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

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EXTRICATING NDONESIAN CHILDREN FROM ISIS INFLUENCE ABROAD

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

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