank
1328. INDONESIA, Malaysia to Form Special Team for Prisoner Exchange
1329. MYANMAR Embassy Urged to Assist Stranded Migrant Workers After Thai Authorities Shut Down AAC office
1330. THAILAND Issues Warning About ‘Zombie cCgarettes’ Amid RIsing Popularity in Bangkok
1331. INDONESIA Agrees to Terms with Apple to Lift iPhone Sales Ban
1332. INDONESIA: Danantara May Crowd Out Private Investment
1333. MYANMAR Junta Leads Global Regimes in Digital Repression
1334. SINGAPORE Sees Record Surge in Cybercrime, S$1.1b Lost to Scams in 2024
1335. INDONESIA: Pertamina Patra Niaga CEO, Six Others Arrested in $11 Billion Corruption Scandal
1336. INDONESIA: Media Violence Still Rampant in Indonesia, Latest Index Shows
1337. MYANMAR Junta Inks Deal With Russia to Kickstart Dawei SEZ Project
1338. PHILIPPINES: The Schools that made a stand for ‘People Power’
1339. VIETNAM Police Bust $78.5M Cross-Border Money-Laundering Ring
1340. CAMBODIA: 65M Year-Old Fossil Site Unearthed in Koh Kong
1341. Indonesia Seeks to Repatriate 270 Citizens Rescued from Online Scam Centers in Myanmar
1342. INDONESIAN Bus Driver To Be fFrst To Work Under New Japan Visa Status
1343. MALAYSIA, Indonesia, Vietnam and Thailand Become Partner Countries of BRICS
1344. MYANMAR: Over 15 Million People in Myanmar Face Acute Food Insecurity:UNOCHA
1345. INDONESIA: KPK is Sure Jakarta Will Meet Deadline For Extraditing Fugitive from Singapore
1346. Toyota Eyes Making Indonesia Manufacturing Hub for Global South: Hashim
1347. MALAYSIA: Starbucks’ Malaysian Franchise Holder Berjaya Foods Sees Revenue Slashed by Almost Half Last Year Amid Pro-Palestine Boycott
1348. MYANMAR: AAC Office Handling Migrant Worker Affairs Shut Down by Thai Authorities
1349. THAILAND: Internal Security Agency Increases Monitoring of Foreigners
1350. CAMBODIA Announces Implementation of Euro 5 Fuel Standards From This Year
1351. INDONESIA: TNI Law Revision Raises ‘Dwifungsi’ Fears
1352. INDONESIA: 37 Orangutans Rescued in East Kalimantan Amid Rising Human-Wildlife Conflicts
1353. MALAYSIA Plans Special ASEAN-US Summit to Reinforce Neutrality: Foreign Minister
1354. MYANMNAR: Junta Passes Law Allowing Chinese Security Firms to Operate in Myanmar
1355. INDONESIA: Prabowo Sees Major Protests Early in Presidency
1356. INDONESIA: Dewi Soekarno Renounces Indonesian Citizenship, Enters Japan’s Political Race
1357. MALAYSIA: Citizenship for Malaysian Mums’ Kids: Family Frontiers, Govt Look Into Settling Case before Federal Court’s March 10 Hearing
1358. MYANMAR: Human Rights Myanmar Submission to UN on Abuses Against Persons with Disabilities in Myanmar
1359. THAILAND’S Economic Struggle: Can Former Asian Tiger Regain Its Roar?
1360. REGIONAL: Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand Boost Local Currency Transaction Framework
1361. INDONESIA: Prabowo’s Permanent Coalition Proposal Draws Mixed Responses
1362. INDONESIA’S Parliament to Approve Revised Mining Law
1363. Myanmar Junta Criticizes Argentina Arrest Warrant
1364. VIETNAM: How Vietnamese Entrepreneur Utilizes AI to Teach English to 50 Million Learners Worldwide
1365. INDONESIAN Researchers Discover Potential Cancer-Fighting Plant in Orangutan Diet Study
1366. INDONESIA: Investors Bleed Trillions to Rampant CSO Extortion in Industrial Zones
1367. MALAYSIA: Medical Tourism: Who Else Is In The Race With Malaysia?
1368. MYANMAR: Thailand Deports 10 to China Linked to Actor Cyber-Fraud Case in Myanmar
1369. VIETNAMESE Students in Australia Secure $2.8M Investment in Instant credit Card Payment App
1370. INDONESIA, Turkey Greenlight Drone, Warship Construction in RI
1371. INDONESIA: Over 4,200 Indonesians Marked for Deportation from the US
1372. INDONESIA: Concern As Orangutan Seen Roaming Kalimantan Coal site
1373. MALAYSIANS Advised to Avoid Thailand’s Narathiwat Fishing Villages Flagged as Drug Hotspots
1374. MYANMAR: IEC to Implement Interstate Pass Cards for Security and Oversight in Karenni State
1375. INDONESIA: Prabowo, Erdogan Reaffirm Support for Palestinian State
1376. INDONESIA: Thousands of Christians in Papua Handwrite Bible Verses, Set National Record
1377. MALAYSIA: Government Proposes Allowing UNHCR Refugees to Work in Malaysia legally
1378. MYANMAR: Fuel Shortages in Myawaddy Lead to More Border Crossings and Black-Market sales
1379. SINGAPORE Conducts Joint Exercise with Malaysia, Indonesia For Better Response to Oil Spills
1380. INDONESIA: OJK Launches Indonesia Anti-Scam Center to Combat Fraud
1381. INDONESIA: Prabowo’s Efficiency Measures Exclude Defense Ministry and Police
1382. MYANMAR: Cut Off Myanmar Junta’s Financial Lifelines: Experts
1383. SINGAPORE: Be ‘Psychologically Prepared’ for a Terror Attack, Singaporeans Told Amid Rising Arrests of Radicals
1384. VIETNAM-China railway to Create $4.4B Construction Market
1385. INDONESIA Maintains Distance From BRICS De-Dollarization Concept Amid Trump’s Threats
1386. INDONESIA: Prabowo’s Free Meal Program Should Focus on Regions with High Stunting Rate
1387. MALAYSIAN: Singapore to Deport Iranian, Malaysian Husband PR Over Travel Agency Accused of Facilitating Entry of Terrorist Suspects
1388. MYANMAR: Trump Cuts Hit Thai Refugee Camps on Myanmar Border
1389. THAILAND: Influencer Wave Sweeps Thailand as Millions Seek Digital Spotlight
1390. CAMBODIA: Hit by US Aid Crunch, Demining Struggles to Continue
1391. INDONESIA: BNI Provides Business Loans for Indonesian Diaspora
1392. INDONESIA: Rohingya Refugee Influx Raises Concern for Conflict
1393. MALAYSIA: Melaka Cops Bust International Job Scam Call Center, Arrest Nine Including Three Chinese Nationals Targeting Caribbean Victims
1394. MYANMAR: U.S. President Donald Trump Has Extended by One Year the Declaration of a “National Emergency” in Myanmar, a Measure Allowing Biden-Era Sanctions Against the Military Junta to Continue
1395. INDONESIA: Prabowo Hints at First Reshuffle for Underperforming Ministers
1396. INDONESIA to Build Three Solar Power Plants
1397. MALAYSIA: Home Minister Confirms 22 Immigration Officers Questioned in Medical Visa Probe
1398. MYANMAR: Singapore Urges Employers to Shun Migrants from Myanmar
1399. THAILAND: Thai Cyber Police Cut Internet Signals Feeding Myanmar Scammer Gangs
1400. INDONESIA ‘Strongly Rejects’ Trump’s Gaza Takeover Plan
1401. INDONESIAN Army to Establish Five New Regional Commands
1402. MALAYSIA: Guidelines for Muslims at Non-Muslim Events: Islamic Afairs Minister Says Talks ongoing, Aims to Prevent Religious Conflicts
1403. MYANMAR: NUG Discloses Over 1,000 Healthcare Facilities Established Across 190 Townships in Myanmar
1404. PHILIPPINES: Sara Impeached by House
1405. CAMBODIA: PLHIV Face Significant Setbacks After Suspension of USAID Funding
1406. INDONESIA: Govt Walks Back Subsidized LPG Policy After Backlash
1407. INDONESIA to Implement B50 Palm Oil Biodiesel Mandate Next Year
1408. MYANMAR: Singapore Remains Biggest Foreign Investor in Myanmar
1409. INDONESIA Wavering on Climate Commitments Amid Global Uncertainty
1410. INDONESIA: Prabowo Orders Army to Work on Food Security
1411. MYANMAR Junta Restricts Overseas Employment for Conscription-Eligible Men
1412. PHILIPPINES Declares Food Security Emergency to Tame Soaring Rice Prices
1413. SINGAPORE: Trust Between Racial Groups in Singapore Grows, But Stereotyping Rises: IPS
1414. INDONESIA Secures UAE Partnership in Key Sectors, Including $50M Reforestation Grant
1415. MALAYSIA: Low Demand Forces Malaysia’s Manufacturers Into Steepest price Cuts in Decade Ahead of Global Trade War
1416. MYANMAR AId Groups Struggle With Freeze as UN Warns of ‘Staggering’ Hunger
1417. THAILAND’S Border and Cross-Border Trade in 2024 Reaches Record High
1418. INDONESIA Launches New Credit Scheme for labor-intensive industries
1419. INDONESIA: Most of Indonesia’s Oil Consumption Supplied by Singapore
1420. MYANMAR: Travelers Face 5 Million Kyat ‘Facilitation Fees’ to Depart Yangon Airport
1421. SINGAPORE: National University of Singapore to Open Acacia College, First Residential College Focused on AI
1422. THAILAND: How Did So Many Thai Farmers End Up Held Hostage by Hamas?
1423. INDONESIA: Prabowo Expands Military’s Role in Test of Fragile Democracy
1424. INDONESIA: Police Uncover International Love Scam Operation in Jakarta
1425. Myanmar Junta Registering Women Ahead of Possible Conscription
1426. SINGAPORE Mandates App Stores to Block Underage Access to Adult Content
1427. THAILAND: BOI Approves TikTok’s $3.76 Billion Data Center Investment
1428. INDONESIA: KPK Makes Headway in Another Stalled Case After Fugitive Arrest in Singapore
1429. INDONESIA: Insects and Worms May Feature in Indonesia’s Nutritious Meal Program
1430. MALAYSIA: Chinese New Villages to shine as tourism gems for Visit Malaysia 2026
1431. MYANMAR: UK Warns Against Travel To Parts of Myanmar Amidst Escalating Conflict
1432. THAILAND: Rainmaking Mission Extended as Bangkok Air Quality Improves Slightly
1433. INDONESIA Fines Google for Monopolistic, Unfair Practices in Play Services
1434. INDONESIA: Privacy Breach? Teachers in West Java High School Require Students to Take Pregnancy Tests
1435. MYANMAR: NUG to Intensify Revolution in Myanmar During 2025 With Ethnic Allies and International Support
1436. THAILAND: Nearly 200 Bangkok Schools Close over air pollution
1437. VIETNAM: Over 56% of Japanese Firms Looking to Expand Investment in Vietnam: Survey
1438. INDONESIA: Prabowo Lauds Cabinet’s Performance At Three-Month Mark
1439. INDONESIA: ExxonMobil to Invest Up to $15 Billion in Indonesian Carbon Storage, Petrochemical
1440. MYANMAR Junta Says It Has Deported Over 50,000 Scam Center Workers to China
1441. THAILAND: What Next After Same Sex Marriage in Thailand?
1442. ‘VIETNAM Poised to Become Financial Hub like Switzerland, Singapore’: Analyst
1443. CAMBODIA: Khmer Language Gets AI-Infusion
1444. INDONESIA: Prabowo Vows No More Fuel Imports By End Of His Presidency
1445. INDONESIA to Require Commodity Exporters to Keep All Dollar Revenues in Local Banks
1446. MYANMAR Junta Blames Thailand, EAOs as China Urges Scam Crackdown
1447. THAILAND: Chinese Tourism to Thailand Faces Sharp Decline Amid Safety Concerns
1448. CAMBODIA: Government Allocates $150 M Credit Guarantee Mechanism to Protect Rice Farmers
1449. INDONESIA: Jakarta ‘Never Heard’ of Trump’s Plan to Relocate Gazans to Indonesia
1450. INDONESIA: Qatari Investor to Invest at Least $16 Billion in Indonesia’s Housing Projects
1451. MYANMAR: Junta Forcefully Recruits Youth and elderly for Military Service in Mandalay Region
1452. VIETNAM: Hanoi to Install 40,000 New Surveillance Cameras by 2030
1453. INDONESIA: Jakarta Governor’s Regulation on Polygamy Sparks Public Debate
1454. INDONESIA Plans to Offer Carbon Credit Certificates to Foreign Buyers Next Week
1455. MALAYSIA: PM Anwar to Champion ASEAN’s Agenda On Gllobal Stage at WEF 2025 in Davos
1456. MYANMAR: ASEAN tells Myanmar to Prioritize Ceasefire Over Elections
1457. THAILAND: Bangkok Named the World’s Second-Best City
1458. INDONESIA Welcomes Gaza Ceasefire Deal, Urges Reconstruction
1459. INDONESIA Officially Adopts 15% Global Minimum Tax
1460. MALAYSIA: What is Malaysia’s Biggest Risks As We Go into 2025? WEF Study says Economic Downturn Top of List
1461. MYANMAR Military Leader Blames Foreign Interference and Resistance Forces for Ongoing Unrest
1462. THAILAND to Sign Historic Free Trade Agreement with EFTA in Davo
1463. INDONESIA: Poverty in Indonesia Drops by 1.84 Million People Since 2023
1464. INDONESIA: Most Indonesians Still Unsure about Trump: Survey
1465. INDONESIA: Asia’s Most Beautiful Island Crowned World’s Best Culture Destination
1466. MYANMAR: Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Jailed for 19 Years by Myanmar Military
1467. CAMBODIA: REDD+ Community Forests Successfully Registered in Kampong Thom
1468. INDONESIA: Prabowo Forbids Building Houses On Rice Fields
1469. INDONESIA: DPR Plans In-Depth Review of Social Media Restrictions for Children
1470. MALAYSIA: PM Anwar Says Going Digital is Way Forward for Malaysia
1471. MYANMAR: Blood Money Campaign releases report critical of international support to Myanmar’s junta
1472. INDONESIA: President Prabowo Plans Military-Style Retreat For New Regional Heads
1473.  INDONESIA: Bali Police Bust International Online Prostitution Ring in Canggu, Arrest Two Russians
1474. MALAYSIA: Most Malaysians Bullish on 2025 Despite Seeing More taxes, Higher Inflation: Poll
1475. MYANMAR: Demand for Solar Spikes as Darkness Shrouds Junta-Ruled Myanmar
1476. SINGAPORE: ‘Stand Against Nativism and Xenophobia’: Lee Hsien Loong Tells Singaporeans to Help Immigrants, Foreign Workers integrate into society
1477. INDONESIA: Saudi Lets Indonesia Send 221,000 Hajj Pilgrims This Year
1478. INDONESIA: Floods Remain Biggest Threat in 2025: Disaster Agency
1479. MALAYSIA: Healthcare and Medical Tourism Could Be Next Biggest Economic Drivers in JS-SEZ: Johor exco
1480. MYANMAR Junta Cuts Filmmaker’s LIfe Sentence to 15 Years As Part of WIder Amnesty
1481. SINGAPORE’S Water Agency Issues Flood Alerts as Heavy Rainfall Surpasses Monthly Average
1482. INDONESIA: Businesses, Experts Expect Little Economic Benefit From Joining BRICS
1483. INDONESIA  Builds World’s Largest Refuse-Derived Fuel Facility
1484. INDONESIA to Send 425,000 Workers Abroad in 2025
1485. MYANMAR: Junta Minister Makes Surreal Pitch for War-Torn Myanmar as Global Tourism Destination
1486. THAILAND’S  ‘Dual Prime Minister’ Model is a Delicate Tight-Rope Walk
1487. INDONESIA to Inaugurate Six New Dams to Boost Food and Water Security in 2025
1488. INDONESIA: Papua Land is Never empty, it is a Source of Livelihood for Many
1489. MALAYSIA: Anwar Government Entering Minefield Amid Push for Crucial Economic Reforms, Fitch Unit Says
1490. MYANMAR: Russia Completes Delivery of Warplanes to Embattled Myanmar Junta
1491. VIETNAM Invests $665M Abroad in 2024
1492. CAMBODIA: Healing journey from Khmer Rouge: Confronting the past, building the future
1493. INDONESIA: Prabowo Needs Bureaucratic Reforms to Deliver his Economic Agenda
1494. INDONESIA: Government Drafts New Energy Subsidy Scheme
1495. MYANMAR: What’s in Store for Myanmar in 2025
1496. SINGAPORE Tables Bill to Bolster Ethnic Harmony, Hundreds of Groups to be Labelled ‘Race
1497. INDONESIA: Prabowo’s Plan to Boost Oil and Gas Production Faces Major Hurdles
1498. INDONESIA Launches Ambitious Free-Meal Program to Combat Stunting
1499. Myanmar Releases 151 Thai Prisoners, but Not Detained Fishing Crew
1500. SINGAPORE: Over 60% of Singaporean Households Have Claimed $220 Vouchers from Cost-of-Living Support Scheme
1501. VIETNAM: First Vietnamese Appointed Editor-in-Chief of World Leading Scientific Journal
1502. CAMBODIA Achieves 74% Drop in Malaria Cases in 2024
1503. INDONESIA: Nutritious Meal Program Begins with 190 Public Kitchens Across 26 Provinces
1504. INDONESIA: World Bank Projects Worsening RI Current Account Deficit
1505. MALAYSIA Turns Away 2 Boats with Nearly 300 Rohingya Refugees
1506. MYANMAR Spring Revolution Challenges for 2025
1507. VIETNAM Offers 50% Investment Subsidy to Attract Semiconductor and AI Investments
1508. INDONESIA: Constitutional Court Revokes Presidential Nomination Threshold
1509. INDONESIA: From Spotify to Google Play: Gov’t to Return Money From Miscalculated VAT
1510. SINGAPORE Economy Grew 4pc in 2024, Advance Estimate Shows, Fastest Post-Pandemic Growth
1511. MYANMAR: UNICEF Report Says Myanmar Conflict has Displaced Nearly 1.3 Million Children by End of 2024
1512. MYANMAR Enforces Cybersecurity Law Effective January 1
1513. INDONESIA: Fraud, Alleged Illegal Levying Raise Questions About Free Meals Program’s Implementation
1514. INDONESIA: Prabowo Wants More Palm Oil Plantations, Says Not to Fear Deforestation
1515. MYANMAR: Chin Brotherhood Alliance Marks First Anniversary, Reports 1,000 Battles and Heavy losses
1516. PHILIPPINES: 24,000 Foreign Workers Exit Philippines After Online Gambling Ban
1517. THAILAND: Trump’s Policies Could Inflict THB160-billion Loss on Thailand
1518. INDONESIA: Politically Charged Year Comes to a Close
1519. INDONESIA: Bali Police: US Citizens Top List of Foreign Offenders in Bali
1520. MALAYSIA: New laws, New Weekend: What Other Changes for Malaysia can You Expect in 2025 Starting Tomorrow?
1521. MYANMAR Garment Workers in Chinese Factories Face Exploitation and Harsh Conditions
1522. SINGAPORE Sentences Malaysia Syndicate ‘COO’ to 28 Years in Landmark Drug Money-Laundering Case
1523. CAMBODIA- King Pardons 13 Filipino Women Jailed Over Surrogacy
1524. INDONESIA: 2024 a Year of Shrinking Indonesian Middle Class
1525. INDONESIA: N. Sumatra Authorities Detain Bangladeshi National for Smuggling Compatriots
1526. MALAYSIA: Pharmacists Sound Alarm as Rising Ozempic Misuse For Weight-Loss Causes Shortages for Diabetes Patients in Malaysia
1527. MYANMAR: China’s Plunder of Myanmar’s Rare Earth Wealth Threatens Global Security
1528. INDONESIA: Siren Rings as Aceh Mourners Mark 20 Years After Deadly Tsunami
1529. INDONESIA: 20 Years After the Wave: Building Resilient Coastal Futures
1530. MALAYSIAN Detainee Farik Amin Details Torture at Guantanamo
1531. MYANMAR: Christians Slam Cardinal Bo’s Ties to Myanmar Junta Boss
1532. VIETNAM Developing Punishments For Vaping After Ban
1533. INDONESIA: Silent night in Aceh as Indonesian Catholics hold modest Christmas mass amid Shariah law restrictions
1534. INDONESIA: Indonesia’s SOE Ministry Aims to Reduce State
1535. MALAYSIA: Terengganu’s First Public Caning for Khalwat: No Cameras Allowed as Cops Beef Up Security
1536. MYANMAR’S Garment Industry Unravelling Amid Chronic Labor Shortage
1537. VIETNAM: Sweeping Vietnam internet law comes into
1538. INDONESIA: National Police to Bring Home Ex-Jamaah Islamiyah Members From Syria, Philippines
1539. INDONESIA: Ukrainian Citizen Arrested in Thailand for Running Drug Lab in Bali
1540. MALAYSIA Among Nine Countries to Officially Become BRICS Partners from January 1, 2025: Kremlin
1541. MYANMAR: Junta Forces are Mobilizing in Central Myanmar amid Shan state Ceasefire: Rebels
1542. VIETNAM to Lead ASEAN in Economic Growth This Year: HSBC
1543. INDONESIA: Closure of National Gallery Exhibition Sparks Censorship Concerns
1544. INDONESIA: Thousands of Ex-Jemaah Islamiyah Militants Abandon Radicalism and Pledge Allegiance to Nation
1545. MYANMAR: Food Shortage Leads to Religious Conversion in Myanmar’s Naga area
1546. THAILAND Respects Malaysia’s Decision to Close Illegal Border Bases
1547. VIETNAM: Job Firms Struggle to Hire Guest Workers for Japan Due to Illegal Recruitment Practices
1548. INDONESIA: Prabowo’s plan to pardon ‘corrupters’ raises eyebrows
1549. INDONESIA: Police Uncover Counterfeit Money Syndicate Operating in Islamic University Building
1550. MALAYSIA: WhatsApp, TikTok, YouTube Among Platforms Required to Obtain Licenses Under New Licensing Rules: Fahmi
1551. MYANMAR: UN Slams Aid Abuse After ‘Rice Bunkers’ Found at Myanmar Junta Base
1552. VIETNAM: Relaxed Visa Policies Lead to Increase in illegal Foreign Workers: reports
1553. CAMBODIA: WWF report highlights discovery of new species in Greater Mekong region
1554. INDONESIA: Police Form New Team on Trafficking, Violence Against Women, Children
1555. INDONESIA: Germany Forgives Indonesia’s $78 Million Debt to Fight HIV, Tuberculosis
1556. MALAYSIA: Almost Two-Thirds of Malaysians Hold Favorable Views of China, Malay Perception Improves Significantly: Survey
1557. MYANMAR: ‘Bullet’ Says All Political Parties Must Back Myanmar Military
1558. INDONESIA: Stable Economy Boosts Capital Inflows But Global Pressure Remains: World Bank
1559. INDONESIA Issues 471 Golden Visas, Attracting $558 Million Investment in 2024
1560. INDONESIA: Japan to Establish Nursing Care Programs in Indonesia to Recruit Southeast Asian Workers
1561. MYANMAR: UN Envoy Demands International Action to Arrest Myanmar Junta Boss
1562. SINGAPORE: New Private Home Sales Hit Highest Level in More than 11 Years in November
1563. CAMBODIA: PM Orders Crackdown on Fraudsters Who Exploit Govt Projects
1564. INDONESIA to Build First Nuclear Power Plant in Bangka Belitung
1565. INDONESIA: Thousands of Indonesians Moving to Cambodia for Gambling Jobs/Antara: Foreign Ministry
1566. MALAYSIA: How Much Do Malaysians Need to Retire Comfortably?
1567. MYANMAR Junta Projects Economic Growth Rate at 3.8%
1568. INDONESIA: Indonesia’s Renewable Energy Plans May Put Forests at Risk
1569. INDONESIA: Dozen Vietnamese Nationals Arrested for Alleged Prostitution
1570. INDONESIA: Indef Compares Indonesia’s Illegal Cigarette Crisis to Latin America’s Narcotics Battle
1571. MYANMAR Opium Harvest Drops First Time Since Coup: UN
1572. SINGAPORE Reports Sharp Rise in Arrests for Harboring, Hiring Illegal Immigrants
1573. INDONESIA Identifies 29 Potential Nuclear Power Plant Sites
1574. INDONESIA Plans to Build Oil Reserve Facility Near Singapore to Reduce Imports
1575. MYANMAR-Global Campaign Protests China’s Support for Myanmar Junta
1576. PHILIPPINES: Scam Farms Change Tactics to Avoid Philippine Crackdown
1577. THAILAND: Cabinet Approves New Laws for 15% Minimum Corporate Tax
1578. CAMBODIA-PM Reveals Plans to Establish National Social Security Fund Family Package
1579. INDONESIA: Police Unveil New Antigraft Corps
1580. INDONESIA to Have Another Vaccine Producer in Near Future
1581. MALAYSIA: PM Anwar Urges Muslim Nations to Collaborate with Russia Amid Growing Western Islamophobia
1582. MYANMAR’S KIA Sends Delegation to China for Talks
1583. INDONESIA: Indian Firms Eye Investment in Indonesia’s Pharma Sector, Ambassador Says
1584. INDONESIAN Mining Sector Improving ESG Scores
1585. MYANMAR: AA Takes Complete Control of Myanmar-Bangladesh Border After Seizing Maungdaw
1586. VIETNAM: Australian National University Allows Direct Ddmission From All Vietnamese High Schools
1587. CAMBODIA Unveils Innovative Packaging Center Boost Food Industry
1588. INDONESIA: Prabowo Needs $900 Billion Investment for His 8 Pct Growth Dream
1589. INDONESIA: Diageo Expands Factory in Bali, Strengthens Indonesia As Southeast Asia Supply hub
1590. MYANMAR: Global Protests Expose China’s Complicity in Myanmar Junta Abuse
1591. VIETNAM: HCMC Offers $120 Reward for Women Having Two Children Before 35
1592. INDONESIA: King Coal Rules as Indonesia Sends Mixed Messages on Energy Transition
1593. INDONESIA: Gov’t to Enforce 12% VAT on January 1 Despite Public Opposition
1594. MALAYSIA Inquiry Proposes Criminal Probe into Mahathir Over Disputed Islets
1595. MYANMAR Junta Swells Arrest Log for Online Criticism
1596. SINGAPORE Among Preferred Destinations For Billionaires, With 47 in the Country
1597. CAMBODIA: Transparency Sought in Cambodia Talks
1598. INDONESIA: Lawmaker Urges Indonesia to Set Up Cultural Centers Overseas
1599. INDONESIA: Indonesia Announces Construction of Basilica in New Capital Nusantara
1600. MYANMAR: KIA Advances in Kachin State, Captures Junta Outposts
1601. INDONESIA: Baznas Plans to Build Mosques, Schools and Hospitals in Gaza
1602. INDONESIA Seeks to Curb $62 Billion in Online Gambling Funds Flowing Abroad
1603. MALAYSIA: Sabah to Table Cabinet Papers to End Child Marriages in Native Communities, Says Deputy CM
1604. MYANMAR Junta Boss Says He Promised Chinese, ASEAN Leaders to Hold ‘Fair Election’
1605. THAILAND: With a Score of 20, Thailand Ranks Low in Global ‘Parenthood’ Ratings
1606. INDONESIA: Migrant Workers Protection Minister Says Demand High For Indonesian Staff
1607. INDONESIA: Unlocking Geothermal Energy: Financial Risks and Community Pushback Slow Progress
1608. MYANMAR: Bangkok Seeks Answers After Thai Fishing Boats Attacked by Myanmar Vessels
1609. SINGAPORE: Fall in Positive attitudes towards people with disabilities in the workplace: MSF report
1610. VIETNAM: Lawyers warn of deportation risk for Vietnamese in US when Trump returns
1611. INDONESIA: Massive Costs, Reforms Await Prabowo Full Coal Phase Out Plan
1612. INDONESIA: Gov’t Plans to Establish State Revenue Ministry Headed by Abimanyu: Hashim
1613. MYANMAR: Caught Between Thailand and a Wa Place; Taking Chinese Lessons in Power
1614. THAILAND: Japanese Electronic Component Maker to Invest 62Bn More in Thailand
1615. VIETNAM: Lawmakers Approve Vietnam Airlines’ $870M Share Issuance Plan
1616. INDONESIA: A Step Closer to Partner with UAE on Papua Food Estate
1617. INDONESIAN  Government Aims to Return FOreign Prisoners By January
1618. MALAYSIA: PM Anwar Slams Exploitation of Race, Religion, Urges Love, Unity To Counter Hate-Driven rhetoric
1619. MYANMAR: Thai Legislation Threatens Exiles from Myanmar: Rights Groups
1620. SINGAPORE Businessman Tried for $1.1B Investment Scam, Spent Proceeds on Porsche, Rolls
1621. CAMBODIA: Govt Keen to Downplay Thai-Cambodian Sea Spat
1622. INDONESIA Can Benefit from US-China Trade War Amid Trump’s Tariff Threats
1623. INDONESIA: Govt to Allocate 8 million Ha of Land to Support Free meals, Reach Food Self-Sufficiency
1624. MYANMAR: Rakhine’s Banking System Collapses as Myanmar State Teeters on Precipice
1625. VIETNAM: Ethnic Minorities Flee Poverty for Opportunities in Southern factories
1626. INDONESIA Balks at Apple’s $100m Investment Plan, Seeks Better Deal
1627. INDONESIA: Bali’s Hidden Crisis: Paradise Island Records Highest Suicide Rate in Indonesia
1628. MYANMAR: ICC Prosecutor Seeks Arrest Warrant for Myanmar Junta Chief Min Aung Hlaing
1629. MYANMAR Migrant Workers May Soon Be Sent to Russia, Recruitment Agencies Say
1630. PHILIPPINES: Palace Denounces Duterte Coup | November 27, 2024
1631. INDONESIA: US Invests $67 Billion in Indonesia, But Local Content Rules Remain A Challenge
1632. INDONESIA: North Sumatra Digs Out as Flooding, Landslide Death Toll Hits 20
1633. MYANMAR: Junta’s Budget Estimate for FY 2024-25 is at Record-High at Over 40 Trillion Kyats
1634. THAILAND: Thailand Losing Battle for Japanese Investment: Lessons from Vietnam
1635. INDONESIA Agrees to Transfer Remaining Bali Nine to Australia
1636. INDONESIA: JCI Struggles as Foreign Investors Pull Funds, US Stocks Hit Record Highs
1637. MYANMAR- Urban Guerrilla Groups Target Military-Controlled Offices in Yangon
1638. THAILAND: Foreigners Take Ownership of Condos Worth 18.571bn in 3rd Quarter
1639. VIETNAM Neds $11B To Meet Increasing EV Charging Needs: World Bank
1640. CAMBODIA: PM Halts Issuance of Licenses for Domestic Beer Production, Permits Export-Only Licensing
1641. INDONESIA: Many Foreign-Owned Businesses in Bali Are Rulebreakers, Luhut Says
1642. INDONESIA: In Conservative Aceh, Sole Woman-Run Cafe Morning Mama Challenges Traditional Norms to Create Safe Space for Others
1643. MYANMAR: UK Permanent Secretary to the UN issues statement in support of the embattled Myanmar people
1644. PHILIPPINES: World’s Largest Solar Farm Rises in NEcija
1645. INDONESIA: Baznas Plans to Build Mosques, Schools and Hospitals in Gaza
1646. INDONESIA Seeks to Curb $62 Billion in Online Gambling Funds Flowing Abroad
1647. MALAYSIA: Sabah to Table Cabinet Papers to End Child Marriages in Native Communities, Says Deputy CM
1648. MYANMAR Junta Boss Says He Promised Chinese, ASEAN Leaders to Hold ‘Fair Election’
1649. THAILAND: With a Score of 20, Thailand Ranks Low in Global ‘Parenthood’ Ratings
1650. INDONESIA: New Government Education Reform Plans Met with Cautious Optimism
1651. INDONESIA: Prabowo’s Directive Halts Major Infrastructure Projects
1652. MALAYSIA: Cops Can Now Freeze, Seize Mule Bank Accounts to Prevent Scam Victims’ Money From Being Withdrawn
1653. MYANMAR JUNTA Can Order Migrant Workers Home To Fight, Agency says
1654. SINGAPORE Oil Tycoon OK Lim Sentenced to Nearly 18 Years for Cheating HSBC Out of Millions of Dollars
1655. INDONESIA Digital Economy Shows Double-Digit Growth, Yet Funding Still Subdued
1656. INDONESIA: Banyuwangi Police Raid Illegal Dog Farm with Supplies from Bali
1657. MALAYSIA: PM Anwar, Brazil’s Lula Advocate Reforms in International Governance for a Fairer world
1658. MYANMAR: KIO Temporarily Closes China-Myanmar Border Gates Amid Tensions
1659. PHILIPPINES: 1.2M Flee As Pepito Pummels Luzon
1660. CAMBODIA: National Committee Established to Provide Land for Landless
1661. INDONESIA: All New Cabinet Members Told to Disclose Their Wealth
1662. INDONESIA: Hotel Industry Raises Concern Over Nickel Mine in Raja Ampat
1663. MYANMAR: Central Bank of Myanmar sells foreign exchange continuously
1664. THAILAND: Federation of Thai Industries Concerned at Trump’s Reshoring Policy
1665. INDONESIA: Government to Build 1,100 New Houses for Lewotobi Displaced
1666. INDONESIA: Bali Eyes Medical Tourism Boom
1667. MALAYSIA’S Allure for Foreign Digital Nomads: RM87.9m in Annual Spending Driven By Fast Internet, Affordable Lifestyle
1668. MYANMAR Junta Chief Homes in on Chinese Drones as Resistance-Buster
1669. VIETNAM: New Zealand to Offer Scholarships to Vietnamese University Students for the First Time
1670. INDONESIA Says It Has No Overlapping South China Sea Claims with China
1671. KFC Indonesia Closes Dozens of Outlets and Lays Off 2,274 Workers amid Heavy Losses and Boycott Calls
1672. INDONESIAN Elementary, Middle Schoolers to Learn AI and Coding
1673. MALAYSIA Ready to Provide Vinancial Aid to Lebanon for Victims of Israeli Attacks: PM Anwar
1674. MYANMAR: Int’l Labor Watchdog to Take Action Against Myanmar Junta
1675. VIETNAM: Japan to Share Entry Costs, Ease Job-Changing Restrictions for Vietnamese Workers
1676. CAMBODIA: Foreign Media Claims that ‘Biden Administration Backed Organizations Plotting Color Revolution in Cambodia’
1677. INDONESIA: Why Indonesian Universities Trail ASEAN Neighbors in Global Rankings?
1678. INDONESIA: RI Businesses Fear Deluge of Chinese Goods After Trump Takes Office
1679. MALAYSIA: Does It Seem Like Malaysia Is Taking Very Small Steps Forward in the War on Drugs? Bukit Aman’s narcotic chief explains what’s going on
1680. MYANMAR: Activists Warn of Risks as Junta Leader Seeks Chinese Investment in Myanmar’s Agriculture
1681. INDONESIA Ranks 77th in Global Hunger Levels
1682. INDONESIA: Prabowo Introduces New Intelligence Agency under Finance Minister
1683. MYANMAR Junta Seals Bloody Pact With China in Kunming
1684. PHILIPPINES: Marcos Signs Landmark Laws Defining PH Territorial Waters
1685. VIETNAM Busts Ring Trading 1,000 Modified Guns Online
1686. INDONESIA: Prabowo Congratulates Trump on Election Win
1687. INDONESIA: Middle-Class Spending Key to Fixing GDP Growth: Economic Council
1688. MALAYSIA: Is it a Crime for a Malaysian to be a Mercenary in an Overseas War? 
1689. Myanmar Junta Foils Drone Attack on Min Aung Hlaing
1690. VIETNAMESE Students Turning Australian Degrees into High Salaries
1691. INDONESIA: Prabowo Inks Regulation to Cancel Debts of Farmers, Fishermen
1692. INDONESIA: Immigration Minister Mulls Requiring One-Year Bank Statement for Indonesians Traveling Overseas
1693. MALAYSIA, SINGAPORE to Jointly Propose Chingay for UNESCO Cultural Heritage lLst in 2025
1694. MYANMAR Refugees in Manipur Prison Urgently Need Medical Aid, Families Report
1695. VIETNAM: Asia’s Most Powerful Passports in 2024
1696. CAMBODIA: Seven Filipinos Return Home From Job Scams in Cambodia
1697. INDONESIA: Ministry to Inspect Skyrocketing Fees in Fourism Spots Amid Protests
1698. INDONESIA: Communication Minister Suspends 11 Employees for Facilitating Online Gambling
1699. MALAYSIA: War on Deepfakes: What Malaysia Can Learn From the Rest of the World
1700. MYANMAR: Japan to Recruit 1,400 Myanmar Workers
1701. INDONESIA: Gov’t Says $6.3 Billion Energy Subsidies Go to The Rich Instead
1702. INDONESIA: Court Orders Lawmakers To Draft New Manpower Law
1703. MYANMAR: Thai Police Rescue Human Trafficking Victims Forced to Work in Online Scam Centers in Myanmar
1704. THAILAND Ranks Among the Top 4 Countries Most At Risk of FLooding
1705. VIETNAM Province Launches $1.7M Restoration as 1,000-Year-Old Champa Towers on Brink of Collapse
1706. INDONESIA: Govt Allocates $8.8 Billion For Food Security in 2025
1707. INDONESIA: New Tourism Minister Targets High-Quality Tourists by Promoting Five Super Priority Destinations
1708. MALAYSIA: PM Anwar Tells UPNM: No Tolerance Towards Bullying and Thuggery in Educational Institutions, No More Slap on Wrist for Perpetrators
1709. MYANMAR: Ninety Rohingya Left ‘Stranded’ on Indonesia Beach
1710. PHILIPPINES Requests Companies to Pay for Plastic Waste Treatment
1711. INDONESIA: 1 Million Apartments Won’t Solve Urban Housing Crisis
1712. INDONESIA: 19 Australian Companies To Invest in Indonesia’s Tech Sector
1713. MALAYSIA: Family in Perlis Tightlipped On Viral News of Malaysian Citizen Turned ‘Mercenary’ Fighting Ukraine-Russia war
1714. MYANMAR: Intensifying Strikes on Civilians Spark New Sanctions Against Myanmar Junta
1715. THAILAND, Laos and Myanmar Launch Haze Control Initiative
1716. INDONESIA: Forcing Prabowo’s 8% Growth ‘Risks Economy Overheating’
1717. INDONESIA: Bali Gov’t Seeks Dutch Support to Preserve Local Cultural Heritage
1718. MYANMAR: Local Aid Workers Dying in Silence, Red Cross Warns
1719. SINGAPORE Trials Autonomous Vehicles On Public Roads for Cargo Transportation
1720. THAILAND: Eco-Friendly Disaster Products to be Produced in Thailand
1721. INDONESIA: Companies From Four Nations to Invest in Indonesia’s Dairy Farming: Minister
1722. INDONESIA: Majority of Indonesians Confident in Prabowo’s Leadership
1723. MALAYSIA: Health Ministry Tightens Imported Food Inspections After Reports of Excess Pesticide in Shine Muscat Grapes
1724. MYANMAR: China’s Export Ban is Causing Shortages of Medicine, Fuel And Food in Myanmar
1725. THAILAND: Internet Access in Thailand Surges to 21.7 Million Households in 2024
1726. INDONESIA: Prabowo Wants New ‘Political Capital’ Ready in Four Years: Minister
1727. INDONESIA: From Adorable to Authoritative: Prabowo Embraces Military Leadership Post-Election
1728. MYANMAR: Farmers Face Major Losses As Heavy Rains Devastate Rice Fields in Yangon and Ayeyarwady Regions
1729. PHILIPPINES: At Least 126 Dead and Missing in Massive Flooding and Landslides in Philippines
1730. THAILAND: Transport Ministry Pushes For Six New Airports
1731. INDONESIA Named BRICS Partner as Prabowo’s Top Diplomat Makes Overseas Debut
1732. INDONESIA: Prabowo to Instill Discipline In Cabinet At Three-day Bootcamp
1733. MALAYSIA: Fair $arnings: Where Roes Malaysia’s Minimum Wage of RM1,700 Stand  Compared to Other Countries?
1734. MYANMAR: China Strongly Condemns Bomb Blast at Mandalay Consulate
1735. THAILAND Charts Bold Course In AI Development, Emphasizing Ethics and Innovation
1736. Indonesia:New senior minister eyes Papua to achieve food self-sufficiency
1737. INDONESIA: Aceh Police Foil Smuggling Attempt of 216 Rohingya Refugees
1738. MYANMAR: China’s Diplomatic Missions Have Troubled History in Myanmar
1739. SINGAPORE Strikes Back: Govt Blocks 10 Fake Websites Linked to Foreign Information Warfare Against Country
1740. THAILAND: Six Thai Destinations Recognized For Efforts in Sustainable Tourism
1741. INDONESIA: Prabowo Presents Largest Cabinet In Decades
1742. INDONESIA: Chief Economic Minister Airlangga Announces 100-Day Plan: Energy, Food Sovereignty, and Investment Growth
1743. MYANMAR: Who Bombed the Chinese Consulate in Myanmar’s Mandalay?
1744. THAILAND: Seven Major Thai Banks Report Record-Breaking Revenues
1745. VIETNAM: 4,000-Year-Old Cemetery Unearthed in Hanoi
1746. INDONESIA: Prabowo Pledges Self-Reliant Future In His Inaugural Speech
1747. INDONESIA: Prabowo Subianto Inaugurated as Indonesia’s Eighth President
1748. MALAYSIA: Home Ministry Mulls Review of Migrant Labor Quota as Foreign Workers Near 15Pc Limit
1749. MYANMAR: Thousands Flood Shwedagon Pagoda To Pray For End to Conflict And Floods
1750. VIETNAM: How Rural Life in Vietnam’s Southern Cape is Attracting Global Tourists
1751. REGIONAL: Five Southeast Asian Nations Agree to Share Aviation Safety Data
1752. INDONESIA Fires up LFP Manufacturing Despite Lack of Lithium Reserves
1753. MYANMAR Military Steps Up Conscription of Would-Be Migrant Workers
1754. MYANMAR  Junta Signs $250,000 Development Deal with India Amid Criticism
1755. THAILAND Creates Favorable Condition for Cross-Border Tourism
1756. CAMBODIA Launches Largest Ever Power-Generation Facility
1757. INDONESIA: Years Later, Tourism Still Below Pre-Pandemic Level
1758. MYANMAR Tied With China for Worst Internet Freedom
1759. SINGAPORE Only Southeast Asian City Named Among World’s 10 Best For Food
1760. TIMOR LESTE Fights New Battles 25 years After Independence Vote
1761. INDONESIA: Nearly 500 ‘Golden Visa’ Applications Since Launch: Immigration Office
1762. INDONESIA Maintains 53-Month Trade Surplus Streak Despite Export Decline
1763. MYANMAR Junta Charges Hundreds for Scamming on Chinese Border
1764. PHILIPPINES: Prolonged Eruptions Detected at Taal Volcano
1765. VIETNAM: Unusual Weather to Hamper Economic Activities in Southeast Asia
1766. Cambodia Cracks Down on Surrogacy: Thirteen Filipino Women Facing Prison
1767. INDONESIA: State Budget Drives Education Equality, Toll Infrastructure Improvement in the Past Decade
1768. INDONESIA: Three French Citizens Deported from Aceh for Alleged Involvement in Local Election Campaign
1769. MALAYSIA: Under PM Anwar, Malaysia Climbs Lowy’s Power Index to be Fourth Most Influential in Region
1770. MYANMAR: MNDAA Restricts Members From Foreign Travel Amid Concerns Over Foreign Intervention
1771. INDONESIA: Tech Giants Prefer Malaysia For Data Centers: RI Govt Minister
1772. INDONESIA Remains ‘Light Years’ From Even Development Across the Regions
1773. MYANMAR Junta Steps Up Airstrikes as It Loses Ground to Resistance
1774. PHILIPPINES: Marcos Challenges China Over Clashes
1775. SINGAPORE: In What Could Be a Singapore Record, Court Awards Finance Veteran US$2.4M For Wrongful Dismissal After Two-Year Legal Battle
1776. INDONESIA: Prabowo Aims to End Indonesia’s Reliance on Food Imports Within Four Years
1777. INDONESIA: Govt Offers Three Seaports to Foreign, Domestic investors
1778. MYANMAR CDM Political Prisoners in Monywa Prison Coerced to Submit Petitions
1779. SINGAPORE’S Changi No Longer World’s Best Airport: Condé Nast Traveler
1780. THAILAND: Fortune Names 14 Thais Among 100 Most Powerful Women in Asia
1781. INDONESIA to Emphasize ASEAN Centrality at Laos Summits
1782. INDONESIA: New Ministries May Need Three Years to Become Effective, Warns Researcher
1783. MYANMAR Civil Society Urges ASEAN to Stop Working With the Military Junta and Support Establishment of a Federal Democracy
1784. THAILAND: Ministry of Energy prepares to handle Middle East conflicts
1785. CAMBODIA: Ancient Timber: 250 Million Year-Old Fossil Unearthed in Banteay Meanchey
1786. INDONESIA: Declining Middle Class Contributes to Indonesia’s Deflation: Experts
1787. INDONESIA: Prabowo Plans to Build, Renovate 3 Million Homes Annually
1788. MYANMAR Flood Victims Say Little Relief Has Reached Villages after Typhoon Yagi
1789. THAILAND: Over a Quarter of Thais Targeted By Scams Over Past Year
1790. INDONESIA: Govt Pushes Foreign MSME Owners in Bali To Scale Up
1791. INDONESIA: Scientists Reassert Wolbachia’s Minimum Risk For Dengue Control
1792. MALAYSIA: ‘You May Grow Up in London, But You Live in Malaysia’: PM Anwar Slams ‘Elites’ For Shunning Malay Language for English
1793. MYANMAR: MSF Highlights Struggle of Myanmar Rohingya Refugees in Malaysia
1794. SINGAPORE: Thousands Gather to Witness Final Horse Races at Singapore Turf Club
1795. INDONESIA: Jokowi on Farewell Tour in Final Weeks of Presidency
1796. INDONESIA: Illicit Waste Burning Reaches Alarming Rate of 48% Indonesian Households
1797. MALAYSIA: Scam Epidemic: Malaysians Lose US$12.8b Annually, Equivalent to 3pc of GDP, Amid Rising AI Threats
1798. MYANMAR: Chin Groups Attack Myanmar Junta Census Operation
1799. THAILAND Leads Southeast Asia in mobile Banking Application Usage
1800. Cambodian Journalist Mech Dara Arrested on Incitement Charges
1801. INDONESIA: Teachers’ Mental Health In Focus After Fatal School Assaults
1802. INDONESIA: Mood Improves Among Indonesian Manufacturers
1803. MALAYSIA: Informal Status of Migrant Workers May Put Them At Risk of Abuse: ASEAN Gender Outlook 2024
1804. MYANMAR Faces Critical Humanitarian Crisis as Floods Devastate over 1 Million Lives
1805. INDONESIA: Jokowi’s Sea Toll: A Decade of Connecting Indonesia and Reducing Price Disparities
1806. INDONESIA: Immigration Officers to Carry Firearms Following Duty-Related Death
1807. MYANMAR: Yangon to Get 4-Hour Power Rotations, Industrial Zones 8 Hours Daily
1808. Myanmar: The Trouble With Elections
1809. VIETNAM Rises in Asia Power Ranking With Bigger Diplomatic influence
1810. CAMBODIA: Severe Flooding Devastates Crops Across 7 Provinces
1811. INDONESIA: First-Timers Make Up Majority of House Members
1812. INDONESIA: Prabowo to Build 2 Million Houses in Villages Annually
1813. MYANMAR: Armed Groups Snub Myanmar Junta ‘Peace’ Offer
1814. THAILAND: 70th Bangkok Gems Fair Hits $100M in Orders, Boosting Global Trade Hub Status
1815. INDONESIA: Sea Sand Exports: Singapore Gains, Indonesia Loses
1816. INDONESIA: Prabowo Warns of World War III Risk, Reaffirms Indonesia’s Non-Aligned Stance
1817. MYANMAR: IIMM Says the Military Council’s Secretive Executions Amount to Grave International Crimes
1818. SINGAPORE: Hong Kong dethrones Singapore as Asia-Pacific’s top financial center
1819. THAILAND: Majority of Thais Don’t Intend To Go Off meat During Annual Vegetarian Festival
1820. INDONESIA: Dynasties, Lack of Opposition Paint Bleak House Picture
1821. INDONESIA: Jokowi Launches Various Projects by Private Investors in Nusantara
1822. MALAYSIA: No Smoking, kids! Minors Smoking Now a Crime, While Selling Cigarettes to Minors Could Land You in Jail
1823. MYANMAR: Fuel Shortage Returns in Yangon
1824. PHILIPPINES: US Missile to Remain in PH
1825. INDONESIA: Miracle Needed For RI To Become Advanced Economy by 2045: World Bank
1826. INDONESIA: Retno Marsudi Urges Respect for Women’s Rights in Afghanistan
1827. MALAYSIA: Age Is Just A Number: Dr Mahathir, ‘99-Year-Old Car Guy’ Puts Pedal To The Metal and Hits Speeds Over 150KM/H AT SIC
1828. MYANMAR: Japan Downgrades Diplomatic Ties With Myanmar Junta
1829. THAILAND’S  Halal industry Drives 335M Baht in Trade, Aiming for ASEAN Hub
1830. INDONESIA to Launch Cyber Force as Fourth Branch of Military
1831. INDONESIA: North Sumatra Unveils World’s Tallest Christ Statue
1832. MYANMAR: NUG Minister Accuses Myanmar Junta of Obstructing Aid to Flood Victims at UN Meeting
1833. SINGAPORE: More Singaporean Deaths Than Births Possible By First Half of 2030s: Prime Minister’s Office
1834. THAILAND: Over 190,000 Myanmar Workers Arrested in Thailand’s Crackdown on Illegal Labor
1835. CAMBODIA Formally Withdraws From CLV-DTA Agreement
1836. INDONESIA: Relief as New Zealand Pilot Freed from Captivity in Papua
1837. INDONESIA Far Short of 2024 Renewable Energy Target
1838. THAILAND Pushing For Talks With Concerned Parties in MYANMAR to Repair Key Asian Highway
1839. VIETNAM’S Billionaire Proposes English Education for Entire Population
1840. INDONESIA Welcomes UN Resolution to End Israel’s Unlawful Occupation
1841. INDONESIA: Bali to Get Autonomous Transit System to Ease Congestion: Minister
1842. MYANMAR: International Cross-Border Response to Typhoon Yagi Urgently Needed in Myanmar
1843. SINGAPORE: MHA Survey Finds Growing Support Among Singapore Residents for Death Penalty in Most Serious Crimes
1844. THAILAND: New Project Aims to Create a Database of Facilities in Thailand
1845. CAMBODIA: Controversy Over Cambodia’s Journalism Charter Following UN Criticism
1846. INDONESIA: Virgin Australia Becomes 1st Foreign Airline to Use Pertamina’s Sustainable Fuel
1847. INDONESIA: Visitors Flock to Nusantara As New City Opens to Public
1848. MALAYSIA: Confinement Centers for Muslim Mothers in Malaysia? Yes, And They Are Highly in Demand
1849. MYANMAR: India Plans to Provide Electricity to Myanmar’s Chin and Rakhine States
1850. INDONESIA: RI Eyes Former Mining Land For Solar Power Plants
1851. INDONESIA: Luhut Attracts Ray Dalio and Porsche Family to Establish Family Offices in Bali
1852. MALAYSIA: Malaysia Freezes Almost 100 Bank Accounts in Child Abuse Case
1853. Myanmar Flooding Death Toll Jumps to 226
1854. INDONESIA: Election Rivalries at Play in Kadin Chair’s Ouster
1855. INDONESIA: Govt to Launch New Study on Authenticity of Borobudur’s ‘Chattra’
1856. MALAYSIA: On Malaysia Day, PM Anwar Vows Uplifting Rural and Impoverished Areas a Priority of His Administration
1857. Myanmar’s NUG Urges Public to Boycott Military Council’s Population Census
1858. THAILAND: Statue Removed to Museum After residents blame it for Mae Sai floods
1859. INDONESIA: Jet Aircraft Carrying Passengers Lands for First Time at Nusantara Airport
1860. INDONESIAN Military Inducts 500 Civilians into the Army to Bolster Nusantara’s Security
1861. MALAYSIA: ‘Unimaginable Horror’: UNICEF Calls for Urgent Long-Term Support After Mass Child Abuse Allegations at Welfare Homes Uncovered
1862. Myanmar Junta Intensifies Airstrikes on Civilian Areas following Threats by Min Aung Hlaing
1863. SINGAPORE: Pope Francis Arrives in Singapore for Final Leg of Asia
1864. INDONESIA: Prabowo Consolidates Power As Presidency looms
1865. INDONESIA: Biomass Export Boom Brings Risks of Deforestation
1866. MYANMAR: Karen Human Rights Group Condemns Ongoing Attacks On Education in Myanmar
1867. PH Most ‘At-Risk’ From Calamities
1868. Thailand Courts Bollywood With Film Fest in Mumbai
1869. CAMBODIA: No Agenda Behind China’s Donation of Two Warships to Cambodia
1870. INDONESIA: Gig Economy Threatens RI’s Human Capital Growth
1871. INDONESIA: Prabowo’s Free Meal Program Targets 15 Million Students in 2025
1872. MALAYSIA: Wealthy Chinese Youth Flock to Malaysia’s MM2H Scheme After Requirement Changes
1873. MYANMAR: Nicholas Koumjian Warns of Increasingly Frequent and Brutal War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity in Myanmar
1874. INDONESIA: Bali Proposes Two-Year Moratorium On Hotel, Nightclub Construction
1875. INDONESIA: Jokowi Works from New Capital Tomorrow Until Retirement
1876. MALAYSIA: Foreign Ministry Monitors Reports of Foreign Naval Vessels in Malaysia’s Exclusive Economic Zone in South China Sea
1877. MYANMAR: Thai Ministry Shuts Down Six Schools for Burmese Students
1878. SINGAPORE Refuses Higher Percentage of Travelers Since Launching Automated Immigration Lanes
1879. INDONESIA: Activists Revive Calls to Revoke Discriminatory Policies After Pope’s Visit
1880. INDONESIA: Long-Awaited Asset Forfeiture Law Delayed Again
1881. MYANMAR: The UN Security Council’s Astonishing Silence on Myanmar Atrocities: Akshaya Kumar, Human Rights Watch
1882. THAILAND: Fast-Growing Thai Halal Industry Poised For Big Leap in 2025
1883. VIETNAM: Typhoon Yagi Kills 4, leaves 78 Injured in Northern Vietnam
1884. INDONESIA: Now A Step Closer to Exporting Electricity to Singapore
1885. INDONESIA: GoTo Exits Vietnam Amid Push To Pursue Profitability
1886. Myanmar Junta Lures Trishaw Drivers Into Militias With Incentives
1887. THAILAND: New Surin Elephant Museum is a Primer on the World of this Pachyderm
1888. VIETNAM: Passenger bus route linking Ha Long and China’s Nanning City launched
1889. INDONESIA: The Pope Urges Indonesia to Live Up to Its Promise of ‘Harmony in Diversity’
1890. INDONESIA: TNI Ordered to Create Cyber Force
1891. MALAYSIA: PM Anwar Advocates For Deeper Islamic and Halal Industry Ties with Russia
1892. MYANMAR: Military Council Leader Announces Nationwide Census in Myanmar Amid Uncertainty
1893. THAILAND’S $13B Digital handout Scheme to Include Cash Payments: PM
1894. CAMBODIA: Growing Safeguards: Govt Encouraging More People to Settle in Border Areas
1895. INDONESIA: Southeast Asia’s Largest Economy To Reform Tourism on Bali
1896. INDONESIA: Government to Investigate Alleged Indonesian Gang Causing Disturbances in Japan
1897. MYANMAR: Yangon Reinstates Curfew Amid Growing Tensions and Reports of Forced Recruitment
1898. THAI Banks Suspend 34,000 Accounts Linked to Scammers
1899. INDONESIA: Philippine Detains Over 160 people, Including 70 Indonesians, Over Suspected Cybercrime Operation
1900. INDONESIA: 21 Foreign Citizens Win Contest Using Indonesian at FHI
1901. MALAYSIA: International Schools in Malaysia See Enrolment from East Asia Soar, Particularly From China
1902. MYANMAR: China Discusses Military Training with Myanmar Junta
1903. INDONESIA: Growing Paper, Plastic Scrap Imports Aggravate Waste Problem
1904. INDONESIA: Jakarta Sees Massive Ojek Protest but Many Drivers Continue Working
1905. MYANMAR Junta Reportedly Conducts Forced Conscription of Civilians in Pathein to Meet Military Quotas
1906. SINGAPORE: TODAY to Merge With CNA, Become Digital Long-Form Weekend Magazine
1907. VIETNAM: Over 800,000 Exposed Surveillance Cameras in Vietnam Spark Privacy Concerns
1908. CAMBODIA: Tik Tok Shuts Down Account For Falsehoods About Cambodia
1909. INDONESIA: All-Women Candidates to Contest East Java Gubernatorial Election
1910. INDONESIA: Govt Orders Nearly 2,000 Doses of Mpox Vaccine from Denmark
1911. MYANMAR Military Set to Lose Rakhine State to Ethnic Armed Group
1912. VIETNAM: HCMC Police Dismantle Baby Trafficking Ring Across 32 Localities
1913. INDONESIA: IDX Admits Employees Implicated in IPO Bribery Case
1914. INDONESIA: Indomie Factory in Nigeria Favors Cheaper Malaysian Palm Oil
1915. MYANMAR: Experts Sound Alarm on New Rohingya Crackdown in Myanmar
1916. SINGAPORE: One in Two People in Singapore Targeted By Fake Job Scams
1917. THAILAND: Harley-Davidson to move production of selected models to Thailand
1918. INDONESIA: President Jokowi to Host State Reception for Papal Visit
1919. INDONESIA: EU Embargo on Indonesian Palm Oil a Blessing in Disguise, Prabowo says
1920. MALAYSIA: Taliban Says Keen For Good Relations with Malaysia, Wants Help for Afghanistan in Higher Education System
1921. MYANMAR Junta Imposes Travel Restrictions for Wa, Palaung (Ta’ang), and Kokang Communities
1922. THAILAND: Museum in Southern Thailand is a Treasure Trove of Malay Heritage
1923. INDONESIA: Musicians Sound ‘Emergency Warning’ Over Regional Race Saga
1924. INDONESIA Prepares 1.5 Million Hectares for Dairy Farming and Cow Imports to Support Prabowo’s Program
1925. MYANMAR: Foreign Direct Investment in Myanmar Still Falling This Fiscal Year
1926. SINGAPORE Beats Jakarta, Manila In Ranking of Best Cities for Workcations
1927. THAILAND: Harvesting filming locations as Thailand’s soft power
1928. INDONESIA: Gov’t to Retire 13 Coal-Fired Power Plants
1929. INDONESIA and Australia Seal Treaty-Level Defense Pact
1930. MALAYSIA: PM Anwar Eyes BRICS’ Membership to Boost Malaysia’s Economic Diplomacy and Strategic Partnerships
1931. MYANMAR’S Junta Is Funding Its War Through Forex Scams, Economists Say
1932. THAILAND: First Case of Mpox Clade 1b Detected in Thailand
1933. INDONESIA: Refugees In Limbo After Eviction Notice From Jakarta Administration
1934. INDONESIA: Expert Warns Against Flood of Imported Petrochemicals from UAE
1935. MALAYSIA: PuTERA35, The Anwar Govt’s Plan To Uplift Bumiputera And Close The Economic Gap By 2035
1936. MYANMAR: Over 4,900 Battles Affecting 67% of Myanmar Recorded Since 2021 Coup
1937. VIETNAMESE Noodle Dishes Recognized as National Cultural Heritage
1938. INDONESIA: Government Prepares 12 Laboratories to Detex Mpox
1939. INDONESIA: Nusantara Hosts First-Ever Independence Day Celebration
1940. MALAYSIA: Digital divinity: Oldest Hindu Temple in Johor Takes Prayer Requests, Payments Online
1941. THAI KIng Pardons Ex-PM Thaksin in Birthday Amnesty
1942. INDONESIA: Up to 45 Million Indonesians At Risk of Hunger: Home Ministry
1943. ASEAN Holds Meeting on Human Trafficking Prevention
1944. MALAYSIA a Key Link in Smuggling of Indonesian labor, Jakarta Says
1945. MYANMAR: UN Reports Increased Brutality in Myanmar Conflict, Urges ASEAN to Act
1946. THAILAND’S Paetongtarn Shinawatra Wins Parliamentary Backing To Become New PM
1947. INDONESIA: Google Vows to Redact Fraudulent Maps Business Data
1948. INDONESIA: Govt Pushes For Clean Tech In Fertilizer Production
1949. Myanmar is Running Out of Power; Post-Coup Blackouts Intensify
1950. THAILAND: PM Srettha Shown The Door as Constitutional Court Rules Against Him
1951. VIETNAM Legislators Propose Making Trading Fetuses a Human Trafficking Crime
1952. INDONESIA: Activists Urge KPK Selection Committee To Oust Problematic Candidates
1953. INDONESIA: Google Takes Action Against Widespread Hotel Account Hacks in Indonesia
1954. MALAYSIA: Federal Police Exposes Job Scam Offering Over RM6,000 A Month For Fake Google Reviews
1955. MYANMAR: Junta Controls Fewer Than 100 of Myanmar’s 350 Towns: NUG
1956. THAILAND: New Guidelines For So-Called ‘Green Industry’ Introduced
1957. ASEAN Eyes Nuclear Energy, But Airs Safety Concerns
1958. INDONESIA Eases Import Rules For Solar Power Projects
1959. INDONESIA’S $15b Food Security Budget Fails to Improve Agricultural Sector, Says Expert
1960. MALAYSIA: All You Need To Know About Dark Tourism and Why Malaysia Should Capitalize on it
1961. MYANMAR: Floods, Starvation, and Violence in Myanmar’s Badlands: NGO Report
1962. CAMBODIA: Police Increasing Pressure on Int’l Human Trafficking Gangs
1963. INDONESIA: Government Ramps up Preparation For First Independence Day in Nusantara
1964. INDONESIA and Australia Deepen Ties in Electric Vehicle Supply Chain and Research
1965. MYANMAR: Nearly 50 Former Myanmar Military Officers Recalled to Active Duty
1966. SINGAPORE Hangs Prisoner In Second Execution In Days
1967. VIETNAM: Foreign Businesses Step Up Investment, Recruitment in Vietnam Amid Global Shift
1968. INDONESIA ‘Needs To’ Develop its Quaternary Education Amid Technological Advancement
1969. INDONESIA Extends Safeguard Tariffs to Protect Struggling Textile Industry
1970. MALAYSIA Leads Asia with 31.4pc Female Board Members in Top 100 Publicly Listed Companies: SC Data
1971. MYANMAR’S Junta Has Tightened Its Conscription Noose at Airports
1972. VIETNAM: Finance Ministry Proposes Lower Income Tax Rate for Micro, Small enterprises
1973. INDONESIA: OJK Reports Foreign Acquisition of Six Indonesian Multifinance Firms
1974. INDONESIA: Journalist Association Condemns Alleged Intimidation of Tempo Journalist
1975. MALAYSIA: How Does Bangladesh in Turmoil affect Malaysia, One Of Its top 10 Trade Partners
1976. MYANMAR Military Claims It Withdrew ‘For Fafety of People’
1977. THAILAND: Charter Court Dissolves Move Forward, Bans Execs For 10 years
1978. CAMBODIA: UNESCO to Investigate Alleged Rights Abuses at Angkor Wat
1979. INDONESIA: Disaster Agency Stockpiles Food in Central Papua Over Famine Concerns
1980. INDONESIA to Export Green Power to Singapore by 2028
1981. MYANMAR: NGO Calls on ASEAN to Engage with Myanmar’s Resistance Government
1982. THAILAND’S Pattaya Aims to Become Family-Friendly Destination Instead of Sex Tourism Hub
1983. INDONESIA: Government Imposes Sricter Tobacco Control Amid Unchecked Youth Smoking
1984. INDONESIA: PLN Looks to Trial Carbon Capture at Four Coal-Fired Plants
1985. MYANMAR: Desperate Myanmar Junta Seeks Russian Intervention Against Armed Resistance
1986. SINGAPORE: Most Singaporean Youths Satisfied With Life; 2 in 5 Have Never Been in a Relationship: IPS-NYC Study
1987. INDONESIA: Former VP Jusuf Kalla attends Hamas leader’s funeral, calls for end to Gaza war
1988. INDONESIA: Rights Groups Hail Safe Abortion Rule, Urge More Details
1989. MYANMAR: War in Myanmar Heartlands Silences Mount Popa Volcano Shrine
1990. PHILIPPINES: Yulo Gifts PH With 2nd Gold
1991. VIETNAM: Unusual Rains Over 2 Months Cause Devastating Floods in Northern Vietnam
1992. Cambodia-Laos-Thailand Combat Cross-Border Corruption-KhmerTimes
1993. INDONESIA: President Jokowi Condemns ‘Intolerable’ Killing of Hamas Leader
1994. INDONESIA: Police Arrest Terror Suspect Targeting Places of Worship in East Java
1995. INDONESIA: Police Arrest Terror Suspect Targeting Places of Worship in East Java
1996. MALAYSIA’S New License for Social Media Platforms and Messenger Apps
1997. INDONESIA: Surfing the Slowing Global Economy: How Has Indonesia Fared So Far?
1998. THAILAND: 86 Communities Sign Up For First Batch of Agricultural Drones Project
1999. THAILAND: 8https://asiaviews.net/thailand-86-communities-sign-up-for-first-batch-of-agricultural-drones-project/6 Communities Sign Up For First Batch of Agricultural Drones Project
2000. THAILAND: 86 Communities Sign Up For First Batch of Agricultural Drones Project
2001. VIETNAM: Australian Veterans’ 20-Year Search Uncovers Mass Grave of Vietnamese Soldiers
2002. CAMBODIA: Indian Govt Issues ‘Cyber Slavery’ Advisory to Overseas Travelers Heading to Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos and Hong Kong
2003. INDONESIA: South Korea Overtakes US, Japan in FDI to Indonesia
2004. INDONESIA’S  Sea Nomads Turn to Jobs on Land
2005. MYANMAR: NUG Wants to Collaborate with Thai Government Over Migrant Worker Issues
2006. THAILAND: Thai PM Srettha to Meet Anwar in Southern Province to Discuss Border Security
2007. INDONESIA: ‘No Transition Without Transmission’ as RI Calls Donors to Fund Grid
2008. INDONESIA: Govt Aims to Reduce Airfares by 10 Percent by October
2009. MALAYSIA: Sabah’s Place in Malaysia Undisputed, Says Foreign Ministry in Response to Social Media Claims
2010. MYANMAR’S  United Wa State Army Moves Into Strategic Northern Town of Lashio
2011. VIETNAM: Mobile Internet Subscriptions in Vietnam Surpass 90% of Population For First Time
2012. CAMBODIA HIV/AIDS Response Ranks First in Region: UNAIDS
2013. INDONESIA: Jokowi to Receive FAO Award for Food Security: Minister
2014. INDONESIA Launches New Phase of Industrial Park in Bid to Lure Investors Away From China
2015. MALAYSIA Brain Drain And Who’s Benefitting From It
2016. MYANMAR: Burma Human Rights Network calls on U.S. Congress for Myanmar Acts
2017. INDONESIA: Golden Visa Only For ‘Good Quality Travelers’: Jokowi
2018. INDONESIA: Thousands of East Java Children Seek Therapy for Online Gaming Addiction
2019. MYANMAR: Thai Central Bank to Investigate Myanmar Weapons Payments
2020. SINGAPORE: Terrorism Threat Elevated Since Renewed Israel-Palestine Conflict; Singapore Also Affected: ISD
2021. THAI Passport Holders Now Have Visa-Free Access to 82 Countries
2022. INDONESIA: Govt Denies Buying Russian Oil But Leaves Door Open
2023. INDONESIA: Jakarta’s Air Quality Index Hits Hazardous Levels, Second Only to Kinshasa
2024. MALAYSIA: Meta’s Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp Most Compliant with Malaysian Laws, X the Worst Offender: Fahmi
2025. MYANMAR’S Second-Largest City Overwhelmed by Third Wave of War Refugees
2026. THAILAND: Majority of Thai People Use AI In Their Daily Lives For its Convenience: Study
2027. CAMBODIA: Senate President Hun Sen Denies Allegations of Khmer Territory Integration into Vietnam
2028. INDONESIA: Jokowi Celebrates Children’s Day in Papua to Symbolize Educational Justice
2029. INDONESIA: Heavy Reliance on Exports to China Could Hurt Indonesia’s Trade: Analyst
2030. MALAYSIA: Education Ministry Says No Exemptions Over Ban Against School donations From Tobacco, Alcohol Sponsors
2031. MYANMAR Junta Generals Barred From ASEAN Meet as Civilian Deaths Exceed 5,400
2032. INDONESIA: New Tracking System to Prevent Fraud in Nickel, Tin Mining
2033. INDONESIA Tests B40 Biodiesel on Trains, Aims to Cut Fuel Imports by $9 Billion
2034. MALAYSIA: One in Three Malaysian Teens Overweight or Obese: deputy health minister, as study reveals alarming spike
2035. MYANMAR Alliance Agrees to Extend Ceasefire With Junta in Shan State
2036. THAILAND: Srettha Urges Businesses to Cash In On Fast-Growing Pet Industry
2037. INDONESIA Calls For End to ‘Illegal’ Israeli Occupation of Palestine
2038. INDONESIA: Regional Administrations Criticized for ‘Embedded Sexism’
2039. MYANMAR: Rising Civilian Casualties, Communications Cut, Amidst Fierce fFghting in Mandalay
2040. PHILIPPINES, China Reach Deal on Ayungin Missions
2041. THAILAND: ‘Pet Economy’ On the Rise
2042. INDONESIA: Jokowi Under Fire for Granting Nearly 200-Year Land Permits in Nusantara
2043. INDONESIA: Foreign Investors Interested in Jakarta LRT Expansion: Jakpro
2044. MALAYSIA to Review All Water Deals with Singapore Since 1962: DPM Fadillah
2045. Myanmar Junta Bolsters Security in Mandalay as Clashes Intensif
2046. VIETNAM: Southeast Asia’s Largest Wastewater Plant Halfway Done in HCMC
2047. INDONESIA: South Korea Mulls Visa-Free Entry for Indonesia
2048. INDONESIA: Missed Construction Targets Put Capital Relocation Plan in Limbo
2049. MALAYSIA’S Path to Silver-Haired Nation Sparks Gold Rush in Senior Care Centers
2050. MYANMAR Temple City of Bagan Pines For Tourists As Conflict Rages
2051. THAILAND: Visa Waiver Extension Affecting 93 Nations To Be Signed Monday
2052. INDONESIA: Gaza War Not Religious: Foreign Minister
2053. INDONESIA: Government Websites Penetrated by Gambling Games in Apparent Revenge Hacking
2054. MYANMAR Junta Bans Two Ethnic Parties From Election
2055. PHILIPPINES: SC wants Congress to Pass Dynasty Law
2056. SINGAPORE Has Over 333,000 Millionaires: Report
2057. INDONESIA: Preparations Pick Up For Pope’s Busy Visit to Indonesia
2058. INDONESIA: Raja Ampat Tourism Marred by Alleged Mass Extortion
2059. THAILAND Promotes Aspirations to Become Medical Hub
2060. VIETNAM Considers Scrapping Two-CHild Birth Limit Amid Falling Birth Rates
2061. INDONESIA: Excess Spending, Tax Shortfall to Drive Deficit Far Beyond Budget Plan
2062. INDONESIA: US Forgives Indonesia’s $35 Million Debt for Coral Reef Conservation
2063. MALAYSIA: Ahead of Budget 2025, PM Anwar says eradicating cartels and monopolies top of list to alleviate cost of living woes
2064. MYANMAR: Junta Plunges Myanmar Into Economic Turmoil
2065. VIETNAM: Ministry Seeking Heavier Penalties For Fetus Gender Selection
2066. INDONESIA: Local Governments Spend More on Meetings and Travel Than Actual Programs: Tito
2067. INDONESIA: Nearly 200 Child Marriage Applications Filed in Probolinggo in Early 2024
2068. MYANMAR: Tens of Thousands Flee as Myanmar Junta Buckles in Northern Shan Capital
2069. SINGAPORE: Grasshoppers and Superworms Among 16 Insect Species Approved as Food in Singapore
2070. VIETNAM: The Most Affordable Country For Expats: survey
2071. CAMBODIA: Japan, Cambodia Commit to Work Together For a Mine-Free world
2072. INDONESIA: Eight Foreign Nationals Arrested in South Jakarta Dollar Counterfeit Raid
2073. INDONESIA Tees off on Golf Tourism as Singapore Courses Dwindle
2074. MYANMAR: Ongoing Diarrhea Outbreak in Southern Chin State, Urgent Medical Assistance Sought
2075. VIETNAM: Only 25% of Vietnamese Firms Have Website
2076. INDONESIA Lags in Early Childhood Education
2077. INDONESIA Launches ASEAN’s First EV Battery Cell Plant
2078. MYANMAR: BNI Condemns Five-Year Prison Sentence for DMG Reporter and Staff Member
2079. SINGAPORE Ranks Priciest City in Asia
2080. CAMBODIA: Ten Mother Nature ‘Activists’ Handed Lengthy Prison Terms
2081. INDONESIA: Jokowi’s Momentum to Restore Religious Harmony, As Promised
2082. INDONESIA: Hyundai’s Flying Taxi to Begin Test Flights in Indonesia’s New Capital This July
2083. MALAYSIA: Top among 35 countries for rosy view of Russia and Putin: Pew Center Poll
2084. MYANMAR  Banks Face Fines For Exceeding Home Mortgage Cap
2085. INDONESIA: Businesses Hold Back On Geothermal Projects As PLN Return Deemed Unattractive
2086. INDONESIA’S Poverty Rate Drops to 25.22 Million in March 2024: BPS
2087. MALAYSIA Can’t Ratify Anti-Torture Convention Due to Country’s Caning Laws: Saifuddin Nasution
2088. MYANMAR: Crime and Punishment in Myanmar
2089. Philippines’ Dependency On Coal-Fired Power Surpasses Indonesia, China
2090. INDONESIA: Calls Mount For Communication Minister’s Resignation Over Cyberattack
2091. INDONESIA: Japanese Joint Venture to Build Waste-to-Energy Plant in W. Java
2092. MALAYSIA: Melaka, Indonesia to Seek UNESCO Recognition For Spice Route Voyage: State Exco
2093. MYANMAR: Australian and US sanctions on Myanmar Banks Proving Effective, Yet Critical Gaps Remain: MCN
2094. THAILAND: 13 Industries See Surge in Factory Openings Despite Economic Downturn
2095. CAMBODIA: Official Raises Concern Over Kingdom’s Ageing Population
2096. INDONESIA: Freeport Launches World’s Largest Single-Line Copper Smelter in Indonesia
2097. MALAYSIA: Survey Shows Surge in Malaysians’ Trust in Govt, Reflecting Growing Confidence in Stability of Anwar Administration
2098. MYANMAR: Thai Banks Linked to Atrocities in Myanmar, UN Report Finds
2099. INDONESIA: Anti-Money Laundering Agency PPATK Detects 7,000 Gambling Transactions Linked to House Members
2100. INDONESIA: Anti-Money Laundering Agency PPATK Detects 7,000 Gambling Transactions Linked to House Members
2101. INDONESIA: Chinese Textile Giant to Invest in Indonesia Amid Mass Layoffs
2102. MYANMAR: Junta Starts Selling Subsidized Rice in Yangon
2103. VIETNAM: How China’s Insatiable Demand is Changing Durian Industry in Southeast Asia
2104. INDONESIA: Diaspora, Mixed Children Laud Govt’s Permanent Visa Plan
2105. INDONESIA: World Bank Upgrades Indonesia’s GDP Growth to 5.1 Percent
2106. MYANMAR: Rising Drug Prices and Shortages Hit Major Myanmar Cities
2107. VIETNAM: 4 Vietnamese Accused of Cyberattacks in US, Causing $71M in Damages
2108. CAMBODIA Now Has Her Own Social Media App
2109. INDONESIA Enacts Revised Village Law, Extending Social Security to Village Chiefs and Officials
2110. INDONESIA: Jakarta Celebrates Another Year As Capital City
2111. MYANMAR Regime Admits Killing Monk
2112. THAILAND: The long journey of the Equal Marriage Law
2113. INDONESIA: Online Gambling War: Task Force Probes Fraudulent Bank Accounts, Payments At Mini Marts
2114. INDONESIA: 165 Indonesians Facing Death Sentence in Foreign Countries, Mostly Malaysia
2115. MALAYSIA, China Agree to Extend Visa Exemption To Strengthen Bilateral Ties, According to Joint Statement
2116. MYANMAR: Flower Phobia Strikes Myanmar’s Ruling Junta Again, Dozens Arrested
2117. VIETNAM: Southern province to form 27,000 ha marine conservation site
2118. INDONESIA: Copper, Jewelry Buoy RI Exports Amid Weakness in Coal, CPO
2119. INDONESIA: Revote Ruling Offers Hope for Women’s Representation
2120. MALAYSIA Scores 5.8 Out of 10 in Human Rights Index for 2024
2121. MYANMAR: As She Turns 79 in Prison, ‘The Lady’ Remains a Symbol of Hope and Resilience in Myanmar
2122. PHILIPPINES : Sara Quits Marcos Cabinet
2123. INDONESIA: Pope To Stop By Istiqlal Mosque During First-Ever Indonesia Visit
2124. INDONESIA: Information Ministry Threatens to Shut Down X Over Adult Content
2125. MALAYSIA Falls to 34th In IMD World Competitiveness Ranking, Now Below Thailand and Indonesia
2126. MYANMAR: Anti-Rohingya Hate Speech and Attacks on Rohingya Civilians On Rise
2127. SINGAPORE StudentsTop Pisa Study On Creative Thinking, Despite Not Thinking of Themselves As Creative
2128. INDONESIA: Minister Wants Indonesia to Copy India’s Approach to Dual Citizenship
2129. INDONESIA: Govt Vows to Crack Down on ‘Blood Sucking’ Online Gambling
2130. MYANMAR’S Rakhine Spiraling Into Hunger as 50% Drop in Rice Harvest Predicted
2131. PHILIPPINES: ‘Ramming and Towing’: Philippines Says China Disrupted Mission to Ayungin Shoal
2132. SINGAPORE English Teachers Part of Volunteer Program for Disadvantaged Communities, not Malaysian Schools: Anwar
2133. THAILAND: Four Key Cases Poised to Reshape Thailand’s Political Landscape
2134. CAMBODIA: International aid decline raises concerns for Cambodia’s economic stability
2135. INDONESIA: Jakarta’s Air Quality Among Worst in the World, Residents Advised to Wear Masks Outdoors
2136. INDONESIA: Prabowo’s Gaza diplomacy
2137. MYANMAR Junta Boss Orders Another Purge of Military Top Brass
2138. VIETNAM Achieves Record Presence In World’s Most Influential University Rankings
2139. INDONESIA: Police Most Reported to Komnas HAM Over Human Rights Violations
2140. INDONESIA: President Jokowi’s 1-Ton Cow Worth Rp 100M to be Sacrificed for Eid al-Adha
2141. MALAYSIA: PM Anwar, Wong Discuss Placing Singaporean Teachers in Malaysia
2142. MYANMAR: World Bank Paints Its Grimmest Picture Yet For Myanmar’s Future
2143. VIETNAM: Factories in southern Vietnam struggle to hire workers
2144. CAMBODIA: Bush Meat Still on the ‘Unwritten’ Menu Despite Joint eEforts to Curb Poaching
2145. INDONESIA Calls for Lasting Peace in Gaza Following US-Sponsored Resolution
2146. INDONESIA Leads in Fiscal Deficit Reduction Among Pandemic-Hit Nations: Sri Mulyani
2147. MYANMAR: NUG Protests Myanmar Junta’s Internet Shutdowns
2148. SINGAPORE Offers S$13,500 to SQ321 Passengers Who Suffered ‘Minor Injuries’
2149. INDONESIA: Presidents Past and Present to Gather for Independence Day in Jakarta and Nusantara
2150. INDONESIAN Consumers Less Confident About the Economy: BI
2151. THAI Economy Expected to Improve From July-Dec But Concerns Remain
2152. VIETNAM: Businesses Adapt as Gen Z Shapes Workplace Dynamics
2153. CAMBODIA: Ministry to Establish 250 Model Villages, Boosting Economic Growth
2154. INDONESIA: Skills Mismatch, Tech Disconnect: Why 10 Million Gen-Z Indonesians Sit Around
2155. INDONESIA: ‘OPM’ Label Reinstated, TNI Ready to Act in Papua: General Maruli
2156. MYANMAR: Russia Approves Moves to Build Nuclear Plant in Myanmar
2157. VIETNAM: Saltwater Intrusion Threatens to Wipe Durian, Rambutan Off Vietnam’s Mekong Delta
2158. INDONESIA Condemns Israeli Bill Labeling UNRWA Terror Group
2159. INDONESIA: Know Before You Fly: A Guide to Drone Laws in Indonesia
2160. MALAYSIA Evicts 500 Sea Nomads in Crackdown on Migrants: activists
2161. MYANMAR: Growing Rebellion-Myanmar’s Youth Flock to Armed Resistance, Rejecting Junta Conscription
2162. THAILAND: Govt Mulls ‘Retirement Lottery’ to Promote Saving Habits For Would-Be Seniors
2163. INDONESIA: ‘All Eyes on Papua’ Movement Gains Momentum Online
2164. INDONESIA: Jokowi to Start Working from Nusantara in July, Confirms Project on Track to Investors
2165. INDONESIA: New Law Paves Way For Longer Maternity Leave
2166. MYANMAR’S Multibillion-Dollar Jade Trade ‘Crashing’ as China Clamps Down
2167. PHILIPPINES: China Remains ‘Greatest’ Threat to PH: Survey
2168. INDONESIA Targets Cement Industry Decarbonization by 2050
2169. INDONESIA: Jokowi Looks To Steady IKN Authority Ship, Claims Big Investment Coming
2170. MALAYSIA: Importance of Human Rights Aligns With Concept of Malaysia Madani: PM Anwar
2171. MYANMAR Junta Arrests Thai Condo Buyers, Realtors as Currency Crashes
2172. THAILAND Targets To Get 1 Million Dropouts Back To School
2173. INDONESIA Won’t Normalize Israeli Ties: FM Retno
2174. INDONESIA: Foreign Tourists Spend Less Money in Indonesia:BPS
2175. MALAYSIA Needs to Prioritize Investments In Silver Economy to Enable Active, Healthy Ageing: PM Anwar
2176. MYANMAR: Charity Ride From Singapore to Bangkok Raises Funds for Myanmar Refugee Clinic
2177. THAILAND Lagging Behind in Skills and Digital Know-How: NESDC
2178. INDONESIA: National Police Arrests ‘Most Wanted’ Thai Fugitive
2179. INDONESIA: High Flyer in Some Subjects, Nadiem Fails to Make Grade in Basic Course Work
2180. MALAYSIA: Penang Expects to Reap ‘Durian Runtuh’ Revenue of RM1b Due to Three-Month Season This year
2181. MYANMAR Junta Orders All Security Personnel to Frontline as Losses Mount in Hard-Hit Regional Commands
2182. INDONESIA: Too Many Holidays Spell Bad News for Indonesia’s Productivity
2183. MALAYSIA: From Menace to Miracle: How ‘Padi Angin’ May Solve Future Rice Scarcity in Malaysia
2184. MYANMAR: Illegal Entry Arrests Surge in Thailand Amid Forced Military Conscription in Myanmar
2185. THAILAND: Long Arm of Law Finds ‘Boss Paeng’ in Indonesia
2186. CAMBODIA: KR Survivors Share Stories At First ‘Future’ Conference
2187. INDONESIA: Health Ministry Reports Decrease in Teen Smoking but Rise in E-Cigarette Use
2188. MALAYSIA: Come Clean On Those Currently Facing Gallows in Malaysia, Amnesty International tells Putrajaya
2189. MYANMAR: Rohingya Forced to Fight Alongside Myanmar Army Tormentors
2190. THAILAND to Indict Influential Former Premier Thaksin Over Royal Insult
2191. INDONESIA Thanks Spain, Ireland, and Norway for Recognizing Palestinian State
2192. INDONESIA: Government Turns to Community Early Warning System to Mitigate Marapi Lahars
2193. MALAYSIA to Train, Upskill 60,000 Engineers, Allocate RM25b in Fiscal SUpport for National Semiconductor Strategy: PM Anwar
2194. MYANMAR Junta Fires Key Economics Minister From Its Cabinet
2195. VIETNAM: Southeast Asian Destinations Among World’s ‘Most Boring’ Tourist Attractions
2196. INDONESIA: Chinese-Owned Firm to Build Cement Plant in Aceh Despite Moratorium
2197. INDONESIA: Generative AI Can Save Indonesia’s Failing Rural Banks: Google
2198. INDONESIA Plans To Open Air Routes Connecting Regional Buddhist Centers
2199. MALAYSIA: At Global Forum, PM Anwar Touts Islamic Economy’s Potential to Rival ‘Unbridled’ Capitalism
2200. MYANMAR’S Military Blocks Escape Routes in Thandwe as Rakhine War Intensifies
2201. INDONESIA: More Dynasties in the Making in November Regional Head Elections
2202. INDONESIA: Reform Undone: Activists Lament Shrinking Civic Space, Unresolved Rights Abuse
2203. MYANMAR: UN Investigators Probing Mass Displacement in Myanmar
2204. MYANMAR: Putao town in Kachin State, under blockade for over two months is now facing severe food and fuel shortages with skyrocketing commodity prices
2205. VIETNAM Resort Properties Attractive to Foreign Investors
2206. INDONESIA:  State-Owned Enterprises Under Scrutiny for Corruption Allegations
2207. INDONESIA: Jakarta to Build City’s First Waste-To-Energy Plant
2208. MALAYSIA to Leverage on ASEAN to Tackle Regional Issues: PM Anwar
2209. MYANMAR: 194 Organizations Say Rohingya Must No Longer Be Exploited For Military and Political Gain
2210. MYANMAR Ditched as Global Beauty Pageant Host Over War
2211. INDONESIA: Battery Subscription Scheme Could Remove Roadblock to EV Adoption
2212. INDONESIA: Lifelong Visa for Indonesian Diaspora Can Be a Major Breakthrough
2213. MALAYSIA: Experts Call for Eearly-Years STEM Education to Address Critical engineering labor Shortage in Malaysia
2214. MYANMAR Junta Sentences Activist to 74 Years Prison for Leading Protests
2215. PHILIPPINES: While ICC Looms, House Panel Probes Duterte’s Drug war Killings For the First Time
2216. CAMBODIA: The Genocide Convention and Cambodia: Lessons Fom the Past, Prevention For the Future
2217. INDONESIA Demands Starlink’s Network Operation Center Within Borders to Protect National Sovereignty
2218. INDONESIA: Bali to Become Family Office Hub:Luhut
2219. Boundaries on 3R Issues: PM Anwar
2220. MYANMAR Shoppers Report Hyperinflation as Kyat Plunges Past 4,000/Dollar
2221. INDONESIA Wants N. Zealand to Close WTO Dispute on Food Import Restrictions
2222. INDONESIA: Steep Costs, Red Tape Deter Independent Regional Candidates
2223. MYANMAR: Conscription Crisis: Myanmar’s Military is Recruiting Young Men at Gunpoint
2224. VIETNAM: Hogwarts Hanoi: Vietnam school inspired by Harry Potter
2225. REGIONAL: Brain Drain Whittles Away at Developing Countries While Policies Fumble
2226. INDONESIA: Why Javanese Symbolism is Intertwined With Indonesian Politics
2227. INDONESIA: ‘I Will Be Myself’: Prabowo on Leadership Style
2228. MALAYSIA: Two In Five Malaysians Not Getting Enough Sleep, With Survey Showing Obesity On the Rise But Diabetes Going Down
2229. MYANMAR: Governments Issue Joint Statement in Support of Rohingya Refugees
2230. THAILAND: Climate Change Could Force Thailand to Relocate Capital Bangkok
2231. INDONESIA Maintains Trade Surplus Despite Plunging Exports
2232. INDONESIA: Medan Mall Shut Down for Dodging Rp 250B Tax
2233. MALAYSIA: Foreigners Married to Malaysians Can Use Spouse’s Name for Business: Johor Exco
2234. MYANMAR: Karen Information Center Director Wins International Journalism Award
2235. SINGAPORE: British Expat Launches ‘SinglePore’ In-Person Dating Event; Big Response Crashes Website
2236. INDONESIA: Designing the Future of Indonesia’s Food Systems
2237. INDONESIA: Jokowi, Elon Musk to Launch Starlink Services in Indonesia
2238. MALAYSIA: Meeting with Hamas May Cause Anxiety But Malaysia Trying to Help in Peace Effort: PM Anwar:
2239. MYANMAR Junta Plans October National Census
2240. INDONESIA: Opposition Grows to Broadcasting Bill that Threatens Press Freedom
2241. INDONESIA: Ukrainians, Russian Face Death Over Bali Drug Lab: Police
2242. MYANMAR Civil War Delays Development Assistance From Thailand
2243. SINGAPORE: Handing Over Singapore In Good order: The legacy of Lee Hsien Loong
2244. VIETNAM: Mysterious ‘Floating’ Lake Discovered in Central Vietnam
2245. CAMBODIA: Ministry Questions TIA Report on Money-Laundering Risks
2246. INDONESIA: Prabowo Reiterates ‘Asian Way’ to Defuse Tension
2247. INDONESIA: May Riot Victims Seek Closure From Incoming Govt
2248. MYANMAR: IOM’s Chief Announces Funding for Rohingya Refugees on Bangladesh Visit
2249. SINGAPORE: ‘I’ve Been Scammed’: PM Lee on How He Himself Was Victim of an Online Scam
2250. INDONESIA: Structural Problems Blight Agriculture As Key Sector For Employment
2251. MALAYSIA: Education Minister: Upholding Malay, English Languages Must Go Hand-in-Hand
2252. MALAYSIA Plans To Introduce ‘Orangutan Diplomacy’
2253. MYANMAR Junta Rebuffs Hun Sen’s Request to Meet Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
2254. THAILAND: PM Clamps Down on Cannabis For Recreational Use
2255. CAMBODIA: Hun Sen Requests Video Meeting With Aung San Suu Kyi
2256. INDONESIA Sees Hottest April in 40 years
2257. INDONESIA: Bata Shoe Factory Shuts Down After 30 Years
2258. MYANMAR: Over 3 million ow displaced in Myanmar: UN
2259. VIETNAM: Digital Content Exporters Open Foreign Offices To Avoid Tax
2260. INDONESIA Hopes to Lead Global Green Aluminum Market with UAE
2261. MYANMAR: AAPP: Myanmar Junta Killed 223 Females This Year
2262. THAILAND: Heatwave Escalates Water War in Thailand’s North
2263. INDONESIA: Unresolved Conflicts May Hinder Prabowo’s Plan to Form Presidents’ Club
2264. INDONESIAN Muslim Cleric Reaffirms Ban on Interfaith Marriage
2265. MYANMAR: Chin Alliances Clash Over Territory Liberated From Myanmar Junta
2266. SINGAPORE:  Migrant Workers in S’pore Left in Limbo After Paying Large Sums to Agency Promising Jobs in Poland
2267. VIETNAM:  Rail Route Connects China, Laos, Thailand, Malaysia
2268. INDONESIA: Schools, Universities Prone To Corruption: KPK Survey
2269. INDONESIA: Sumatran Orangutan’s Use of Medicinal Plant to Treat Wound Intrigues Scientists
2270. MYANMAR: US Commission Slams Myanmar’s Religious Freedom
2271. VIETNAM Posts Over $10B in Four-Month Tourism Revenue
2272. VIETNAM to Produce Enough Rice for 8 Million Tons Exports
2273. INDONESIA May Offer Dual Citizenship to Attract Overseas Workers: Minister
2274. INDONESIA: Ministry Unveils New Funding Initiative For Climate-Resilient Health System
2275. MALAYSIA: PM Anwar: Govt Can Take Criticism But Will Not Compromise on 3R Sentiments
2276. MYANMAR: EU Extends Myanmar Junta Sanctions for Another Year
2277. VIETNAM Welcomes over 6 Million Int’l Visitors in Four Months
2278. INDONESIA: Magnitude 6.5 Earthquake Strikes off Java Island: Authorities
2279. INDONESIA: PDI-P Could Become Sole Opposition to Prabowo Coalition
2280. INDONESIA: Political Dynasticism Rampant in Newly Elected House Lawmakers
2281. MYANMAR: India Needs to Protect its Strategic Stakes in ‘Unstable’ Myanmar
2282. PHILIPPINES- Heat wave in Southeast Asia closes schools, triggers health alerts
2283. REGIONAL: Women in SE Asia Gaining Representation in Boardrooms: Report
2284. CAMBODIA: Pailin Farmer Hits On Solution To Excess Mangoes
2285. INDONESIA: US Returns Antiquities to Indonesia Amid Probe into Trafficking Networks
2286. INDONESIA: Creative Industry Workers Worry AI Is After Their Jobs
2287. MALAYSIA Adopts a Balanced Foreign Policy, Stands Clear of Provocations: PM Anwar
2288. MYANMAR: Network of ASEAN Parliamentarians Says Only Myanmar is Locking up Lawmakers
2289. INDONESIA: House of Old Men: 2024 Election Sees Lowest Number of Young Lawmakers ​​​
2290. INDONESIA: Job Creation Law Eases Business Licensing to Propel Growth
2291. MALAYSIA: UM Apologizes For Hosting Pro-Israel Professor, Lambasts Him for Claiming Malaysia Unsafe for Travelers
2292. MYANMAR: Thailand Warns Myanmar’s Rivals Against Using Its Soil For Harm: Minister
2293. THAILAND: 30 Died From Heatstroke in Thailand so Far in 2024 as South-east Asia Bakes
2294. CAMBODIA: Ending a Scourge: PM Pushes For Final Steps to Eradicate Malaria in Cambodia
2295. INDONESIA in Dire Need of Specialist Doctors: Jokowi
2296. 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
2297. MYANMAR: US Think-Tank Sounds Alarm as Scam Centers Mushroom on Myanmar-Thai Border
2298. SINGAPORE Red Cross Sends 9 Volunteers to Egypt for Gaza Relief Work, S$815,000 Worth of Aid
2299. INDONESIA: Dengue Deaths Spike Almost Threefold Compared to Last Year
2300. INDONESIA: Inter-Province Migration Costs Jakarta Trillions of Rupiah
2301. MALAYSIA Seeing Sharp Increase In Ageing Population: Nanta
2302. MYANMAR: UN’s Türk Sounds Alarm Amid Rising Tensions in Rakhine
2303. INDONESIA: Court Rulings Seal Prabowo Win
2304. INDONESIA: Clashes Between TNI, OPM Continue in Papua Amid Rising Tension
2305. MALAYSIA Poised to Become Powerhouse In Clean, Renewable Energy: Industry Players
2306. MYANMAR: As Losses Mount, Myanmar’s Junta Tightens Its Embrace of Russia
2307. CAMBODIA: Chinese Police Complete Repatriation Of Over 680 Gambling, Scam Suspects from Cambodia
2308. INDONESIA: Authorities Call For Vigilance Amid Heightened Volcanic Activity
2309. MALAYSIA Aims To Be In Top 20 Countries in Global Startup Ecosystem Index by 2030: PM Anwar
2310. MYANMAR Junta Using Rohingya Recruits to Sow Ethnic Hatred: Activists
2311. VIETNAM: Three Vietnam Locales Among World’s ‘Best Walking cities’
2312. ASEAN Says ‘Deeply Concerned’ Over Escalating Myanmar Violence
2313. INDONESIA: Trust in Constitutional Court Rises Ahead Of Ruling On Election Disputes: LSI Survey
2314. MYANMAR: New Year, Old Tactic: Myanmar Junta’s Amnesty Skips Political Prisoners
2315. SINGAPORE:  24-Year-Old Maps Singapore Toilets With Bidets on Google, Earning Rave Reviews From Netizens
2316. THAILAND: NIA Launches New Platform to Boost Thai Agricultural Startups with Deep Tech
2317. INDONESIA: Apple Mulls Building First Production Facility in Indonesia
2318. INDONESIA: Jokowi Raises Concerns Over Money Laundering Using Crypto Assets
2319. MALAYSIA: Single Mother is First Woman Khalwat Offender to be Whipped in Terengganu
2320. MYANMAR: Burmese Activist Maung Zarni Nominated For the Nobel Peace Prize
2321. VIETNAM Needs $30B Investment For Universal Clean Water Access
2322. INDONESIA: Minister Launches 500,000 Hectares of Farming Land in S Papua
2323. INDONESIA: Young People in Indonesia Put Off Marriage
2324. MALAYSIA: Biggest Renter Group in Malaysia are Millennials: Study
2325. MYANMAR: Aung San Suu Kyi And Former President Win Myint Reportedly Moved to House Arrest in Naypyidaw
2326. VIETNAM: Draft Law Restricting Journalists’ Courtroom Rights Meets Opposition
2327. INDONESIA: Mideast Escalation Could Pose Major Economic Risk to RI
2328. INDONESIA: Komnas HAM Criticizes Government Handling of Tensions in Papua
2329. MYANMAR: Over 1,000 Rohingya, Including Children, Abducted in Violation of Conscription Law
2330. PHILIPPINES-Marcos Rules Out New Bases for US
2331. SINGAPORE: Lawrence Wong to Take Over From Lee Hsien Loong As Prime Minister on May 15: PMO
2332. CAMBODIA’S Alternative Medicine to Hit $64.03 Million in 2024
2333. INDONESIA Poised to Lead Booming Halal Cosmetics Market
2334. INDONESIA: Papua Rebel Leader Says Captured New Zealand Pilot Won’t Be Released
2335. MYANMAR Democracy Icon Suu Kyi Believed Held in Solitary Confinement in Naypyidaw Prison
2336. VIETNAM: Schengen-Like Visa for Southeast Asia Will Boost Foreign Arrivals to Vietnam
2337. INDONESIA: Government Denies Israeli Reports On Normalizing Ties
2338. INDONESIA: Prabowo Collaborates with King of Jordan to Drop Indonesian Relief Supplies to Gaza
2339. MYANMAR Junta Slams UN’s ‘One-Sided’ Human Rights Claims
2340. SINGAPORE Wants to INsulate and Protect the Local Jewish Community From the Impacts of the War in Gaza: Shanmugam
2341. VIETNAM: Van Thinh Phat Chairwoman Truong My Lan Sentenced to Death in $27B Scam
2342. ASEAN Tourists Prefer Thailand Over Indonesia: Study
2343. Indonesia’s Economy to Grow 5.2 Pct in 2024, 2025: Report
2344. MALAYSIA: Meta, TikTok Pledge Online Safety Measures for Children Using Social Media: Fahmi
2345. MYANMAR: Reluctant Exiles: Another ‘Life or Death’ Exodus From Myanmar
2346. VIETNAM: Thailand Aims to Boost Durian Exports to China, Reclaiming lead from Vietnam
2347. CAMBODIA: 69-Year Old Phnom Penh Madam Detained For Underage Prostitution
2348. INDONESIA: Govt Urged To Tighten, Stop Granting Mining Licenses On Small Islands
2349. INDONESIA: 2 Papuan Rebel Leaders Killed in Shootout
2350. MYANMAR: Australia’s Ex-Foreign Minister Named UN Myanmar Envoy
2351. VIETNAM Firms Face Highest Local Cyberthreats in Southeast Asia: Kaspersky
2352. INDONESIA: Police Uncover Crystal and Liquid Meth Production House Linked to Hong Kong Ring
2353. INDONESIA: PLN Mulls Importing LNG Amid Likely Shortfall in Local Gas Supply
2354. MALAYSIA: Prabowo, Anwar Discuss Direction to Strengthen Malaysia-Indonesia Ties
2355. MYANMAR Junta Deputy Defense Minister Interrogated Over Online Scams
2356. THAILAND: Google Lunches Security Feature to Protect Thailand Users From Scams
2357. INDONESIA: Lack of Clean Power May Jeopardize Indonesia’s Downstream Dream
2358. INDONESIA: Brunei and Laos Join Regional Payment Connectivity
2359. MALAYSIA: Putrajaya Must Calm ‘Allah’ Socks Storm Before Tensions Erupt: Extremism Experts
2360. MYANMAR: BHRN Calls On International Community to Help Muslims in Myanmar
2361. THAILAND: National Anti-Corruption Commission Initiates An Anti-Corruption Education Curriculum to Educate Thai Children and Instill Integrity Value in Thai society
2362. INDONESIA: Hyundai Ends Indonesia Aluminium Deal After Climate Campaign By K-Pop Fans
2363. INDONESIA: Aceh Authorities Detain Four Suspects in Rohingya Refugee Smuggling Case
2364. MALAYSIA Probes Links Between Detained Man and Israeli Crime Group
2365. MYANMAR Junta Scrambling to Hang on to Pearl of Economic Partnership With China
2366. VIETNAM Has 6 Billionaires in Forbes Global Rich List
2367. INDONESIA: Gov’t Revokes Over 2,000 Mining Licenses
2368. INDONESIA: Court Summons 4 Jokowi Ministers to Testify in Presidential Election Dispute Trial
2369. INDONESIA: As El Nino Bites, Indonesians Struggle with Record-High Rice Prices
2370. MYANMAR Military Loses Historic Outpost on Road to China in Kachin State
2371. SINGAPORE: 5 Takeaways From Survey of Southeast Asians, Including Singapore Being Top Choice of Regional Country for Relocation
2372. INDONESIA: Pope Francis to Visit Indonesia in September: Minister
2373. INDONESIA Gears Up for Another Colossal Elections
2374. MYANMAR: KNU Grateful For Aid Sent by Thai Government Through Myanmar Red Cross
2375. SINGAPORE: Dengue Cases Soar, Doubling in First Quarter of 2024; 7 Deaths Reported
2376. CAMBODIA: Chetra Urges Preservation of Tonle Sap
2377. INDONESIA’S Business Environment Ranking Slips As Others Improve
2378. INDONESIA: Untapped Muslim Donations Could Reach Rp180 Trillion Annually
2379. MYANMAR: India Urged to Stop Embracing War Criminals in Myanmar
2380. THAILAND Equal Marriage Bill a Victory for LGBTQA+ All Over the World:Pita
2381. INDONESIA Calls for Immediate Cease-Fire in Gaza After UN Vote
2382. INDONESIA Moves Closer to Next World Cup Qualifying Round with 3-0 Win in Vietnam
2383. MALAYSIA: New SOPs Introduced To Prrevent Child Abuse Cases at Daycare Centers: Nancy Shukri
2384. MYANMAR: UK Government Raps Myanmar Junta on Armed Forces Day Over Its Brutality
2385. S’PORE-Flagged Vessel Had ‘Momentary Loss of Propulsion’ Just Before Hitting Baltimore Bridge: MPA
2386. INDONESIA: 13 Soldiers Held Over Alleged Torture of Papuan
2387. INDONESIA: Jakarta Police Capture Portuguese Nationals Involved in Liquid Cocaine Trafficking Operation
2388. MYANMAR: A Chronicle of Collapse: How the Tide Turned Against Myanmar’s Once Mighty Military
2389. PHILIPPINES: Drug War Restarts in Davao
2390. VIETNAM: Central Vietnam Province Gets Its Own Red Sea
2391. INDONESIA: Constitutional Court Rules Defamation Clause ‘Conditionally Unconstitutional’
2392. INDONESIA Takes Over Airspace Management in Riau Islands and Natuna from Singapore
2393. MYANMAR: Chinese Town Deports 200 Myanmar Migrant Workers Each Day
2394. SINGAPORE: Govt Tells Israeli Embassy to Remove Facebook Post That Was an ‘Astonishing Attempt to Rewrite History’, says Shanmugam
2395. THAILAND: An Entrepreneur Scores a Win in Europe With Her Low Glycemic Flour
2396. INDONESIA: Failed Election Candidates Place Hopes in Court Proceedings
2397. INDONESIA: New Import Rules Hoped to Save Ailing Textile Industry
2398. MALAYSIA: ‘Allah’ Socks Issue: Sabahan Sentenced to Six Months of Jail for Insulting Islam on Facebook
2399. MYANMAR is Main Beneficiary of Chinese Fund: Ambassador
2400. THAI Scientists Breed Coral in Labs to Restore Degraded Reefs
2401. INDONESIA Among the Unhappiest Countries in Southeast Asia: Study
2402. INDONESIA: Prabowo Declared as Elected President After Final Vote Count
2403. MYANMAR Court-Ordered Auction of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s Home Fails to Draw Bids
2404. SINGAPORE Completes First Humanitarian Aid Airdrop into Gaza
2405. VIETNAM: Vo Van Thuong Leaves Position as Vietnam President
2406. INDONESIA Braces For Wildfires Ahead of Dry Season
2407. INDONESIA: $11.6 Billion Invested in Indonesia’s Smelters
2408. MYANMAR’S Women Bear the Cost of the Junta’s Coup
2409. THAILAND: Rural Doctor Society Claims Identities of 2.2 Million Thais on Sale in ‘Dark Web’
2410. VIETNAM: Pakistani, Iranian Men Pose As Interpol To Extort Tourists in Hanoi
2411. INDONESIA Accused of Avoiding Human Rights Issues
2412. INDONESIA: Government Considers Student Loan Scheme for Low-Income Families
2413. MALAYSIA: High Court Strikes Out Woman’s Bid to Declare Herself as Non-Muslim
2414. In MYANMAR, Citizen Journalism is Connecting News to Its Revolutionary Roots
2415. INDONESIA: KPU Races to Finish Vote Tally
2416. INDONESIA: Russia Alleges 10 Indonesians Fighting as mercenaries in Ukraine
2417. INDONESIA: Jakarta Police Seize 2,500 LSD Sheets from Germany
2418. Myanmar’s UN Ambassador Calls for Security Council Action to Halt Conscription
2419. CAMBODIA: First Khmer-Speaking Robot Introduced-KhmerTimes
2420. INDONESIA: Draft Policy Draws Flak for Allowing Military, Police Hold Civil Posts
2421. INDONESIA Needs 350 More Aircraft to Make Airfare More Affordable
2422. MALAYSIA: Proposed Amendment on Citizenship Laws Goes Against Founding Fathers’ Intentions, Nazir Razak Tells Putrajaya
2423. MYANMAR Junta Cuts Communications in Around 80 Myanmar’s Townships: Report
2424. INDONESIA: EU Deforestation Regulation Seen to Complicate RI Biodiesel Exports
2425. INDONESIA: Thirst for ‘Swiftnomics’: Indonesia Eyes Partnering with Singapore on Concerts
2426. newspapers to strengthen mastery of Malay language among students
2427. MYANMAR: Japan Announces Extra US$ 37 Million In Aid to Myanmar
2428. SINGAPORE: Singapore Endorses Communique on Tackling Scams at Inaugural Global Fraud Summit
2429. INDONESIA: Extreme Weather Looms Over Indonesia
2430. INDONESIA: 2024 Presidential Election Results: Prabowo-Gibran Secures Victory in Jakarta
2431. MYANMAR: China Tightens Access For Myanmar Migrant Workers Entering From Shan State
2432. SINGAPORE: Over Half in S’pore Say Society, Technology Changing Too Fast, and In Ways That Don’t Benefit Them: Survey
2433. INDONESIA: Civil Society Piles Pressure On Parties To Launch House Probe
2434. INDONESIA: Batik Air Grounds Pilots Following Alleged In-Flight Napping
2435. MALAYSIA Charts Better Score In Latest Pew Religious Restriction Index, Driven By Drop in Govt Curbs
2436. MYANMAR General Arrested for Retreating as Ethnic Alliance Overran Northern Shan State
2437. THAILAND: Crackdown On ‘Mule’ Accounts Aims to Impact Call-Center Gangs
2438. INDONESIA: Why Carbon Utilization Key To Indonesia’s Decarbonization
2439. INDONESIA: 18 Dead, 5 Missing After Indonesia Floods, Landslide
2440. MALAYSIA: PM Anwar: Sarawak to Become Major Renewable Energy Hub in SE Asia
2441. MYANMAR: AA Joins KIA Attacks on Myanmar Junta in Kachin State, While Fighting in Rakhine
2442. VIETNAMESE Tech TAlents Find Homeland Has Appealing Career Prospects
2443. INDONESIA: Cooking Up Opportunities: Used Cooking Oil Can Be a ‘Sizzling Success’ for Indonesia
2444. INDONESIA Aiming for 80 Percent Middle Class Population in 2045: Bappenas
2445. MALAYSIA: A Decade After MH370: Hopes of a New search to End All Speculation
2446. MYANMAR: Besieged Junta Troops Launch ‘Scorched Earth’ Attacks in Myanmar Jade Hub
2447. PHILIPPINES: 3,600 Ex-Rebels, Mostly in Mindanao, Await Amnesty as Senate Backs Marcos’ Initiative
2448. INDONESIA: Prabowo Sets Ambitious 8 Pct Economic Growth Target for Indonesia
2449. MALAYSIA Among Top Five Most Improved in Increasing Legal Gender Equality, But Still Lags Behind Regional Neighbors: World Bank Report
2450. MYANMAR: Number of Townships Placed Under Martial Law by Myanmar Junta Rises to 61
2451. SINGAPORE: Govt Mulls Publicizing Litterbugs’ Photos to Identify Them As Part of ‘Targeted’ Response to Rise in Cases
2452. THAILAND: Wealthy Myanmar Citizens Buy Thai Property to Seek Refuge From Civil War
2453. INDONESIA: Teachers’ Groups Oppose Using Operational Assistance Fund to Provide Free Lunches
2454. INDONESIA: Prabowo Looks Certain to Protect Status Quo for Political Stability
2455. MALAYSIA: PM Anwar ‘Happy to Reopen’ MH370 Search If Compelling Evidence Found
2456. MYANMAR: ‘No Breakthrough’ in Fresh Talks Between Myanmar’s Brotherhood Alliance and Junta
2457. VIETNAM: Carbon Credit trade could bring Vietnam $200M per year
2458. CAMBODIA: Shiva Reborn: 10th Century Statue Takes Shape
2459. INDONESIA: Poll Body in Hot Water After String of Tech Failures
2460. INDONESIA: President Jokowi Takes a Stand Against Bullying at PGRI Congress
2461. MALAYSIAN Graduates are Overqualified and Underpaid: Khazanah Research Institute Report
2462. MYANMAR: Arakan Army Exposes Myanmar’s Naval Weaknesses
2463. INDONESIA: Government Trials Free Meal Program at Tangerang School
2464. INDONESIA: Jokowi Promotes Prabowo to TNI Honorary General
2465. MYANMAR Junta Captives Confess to Rakhine Executions
2466. SINGAPORE: New Anti-scam Portal to be Launched; MHA Calls out Meta for ‘Consistently Pushing Back’ on Efforts to Tackle Scams
2467. THAILAND: Zero Baht Stores: How ‘Grandpa Garbage’ Turned Waste into Sustainable Communities
2468. INDONESIA: Govt Doubles Funds for Oil Palm Replanting
2469. INDONESIA Losing Out on Foreign Tourists To Its Neighbors: Sandiaga
2470. MYANMAR: Aid Received by Myanmar in 2023 Insufficient According to Analysis
2471. SINGAPORE: Restaurant in Singapore Offers ‘Divorce’ Booking Option With Treats for Celebration
2472. THAILAND: Chaiwat Insists 2,900 Rai Under Dispute is Protected Forest, Cannot Be ‘Buffer Zone’
2473. CAMBODIA: Troubled Phnom Penh ‘Beer Bus’ Rebrands as ‘Eco-Friendly Exploration’
2474. INDONESIA: World Bank Urges Fiscal Caution for Indonesia’s Free Lunch Program in 2025
2475. INDONESIA: Inclusive Marriage Registry Plan for KUAs Meets With Questions, Calls for Dialogue
2476. MALAYSIA: Most Malaysians Agree With New National Service Scheme, Think It Will Be Positive: Survey
2477. MYANMAR: Myanmar Junta Calls on Students to Join University Corps
2478. INDONESIA Most Networked Nation in Southeast Asia Amid Geopolitical Race
2479. INDONESIA: Government to Relocate 6,000 Civil Servants to Nusantara in July
2480. MALAYSIA now ranks number one globally for 5G consistency score: Fahmi
2481. MYANMAR: Legal Aid Network Raps Myanmar Junta’s Conscription Drive
2482. VIETNAM Risks Losing Regional Tourism Race Without Visa Waivers: Experts
2483. CAMBODIA ex-PM Hun Sen Returns to Frontline Politics for Senate Seat
2484. INDONESIA: Luhut says China Ready to Fork Over for Cutlery Factory
2485. MYANMAR: Ta’ang Towns Promised Civilian Administration
2486. VIETNAM: Scrap Dealer Builds $2.85M Gold-Plated Castle in Central Vietnam
2487. CAMBODIA: Prime Minister Explains Hun Many’s Promotion to DPM
2488. INDONESIA: Jokowi Unveils Biggest Port in Eastern Indonesia
2489. INDONESIA Decries ‘Geopolitical Nightmare’ Ahead of ICJ Appeal
2490. MYANMAR: Thai Police Round Up Myanmar Citizens Fleeing Conscription
2491. VIETNAM To See Largest Expansion in Wealth Growth Over The Next Decade
2492. INDONESIA: Fitch, Moody’s Raise Concerns About Fiscal Policy Under Prabowo leadership
2493. INDONESIA: Prabowo’s School Meal Program to Cost $7.7 Billion in First Year
2494. MYANMAR: Pa-O Militia Backs Myanmar Junta Conscription by Forcibly Recruiting Civilians
2495. SINGAPORE: Malaysian Govt Study Warns of ‘Brain Drain’, Finds 3 in 4 M’sians Living, Working in S’pore Skilled or Semi-skilled
2496. THAILAND: What Thailand Must Do To Improve its Democracy Index Ranking
2497. INDONESIA: Jokowi signs regulation requiring Google, Meta to pay for news
2498. INDONESIA Says Women’s Rights Advocacy Should Remain a Priority in Afghanistan
2499. MALAYSIA: Police and State Islamic Authorities will Investigate Man Who Claims to be Prophet Muhammad’s Descendant: Home Minister
2500. MYANMAR:  Global ESG Investment Advisory Firms Accused of Aiding Myanmar Junta
2501. VIETNAM to send 125,000 Laborers Abroad in 2024
2502. CAMBODIA To Install Hundreds of Wildlife Cameras in an EFfort to Restore its Tiger Population
2503. INDONESIA: Jokowi Inaugurates 26 Military Hospitals Across Indonesia
2504. MYANMAR: 3 Myanmar Brigadier Generals Sentenced To Death For Surrendering Town
2505. VIETNAM’S VinFast to Establish EV Assembly Plant in Indonesia This Year
2506. INDONESIA: Doctors Blame Late Detection as Cancer Deaths in Indonesia Near 243,000
2507. INDONESIA: Prabowo Faces Policy Scrutiny After Free-Market Comments
2508. MYANMAR: Thailand’s Proposed Fishing Law Leaves Burmese Workers Vulnerable
2509. SINGAPORE: Air Ticket Prices To Go Up as Singapore Mandates Sustainable Fuel for Departing Flights from 2026
2510. THAILAND: Group Opposed to Thaksin’s Parole Vows to Seek NACC Investigation
2511. INDONESIA: Prabowo On Track To Succeed Jokowi
2512. INDONESIA: From Floods to Love Hearts
2513. MYANMAR: Restrictions Imposed on Domestic Air Travel in Myanmar
2514. THAILAND: Govt Launches New Medical Coverage Scheme for Tourists
2515. VIETNAMESE Spend $3.8M Daily on Online Food Orders
2516. INDONESIA: Tale of Two cities: Religious Tolerance in Bekasi & Depok
2517. INDONESIA to Address International Court Hearing on Israel Next Week
2518. MALAYSIA: Tourism Minister Urges Malaysians to Reject Racism to Achieve Strong Unity
2519. MYANMAR: Thailand to Open Humanitarian Center to Deliver Aid to Myanmar in One Month
2520. SINGAPORE Builds AI Model to ‘Represent’ Southeast Asians
2521. INDONESIA’S 2024 Cybersecurity Challenge: Rising Threats and Human Risks
2522. INDONESIA: New Energy Rule Discourages Rooftop Solar Systems: Users
2523. INDONESIA: Prabowo Reaffirms Continuation of Jokowi’s Programs
2524. MALAYSIA: Sharia Punishments in Malaysia Determined by Govt, No Question of Any Challenge Against Islamic Laws: IKIM
2525. MYANMAR Junta Enforces Military Service Law Following Battlefield Losses
2526. INDONESIA: Government Targets Completion of 41 National Strategic Projects by 2024, Removes 12
2527. MYANMAR’S Depleted Military Takes Aim at Professors, Students to Beef Up
2528. PHILIPPINES: Marcos Rejects Calls for Independent Mindanao After Duterte’s Remarks
2529. SINGAPORE: Median Monthly Household Income Rises to S$10,869 in 2023, a Real Increase of 2.8%
2530. INDONESIA’S Leading Banks Thrive in Post-Pandemic Recovery
2531. INDONESIA: KPU Found Guilty of Ethics Breach in Handling of Gibran VP Bid
2532. MYANMAR: Nine UN Security Council Members Call on Junta to End Attacks on Civilians
2533. THAILAND Confident Aid Effort Will Lead to Myanmar Crisis Dialogue
2534. INDONESIA: Anies to Uphold FPI, HTI Bans
2535. INDONESIA: Ship Captain Arrested for Transporting Migrant Workers from Malaysia
2536. MALAYSIA’S Pardons Board Announces Decision to Cut Najib’s Jail Term from 12 to 6 Years
2537. MYANMAR: 41 Rohingya Refugees Arrested After Fleeing Malaysian Detention Center
2538. VIETNAM: South Australia Halts Central Vietnam Students’ Admittance Amid Disappearances
2539. INDONESIAN Academia Calls for Electoral Integrity
2540. INDONESIA’S Manufacturing PMI Beats Other ASEAN Countries
2541. MALAYSIA: Stats Dept 2023 Report Shows Cancer Fourth Leading cCuse of death in Malaysia: Health Minister
2542. MYANMAR: 900 Myanmar Medics Detained Since 2021 Coup: Swiss Report
2543. SINGAPORE: Muslims Will Be Allowed to Eat Lab-Grown Meat If  It’s From Halal Animal Cells, Free From Non-Halal Ingredients: Mufti
2544. CAMBODIA: Soothsayers Barred From Social Media aEtivities
2545. INDONESIA: TNI Deploys 400,000 Soldiers to Safeguard the 2024 Election
2546. INDONESIA to Import Chinese Trains for Aging Commuter Line
2547. MYANMAR: Junta Prepared to Extend Myanmar’s State of Emergency Again in August
2548. VIETNAM: Thousands of Vietnamese queue for Korean jobs
2549. INDONESIA: Dynasty in the Making’ as President Jokowi Shadow Hangs Over General Elections
2550. INDONESIA: Singkawang Retains Title as Indonesia’s Most Tolerant City
2551. MALAYSIA Ranks 57th in Global Corruption Perception Index, Trails Singapore in ASEAN
2552. MYANMAR: Momeik Incinerated as Myanmar Junta Reoccupies Shan Town
2553. PHILIPPINES: CNN Philippines to Close Due to Financial Losses
2554. ASEAN Foreign Ministers Back ‘Myanmar-Owned and Led’ Solution to Crisis
2555. INDONESIA: South Korean Native Vies for House seat
2556. INDONESIA: Sustainable Infrastructure Will Remain as Top Priority under New President: Sri Mulyani
2557. MYANMAR Sends Official to First ASEAN Meeting in More Than Two Years
2558. SINGAPORE: Women Aged 21 to 49 More Likely Than Male Peers to Accept Being Single, Married Without Children: IPS poll
2559. INDONESIA Aims to Attract 1,000 Investors with ‘Golden Visa’ Program
2560. INDONESIA: Jokowi Gets Red Mark in Agrarian Dispute Resolution
2561. MYANMAR: Both Junta and Resistance Digging In as Third Myanmar Coup Anniversary Approaches
2562. THAILAND: Most Thais Believe Country in Economic Crisis That Needs Urgent Attention: Poll
2563. Vietnamese Make Up Largest Percentage of Japan’s Foreign Workforce
2564. INDONESIA: Rohingya Refugees Flee Aceh Shelter Amid Tensions With Locals
2565. INDONESIA Walks Out During Israel’s UN Security Council Speech
2566. MALAYSIA: At UPR Review, Malaysia Stands Firm on its Treatment of Refugees
2567. MYANMAR’S Supreme Court Orders Sale of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s Home
2568. VIETNAM Condemns Fabricated Report by Human Rights Watch
2569. INDONESIA: More Indonesians Smoking, Bucking Global Trend
2570. INDONESIA Seeks EU Trade Deal to Compete Against Vietnamese Footwear
2571. MALAYSIA to Launch Inquiry Into Cases Involving Disputed Singapore Strait Islets
2572. MYANMAR’S  Military Has Turned a Strategic Town in Sagaing Region Into a ‘Graveyard’
2573. THAILAND Must Get Out of Comfort Zone Amid Global Polycrises: CEOs
2574. INDONESIA Needs to Quadruple Sugar Output by 2030 for Self-Fufficiency, Ethanol
2575. INDONESIA: Demands from China, India to Boost Indonesia’s Coal Production
2576. MALAYSIA Demands Accountability for Israel’s Violations of International Law: Foreign Minister
2577. MYANMAR: Defeated Myanmar Junta Generals Given Death Sentences
2578. THAILAND Rolls out New VAT Refund for Foreign Tourists
2579. INDONESIA to Defend Skeptical Stance on Digital Goods Tax Moratorium at WTO
2580. INDONESIA: Special Buses for Students with Disabilities Begin Operations in Jakarta
2581. MALAYSIA’s Regressive Citizenship Amendments Risk Giving ‘Little Napoleons’ Power to Decide Who Gets To Be a Malaysian: Lawyer
2582. MYANMAR: India Plans to Fence Off Myanmar Frontier
2583. VIETNAM: First Homemade Radar Satellite to Go into Space Next Year
2584. INDONESIA: Prabowo Says Indonesia’s Future Lies in Kalimantan
2585. INDONESIA Eyes More Hydro-Floating Solar Hybrid Projects in 2024
2586. MYANMAR Named Second-Biggest Jailer of Journalists
2587. THAILAND: Muay Thai Takes the US by Storm, with 1,724 Centers, $1.25 Billion Industry
2588. VIETNAM: PM Requests Review of Labor Export Companies
2589. INDONESIA to Abandon 23% Renewable Energy Target
2590. INDONESIA’S Tourism to Fall Behind Thailand if Entertainment Tax Goes Up: Apindo
2591. MYANMAR: Another 278 Myanmar Junta Troops Flee to India
2592. SINGAPORE: EV Fast Chargers to be Set Up in HDB Neighborhood and town centers
2593. VIETNAM: Health Ministry Warns of Covid, Flu Surges Amid Tet travel, weather
2594. INDONESIA: Prabowo, Ganjar, Anies Offer Diverse Anti-Graft Strategies
2595. INDONESIA: Jakarta’s Global Graffic Ranking Improves, But Congestion Worsens
2596. MALAYSIA: Immigration D-G says 220 Undocumented Migrant Hotspots Detected Nationwide
2597. MYANMAR: Thailand Mulls Providing Humanitarian Aid to Victims of War in Myanmar: Report
2598. VIETNAM: US Terrorist Group Coaxes People Into Deadly Attacks in Vietnam: Prosecutors
2599. INDONESIA: President Jokowi Breaks Ground on Rp 940 Billion Mosque Project in Nusantara
2600. INDONESIA: KPK Seeks FBI Assistance in Investigating SAP’s Bribery Allegations
2601. MALAYSIA: Two Malaysian Detainees at Guantanamo Bay Plead Guilty to Conspiring in 2002 Bali Bombing
2602. MYANMAR: Female Prisoners Subjected to Humiliating Strip Searches in Corridors
2603. VIETNAM: Hanoi Man Suffers Roundworm Attacks Passed From Dog
2604. INDONESIA Targets 15 Oil and Gas Projects Going Onstream in 2024
2605. INDONESIA Narrowly Misses Target of 100% Electrification Rate
2606. INDONESIA: Vietnam to Surpass Indonesia if We Do Nothing: Jokowi
2607. MYANMAR  Military Bows to Powerful Ethnic Army, Gives it More Towns Near China Border
2608. VIETNAM: 290 Kg of Cocaine Washed Ashore in Central Vietnam
2609. INDONESIA: Candidates to Pledge Commitment On Graft Eradication
2610. INDONESIA: Police in West Papua Urge Vigilance as 53 Inmates Escape from Sorong Prison
2611. MYANMAR’S Dictator is Facing Calls to Resign From Some of His Most Ardent Supporters
2612. SINGAPOREANS Less Happy Today Than 5 Years Ago, But Those With More Balanced View of LIfe Generally More Satisfied: NUS Survey
2613. VIETNAM Upholds ‘One China’ Policy After Taiwan Election
2614. INDONESIA: Prabowo Revives Plan to Build Giant Seawall Across Java Coastline
2615. INDONESIA: Communication and Information Ministry Removes 810,000 Online Gambling Content in 2023
2616. MALAYSIAN Drug Kingpin Arrested in Laos Deported to Thailand, Authorities Working to Seize Remaining Ill-Gotten Gains
2617. MYANMAR: Captured Myanmar Brigadier General Urges Junta Boss to Stop Committing War Crimes
2618. SINGAPORE Passport Ranked World’s Most Powerful in 2024, Tied With 5 Other Countries
2619. INDONESIA: Police Extend Cartenz Peace Operation in Papua Through 2024
2620. INDONESIA: PLN Transforms Electric Poles into EV Charging Stations
2621. MALAYSIA: Fahmi: Spreading Fake News is a Crime, Agong is in Malaysia
2622. MYANMAR: Over 1,000 Myanmar Migrants Detained in Malaysia Crackdown
2623. SINGAPORE Looking to Hire Auxiliary Police from China, India, the Philippines, Myanmar as Taiwan Recruits Dwindle: Shanmugam
2624. INDONESIA: Unlocking Indonesia’s Supply Chain Opporst Asia-tunity in Energized Southea
2625. INDONESIA to Send Record-Breaking 241,000 Pilgrims for 2024 Hajj Season
2626. Myanmar Junta Unleashes Fury on Indonesia After MP Calls For Int’l Isolation, Rohingya Rights
2627. SINGAPORE: Films at Upcoming Palestine Film Festival Allowed As They Do Not Promote Violence Against Any Group: Shanmugam
2628. THAILAND Set to Surpass 2023 Rice Export Target as November Figures Surge
2629. INDONESIA, Taiwan Prepare Migrant Fisher Protection Pact
2630. INDONESIA’S Foreign Policy is Not Transactional: Minister
2631. MALAYSIA: Protecting Malaysian Kids Online From Sexual Exploitation: Govt Explores Measures to Safeguard Against Overseas Predators
2632. MYANMAR: Notorious Myanmar Arms Broker Convicted of Cash Smuggling in Singapore
2633. INDONESIA: Presidential Candidates Eye More Tax on the Rich, Digital Firms to Raise Revenue
2634. INDONESIA Faces Dilemma on Rohingya Refugees
2635. MALAYSIA: Make No mistake, Downloading And Viewing ‘Child Porn’ is a Crime in Malaysia — Here’s What the Numbers Tell Us
2636. MYANMAR Junta Moves to Retake Major Shan State Camp
2637. SINGAPORE: ‘The Urgency Has Gone Up’: SIngapore Government Agencies React To Findings of Third Climate Change Study
2638. INDONESIA: Waves of Lay-Offs Sweep Indonesia’s Export-Oriented Industries in 2023
2639. INDONESIA Confident About Winning EU Lawsuit on Palm Oil Biofuel
2640. MALAYSIA: Global Pharmaceutical Firm Roche Selects Malaysia as Site for First-in-Human Clinical Trial on Experimental Immuno Suppressant Drug
2641. SINGAPORE: What is a ‘Cyber Kidnapping’ Scam, and How Can You Protect Yourself Against it?
2642. MYANMAR Resistance Set to Expand Fighting in Mandalay After Seizing Strategic Junta Outpost
2643. CAMBODIA: New Minimum Wage in Effect, Up $4 Per Month
2644. INDONESIA: Presidential Candidates Venture Into TikTok To Win Over Young Voters
2645. INDONESIA: Bali Senator Sparks Islamophobic Controversy Over Comments on Airport Staff Attire
2646. MYANMAR Junta Threatens Nonstop Bombing of Towns Seized by Ethnic Groups
2647. VIETNAMESE Workers’ Average Income Grows 6.9% in 2023
2648. ASEAN FDI Hits All-Time High as EV Investment Skyrockets
2649. MYANMAR: Spring Revolution News for 1 January 2024
2650. SINGAPORE’S Economy Grew 1.2% in 2023; External Environment ‘Less Favorable’ to Security, Prosperity For Some Years To Come: PM Lee
2651. VIETNAM: India, Cambodia are Vietnam’s Fastest Growing Tourism Markets
2652. INDONESIA: Govt Confirms New COVID-19 Subvariant Ahead of Year-End Holidays
2653. INDONESIA’S Pertamina to Invest $900 Million in Algeria: Minister
2654. MALAYSIANNS Who Made Their Mark in the International Film Industry in 2023
2655. MYANMAR Junta Accused of Starving and Arresting Civilians in Rakhine State ‘to Instill Fear’
2656. VIETNAM: Tourism Race Heats Up as Asian Countries Rush to Simplify Visa Requirements
2657. INDONESIA: Constitutional Court Finally Forms Permanent Ethics Council
2658. INDONESIA: No Need to Go Abroad: Jokowi Wants People to Seek Healthcare in New Capital
2659. MALAYSIA: Fahmi: Govt ban on Israeli-owned ships entering country clear signal Malaysia does not recognise Israel
2660. SINGAPORE to Step Up Enforcement Against Vapes at Changi Airport and Other Checkpoints
2661. THAILAND: Survey Finds That 50% of Thais of Working Age Cannot Afford to Retire
2662. INDONESIA: Nickel Plan Sidelined as Govt Pushes EV Market With New Incentives
2663. INDONESIA: North Maluku Governor Arrested 13 Days Prior to Retirement
2664. MALAYSIA: Bumiputera Population Estimated at 21.3 Million This Year
2665. MYANMAR Stands on Humanitarian ‘Precipice’, UN Warns
2666. SINGAPORE: Will Global Supply Chains Be Disrupted By Ship Attacks in the Red Sea and is Singapore Affected?
2667. ASEAN: Japan to Provide $1b for ASEAN’s Regional EV Ecosystem
2668. INDONESIA: Spending Discrepancy in Jakarta: Land of the Rich, Home of the Poor
2669. MALAYSIA: Health Ministry Rules out Return of MCO as Covid-19 Cases Rise, TRIIS reinstated
2670. MYANMAR: Number of Civilians Fleeing War in Myanmar Doubled to 660,000 in One Month: UN
2671. Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia Eye Seamless Tourism: Srettha
2672. CAMBODIA: Endangered Dholes Discovered at Mondulkiri Wildlife Conservancy
2673. INDONESIA: KPU Puts Health As Priority When Recruiting Poll Workers
2674. INDONESIA: India Proposes Local Currency Use in Trade with Indonesia
2675. MYANMAR: Few Places in Myanmar Still Safe for Junta Boss to Visit
2676. VIETNAM: Hanoi Aims to Increase Per Capita Green Space Five-Fold
2677. INDONESIA: Soekarno-Hatta Airport to Reimpose Health Protocols Amid Rising COVID-19 Trend
2678. INDONESIA’S Economic Growth Earns Praise from Global Economists: Enggartiasto
2679. MALAYSIA: Meta, TikTok Report Jump in Malaysia Govt Requests to Remove Content in 2023
2680. MYANMAR’S Spring Revolution Must Open Two New Fronts to Oust Junta
2681. INDONESIA’S Deforestation Rate Off Target For 2030 Climate Goal
2682. INDONESIA: Anies Wants to Discontinue New Capital Nusantara Project
2683. MALAYSIA: Health Ministry Calls For Masks Again As Malaysia’s Covid-19 Cases Nearly Double to 13,000 In a Week
2684. MYANMAR: China Says ‘Positive’ Peace Talks Held Over North Myanmar Conflict
2685. INDONESIA: Ministry Urges Complete COVID-19 Vaccination Ahead of Holiday Season
2686. ‘INDONESIA Imprisoned More Graft Convicts than any Other Nation’: Jokowi
2687. MYANMAR’S Growth to Fall to 1 Percent: World Bank
2688. MYANMAR Overtakes Afghanistan as World’s Biggest Opium Producer: UN
2689. PHILIPPINES: 65 Provinces Face Severe Drought
2690. INDONESIA: Presidential Candidates Ready for First Debate
2691. INDONESIA: Barito Dethrones BCA as Indonesia’s Biggest Listed Company
2692. MALAYSIA: CIJ: Surge in Anti-LGBT Hate Speech Since 1975 Incident at Good Vibes
2693. MYANMAR-Thailand to Form Joint Task Force to Cope With War Refugees
2694. SINGAPORE Suspends Poultry Imports From Regions in Japan, US and Other Countries Hit by Bird Flu Outbreak
2695. CAMBODIA: LGBT Community Proposes Marital Equality Discussions
2696. INDONESIA: Prabowo to Push for Indonesian-Made Cars If He Wins Election
2697. INDONESIA: President Jokowi Prioritizes 4 Cities as New Growth Drivers
2698. MYANMAR Regime Stops Fuel Supplies to Yangon Factories
2699. PHILIPPINES: Most Filipinos Oppose Divorce
2700. INDONESIA: Jakarta Reports Infections Linked to ‘Mystery Pneumonia’
2701. INDONESIA: 11 Bodies Recovered after Marapi Eruption, and 12 Climbers Still Missing
2702. MYANMAR: Full Civilian Rule Restored in First Large Town Seized by Myanmar Resistance: NUG
2703. SINGAPORE: Fewer Young People in Singapore Donating Blood Even as Demand Rises From Ageing Population: Red Cross
2704. THAILAND: Work-Life Balance and Flexibility Top Priorities for Thai Employees: Survey
2705. INDONESIA’S Call for Support in COP28 Shows ‘No New’ Commitment
2706. INDONESIA and UAE Collaborate to Combat Money Laundering
2707. MYANMAR: ASEAN Urged to Stop Calling For ‘Inclusive Talks’ Between Myanmar Junta and Its Victims
2708. PHILIPPINES:11 Dead, Scores Hurt in MSU Bombing
2709. THAILAND: Police to Investigate Bribery Allegations Reported by German media
2710. INDONESIA Heightens Monitoring in Response to ‘Mysterious Pneumonia’ Outbreak in China
2711. INDONESIA Calls for Palestine’s Full UN Membership
2712. MYANMAR Junta Chief Says ‘Foreign Experts’ Helping in Offensive Against Military
2713. MYANMAR: Fighting In Over 200 Townships Since Myanmar Coup
2714. INDONESIA: Indonesia EV Battery Industry in Limbo Amid Uncertain Roadmap, Rule
2715. INDONESIA: Anak Krakatau Continues to Erupt on Tuesday
2716. MYANMAR: Exodus: Tens of Thousands Flee as Myanmar Junta Troops Face Last Stand in Kokang
2717. MYANMAR: Gangs, Extortion in Bangladesh Camps Driving Rohingya Sea Exodus
2718. SINGAPORE: Shanmugam Seeks Court Order Requiring TikTok to Name Users Who Posted ‘False, Baseless’ Claims of Extra-Marital Affair
2719. INDONESIA: President Jokowi Highlights Importance of Religion at R20 Summit
2720. INDONESIA: Presidential Candidates On The Move Ahead of Official Campaign Season
2721. MALAYSIA: Education Minister Apologizes Over Vanning of Tamil Songs at Carnival in Penang
2722. MYANMAR: Rohingya Resettlements From Bangladesh Increase While Myanmar Instability Grows
2723. THAILAND: Chinese Nationals Begging in Bangkok Not Victims of Trafficking: Immigration Chief
2724. INDONESIA: State-Owned Enterprises Yield Rp 74 Trillion in Dividends
2725. INDONESIAN Police, Fishers Start Patrols to Stop Rohingya Boats
2726. MALAYSIA: In China, Court Begins Hearing Malaysia Airlines’ Flight MH370 Compensation Claims From Passengers’ Families
2727. MYANMAR Junta to Prosecute Satellite Internet Users
2728. INDONESIA: KPK Marches On As Leader Fights Graft Charges
2729. INDONESIA: President Jokowi Inaugurates Two Airports in Papua
2730. MYANMAR: Battle For Control of Myanmar State Capital Escalating at ‘Alarming Rate’
2731. VIETNAMESE in Myanmar Relocated to Safe Zones: ministry
2732. INDONESIA Welcomes Temporary Truce in Gaza, Seeks Lasting Solution
2733. INDONESIA: Amended Law Allows Gov’t to Freeze Bank Accounts in Online Gambling Crackdown
2734. MALAYSIA, VIETNAM Electronics Face Closer US Scrutiny Over China-Forced Labor
2735. MYANMAR: Doctors Without Borders Calls for Patient and Healthcare Worker Safety in Myanmar Conflict Areas
2736. VIETNAM: Task Force Curbing Traffic of Newborns to China
2737. INDONESIA: Regional Economic Integration Underpins Indonesia’s Transformation-JakartaPost-Nov 22, 2023
2738. INDONESIANS See US, China As the Right Economic Partners for ASEAN
2739. MALAYSIA: Bomb Threats Hit Several International Schools in Malaysia
2740. MYANMAR: Junta Completes Stranglehold on Myanmar Media With Law Change
2741. THAILAND: LGBTQ Couples in Thailand to Soon Have Equal Legal Rights in Marriage
2742. INDONESIA Sends $2 Million worth of Humanitarian Supplies to Palestine
2743. INDONESIA: Disapora Welcomes New visa, But Not the Cost
2744. MALAYSIA: Average Salary in Malaysia to Increase 5.1pc in 2024: Mercer Survey
2745. MYANMAR: Operation 1027 is Creating a New Political Template for Myanmar’s Future
2746. CAMBODIA to Become First Asian Host of Mine Summit
2747. INDONESIA Opts for Less Ambitious Option Than Early Coal Retirement
2748. INDONESIA: About 250 Rohingya Refugees in Aceh Sent Back to Sea
2749. MALAYSIA: Becoming a Malaysian Officially: Five things You Need to Know About the ‘Good Character’ Test
2750. MYANMAR: Humbled Regime Helpless as China Demands Border Security; Hiding the Scale of Defeat; and More
2751. INDONESIA Healthtech Industry Faces Fresh Challenges Despite Past Growths
2752. INDONESIA: House to Form Committee to Watch Police Ahead of Elections
2753. MALAYSIA, VIETNAM Agree to Address Illegal Fishing, Discuss South China Sea Issue During Bilateral Meeting in San Francisco
2754. MYANMAR: 5 European Nations, Canada Seek to Join Genocide Case against Myanmar at Top UN Court
2755. THAILAND: Hamas Tells govt Negotiators Thai Hostages Will Be Freed During Ceasefire
2756. INDONESIA: Civil Groups Vow Close Scrutiny of 2024 Race
2757. INDONESIA: Gunung Padang Could Be the World’s Oldest Pyramid: Study
2758. MALAYSIA: Google, Malaysian Govt Announce Strategic Collaboration To Create Skill Opportunities for 300,000 by 2026
2759. MYANMAR: Nine Towns Occupied by Myanmar Military for Decades Lost to Resistance in Days
2760. SINGAPORE: All Adult Singaporeans To Receive up to S$800 in Assurance Package Support in December
2761. INDONESIA: Competitive Three-Horse Race to Succeed Jokowi is On
2762. INDONESIA, US to Develop Work Plan on Critical Minerals Deal
2763. MYANMAR: Almost 40 Myanmar Junta Positions Abandoned in Rakhine: Arakan Army
2764. PHILIPPINES: Why Court Allowed Leila de Lima to Post Bail
2765. THAILAND Welcomes 23 Million Tourists This Year with Malaysians Topping List
2766. INDONESIA: Presidential Candidates Divided on Jokowi’s Food Estate Policy
2767. INDONESIA: Gibran Cleared To Run Despite Controversy
2768. MALAYSIA: Why Aren’t More Malays Successful Despite NEP? Dr Mahathir Compares Culture to Centuries of ‘Wealth-Chasing’ by Chinese
2769. MALAYSIA: ‘Stalemate’: Malaysia Still Can’t Get Sirul Extradited from Australia Due to Death Penalty: Lawyers
2770. CHINA Offers Bounty for Myanmar Junta’s Scam Kingpin in Kokang
2771. INDONESIA: Jokowi Calls OIC to Unite Against Israel’s Atrocities in Gaza
2772. INDONESIA: Religious Figures, Activists Call for Dialogue to End Violence in Papua
2773. MYANMAR: Thousands Trapped Without Food and Medicine in Shan State
2774. THAILAND: Chinese Police to Patrol in Thailand to Boost Tourist Confidence
2775. VIETNAM: Healing Tourism Trend Prompts Service Suppliers to Become More Dynamic
2776. CAMBODIA Achieves Remarkable Rice Sales Exceeding $1.2 Billion
2777. INDONESIA: Jokowi Inaugurates Southeast Asia’s Largest Floating Solar Farm
2778. INDONESIA: TikTok Ramps Up Efforts To Fight Fake Election News
2779. MYANMAR: Brotherhood Alliance Vows to Spread Operation 1027 Across Myanmar
2780. VIETNAM Beckons DIaspora With Career Options
2781. INDONESIA’S Diplomacy Must Be Value-Led, Not Transactional: Anies
2782. INDONESIA Welcomes 22 Palestinian Students on Scholarships
2783. MYANMAR Junta Calls Up All Reservists as Resistance Offensive Spreads
2784. SINGAPORE: Religious Leaders’ Guidance On gGobal Conflicts Helped to Foster Harmony in Singapore: Shanmugam
2785. VIETNAM: US Adds Vietnam to Currency Monitoring List
2786. INDONESIA: Certification Headache for Indonesia’s Budding Carbon Market
2787. INDONESIA Should Revamp Foreign Policy Amid Global Challenges: Ganjar
2788. MALAYSIA: Recruitment Agencies Not Allowed to Outsource Hiring of Foreign Workers: HR Minister
2789. MYANMAR: Thousands Displaced by Fighting Need Food: Myanmar Volunteers
2790. VIETNAMESE  Boycott Snapchat Over China’s U-shaped Line
2791. INDONESIA: GDP Growth Falls Below 5 Percent for First Time Since Pandemic
2792. INDONESIA Joins Money Laundering Watchdog FATF
2793. MYANMAR: Thai Police Pledge to Rescue Trafficked Nationals From Myanmar
2794. SINGAPORE PRoposes New Laws for President, Ministers to Hold ROles in Foreign and Global organizations
2795. VIETNAM By Far the Biggest Market for South Korean Cars in Southeast Asia
2796. INDONESIA: New Law Allows Military’s Return to Civilian Positions
2797. INDONESIA: West Papua Tribe At Risk of Losing Homeland aAter Court Ruling: NGOs
2798. MALAYSIA: Health Experts Predict Diabetes Will Heavily Burden Malaysia’s Healthcare System in Future
2799. MYANMAR Ethnic Groups Seize More Junta Outposts in Northern Shan State
2800. PHILIPPINES: Radioman Killed While Broadcasting
2801. INDONESIA Unlikely To Boycott Pro-Israel Products
2802. INDONESIA, UAE to Launch Mangrove Research Center at COP28
2803. MYNMAR Military Says Lost Control of Strategic Border Town
2804. SINGAPORE Warns Foreigners Against Using Country to Further Political Causes Amid Israel-Hamas war
2805. VIETNAM Uncovers Oldest Human Remains
2806. CAMBODIA: UNESCO Formally List Battambang Gastronomy
2807. INDONESIAN Hospital in Gaza in its Last Hours Amid Israel’s Fuel Blockade
2808. INDONESIA: More Local Firms Start Developing Malls, Hospitals in Nusantara
2809. MALAYSIA: On Proposed ‘Regressive’ Citizenship Law Changes, Stateless Kids Still Have Legal Avenues to be Malays: Saifuddin Nasution
2810. MYANMAR: US Sanctions Myanmar Junta’s State Oil and Gas Company
2811. INDONESIA Doubts Myanmar is Close to Inclusive National Dialogue
2812. INDONESIA: Government to introduce superior tuber varieties to address famine in Papua
2813. INDONESIA: 200,000 Hectares of Palm Plantations to be Made Forests: Government
2814. MALAYSIA: PM Anwar Says Allowed 100pc Foreign-Owned Tesla, Starlink To Operate in Malaysia for National Good
2815. MYANMAR: Chinese Security Minister Meets Myanmar Junta Chief as Border Violence Grows
2816. INDONESIA: At Least 45 Suspected Militants Arrested in October
2817. INDONESIA: Remote Working for Jakarta Public Employees Fails to Tackle Pollution
2818. MALAYSIA: Sold An Illusion, Group Says Some Nepalis Find Bitter Reality Once in Malaysia
2819. MYNMAR Military Caught Off Guard by Ethnic Alliance’s Northern Offensive
2820. THAILAND To Lift Deep South Emergency by 2027: Defense Minister
2821. INDONESIA: 2024 Elections Chance to ‘Rejuvenate Democracy’ in Southeast Asia
2822. INDONESIA Surpasses Target With 26 Gold Medals at Hangzhou Para Games
2823. MYANMAR’S Shan State Clashes Stretch Into Second Day
2824. SINGAPORE’S Vote In Favor of UN Resolution Shows Clear Stand on Israel-Hamas Conflict: Shanmugam
2825. VIETNAM: Google Offers 40,000 Scholarships to Support Vietnam’s digital transformation
2826. INDONESIA Slams Western ‘Bias’ Regarding Gaza Siege at Security Council
2827. INDONESIA: TikTok, YouTube, Meta Eye Indonesia E-commerce License: Sources
2828. MYANMAR Junta Gets an ‘F’ For Education as Schools Spiral into Chaos
2829. SINGAPORE: Sleep-Deprived, 2 in 3 S’poreans Planning Travel With Goal of Catching Up On Shut-Eye: Survey
2830. THAILAND: At Least 54 Thais Held Hostage by Hamas: Israeli government
2831. INDONESIA: Businesses Seek to Ensure Post-Election Continuity
2832. INDONESIA: We Are Open to All: Indonesia Denies Favoring Chinese Investment
2833. MALAYSIA: Using Bahasa Melayu in Govt Dept Correspondence Crucial to Safeguard its Position: Malay Students Federation
2834. MYANMAR: Daw Aung Suu Kyi in Limbo as Myanmar Resumes Prison Visits After Three-Year Ban
2835. MYANMAR Crackdown on Business Escalates, 16 More Executives Face Life in Prison
2836. CAMBODIA-Village Ends Logging, Plants Crops
2837. INDONESIA Can Sue EU over Protectionist Green Policy: Economist
2838. MALAYSIA: DAP Rep Calls on Malaysians to Buy Palestinian Products Like Olive Oil, Dates As Sign of Solidarity
2839. MYANMAR: Global Petition Ups Pressure on Singapore to Cut Myanmar Military’s Supply Line
2840. VIETNAM Reports First Monkeypox Death
2841. INDONESIA: Firms Want Direct 95-Year Land Rights In Nusantara As Uncertainty Persists
2842. INDONESIA: Indonesia’s Huge Geothermal Potential Catches Iceland’s Attention
2843. MALAYSIA: Poor Command of Bahasa Malaysia Among Reasons Why Senior Applicants Refused Citizenship:  Home Minister
2844. MYANMAR Regime Opens Larger Gems Emporium
2845. SINGAPORE: No Decision On Use Of Nuclear Energy Yet, Singapore to Keep Options Open
2846. INDONESIA: Prabowo Picks Jokowi’s Son Gibran as Running Mate
2847. INDONESIA: Cultural Diversity Takes Center Stage in Indonesia’s “Living Rooms”
2848. MYANMAR: Rohingya Lie at the Bottom of the Pile of World Aid Priorities
2849. MYANMAR Junta Allocates Land in Yangon for Russia to Build Orthodox Church
2850. VIETNAM: Vietnam to Sign Rice Trade Deals with Indonesia, Philippines
2851. INDONESIA: After Nearly A Decade, Jokowi Falls Short On Promise Of Energy Subsidy Reform
2852. INDONESIA: Ex-Papua Governor Lukas Enembe Sentenced to 8 Years for Corruption
2853. MYANMAR: German Firm Faces Legal Probe Over Myanmar Junta Supplies
2854. MYANMAR Junta Demands Expats Pay Tax Before Renewing Passports
2855. PHILIPPINES: Marcos Secures $4.26B Business Deals in Saudi Arabia-
2856. INDONESIA: Belt and Road Cooperation Must Not Complicate Countries’ Fiscal Conditions: Jokowi
2857. INDONESIA: European Firm Commits to Invest $2b in Indonesia’s Renewables
2858. MALAYSIA Proposes Upgrading 2002 ASEAN Pact To Address Haze Issue: Nik Nazmi
2859. MYANMAR: Junta Boss Trying to Sow Division in Myanmar’s Oldest Ethnic Armed Group
2860. THAILAND: Iranian Envoy in Thailand Says Effort Being Made to Free Thais Held Hostage by Hamas
2861. INDONESIA: Xi Wants to Expand Cooperation With Indonesia in Several Key Markets
2862. INDONESIA: 30.000 Coal Workers Could Lose Jobs as Indonesia Shifts to Clean Energy
2863. MALAYSIA: First Women’s Health Clinic Set Up At National Sports Medical Centre To Handle Female Athletes’ Health Issues: Hannah Yeoh
2864. MYANMAR: ASEAN Must Take Action Against Members Supporting Myanmar Junta
2865. MYANMAR: ‘Cyber Scammer’ Facing Arrest in China Linked to Drugs Trade in Myanmar
2866. INDONESIA: Constitutional Court Opens Door For Jokowi’s Son to Run in Presidential Poll
2867. INDONESIA: Jakarta Aims to Become Global City After Capital Relocation
2868. MALAYSIA: EPF: Budget 2024 Prioritizes Retirement Wellbeing, Secure Future For Malaysians
2869. MYANMAR: China Begins Surveys for Railway on Myanmar’s Indian Ocean
2870. PHILIPPINES: Canada Forges Agreement to Help Philippines Track Illegal Fishing vessels Using Satellite Technology
2871. INDONESIA: Constitutional Court Upholds Minimum Age for President, VP candidates
2872. INDONESIA: Missing Emission Cap Renders RI Carbon Exchange Less Effective: Experts
2873. INDONESIA Urges Norway to Accelerate $250 Million Clean Energy Investment
2874. MYANMAR Junta and Russia Discuss Building Gas Pipeline in Myanmar
2875. VIETNAM: Halal Tourism ‘Gold Mine’ For Vietnam To Tap Into
2876. INDONESIA Signs Tourism Decarbonization Road Map
2877. MYANMAR: Junta Orders Employment Agencies to Submit Lists of Myanmar Migrant Workers
2878. SINGAPORE: Pew Sudy Hails Singapore’s ‘Remarkable’ Religious Diversity and High Tolerance, Acceptance
2879. THAILAND: Two Thai Elephants Born Through Artificial Insemination
2880. INDONESIA: Island Nations Band Together To Face Existential Threat
2881. INDONESIA Reelected at UN Human Rights Council with Most Votes
2882. MALAYSIA: In A First For The Country, Public Finance and Fiscal Responsibility Act Passed in Dewan Rakyat
2883. MYANMAR: A Corrupt Business Empire Thrives Under the Junta
2884. THAILAND: Govt Eyes Community-Based Jobs For Workers Returning From Israel
2885. INDONESIA: Jokowi’s Administration Gets Red Mark On Graft Eradication
2886. INDONESIA Asks Philippines’s Help to Evacuate Citizens from War-Torn Gaza
2887. MALAYSIA: First Time Malaysian Trafficking Victims Found All The Way in South America: IGP
2888. MYANMAR  Troops Cut Power in Southern Sagaing, Force 10,000 to Flee
2889. THAILAND: YouTube remains top video platform in Thailand:  Survey
2890. INDONESIA To Evacuate Citizens from Gaza As Israel-Hamas War Worsens
2891. INDONESIA Hosts Inaugural Summit of Island States
2892. MALAYSIA: Indonesia, Thailand and China Agree To Trade With Malaysia Using Ringgit: PM Anwar
2893. MYANMAR: 29 Killed in Myanmar Junta Strike on Displaced Persons Camp
2894. THAILAND Postpones Regional Summit to Which Myanmar Junta Boss Invited
2895. INDONESIA Calls for End of Israel-Palestine Conflicts
2896. INDONESIA: Confidence In Collaborative Climate Response Weighed Down By Inaction
2897. MYANMAR Junta Rejects Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Appeal
2898. SINGAPORE Banks To Allow Customers To ‘Lock Up’ Funds in Latest Move To Guard Against Scams
2899. VIETNAMESE Citizens In Israel Remain Safe Amid Severe Conflict
2900. INDONESIA: Govt Orders E-Commerce Firms To Share Import Data With Customs Office
2901. INDONESIA: Govt Conducts First Biofuel-Powered Flight Test On Commercial Plane
2902. MYANMAR: Expressing Dissent Online Can Be Deadly In Myanmar: Freedom House
2903. THAILAND Needs An SMS Emergency Alert System
2904. VIETNAM: Vietjet To Launch 5 New Routes To Asia-Pacific Destinations
2905. INDONESIA: KPU Urges Political Parties To Withdraw Ex-Graft Convicts From Legislative Elections
2906. INDONESIA: Seeks Negotiations on Binding Rules on AI-Driven Weapons
2907. MALAYSIA: KL, Riyadh In Talks To Make Malaysia Preferred Transit Hub For Umrah Pilgrims: MOTAC
2908. MYANMAR Junta Boss’s Graft Purge Can’t Hide His Own Ill-Gotten Wealth
2909. VIETNAM’S Largest Rare Earth Mine To Open
2910. INDONESIA: Govt Goes All In To Extinguish Wildfires
2911. INDONESIA: House Passes Revised IKN Law To Future-Proof Nusantara Against Regime Change
2912. INDONESIA: Agriculture Minister Syahrul Abroad Amid Ongoing Corruption Probe
2913. MYANMAR: Expert Panel Issues Scathing Assessment of UN’s Handling of Myanmar Crisis
2914. SINGAPORE: New Inter-Ministerial Committee To Review And Strengthen Singapore’s Anti-Money Laundering Regime
2915. CAMBODIA: Guinness Recognize Giant Stingray
2916. INDONESIA: State Firms Accused Of Selling Arms To Myanmar Junta
2917. INDONESIA: Court Upholds Jobs Law As Labor Unions Stage Rallies
2918. MYANMAR’S Cash-Strapped Junta Hikes Taxes, Utilities Despite Surging Inflation
2919. VIETNAM: Mekong Delta Braces For Severe Drought, River salinity
2920. INDONESIA: PDI-P Touts Food Security As Election Priority
2921. INDONESIA: 77 Indonesians Could Be Spared Death Penalty in Malaysia
2922. MYANMAR: Dethroned NLD party marks 35th anniversary in Myanmar
2923. SINGAPORE’S Total Population Back Above Pre-Covid Levels, Rising 5% to 5.92 Million
2924. THAILAND: Toxic Smoke From Indonesia Drifts Towards Thailand
2925. INDONESIA: TIkTok Laments Social Media Commerce Ban
2926. INDONESIA, Malaysia Seek to Counter Negative Perception of Palm Oil in India
2927. MALAYSIA: Artist Of Banned Book Says ‘Monkey’ Remark Meant To Compliment Indonesian Maid’s Agility
2928. MYANMAR: Tracing Myanmar Junta’s Repeated Governing Body Shakeups Since Coup
2929. SINGAPOREAN Woman And Daughter Arrested in Manila Airport For Allegedly Smuggling 14kg of Cocaine Worth S$1.83m
2930. INDONESIA: Multiple Task Forces Make Little Dent On Jakarta Air Pollution
2931. INDONESIA’S Carbon Exchange Holds Rp 3,000t Potential: Jokowi
2932. MALAYSIA: No Harassment of LGBT Community Will Be Allowed: Anwar
2933. MALAYSIA Working To Bring Home 2 Suspected Terrorists Detained in Guantanamo Bay
2934. MYANMAR: As Resistance Drone Attacks Rise, Myanmar Junta Seeks Regional Help
2935. INDONESIA: Govt Efforts To Tackle Human Trafficking Not Enough: Activists
2936. INDONESIA: Use Buildings Idled By Capital Move To Make Jakarta ‘Livable’: ADB
2937. MALAYSIA Will Not Entertain Frivolous Claims By Any Party on Sabah: Foreign Minister
2938. MYANMAR: How Chinese-Run Mines Are Fueling the Myanmar Junta’s Terror Campaign
2939. VIETNAM Opposes China’s Ship Identification Stations in Paracel Islands
2940. INDONESIA Reiterates Call To Reform Global Financial System
2941. INDONESIA: Gov’t To Issue Regulation Banning Social Media Platforms from Running E-Commerce
2942. MYANMAR: Catch-22 For Rohingya Caught Up in Myanmar Citizenship Dilemma
2943. PHILIPPINES: China Installs Barrier in Bajo de Masinloc
2944. SINGAPORE: World War II Bomb Found in Bukit Timah, SAF to Carry Out On
2945. INDONESIA: Local Investors Kick-Start Commercial Projects in Nusantara
2946. INDONESIA Pledges to Protect Marine Biodiversity in High Seas
2947. MALAYSIA: PM Anwar: Despite Geopolitical Rivalry, US Remains Malaysia’s Top Investor
2948. MYANMAR: US Committed To Resolving The Crisis in Burma: Deputy Secretary of State
2949. PHILIPPINES Considers Banning TikTok For Security Workers To Block App From Cyberspying
2950. INDONESIA: What climate change? Study Finds Political Parties Lack Focus on Climate Issues
2951. INDONESIA Seeks to Strengthen Fragmented Global South in Weeklong UNGA
2952. INDONESIA: Elon Musk’s Starlink Makes Indonesian Presence Withyees: Minerist
2953. MALAYSIA’S Largest Renewable Energy Power Plant Commences Operation
2954. MYANMAR: Junta Shutters Myanmar Currency Exchanges in ‘Futile’ Bid to Prop Up Economy
2955. CAMBODIA Set To Celebrate Koh Ker UNESCO Listing
2956. INDONESIA: Govt To Proceed With Oil Exploration In Warim Block In Papua
2957. INDONESIAN Woman Jailed for Using Islamic Invocation Before Eating Pork
2958. MALAYSIA: Resorting to Racial Politics Is Easiest Way To Gain Malay Support: PKR Deputy President Rafizi
2959. MYANMAR Junta Seeks Chinese Help Acquiring Nuclear Technology
2960. INDONESIAN Nickel Reserves Could Be Depleted In 15 Years, Minister Warns
2961. INDONESIA: Antam Ordered to Pay Surabaya Businessman Rp 1 Trillion in 1 Ton Gold Dispute
2962. MALAYSIA: Customers in Malaysia Reportedly Told to Pay RM15,000 as Downpayment For Tesla Model 3
2963. MALAYSIA: Customers in Malaysia Reportedly Told to Pay RM15,000 as Downpayment For Tesla Model 3
2964. MYANMAR: UK Ad Cuts to Rohingya Now at 85%: NGO
2965. VIETNAMESE Earthworm Hunters Destroying Protective Forest Go Unpunished
2966. INDONESIA: Rights Groups Slam Jokowi For Spying Boast
2967. INDONESIAN Navy Thwarts People Smuggling Attempt to Malaysia in High-Speed Boat Chase
2968. INDONESIA: National Museum that Houses Pre-Historic Artifacts Ravaged by Fire
2969. MYANMAR: UN Expert Suggests ‘Collective Punishment’ To End Myanmar mMilitary’s War on the People
2970. THAILAND: Health Ministry Launches Swift Vaccine Project to Prevent Cervical Cancer
2971. INDONESIA: Jokowi Says Hyundai-LG’s EV Battery Plant in Indonesia is Southeast Asia’s Largest
2972. INDONESIA: Jokowi Says Hyundai-LG’s EV Battery Plant in Indonesia is Southeast Asia’s Largest
2973. MALAYSIA: Immigration Dept Cripples Pakistani Immigrant Syndicate in Kelantan
2974. MYANMAR: NLD Alarmed at Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Health Woes
2975. MYANMAR: Several ASEAN Air Force Chiefs Skip Myanmar Meeting
2976. INDONESIA: Fears of Abuse as Ministers Allowed To Campaign ‘On Leave’
2977. INDONESIA: 19 Regional Governments and 2 Companies Awarded for Impactful Development Initiatives
2978. MALAYSIA Determined To Get Back 1MDB Funds From Goldman Sachs: PM Anwar
2979. MYANMAR Junta Chief Woos Shan Militias Amid Troop Shortages
2980. THAILAND: Pita Named An Emerging Leader In TIME100 Next List
2981. INDONESIA Grapples With Fires As El Nino Peaks
2982. INDONESIA Looks Back on Tough East Asia Summit Negotiations
2983. MALAYSIA: In Malaysia, Survey Shows Muslims and Buddhists See Extremists From Their Own Faiths As Biggest Threats
2984. MYANMAR: Crimes Against Humanity Are Getting More ‘Brazen’ in Myanmar, UN Told
2985. PHILIPPINES: A Decade Later, Philippines Still Most Dangerous Country in Asia for Envi Defenders
2986. CAMBODIAN Rice Benefits From Global Security Woes
2987. INDONESIA: PLN’s Ambitious Renewables Target Lacks Govt Support
2988. MALAYSIA Is Latest in Asia To Tighten Grip on Key Minerals
2989. MYANMAR: Shamed By ASEAN, Myanmar’s Generals Try to Save Face
2990. VIETNAM: Bayer Launches Southeast Asia’s First ForwardFarm in Vietnam
2991. INDONESIA: Jokowi Reiterates Developing Nations Call For Help On Climate at G20
2992. INDONESIA: ASEAN Establishes New Troika to Find Solution on Myanmar Crisis
2993. MYANMAR: Education Under Attack in Myanmar, Ukraine and Other War Zones: NGO
2994. MYANMAR Has Been Running Out of Power Since the Coup: World Bank
2995. THAILAND Malaysia Mull Setting Up Joint Committee To Tackle Cross-Border Cybercrime
2996. INDONESIA: Proposed Govt Control Over Places Of Worship Draws Criticism
2997. INDONESIA: Police Deployed to Check Pollutant Level at Factories
2998. MALAYSIA: Suhakam To Work With Indonesian, Philippine Counterparts To Find Answers To Sabah’s Stateless Issue In Next Five Years
2999. MYANMAR Junta Losing War: East Timor’s President
3000. VIETNAM Rises As Potential Semiconductor Hub For Global Manufacturers
3001. INDONESIA: China Warns Against ‘New Cold War’ at ASEAN Summit
3002. INDONESIA: Police Arrest 42 Chinese Nationals Accused of Romance Scams
3003. MYANMAR: No Election Likely Before 2025: Myanmar Junta Chief
3004. MYANMAR’S Suu Kyi Unwell, Back in Prison: NLD Members
3005. VIETNAM, Laos, Cambodia Agree To Operate ‘One Journey-Three Destinations’ Tours
3006. ASEAN Bars Myanmar From 2026 Chairmanship
3007. INDONESIA: OpenAI Chief Granted First ‘Golden Visa’
3008. INDONESIA Introduces De-Dollarization Task Force
3009. SINGAPORE: Rapper Subhas Nair Sentenced To Jail For Attempting To Promote Ill Will Between Races and Religions
3010. THAILAND: As New Cabinet Is Sworn In, Srettha Says ‘No Honeymoon Period’ For His Government
3011. INDONESIA: Calls Mount For ASEAN To Denounce ‘Ten-Dash Line’
3012. INDONESIA To Import 250,000 Tons Of Rice From Cambodia
3013. MYANMAR: Hong Kong Based V-Power Company Ceases Four Projects in Myanmar
3014. VIETNAM’S Mekong Delta, World’s Youngest River Basin, Might Be First One Gone
3015. INDONESIA: Regions Brace For Wildfire, Haze As Dry Season Peaks
3016. INDONESIA: W. Australia Offers to Make Indonesia’s EV Battery Dream Come True ​​​
3017. MALAYSIA: Dr Mahathir says racial issues caused by non-Malay parties, calls them ‘parti pendatang’: Report
3018. MYANMAR And Other Rice Exporting Countries Struggle To Maintain Normal Production
3019. SINGAPORE: Tharman Clinches Oresidency With Landslide Win, Pledges To Help Usher In ‘Future of Optimism and Solidarity’
3020. INDONESIA Open To ‘Kratom’ Opioid Exports Despite Proposed Local Ban
3021. INDONESIA: Challenges Abound Ahead Of ASEAN Summit In Jakarta
3022. MYANMAR’S Landmine Clearers Working With Pliers And Bare Hands
3023. PHILIPPINES Rejects China ’10-Dash’ Map
3024. SINGAPORE Holds First Contested Presidential Vote In Over A Decade
3025. INDONESIA: Political Dynasties, Graft Leniency Loom Over 2024 Elections
3026. INDONESIA: Jokowi Threatens to Shut Down Polluting Factories
3027. MYANMAR: Yangon Food Charities Swamped as Hunger Stalks Myanmar
3028. THAILAND: Activists Submit Petition With Over 212,000 Signatures, Seek Democratic Constitution
3029. VIETNAM: All Eyes On Agroecology As Vietnam Embarks on Food System Transformation Journey
3030. INDONESIA: Political Exiles Push For Guarantee Of Continued Nonjudicial Resolutions
3031. INDONESIA: Says Freedom of Expression Not Free Pass for Quran Desecration
3032. MALAYSIA: Beyond A ‘Band-Aid’: Why SIS Started Free Legal Advice For Muslims 20 years Ago And What’s Next
3033. MYANMAR: As Dollars Vanish, Myanmar Regime Boss Blames Cooking Oil, Greed and Sanctions
3034. THAILAND: MRT To Partially Power Blue, Purple Lines With Solar Energy
3035. INDONESIAN Protectionism May Stand In Way of ASEAN Digital Economy Pact
3036. INDONESIAN Muslims Advised against Multiple Hajj Pilgrimages
3037. MYANMAR: Seven Indian Companies Added To Myanmar ‘Dirty List’
3038. MYANMAR Vulnerable To Climate Emergencies, says NGO
3039. VIETNAM: Mekong Delta Province Coastline Devastated By Erosion
3040. CAMBODIA: NGOs Warn of ‘Sharp’ Decline in Breastfeeding
3041. INDONESIA Lifts Ban on Sending Domestic Workers to Middle East
3042. INDONESIA Inaugurates $2B LRT Trains to Reduce Jakarta’s Traffic
3043. MYANMAR Expels Top East Timor Diplomat
3044. THAILAND Running Out of Jobs For University Graduates: NESDC Report
3045. CAMBODIA: From Waste To Wealth: Cambodian Compost Mogul Turns Trash To Treasure
3046. INDONESIA: Jokowi Reignites ‘Bandung Spirit’ In Week-Long Africa Tour
3047. INDONESIA: Hyundai To Introduce New Electric Vehicle Model From Indonesian Plant
3048. MYANMAR: Singapore Called On to Stop Feeding Myanmar Junta’s War Machine
3049. PHILIPPINES: Marcos Pitches For Federalism
3050. INDONESIA: Pertamina Eyes Oil And Gas, Geothermal Expansion In Kenya
3051. INDONESIA: Partial Work-from-Home Policy Implemented in Greater Jakarta to Address Air Pollution
3052. MYANMAR: Buddhist Monks Condemn Myanmar Junta for Arrests Over ‘Blasphemous’ Movie
3053. PHILIPPINES: Chinese Ships Block PH Boats
3054. THAILAND: Srettha Gets Royal Endorsement As Prime Minister
3055. INDONESIA: Captive Power Casts Doubt On JETP Emissions Reduction Goal
3056. INDONESIA: Govt To Merge Three State-Owned Airlines
3057. INDONESIA’S Cellular Tariffs Among the Cheapest in SE Asia
3058. MYANMAR Will Get Sicker—Junta Shuts Another Hospital in Mandalay
3059. THAILAND: Thaksin Taken To Bangkok Remand Prison To Start Serving His Jail Terms
3060. INDONESIA: Jakarta Police Uncover Arms Trade Syndicate
3061. INDONESIA: Health Ministry To Set Up Independent Body To Probe Malpractice Claims
3062. MALAYSIA: Federal Court Allows Leave For Sisters In Islam’s Bid To Appeal Ruling Over Selangor Fatwa Declaring It As Deviant
3063. MYANMAR: Several Resistance Attacks Reported Near Myanmar Regime’s Nerve Center
3064. THAILAND’S Pheu Thai Launches PM Bid As Fugitive Figurehead Thaksin Eyes Return
3065. CAMBODIA-New Cultural Heritage Sites Identified In Protected Areas
3066. INDONESIA: Jokowi To Attend BRICS Summit in South Africa
3067. INDONESIA: Nearly 17,000 Central Government Employees to Relocate to Nusantara
3068. MYANMAR: H&M’s Forced Exit Leaves 42,000 Myanmar Workers Asking How They Will Eat
3069. THAILAND Now Has 36 Smart Cities In 25 Provinces
3070. INDONESIA: Jokowi Govt Sets Final $2.6b Tranche for Nusantara Next Year
3071. INDONESIA: Four More Provinces Ink Low-Carbon Development Deal With Bappenas
3072. MYANMAR: Leader of Sanctions-Hit Myanmar Junta Moans About ‘Weaponization’ of Dollar
3073. MYANMAR: In Myanmar Prisons, Showing Solidarity With Martyrs Leads to Solitary Confinement
3074. SINGAPORE: Police Warn Of New Android App Scam Targeting Users of TikTok, Dating Platforms-
3075. INDONESIA: Tesla To Sign Investment Deal In Indonesia Within Months: Luhut
3076. INDONESIA: Newly-Arrested Militant Plots Attacks on Police, Military Targets
3077. MYANMAR: Price Control Panel Fails to Stem Myanmar’s Growing Food Crisis
3078. MYANMAR Regime to Arm Civil Servants
3079. SINGAPORE: Some Employers Make Baseless ‘revenge accusations’ Against Maids To Punish Them For Leaving Job: Home Report
3080. INDONESIA: Government To Start Random Emission Tests As Poor Air Chokes Jakarta
3081. INDONESIA: Jokowi Mulls Work From Home Policy to Address Deteriorating Jakarta Air Quality
3082. MYANMAR: At Least 25 Missing After Myanmar Jade Mine Landslide
3083. THAILAND: Man, 36, Becomes First Patient To Die of Mpox in Thailand
3084. VIETNAM Issues e-Visa For All Countries
3085. INDONESIA: Jakarta Pollution Blamed For Respiratory Problems
3086. INDONESIA: Miss Universe Cuts Ties with Indonesian Organizer amid Sexual Harassment Allegations
3087. MYANMAR: Torture and Terror at Chinese-Run Cyber Scam Hubs in Myanmar
3088. VIETNAM: Big Wave of Internal Migration Hits Da Lat
3089. INDONESIA: Jakarta Hit By Major Pollution spike: Air quality monitor
3090. INDONESIA: Lecturer’s Curse of President Tests Limits of Free Speech
3091. INDONESIA: New Capital Nusantara is World’s Largest Project: Jokowi
3092. MYANMAR: Indian Minister of Home Affairs Blames Manipur Violence On Myanmar Refugees
3093. VIETNAM: Power Outages Cost Vietnam $1.4B: World Bank
3094. INDONESIA: ‘Missing Link’ in Indonesia’s Economic Development: INDEF
3095. INDONESIA: New Zealand Calls For Release of Pilot Kidnapped in Papua
3096. INDONESIA: 30 Miss Universe Indonesia Contestants Report Sexual Abuse: Lawyer
3097. MYANMAR: Prominent Activist Calls for Public Boycott of Myanmar Junta’s ‘Blood’ Products
3098. THAILAND To Grow Opium, Magic Mushrooms To Produce Morphine, Anti-Depressants
3099. INDONESIA’S Inequality Increases Slightly As Poverty Falls
3100. INDONESIA: Brain Drain: Calls Mount For Dual Citizenship In Indonesia
3101. INDONESIA: Populous Indonesia Defends Democracy Index That is Behind Malaysia
3102. MALAYSIA: PM Anwar: Turkiye’s President Erdogan Suggests Cooperation With Malaysia In Facing Islamophobia
3103. MYANMAR: Deadly Floods Displace Thousands in Three Myanmar Border States
3104. CAMBODIA Dismisses Human Rights Report
3105. INDONESIA: Experts Warn of Contagious Outbreaks, Health Problems As El Niño Returns
3106. INDONESIA’S Economic Growth Exceeds 5% for 7th Consecutive Quarter
3107. MYANMAR: US Closes Sanctions Window For Myanmar Junta Banks
3108. VIETNAM: Earthworm Electrocution Is Destroying The Environment For China Trade
3109. ASEAN: Timor-Leste Rethinks Its Accession Bid if ASEAN Cannot Handle Myanmar Issue
3110. INDONESIA- West Sumatra Administration Criticized For Stifling Protests
3111. MALAYSIA: Muslim Nationalism Challenges Anwar’s Multiethnic Government: Wong Chin Huat
3112. MYANMAR: Political Prisoners Tortured for Honoring Myanmar’s Martyrs’ Day
3113. VIETNAM: Export Demand Should Not Jeopardize Vietnam Food Security: Experts
3114. INDONESIA Initiates ASEAN Road Map For Digital Transformation Of Education Systems
3115. INDONESIA: Foreigners Only Need Passport to Buy House in Indonesia: Gov’t
3116. MALAYSIA: Woman Convert Fails To Get High Court Leave In Bid To Be Declared Christian After Divorcing Muslim Man
3117. MYANMAR: Singapore Urged to Stop Aiding War Crimes in Myanmar
3118. THAILAND: Chinese Investors Top BOI Investments Applications
3119. INDONESIA: Islamic School Leader Panji Gumilang Detained for Blasphemy, Hate Speech
3120. INDONESIA: Govt Plans to Revive Sanatoriums To Treat Tuberculosis
3121. MYANMAR: Junta’s Amnesty for Political Prisoners was Hostage Diplomacy: Myanmar Watchdog
3122. VIETNAM Continues ‘Four Nos’ Defense Policy
3123. VIETNAM: Culinary Tourism To Become National Strategic Product
3124. INDONESIA: Govt Unveils Ecotourism Concept For New Capital City
3125. INDONESIA: No LSD In Our Cattle, Canberra Insists After RI Halts Imports
3126. MYANMAR Regime Reduces Jailed Leaders’ Sentences Under Prisoner Amnesty
3127. SINGAPORE:  Man Charged With Running Unregistered Muslim Religious School, Teaching False Doctrine
3128. VIETNAMESE Consume Too Much Meat, Say Health Advocates
3129. INDONESIA: Government Orders Shipment of Aid to Drought-Hit Papua Region
3130. INDONESIA: Jokowi Seeks Chinese Investment in 5,000-Hectare Durian Plantation
3131. Myanmar Junta Extends State of Emergency for 6 More Months
3132. PHILIPPINES: 25 Dead, Over 2 million Affected from Typhoon Doksuri in Philippines
3133. VIETNAM: Russia to Issue E-Visas for Vietnamese Nationals
3134. NDONESIA’S Middle-Strength Passport Remains a Travel Barrier For Some
3135. INDONESIA Launches Its First CryIpto Bourse
3136. MALAYSIA: Customs Makes Biggest Drug Bust in Sabah, Seizes over 100Kg of Syabu Worth Around RM3M
3137. MYANMAR Jade Worth About US$4 Billion Exported to China in 2022
3138. THAILAND:  Police Prepare for Thaksin’s Return As August 10 Arrival Date Confirmed By Family
3139. INDONESIA’s Rice Reserve Not Sufficient To Weather El Niño Next Year
3140. ASEAN Predicted to Be Net Importer of Natural Gas by 2025
3141. MYANMAR’S Northern Alliance ‘Not Interested’ in Empty Peace Talks With Junta
3142. PHILIPPINES; China Eyes Military Exercises With PH
3143. SINGAPORE: No Zero-Tolerance Approach by PAP to Extramarital Affairs, Unlike Corruption and Criminal Conduct: DPM Wong
3144. CAMBODIA: An End To An Era as Hun Sen Passes Baton To Son Manet
3145. INDONESIA: JETP Could Help Drive Indonesia’s Geothermal Growth
3146. INDONESIA Says Taliban Representatives Visited ‘Informally’
3147. MYANMAR: Thai Beer Titan to Invest US$14M in Another Brewery in Myanmar
3148. PHILIPPINES: VIETNAM Builds More Facilities in Spratlys
3149. CAMBODIAN Election Draws Criticism
3150. INDONESIA: Social Media Monitoring Agency Could Curb Free Speech, Activists Warn
3151. INDONESIA Set to Launch Largest Solar Panel Industry in SE Asia
3152. MYANMAR Military May Move Suu Kyi to House Arrest
3153. SINGAPORE To Execute First Woman In Nearly 20 Years: Rights Groups
3154. INDONESIA: G20 Energy Proposal Costly, Not Feasible: RI
3155. INDONESIA Spends $3.8B on Fuel Subsidies in 1st Half of 2023
3156. MYANMAR: Number of IDPs in Myanmar Surges Almost 50,000 in Five Weeks
3157. SINGAPORE: Growing Concern With Youth Radicalism, Terrorism Threat to Singapore Remains High: ISD
3158. VIETNAM: Researchers Find Evidence of 2,000-year-old curry in Vietnam, the oldest in Southeast Asia
3159. CAMBODIA’S 2023 General Election Kicks Off
3160. INDONESIA: Power Struggle Grips Golkar Ahead of 2024 Polls
3161. INDONESIA: Gov’t Told to Close Illegal Railroad Crossings
3162. MALAYSIA: In Malaysia, More Muslim Parents Turning To Abducting Kids in Custody Wars: SIS Data
3163. MYANMAR: Whither Wa State? Myanmar’s Criminal Hub Spreads Wings Under Junta
3164. INDONESIA Must Push For Fairer Carbon Market: Activists
3165. INDONESIA: Gov’t Takes Down Over 11,000 Gambling Websites
3166. MALAYSIA Issues License to Elon Musk’s Starlink To Bring Internet Services To Remote Areas
3167. MYANMAR: Chin Schoolchildren Being Taught In Trenches Cecause of Airstrikes
3168. VIETNAM’S Last Wild Elephants On The Brink of Survival
3169. INDONESIA Strengthens Economic Diplomacy With Cabinet Reshuffle
3170. INDONESIA: No Authorization for Interfaith Marriages: Supreme Court
3171. Myanmar Regime Again Bars Daw Aung San Suu Kyi From Honoring Father on Martyrs’ Day
3172. SINGAPORE: Foreigners Need Approval To Buy Mixed Commercial and Residential Properties, Land in Singapore
3173. VIETNAM Passport Jumps 6 Places in Global Ranking
3174. INDONESIA: RI, EU Gear Up For Trade Clash
3175. INDONESIA: Tech Giants Pay Indonesia $886M in Digital Taxes in 3.5 Years
3176. MYANMAR: Political Prisoners in Constant Fear of Torture and Murder
3177. PHILIPPINES: ICC Junks PH Appeal On Drug War Probe
3178. VIETNAM: Google Maps Re-Displays Vietnamese Flag on Spratly Island
3179. INDONESIA: When Teachers Are The Bullies, Where Do Students Go?
3180. INDONESIA Trade Surplus for 38 Months in a Row
3181. MYANMAR Junta Condemns ASEAN for Ignoring ‘Peaceful Efforts to Restore Democracy’
3182. THAILAND: Coalition Decides to Propose Pita as its PM Candidate in Second Round
3183. VIETNAM’S Aging 100-million Population a Demographic Time Bomb
3184. CAMBODIA: Childhood Diabetes Up Amid Sugar Epidemic
3185. INDONESIA: Growing Informal Sector Signals Lack In Job Creation
3186. INDONESIA: PTPP, Adhi Karya Win $540M Railway Project in Philippines
3187. MYANMAR Junta Likely to Extend Military Rule Again
3188. THAILAND: Two-Wheeled Angels:Bangkok Launches First Fleet of Motorbike-ambulances
3189. ASEAN Struggles For Unity On Myanmar Conflict
3190. ASEAN, China Agree on South China Sea’s Code of Conduct Guidelines
3191. INDONESIA: Shrinking Domestic Industry May Dethrone RI As World’s No. 2 Rubber Exporter
3192. MYANMAR: Protect Rohingya From Armed Gangs: HRW
3193. THAILAND: Pita Fails in Bid to Become Prime Minister
3194. INDONESIA Wants to Double Lithium Pact with Australia to 120,000 Tons
3195. INDONESIA: LGBT Event in Indonesia Scrapped After Security Threats
3196. MYANMAR: Thai Foreign Minister Says Met Myanmar’s Suu Kyi
3197. SINGAPORE: Maid Agencies Find Various Ways to Sieve Out Underage Candidates, Even As MOM Sees Fewer Cases
3198. THAILAND: Thaksin Postpones Return Until Thailand’s Political Situation Settles Down
3199. INDONESIA: Bakamla Seizes Iranian Tanker Over Illicit Oil Transfer
3200. INDONESIA: Netherlands Returns Ancient Jewels, Temple Carvings to Indonesia
3201. MALAYSIA: PM Anwar Gives Final Warning To Those Playing Up 3R Issues
3202. MYANMAR Junta Condemned For Using ‘Prison Transfers’ as a Pretext For Murder
3203. PHILIPPINE Activists Fight Back on Online Theats Rise
3204. CAMBODIA: Manhunt Underway After Capital 103kg-Meth Bust
3205. INDONESIA: RI Property Giants to Build Malls, Offices In Nusantara Capital City
3206. INDONESIA: $3.5 Billion Jababeka Movieland Launched as Indonesian Answer to Hollywood
3207. MYANMAR: Singapore’s UOB Is Shutting Myanmar Junta Allied Airline’s Bank Accounts
3208. SINGAPORE: Millions Vie For Tickets to Taylor Swift’s Only Stop in Southeast Asia
3209. INDONESIA: Potable Tap Water Still a Pipe Dream, for Now
3210. INDONESIA: Political Row Undermines RI’S Second Chance as FIFA Host
3211. MALAYSIA: Counting Malaysia’s ‘Invisible’ People: How Many Born Here Cannot Be Citizens Despite Their Local Roots
3212. MYANMAR: Thailand’s Deportation of Undocumented Children Branded Cruel
3213. SINGAPORE Must Never Become a Welfare State, But It Can Be a ‘Welfare Society’: SM Tharman
3214. INDONESIA: Govt Steps Up Efforts To Curb Anthrax After Outbreak Kills 3 People
3215. INDONESIA: Robust Salt Industry Recipe to Cut Indonesia’s Deficit with Australia
3216. MYANMAR: UN Urges End to Arms, Currency Supplies to Myanmar Junta
3217. SINGAPORE: Police Warn of Resurgence of Concert Ticket Scam As At Least 462 Lose Over S$480,000 Since January
3218. VIETNAM: New Crocodile Newt Species Discovered in Vietnam
3219. INDONESIA: Government Rescues Nearly 2,000 Human Trafficking Victims
3220. INDONESIA: Safeguarding the Sunda Pangolin: RER’s Commitment to Wildlife Protection and Conservation
3221. MALAYSIA: More Malaysians Transitioning to Solar Power to Reduce Electricity Bills
3222. MYANMAR: Junta Orders Nightlife Shutdown as Narcotics Flood Myanmar
3223. VIETNAM RIses FOur Ranks in Global Peace Index
3224. CAMBODIA Bans Entry for All Meta Oversight Board Bembers
3225. INDONESIA: Victims, Families Urge Jokowi to Rewrite History on Rights Abuse
3226. INDONESIA: ‘No Big Deal’: Minister Reacts to Indonesian Rice Terraces Used in Philippine Tourism Promo
3227. MYANMAR Supreme Court to Hear President and Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Appeals
3228. VIETNAMESE People Turning Their Backs On Dog Meat
3229. INDONESIA: Jakarta Installs AI-Controlled Traffic Lights to Ease Congestion
3230. INDONESIA Reports Slower Deforestation Growth
3231. MYANMAR: Surprise? Myanmar Ranks Poorly in ‘Tourist-Friendly ’Ranking
3232. THAILAND-Foreign Investors Wary of Delay in Thai Govt Formation: FTI
3233. VIETNAM  Bans Barbie Movie for Featuring China’s Nine-Dash Line
3234. INDONESIA: After Recent Portfolio Sell-Offs, Is Traditional Retail Banking Dead in Indonesia?
3235. INDONESIA In Talks with 3 Unnamed Countries for OPEC-Like Nickel Cartel
3236. MYANMAR Junta War Crimes Rising: UN Report
3237. SINGAPORE Sees Highest Number of Suicides in Over 20 Years, With Most Cases Among Those in Their 20s: SOS
3238. TIMOR LESTE Independence Hero Xanana Gusmao Returns to Power
3239. INDONESIA: Reparations Program Gets Mixed Welcome
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3241. MYANMAR: Medical Association Issues Urgent Global Appeal to Deliver Healthcare to Myanmar
3242. SINGAPORE: Growing Popularity of Adventure Tourism
3243. VIETNAM: Philippine Police Rescue More than 1,000 Alleged Trafficking Victims, Including Vietnamese
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3246. MYANMAR: Medical Association Issues Urgent Global Appeal to Deliver Healthcare to Myanmar
3247. SINGAPORE: Growing Popularity of Adventure Tourism
3248. VIETNAM: Philippine Police Rescue More than 1,000 Alleged Trafficking Victims, Including Vietnamese
3249. INDONESIA: World Bank Sees Stagnant FDI, Slowdown in Growth for Indonesia
3250. INDONESIA to Reroute Palm Oil Export to Africa Following EUDR
3251. MYANMAR Junta Turns Thai-Sponsored Talks Into Propaganda Tool
3252. PHILLIPPINES- Kitchen Crisis: How some food prices soared under Marcos
3253. SINGAPORE: Air Purifiers Flying off the shelves as S’poreans brace themselves for haze; experts give tips on dealing with it
3254. SOUTHEAST ASIA at High Risk of Trans-boundary Haze: Report
3255. INDONESIA Moves ASEAN Military Drill Site Away From South China Sea
3256. MYANMAR: US Slaps Sanctions on Myanmar Junta Defense Ministry, Regime-Run Banks
3257. VIETNAM: Dak Lak Armed Group Connected to US-based Terrorists
3258. VIETNAM: Nearly 5,000 ChatGPT Accounts hacked in Vietnam
3259. INDONESIA Ranks Sixth Among Countries with Most Startups
3260. INDONESIA: Jakarta Lacks Myanmar Leverage: UN rapporteur
3261. MALAYSIA: Wisma Putra Clarifies Misperceptions Regarding Demarcation of Strait of Malacca and Sulawesi Sea
3262. MYANMAR: Arrests Follow ‘Flower Strike’ To Mark Detained Aung San Suu Kyi’s Bfrirthday
3263. SINGAPORE: High Risk of Severe Transboundary Haze in 2023, Public Advised To Be Prepared: Singapore institute
3264. INDONESIAN Businesses Call For Change in PLN’s Dominance to Hit Renewable Target
3265. INDONESIA Urges Regional Efforts for Clean Energy Transition
3266. MYANMAR: More Labor Union Leaders Arrested at Zara Factory in Myanmar
3267. PHILIPPINES: Filipino Women Highly Biased Against Own Gender: Study
3268. VIETNAM: Overseas Vietnamese Return Home For Retirement
3269. INDONESIA’S Satria-1 Successfully Launched Into Orbit
3270. INDONESIA: Coca-Cola Launches New rPET Bottles in Indonesian Market
3271. LAOS Seals MOU With Chinese Firm for Development of That Luang SEZ
3272. MYANMAR Junta Signs Wind Power, Direct Flights and Financial Deals With Russia
3273. THAILAND Defends Divisive Myanmar Junta Talks
3274. ASEAN Nixes Thai Informal Talks Idea on Myanmar
3275. CAMBODIAN  Riel to Expand Across Laos and Vietnam
3276. INDONESIA: Japan’s Emperor in Indonesia for First State Visit
3277. MALAYSIA Best-Performing Muslim-Majority Country in 2022’s Islamicity Index, But Long Way to Go On Human Rights
3278. MYANMAR  People’s Thoughts With Detained Daw Aung San Suu Kyi on 78th Birthday
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3281. MYANMAR Junta Sentences 730 Political Prisoners in Less Than Six Months
3282. PHILIPPINES: Media Landscape Remains ‘Largely Grim’ Despite Change In Leadership: Report
3283. VIETNAM All Set To Classify Covid As Common Disease

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.”