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

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EXTRICATING NDONESIAN CHILDREN FROM ISIS INFLUENCE ABROAD

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

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