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