Category: Vietnam

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