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