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  1. INDONESIA Hopes to Lead Global Green Aluminum Market with UAE
  2. MYANMAR: AAPP: Myanmar Junta Killed 223 Females This Year
  3. THAILAND: Heatwave Escalates Water War in Thailand’s North
  4. INDONESIA: Unresolved Conflicts May Hinder Prabowo’s Plan to Form Presidents’ Club
  5. INDONESIAN Muslim Cleric Reaffirms Ban on Interfaith Marriage
  6. MYANMAR: Chin Alliances Clash Over Territory Liberated From Myanmar Junta
  7. SINGAPORE:  Migrant Workers in S’pore Left in Limbo After Paying Large Sums to Agency Promising Jobs in Poland
  8. VIETNAM:  Rail Route Connects China, Laos, Thailand, Malaysia
  9. INDONESIA: Schools, Universities Prone To Corruption: KPK Survey
  10. INDONESIA: Sumatran Orangutan’s Use of Medicinal Plant to Treat Wound Intrigues Scientists
  11. MYANMAR: US Commission Slams Myanmar’s Religious Freedom
  12. VIETNAM Posts Over $10B in Four-Month Tourism Revenue
  13. VIETNAM to Produce Enough Rice for 8 Million Tons Exports
  14. INDONESIA May Offer Dual Citizenship to Attract Overseas Workers: Minister
  15. INDONESIA: Ministry Unveils New Funding Initiative For Climate-Resilient Health System
  16. MALAYSIA: PM Anwar: Govt Can Take Criticism But Will Not Compromise on 3R Sentiments
  17. MYANMAR: EU Extends Myanmar Junta Sanctions for Another Year
  18. VIETNAM Welcomes over 6 Million Int’l Visitors in Four Months
  19. INDONESIA: Magnitude 6.5 Earthquake Strikes off Java Island: Authorities
  20. INDONESIA: PDI-P Could Become Sole Opposition to Prabowo Coalition
  21. INDONESIA: Political Dynasticism Rampant in Newly Elected House Lawmakers
  22. MYANMAR: India Needs to Protect its Strategic Stakes in ‘Unstable’ Myanmar
  23. PHILIPPINES- Heat wave in Southeast Asia closes schools, triggers health alerts
  24. REGIONAL: Women in SE Asia Gaining Representation in Boardrooms: Report
  25. CAMBODIA: Pailin Farmer Hits On Solution To Excess Mangoes
  26. INDONESIA: US Returns Antiquities to Indonesia Amid Probe into Trafficking Networks
  27. INDONESIA: Creative Industry Workers Worry AI Is After Their Jobs
  28. MALAYSIA Adopts a Balanced Foreign Policy, Stands Clear of Provocations: PM Anwar
  29. MYANMAR: Network of ASEAN Parliamentarians Says Only Myanmar is Locking up Lawmakers
  30. INDONESIA: House of Old Men: 2024 Election Sees Lowest Number of Young Lawmakers ​​​
  31. INDONESIA: Job Creation Law Eases Business Licensing to Propel Growth
  32. MALAYSIA: UM Apologizes For Hosting Pro-Israel Professor, Lambasts Him for Claiming Malaysia Unsafe for Travelers
  33. MYANMAR: Thailand Warns Myanmar’s Rivals Against Using Its Soil For Harm: Minister
  34. THAILAND: 30 Died From Heatstroke in Thailand so Far in 2024 as South-east Asia Bakes
  35. CAMBODIA: Ending a Scourge: PM Pushes For Final Steps to Eradicate Malaria in Cambodia
  36. INDONESIA in Dire Need of Specialist Doctors: Jokowi
  37. 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
  38. MYANMAR: US Think-Tank Sounds Alarm as Scam Centers Mushroom on Myanmar-Thai Border
  39. SINGAPORE Red Cross Sends 9 Volunteers to Egypt for Gaza Relief Work, S$815,000 Worth of Aid
  40. INDONESIA: Dengue Deaths Spike Almost Threefold Compared to Last Year
  41. INDONESIA: Inter-Province Migration Costs Jakarta Trillions of Rupiah
  42. MALAYSIA Seeing Sharp Increase In Ageing Population: Nanta
  43. MYANMAR: UN’s Türk Sounds Alarm Amid Rising Tensions in Rakhine
  44. INDONESIA: Court Rulings Seal Prabowo Win
  45. INDONESIA: Clashes Between TNI, OPM Continue in Papua Amid Rising Tension
  46. MALAYSIA Poised to Become Powerhouse In Clean, Renewable Energy: Industry Players
  47. MYANMAR: As Losses Mount, Myanmar’s Junta Tightens Its Embrace of Russia
  48. CAMBODIA: Chinese Police Complete Repatriation Of Over 680 Gambling, Scam Suspects from Cambodia
  49. INDONESIA: Authorities Call For Vigilance Amid Heightened Volcanic Activity
  50. MALAYSIA Aims To Be In Top 20 Countries in Global Startup Ecosystem Index by 2030: PM Anwar
  51. MYANMAR Junta Using Rohingya Recruits to Sow Ethnic Hatred: Activists
  52. VIETNAM: Three Vietnam Locales Among World’s ‘Best Walking cities’
  53. ASEAN Says ‘Deeply Concerned’ Over Escalating Myanmar Violence
  54. INDONESIA: Trust in Constitutional Court Rises Ahead Of Ruling On Election Disputes: LSI Survey
  55. MYANMAR: New Year, Old Tactic: Myanmar Junta’s Amnesty Skips Political Prisoners
  56. SINGAPORE:  24-Year-Old Maps Singapore Toilets With Bidets on Google, Earning Rave Reviews From Netizens
  57. THAILAND: NIA Launches New Platform to Boost Thai Agricultural Startups with Deep Tech
  58. INDONESIA: Apple Mulls Building First Production Facility in Indonesia
  59. INDONESIA: Jokowi Raises Concerns Over Money Laundering Using Crypto Assets
  60. MALAYSIA: Single Mother is First Woman Khalwat Offender to be Whipped in Terengganu
  61. MYANMAR: Burmese Activist Maung Zarni Nominated For the Nobel Peace Prize
  62. VIETNAM Needs $30B Investment For Universal Clean Water Access
  63. INDONESIA: Minister Launches 500,000 Hectares of Farming Land in S Papua
  64. INDONESIA: Young People in Indonesia Put Off Marriage
  65. MALAYSIA: Biggest Renter Group in Malaysia are Millennials: Study
  66. MYANMAR: Aung San Suu Kyi And Former President Win Myint Reportedly Moved to House Arrest in Naypyidaw
  67. VIETNAM: Draft Law Restricting Journalists’ Courtroom Rights Meets Opposition
  68. INDONESIA: Mideast Escalation Could Pose Major Economic Risk to RI
  69. INDONESIA: Komnas HAM Criticizes Government Handling of Tensions in Papua
  70. MYANMAR: Over 1,000 Rohingya, Including Children, Abducted in Violation of Conscription Law
  71. PHILIPPINES-Marcos Rules Out New Bases for US
  72. SINGAPORE: Lawrence Wong to Take Over From Lee Hsien Loong As Prime Minister on May 15: PMO
  73. CAMBODIA’S Alternative Medicine to Hit $64.03 Million in 2024
  74. INDONESIA Poised to Lead Booming Halal Cosmetics Market
  75. INDONESIA: Papua Rebel Leader Says Captured New Zealand Pilot Won’t Be Released
  76. MYANMAR Democracy Icon Suu Kyi Believed Held in Solitary Confinement in Naypyidaw Prison
  77. VIETNAM: Schengen-Like Visa for Southeast Asia Will Boost Foreign Arrivals to Vietnam
  78. INDONESIA: Government Denies Israeli Reports On Normalizing Ties
  79. INDONESIA: Prabowo Collaborates with King of Jordan to Drop Indonesian Relief Supplies to Gaza
  80. MYANMAR Junta Slams UN’s ‘One-Sided’ Human Rights Claims
  81. SINGAPORE Wants to INsulate and Protect the Local Jewish Community From the Impacts of the War in Gaza: Shanmugam
  82. VIETNAM: Van Thinh Phat Chairwoman Truong My Lan Sentenced to Death in $27B Scam
  83. ASEAN Tourists Prefer Thailand Over Indonesia: Study
  84. Indonesia’s Economy to Grow 5.2 Pct in 2024, 2025: Report
  85. MALAYSIA: Meta, TikTok Pledge Online Safety Measures for Children Using Social Media: Fahmi
  86. MYANMAR: Reluctant Exiles: Another ‘Life or Death’ Exodus From Myanmar
  87. VIETNAM: Thailand Aims to Boost Durian Exports to China, Reclaiming lead from Vietnam
  88. CAMBODIA: 69-Year Old Phnom Penh Madam Detained For Underage Prostitution
  89. INDONESIA: Govt Urged To Tighten, Stop Granting Mining Licenses On Small Islands
  90. INDONESIA: 2 Papuan Rebel Leaders Killed in Shootout
  91. MYANMAR: Australia’s Ex-Foreign Minister Named UN Myanmar Envoy
  92. VIETNAM Firms Face Highest Local Cyberthreats in Southeast Asia: Kaspersky
  93. INDONESIA: Police Uncover Crystal and Liquid Meth Production House Linked to Hong Kong Ring
  94. INDONESIA: PLN Mulls Importing LNG Amid Likely Shortfall in Local Gas Supply
  95. MALAYSIA: Prabowo, Anwar Discuss Direction to Strengthen Malaysia-Indonesia Ties
  96. MYANMAR Junta Deputy Defense Minister Interrogated Over Online Scams
  97. THAILAND: Google Lunches Security Feature to Protect Thailand Users From Scams
  98. INDONESIA: Lack of Clean Power May Jeopardize Indonesia’s Downstream Dream
  99. INDONESIA: Brunei and Laos Join Regional Payment Connectivity
  100. MALAYSIA: Putrajaya Must Calm ‘Allah’ Socks Storm Before Tensions Erupt: Extremism Experts
  101. MYANMAR: BHRN Calls On International Community to Help Muslims in Myanmar
  102. THAILAND: National Anti-Corruption Commission Initiates An Anti-Corruption Education Curriculum to Educate Thai Children and Instill Integrity Value in Thai society
  103. INDONESIA: Hyundai Ends Indonesia Aluminium Deal After Climate Campaign By K-Pop Fans
  104. INDONESIA: Aceh Authorities Detain Four Suspects in Rohingya Refugee Smuggling Case
  105. MALAYSIA Probes Links Between Detained Man and Israeli Crime Group
  106. MYANMAR Junta Scrambling to Hang on to Pearl of Economic Partnership With China
  107. VIETNAM Has 6 Billionaires in Forbes Global Rich List
  108. INDONESIA: Gov’t Revokes Over 2,000 Mining Licenses
  109. INDONESIA: Court Summons 4 Jokowi Ministers to Testify in Presidential Election Dispute Trial
  110. INDONESIA: As El Nino Bites, Indonesians Struggle with Record-High Rice Prices
  111. MYANMAR Military Loses Historic Outpost on Road to China in Kachin State
  112. SINGAPORE: 5 Takeaways From Survey of Southeast Asians, Including Singapore Being Top Choice of Regional Country for Relocation
  113. INDONESIA: Pope Francis to Visit Indonesia in September: Minister
  114. INDONESIA Gears Up for Another Colossal Elections
  115. MYANMAR: KNU Grateful For Aid Sent by Thai Government Through Myanmar Red Cross
  116. SINGAPORE: Dengue Cases Soar, Doubling in First Quarter of 2024; 7 Deaths Reported
  117. CAMBODIA: Chetra Urges Preservation of Tonle Sap
  118. INDONESIA’S Business Environment Ranking Slips As Others Improve
  119. INDONESIA: Untapped Muslim Donations Could Reach Rp180 Trillion Annually
  120. MYANMAR: India Urged to Stop Embracing War Criminals in Myanmar
  121. THAILAND Equal Marriage Bill a Victory for LGBTQA+ All Over the World:Pita
  122. INDONESIA Calls for Immediate Cease-Fire in Gaza After UN Vote
  123. INDONESIA Moves Closer to Next World Cup Qualifying Round with 3-0 Win in Vietnam
  124. MALAYSIA: New SOPs Introduced To Prrevent Child Abuse Cases at Daycare Centers: Nancy Shukri
  125. MYANMAR: UK Government Raps Myanmar Junta on Armed Forces Day Over Its Brutality
  126. S’PORE-Flagged Vessel Had ‘Momentary Loss of Propulsion’ Just Before Hitting Baltimore Bridge: MPA
  127. INDONESIA: 13 Soldiers Held Over Alleged Torture of Papuan
  128. INDONESIA: Jakarta Police Capture Portuguese Nationals Involved in Liquid Cocaine Trafficking Operation
  129. MYANMAR: A Chronicle of Collapse: How the Tide Turned Against Myanmar’s Once Mighty Military
  130. PHILIPPINES: Drug War Restarts in Davao
  131. VIETNAM: Central Vietnam Province Gets Its Own Red Sea
  132. INDONESIA: Constitutional Court Rules Defamation Clause ‘Conditionally Unconstitutional’
  133. INDONESIA Takes Over Airspace Management in Riau Islands and Natuna from Singapore
  134. MYANMAR: Chinese Town Deports 200 Myanmar Migrant Workers Each Day
  135. SINGAPORE: Govt Tells Israeli Embassy to Remove Facebook Post That Was an ‘Astonishing Attempt to Rewrite History’, says Shanmugam
  136. THAILAND: An Entrepreneur Scores a Win in Europe With Her Low Glycemic Flour
  137. INDONESIA: Failed Election Candidates Place Hopes in Court Proceedings
  138. INDONESIA: New Import Rules Hoped to Save Ailing Textile Industry
  139. MALAYSIA: ‘Allah’ Socks Issue: Sabahan Sentenced to Six Months of Jail for Insulting Islam on Facebook
  140. MYANMAR is Main Beneficiary of Chinese Fund: Ambassador
  141. THAI Scientists Breed Coral in Labs to Restore Degraded Reefs
  142. INDONESIA Among the Unhappiest Countries in Southeast Asia: Study
  143. INDONESIA: Prabowo Declared as Elected President After Final Vote Count
  144. MYANMAR Court-Ordered Auction of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s Home Fails to Draw Bids
  145. SINGAPORE Completes First Humanitarian Aid Airdrop into Gaza
  146. VIETNAM: Vo Van Thuong Leaves Position as Vietnam President
  147. INDONESIA Braces For Wildfires Ahead of Dry Season
  148. INDONESIA: $11.6 Billion Invested in Indonesia’s Smelters
  149. MYANMAR’S Women Bear the Cost of the Junta’s Coup
  150. THAILAND: Rural Doctor Society Claims Identities of 2.2 Million Thais on Sale in ‘Dark Web’
  151. VIETNAM: Pakistani, Iranian Men Pose As Interpol To Extort Tourists in Hanoi
  152. INDONESIA Accused of Avoiding Human Rights Issues
  153. INDONESIA: Government Considers Student Loan Scheme for Low-Income Families
  154. MALAYSIA: High Court Strikes Out Woman’s Bid to Declare Herself as Non-Muslim
  155. In MYANMAR, Citizen Journalism is Connecting News to Its Revolutionary Roots
  156. INDONESIA: KPU Races to Finish Vote Tally
  157. INDONESIA: Russia Alleges 10 Indonesians Fighting as mercenaries in Ukraine
  158. INDONESIA: Jakarta Police Seize 2,500 LSD Sheets from Germany
  159. Myanmar’s UN Ambassador Calls for Security Council Action to Halt Conscription
  160. CAMBODIA: First Khmer-Speaking Robot Introduced-KhmerTimes
  161. INDONESIA: Draft Policy Draws Flak for Allowing Military, Police Hold Civil Posts
  162. INDONESIA Needs 350 More Aircraft to Make Airfare More Affordable
  163. MALAYSIA: Proposed Amendment on Citizenship Laws Goes Against Founding Fathers’ Intentions, Nazir Razak Tells Putrajaya
  164. MYANMAR Junta Cuts Communications in Around 80 Myanmar’s Townships: Report
  165. INDONESIA: EU Deforestation Regulation Seen to Complicate RI Biodiesel Exports
  166. INDONESIA: Thirst for ‘Swiftnomics’: Indonesia Eyes Partnering with Singapore on Concerts
  167. newspapers to strengthen mastery of Malay language among students
  168. MYANMAR: Japan Announces Extra US$ 37 Million In Aid to Myanmar
  169. SINGAPORE: Singapore Endorses Communique on Tackling Scams at Inaugural Global Fraud Summit
  170. INDONESIA: Extreme Weather Looms Over Indonesia
  171. INDONESIA: 2024 Presidential Election Results: Prabowo-Gibran Secures Victory in Jakarta
  172. MYANMAR: China Tightens Access For Myanmar Migrant Workers Entering From Shan State
  173. SINGAPORE: Over Half in S’pore Say Society, Technology Changing Too Fast, and In Ways That Don’t Benefit Them: Survey
  174. INDONESIA: Civil Society Piles Pressure On Parties To Launch House Probe
  175. INDONESIA: Batik Air Grounds Pilots Following Alleged In-Flight Napping
  176. MALAYSIA Charts Better Score In Latest Pew Religious Restriction Index, Driven By Drop in Govt Curbs
  177. MYANMAR General Arrested for Retreating as Ethnic Alliance Overran Northern Shan State
  178. THAILAND: Crackdown On ‘Mule’ Accounts Aims to Impact Call-Center Gangs
  179. INDONESIA: Why Carbon Utilization Key To Indonesia’s Decarbonization
  180. INDONESIA: 18 Dead, 5 Missing After Indonesia Floods, Landslide
  181. MALAYSIA: PM Anwar: Sarawak to Become Major Renewable Energy Hub in SE Asia
  182. MYANMAR: AA Joins KIA Attacks on Myanmar Junta in Kachin State, While Fighting in Rakhine
  183. VIETNAMESE Tech TAlents Find Homeland Has Appealing Career Prospects
  184. INDONESIA: Cooking Up Opportunities: Used Cooking Oil Can Be a ‘Sizzling Success’ for Indonesia
  185. INDONESIA Aiming for 80 Percent Middle Class Population in 2045: Bappenas
  186. MALAYSIA: A Decade After MH370: Hopes of a New search to End All Speculation
  187. MYANMAR: Besieged Junta Troops Launch ‘Scorched Earth’ Attacks in Myanmar Jade Hub
  188. PHILIPPINES: 3,600 Ex-Rebels, Mostly in Mindanao, Await Amnesty as Senate Backs Marcos’ Initiative
  189. INDONESIA: Prabowo Sets Ambitious 8 Pct Economic Growth Target for Indonesia
  190. MALAYSIA Among Top Five Most Improved in Increasing Legal Gender Equality, But Still Lags Behind Regional Neighbors: World Bank Report
  191. MYANMAR: Number of Townships Placed Under Martial Law by Myanmar Junta Rises to 61
  192. SINGAPORE: Govt Mulls Publicizing Litterbugs’ Photos to Identify Them As Part of ‘Targeted’ Response to Rise in Cases
  193. THAILAND: Wealthy Myanmar Citizens Buy Thai Property to Seek Refuge From Civil War
  194. INDONESIA: Teachers’ Groups Oppose Using Operational Assistance Fund to Provide Free Lunches
  195. INDONESIA: Prabowo Looks Certain to Protect Status Quo for Political Stability
  196. MALAYSIA: PM Anwar ‘Happy to Reopen’ MH370 Search If Compelling Evidence Found
  197. MYANMAR: ‘No Breakthrough’ in Fresh Talks Between Myanmar’s Brotherhood Alliance and Junta
  198. VIETNAM: Carbon Credit trade could bring Vietnam $200M per year
  199. CAMBODIA: Shiva Reborn: 10th Century Statue Takes Shape
  200. INDONESIA: Poll Body in Hot Water After String of Tech Failures
  201. INDONESIA: President Jokowi Takes a Stand Against Bullying at PGRI Congress
  202. MALAYSIAN Graduates are Overqualified and Underpaid: Khazanah Research Institute Report
  203. MYANMAR: Arakan Army Exposes Myanmar’s Naval Weaknesses
  204. INDONESIA: Government Trials Free Meal Program at Tangerang School
  205. INDONESIA: Jokowi Promotes Prabowo to TNI Honorary General
  206. MYANMAR Junta Captives Confess to Rakhine Executions
  207. SINGAPORE: New Anti-scam Portal to be Launched; MHA Calls out Meta for ‘Consistently Pushing Back’ on Efforts to Tackle Scams
  208. THAILAND: Zero Baht Stores: How ‘Grandpa Garbage’ Turned Waste into Sustainable Communities
  209. INDONESIA: Govt Doubles Funds for Oil Palm Replanting
  210. INDONESIA Losing Out on Foreign Tourists To Its Neighbors: Sandiaga
  211. MYANMAR: Aid Received by Myanmar in 2023 Insufficient According to Analysis
  212. SINGAPORE: Restaurant in Singapore Offers ‘Divorce’ Booking Option With Treats for Celebration
  213. THAILAND: Chaiwat Insists 2,900 Rai Under Dispute is Protected Forest, Cannot Be ‘Buffer Zone’
  214. CAMBODIA: Troubled Phnom Penh ‘Beer Bus’ Rebrands as ‘Eco-Friendly Exploration’
  215. INDONESIA: World Bank Urges Fiscal Caution for Indonesia’s Free Lunch Program in 2025
  216. INDONESIA: Inclusive Marriage Registry Plan for KUAs Meets With Questions, Calls for Dialogue
  217. MALAYSIA: Most Malaysians Agree With New National Service Scheme, Think It Will Be Positive: Survey
  218. MYANMAR: Myanmar Junta Calls on Students to Join University Corps
  219. INDONESIA Most Networked Nation in Southeast Asia Amid Geopolitical Race
  220. INDONESIA: Government to Relocate 6,000 Civil Servants to Nusantara in July
  221. MALAYSIA now ranks number one globally for 5G consistency score: Fahmi
  222. MYANMAR: Legal Aid Network Raps Myanmar Junta’s Conscription Drive
  223. VIETNAM Risks Losing Regional Tourism Race Without Visa Waivers: Experts
  224. CAMBODIA ex-PM Hun Sen Returns to Frontline Politics for Senate Seat
  225. INDONESIA: Luhut says China Ready to Fork Over for Cutlery Factory
  226. MYANMAR: Ta’ang Towns Promised Civilian Administration
  227. VIETNAM: Scrap Dealer Builds $2.85M Gold-Plated Castle in Central Vietnam
  228. CAMBODIA: Prime Minister Explains Hun Many’s Promotion to DPM
  229. INDONESIA: Jokowi Unveils Biggest Port in Eastern Indonesia
  230. INDONESIA Decries ‘Geopolitical Nightmare’ Ahead of ICJ Appeal
  231. MYANMAR: Thai Police Round Up Myanmar Citizens Fleeing Conscription
  232. VIETNAM To See Largest Expansion in Wealth Growth Over The Next Decade
  233. INDONESIA: Fitch, Moody’s Raise Concerns About Fiscal Policy Under Prabowo leadership
  234. INDONESIA: Prabowo’s School Meal Program to Cost $7.7 Billion in First Year
  235. MYANMAR: Pa-O Militia Backs Myanmar Junta Conscription by Forcibly Recruiting Civilians
  236. SINGAPORE: Malaysian Govt Study Warns of ‘Brain Drain’, Finds 3 in 4 M’sians Living, Working in S’pore Skilled or Semi-skilled
  237. THAILAND: What Thailand Must Do To Improve its Democracy Index Ranking
  238. INDONESIA: Jokowi signs regulation requiring Google, Meta to pay for news
  239. INDONESIA Says Women’s Rights Advocacy Should Remain a Priority in Afghanistan
  240. MALAYSIA: Police and State Islamic Authorities will Investigate Man Who Claims to be Prophet Muhammad’s Descendant: Home Minister
  241. MYANMAR:  Global ESG Investment Advisory Firms Accused of Aiding Myanmar Junta
  242. VIETNAM to send 125,000 Laborers Abroad in 2024
  243. CAMBODIA To Install Hundreds of Wildlife Cameras in an EFfort to Restore its Tiger Population
  244. INDONESIA: Jokowi Inaugurates 26 Military Hospitals Across Indonesia
  245. MYANMAR: 3 Myanmar Brigadier Generals Sentenced To Death For Surrendering Town
  246. VIETNAM’S VinFast to Establish EV Assembly Plant in Indonesia This Year
  247. INDONESIA: Doctors Blame Late Detection as Cancer Deaths in Indonesia Near 243,000
  248. INDONESIA: Prabowo Faces Policy Scrutiny After Free-Market Comments
  249. MYANMAR: Thailand’s Proposed Fishing Law Leaves Burmese Workers Vulnerable
  250. SINGAPORE: Air Ticket Prices To Go Up as Singapore Mandates Sustainable Fuel for Departing Flights from 2026
  251. THAILAND: Group Opposed to Thaksin’s Parole Vows to Seek NACC Investigation
  252. INDONESIA: Prabowo On Track To Succeed Jokowi
  253. INDONESIA: From Floods to Love Hearts
  254. MYANMAR: Restrictions Imposed on Domestic Air Travel in Myanmar
  255. THAILAND: Govt Launches New Medical Coverage Scheme for Tourists
  256. VIETNAMESE Spend $3.8M Daily on Online Food Orders
  257. INDONESIA: Tale of Two cities: Religious Tolerance in Bekasi & Depok
  258. INDONESIA to Address International Court Hearing on Israel Next Week
  259. MALAYSIA: Tourism Minister Urges Malaysians to Reject Racism to Achieve Strong Unity
  260. MYANMAR: Thailand to Open Humanitarian Center to Deliver Aid to Myanmar in One Month
  261. SINGAPORE Builds AI Model to ‘Represent’ Southeast Asians
  262. INDONESIA’S 2024 Cybersecurity Challenge: Rising Threats and Human Risks
  263. INDONESIA: New Energy Rule Discourages Rooftop Solar Systems: Users
  264. INDONESIA: Prabowo Reaffirms Continuation of Jokowi’s Programs
  265. MALAYSIA: Sharia Punishments in Malaysia Determined by Govt, No Question of Any Challenge Against Islamic Laws: IKIM
  266. MYANMAR Junta Enforces Military Service Law Following Battlefield Losses
  267. INDONESIA: Government Targets Completion of 41 National Strategic Projects by 2024, Removes 12
  268. MYANMAR’S Depleted Military Takes Aim at Professors, Students to Beef Up
  269. PHILIPPINES: Marcos Rejects Calls for Independent Mindanao After Duterte’s Remarks
  270. SINGAPORE: Median Monthly Household Income Rises to S$10,869 in 2023, a Real Increase of 2.8%
  271. INDONESIA’S Leading Banks Thrive in Post-Pandemic Recovery
  272. INDONESIA: KPU Found Guilty of Ethics Breach in Handling of Gibran VP Bid
  273. MYANMAR: Nine UN Security Council Members Call on Junta to End Attacks on Civilians
  274. THAILAND Confident Aid Effort Will Lead to Myanmar Crisis Dialogue
  275. INDONESIA: Anies to Uphold FPI, HTI Bans
  276. INDONESIA: Ship Captain Arrested for Transporting Migrant Workers from Malaysia
  277. MALAYSIA’S Pardons Board Announces Decision to Cut Najib’s Jail Term from 12 to 6 Years
  278. MYANMAR: 41 Rohingya Refugees Arrested After Fleeing Malaysian Detention Center
  279. VIETNAM: South Australia Halts Central Vietnam Students’ Admittance Amid Disappearances
  280. INDONESIAN Academia Calls for Electoral Integrity
  281. INDONESIA’S Manufacturing PMI Beats Other ASEAN Countries
  282. MALAYSIA: Stats Dept 2023 Report Shows Cancer Fourth Leading cCuse of death in Malaysia: Health Minister
  283. MYANMAR: 900 Myanmar Medics Detained Since 2021 Coup: Swiss Report
  284. SINGAPORE: Muslims Will Be Allowed to Eat Lab-Grown Meat If  It’s From Halal Animal Cells, Free From Non-Halal Ingredients: Mufti
  285. CAMBODIA: Soothsayers Barred From Social Media aEtivities
  286. INDONESIA: TNI Deploys 400,000 Soldiers to Safeguard the 2024 Election
  287. INDONESIA to Import Chinese Trains for Aging Commuter Line
  288. MYANMAR: Junta Prepared to Extend Myanmar’s State of Emergency Again in August
  289. VIETNAM: Thousands of Vietnamese queue for Korean jobs
  290. INDONESIA: Dynasty in the Making’ as President Jokowi Shadow Hangs Over General Elections
  291. INDONESIA: Singkawang Retains Title as Indonesia’s Most Tolerant City
  292. MALAYSIA Ranks 57th in Global Corruption Perception Index, Trails Singapore in ASEAN
  293. MYANMAR: Momeik Incinerated as Myanmar Junta Reoccupies Shan Town
  294. PHILIPPINES: CNN Philippines to Close Due to Financial Losses
  295. ASEAN Foreign Ministers Back ‘Myanmar-Owned and Led’ Solution to Crisis
  296. INDONESIA: South Korean Native Vies for House seat
  297. INDONESIA: Sustainable Infrastructure Will Remain as Top Priority under New President: Sri Mulyani
  298. MYANMAR Sends Official to First ASEAN Meeting in More Than Two Years
  299. SINGAPORE: Women Aged 21 to 49 More Likely Than Male Peers to Accept Being Single, Married Without Children: IPS poll
  300. INDONESIA Aims to Attract 1,000 Investors with ‘Golden Visa’ Program
  301. INDONESIA: Jokowi Gets Red Mark in Agrarian Dispute Resolution
  302. MYANMAR: Both Junta and Resistance Digging In as Third Myanmar Coup Anniversary Approaches
  303. THAILAND: Most Thais Believe Country in Economic Crisis That Needs Urgent Attention: Poll
  304. Vietnamese Make Up Largest Percentage of Japan’s Foreign Workforce
  305. INDONESIA: Rohingya Refugees Flee Aceh Shelter Amid Tensions With Locals
  306. INDONESIA Walks Out During Israel’s UN Security Council Speech
  307. MALAYSIA: At UPR Review, Malaysia Stands Firm on its Treatment of Refugees
  308. MYANMAR’S Supreme Court Orders Sale of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s Home
  309. VIETNAM Condemns Fabricated Report by Human Rights Watch
  310. INDONESIA: More Indonesians Smoking, Bucking Global Trend
  311. INDONESIA Seeks EU Trade Deal to Compete Against Vietnamese Footwear
  312. MALAYSIA to Launch Inquiry Into Cases Involving Disputed Singapore Strait Islets
  313. MYANMAR’S  Military Has Turned a Strategic Town in Sagaing Region Into a ‘Graveyard’
  314. THAILAND Must Get Out of Comfort Zone Amid Global Polycrises: CEOs
  315. INDONESIA Needs to Quadruple Sugar Output by 2030 for Self-Fufficiency, Ethanol
  316. INDONESIA: Demands from China, India to Boost Indonesia’s Coal Production
  317. MALAYSIA Demands Accountability for Israel’s Violations of International Law: Foreign Minister
  318. MYANMAR: Defeated Myanmar Junta Generals Given Death Sentences
  319. THAILAND Rolls out New VAT Refund for Foreign Tourists
  320. INDONESIA to Defend Skeptical Stance on Digital Goods Tax Moratorium at WTO
  321. INDONESIA: Special Buses for Students with Disabilities Begin Operations in Jakarta
  322. MALAYSIA’s Regressive Citizenship Amendments Risk Giving ‘Little Napoleons’ Power to Decide Who Gets To Be a Malaysian: Lawyer
  323. MYANMAR: India Plans to Fence Off Myanmar Frontier
  324. VIETNAM: First Homemade Radar Satellite to Go into Space Next Year
  325. INDONESIA: Prabowo Says Indonesia’s Future Lies in Kalimantan
  326. INDONESIA Eyes More Hydro-Floating Solar Hybrid Projects in 2024
  327. MYANMAR Named Second-Biggest Jailer of Journalists
  328. THAILAND: Muay Thai Takes the US by Storm, with 1,724 Centers, $1.25 Billion Industry
  329. VIETNAM: PM Requests Review of Labor Export Companies
  330. INDONESIA to Abandon 23% Renewable Energy Target
  331. INDONESIA’S Tourism to Fall Behind Thailand if Entertainment Tax Goes Up: Apindo
  332. MYANMAR: Another 278 Myanmar Junta Troops Flee to India
  333. SINGAPORE: EV Fast Chargers to be Set Up in HDB Neighborhood and town centers
  334. VIETNAM: Health Ministry Warns of Covid, Flu Surges Amid Tet travel, weather
  335. INDONESIA: Prabowo, Ganjar, Anies Offer Diverse Anti-Graft Strategies
  336. INDONESIA: Jakarta’s Global Graffic Ranking Improves, But Congestion Worsens
  337. MALAYSIA: Immigration D-G says 220 Undocumented Migrant Hotspots Detected Nationwide
  338. MYANMAR: Thailand Mulls Providing Humanitarian Aid to Victims of War in Myanmar: Report
  339. VIETNAM: US Terrorist Group Coaxes People Into Deadly Attacks in Vietnam: Prosecutors
  340. INDONESIA: President Jokowi Breaks Ground on Rp 940 Billion Mosque Project in Nusantara
  341. INDONESIA: KPK Seeks FBI Assistance in Investigating SAP’s Bribery Allegations
  342. MALAYSIA: Two Malaysian Detainees at Guantanamo Bay Plead Guilty to Conspiring in 2002 Bali Bombing
  343. MYANMAR: Female Prisoners Subjected to Humiliating Strip Searches in Corridors
  344. VIETNAM: Hanoi Man Suffers Roundworm Attacks Passed From Dog
  345. INDONESIA Targets 15 Oil and Gas Projects Going Onstream in 2024
  346. INDONESIA Narrowly Misses Target of 100% Electrification Rate
  347. INDONESIA: Vietnam to Surpass Indonesia if We Do Nothing: Jokowi
  348. MYANMAR  Military Bows to Powerful Ethnic Army, Gives it More Towns Near China Border
  349. VIETNAM: 290 Kg of Cocaine Washed Ashore in Central Vietnam
  350. INDONESIA: Candidates to Pledge Commitment On Graft Eradication
  351. INDONESIA: Police in West Papua Urge Vigilance as 53 Inmates Escape from Sorong Prison
  352. MYANMAR’S Dictator is Facing Calls to Resign From Some of His Most Ardent Supporters
  353. SINGAPOREANS Less Happy Today Than 5 Years Ago, But Those With More Balanced View of LIfe Generally More Satisfied: NUS Survey
  354. VIETNAM Upholds ‘One China’ Policy After Taiwan Election
  355. INDONESIA: Prabowo Revives Plan to Build Giant Seawall Across Java Coastline
  356. INDONESIA: Communication and Information Ministry Removes 810,000 Online Gambling Content in 2023
  357. MALAYSIAN Drug Kingpin Arrested in Laos Deported to Thailand, Authorities Working to Seize Remaining Ill-Gotten Gains
  358. MYANMAR: Captured Myanmar Brigadier General Urges Junta Boss to Stop Committing War Crimes
  359. SINGAPORE Passport Ranked World’s Most Powerful in 2024, Tied With 5 Other Countries
  360. INDONESIA: Police Extend Cartenz Peace Operation in Papua Through 2024
  361. INDONESIA: PLN Transforms Electric Poles into EV Charging Stations
  362. MALAYSIA: Fahmi: Spreading Fake News is a Crime, Agong is in Malaysia
  363. MYANMAR: Over 1,000 Myanmar Migrants Detained in Malaysia Crackdown
  364. SINGAPORE Looking to Hire Auxiliary Police from China, India, the Philippines, Myanmar as Taiwan Recruits Dwindle: Shanmugam
  365. INDONESIA: Unlocking Indonesia’s Supply Chain Opporst Asia-tunity in Energized Southea
  366. INDONESIA to Send Record-Breaking 241,000 Pilgrims for 2024 Hajj Season
  367. Myanmar Junta Unleashes Fury on Indonesia After MP Calls For Int’l Isolation, Rohingya Rights
  368. SINGAPORE: Films at Upcoming Palestine Film Festival Allowed As They Do Not Promote Violence Against Any Group: Shanmugam
  369. THAILAND Set to Surpass 2023 Rice Export Target as November Figures Surge
  370. INDONESIA, Taiwan Prepare Migrant Fisher Protection Pact
  371. INDONESIA’S Foreign Policy is Not Transactional: Minister
  372. MALAYSIA: Protecting Malaysian Kids Online From Sexual Exploitation: Govt Explores Measures to Safeguard Against Overseas Predators
  373. MYANMAR: Notorious Myanmar Arms Broker Convicted of Cash Smuggling in Singapore
  374. INDONESIA: Presidential Candidates Eye More Tax on the Rich, Digital Firms to Raise Revenue
  375. INDONESIA Faces Dilemma on Rohingya Refugees
  376. MALAYSIA: Make No mistake, Downloading And Viewing ‘Child Porn’ is a Crime in Malaysia — Here’s What the Numbers Tell Us
  377. MYANMAR Junta Moves to Retake Major Shan State Camp
  378. SINGAPORE: ‘The Urgency Has Gone Up’: SIngapore Government Agencies React To Findings of Third Climate Change Study
  379. INDONESIA: Waves of Lay-Offs Sweep Indonesia’s Export-Oriented Industries in 2023
  380. INDONESIA Confident About Winning EU Lawsuit on Palm Oil Biofuel
  381. MALAYSIA: Global Pharmaceutical Firm Roche Selects Malaysia as Site for First-in-Human Clinical Trial on Experimental Immuno Suppressant Drug
  382. SINGAPORE: What is a ‘Cyber Kidnapping’ Scam, and How Can You Protect Yourself Against it?
  383. MYANMAR Resistance Set to Expand Fighting in Mandalay After Seizing Strategic Junta Outpost
  384. CAMBODIA: New Minimum Wage in Effect, Up $4 Per Month
  385. INDONESIA: Presidential Candidates Venture Into TikTok To Win Over Young Voters
  386. INDONESIA: Bali Senator Sparks Islamophobic Controversy Over Comments on Airport Staff Attire
  387. MYANMAR Junta Threatens Nonstop Bombing of Towns Seized by Ethnic Groups
  388. VIETNAMESE Workers’ Average Income Grows 6.9% in 2023
  389. ASEAN FDI Hits All-Time High as EV Investment Skyrockets
  390. MYANMAR: Spring Revolution News for 1 January 2024
  391. SINGAPORE’S Economy Grew 1.2% in 2023; External Environment ‘Less Favorable’ to Security, Prosperity For Some Years To Come: PM Lee
  392. VIETNAM: India, Cambodia are Vietnam’s Fastest Growing Tourism Markets
  393. INDONESIA: Govt Confirms New COVID-19 Subvariant Ahead of Year-End Holidays
  394. INDONESIA’S Pertamina to Invest $900 Million in Algeria: Minister
  395. MALAYSIANNS Who Made Their Mark in the International Film Industry in 2023
  396. MYANMAR Junta Accused of Starving and Arresting Civilians in Rakhine State ‘to Instill Fear’
  397. VIETNAM: Tourism Race Heats Up as Asian Countries Rush to Simplify Visa Requirements
  398. INDONESIA: Constitutional Court Finally Forms Permanent Ethics Council
  399. INDONESIA: No Need to Go Abroad: Jokowi Wants People to Seek Healthcare in New Capital
  400. MALAYSIA: Fahmi: Govt ban on Israeli-owned ships entering country clear signal Malaysia does not recognise Israel
  401. SINGAPORE to Step Up Enforcement Against Vapes at Changi Airport and Other Checkpoints
  402. THAILAND: Survey Finds That 50% of Thais of Working Age Cannot Afford to Retire
  403. INDONESIA: Nickel Plan Sidelined as Govt Pushes EV Market With New Incentives
  404. INDONESIA: North Maluku Governor Arrested 13 Days Prior to Retirement
  405. MALAYSIA: Bumiputera Population Estimated at 21.3 Million This Year
  406. MYANMAR Stands on Humanitarian ‘Precipice’, UN Warns
  407. SINGAPORE: Will Global Supply Chains Be Disrupted By Ship Attacks in the Red Sea and is Singapore Affected?
  408. ASEAN: Japan to Provide $1b for ASEAN’s Regional EV Ecosystem
  409. INDONESIA: Spending Discrepancy in Jakarta: Land of the Rich, Home of the Poor
  410. MALAYSIA: Health Ministry Rules out Return of MCO as Covid-19 Cases Rise, TRIIS reinstated
  411. MYANMAR: Number of Civilians Fleeing War in Myanmar Doubled to 660,000 in One Month: UN
  412. Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia Eye Seamless Tourism: Srettha
  413. CAMBODIA: Endangered Dholes Discovered at Mondulkiri Wildlife Conservancy
  414. INDONESIA: KPU Puts Health As Priority When Recruiting Poll Workers
  415. INDONESIA: India Proposes Local Currency Use in Trade with Indonesia
  416. MYANMAR: Few Places in Myanmar Still Safe for Junta Boss to Visit
  417. VIETNAM: Hanoi Aims to Increase Per Capita Green Space Five-Fold
  418. INDONESIA: Soekarno-Hatta Airport to Reimpose Health Protocols Amid Rising COVID-19 Trend
  419. INDONESIA’S Economic Growth Earns Praise from Global Economists: Enggartiasto
  420. MALAYSIA: Meta, TikTok Report Jump in Malaysia Govt Requests to Remove Content in 2023
  421. MYANMAR’S Spring Revolution Must Open Two New Fronts to Oust Junta
  422. INDONESIA’S Deforestation Rate Off Target For 2030 Climate Goal
  423. INDONESIA: Anies Wants to Discontinue New Capital Nusantara Project
  424. MALAYSIA: Health Ministry Calls For Masks Again As Malaysia’s Covid-19 Cases Nearly Double to 13,000 In a Week
  425. MYANMAR: China Says ‘Positive’ Peace Talks Held Over North Myanmar Conflict
  426. INDONESIA: Ministry Urges Complete COVID-19 Vaccination Ahead of Holiday Season
  427. ‘INDONESIA Imprisoned More Graft Convicts than any Other Nation’: Jokowi
  428. MYANMAR’S Growth to Fall to 1 Percent: World Bank
  429. MYANMAR Overtakes Afghanistan as World’s Biggest Opium Producer: UN
  430. PHILIPPINES: 65 Provinces Face Severe Drought
  431. INDONESIA: Presidential Candidates Ready for First Debate
  432. INDONESIA: Barito Dethrones BCA as Indonesia’s Biggest Listed Company
  433. MALAYSIA: CIJ: Surge in Anti-LGBT Hate Speech Since 1975 Incident at Good Vibes
  434. MYANMAR-Thailand to Form Joint Task Force to Cope With War Refugees
  435. SINGAPORE Suspends Poultry Imports From Regions in Japan, US and Other Countries Hit by Bird Flu Outbreak
  436. CAMBODIA: LGBT Community Proposes Marital Equality Discussions
  437. INDONESIA: Prabowo to Push for Indonesian-Made Cars If He Wins Election
  438. INDONESIA: President Jokowi Prioritizes 4 Cities as New Growth Drivers
  439. MYANMAR Regime Stops Fuel Supplies to Yangon Factories
  440. PHILIPPINES: Most Filipinos Oppose Divorce
  441. INDONESIA: Jakarta Reports Infections Linked to ‘Mystery Pneumonia’
  442. INDONESIA: 11 Bodies Recovered after Marapi Eruption, and 12 Climbers Still Missing
  443. MYANMAR: Full Civilian Rule Restored in First Large Town Seized by Myanmar Resistance: NUG
  444. SINGAPORE: Fewer Young People in Singapore Donating Blood Even as Demand Rises From Ageing Population: Red Cross
  445. THAILAND: Work-Life Balance and Flexibility Top Priorities for Thai Employees: Survey
  446. INDONESIA’S Call for Support in COP28 Shows ‘No New’ Commitment
  447. INDONESIA and UAE Collaborate to Combat Money Laundering
  448. MYANMAR: ASEAN Urged to Stop Calling For ‘Inclusive Talks’ Between Myanmar Junta and Its Victims
  449. PHILIPPINES:11 Dead, Scores Hurt in MSU Bombing
  450. THAILAND: Police to Investigate Bribery Allegations Reported by German media
  451. INDONESIA Heightens Monitoring in Response to ‘Mysterious Pneumonia’ Outbreak in China
  452. INDONESIA Calls for Palestine’s Full UN Membership
  453. MYANMAR Junta Chief Says ‘Foreign Experts’ Helping in Offensive Against Military
  454. MYANMAR: Fighting In Over 200 Townships Since Myanmar Coup
  455. INDONESIA: Indonesia EV Battery Industry in Limbo Amid Uncertain Roadmap, Rule
  456. INDONESIA: Anak Krakatau Continues to Erupt on Tuesday
  457. MYANMAR: Exodus: Tens of Thousands Flee as Myanmar Junta Troops Face Last Stand in Kokang
  458. MYANMAR: Gangs, Extortion in Bangladesh Camps Driving Rohingya Sea Exodus
  459. SINGAPORE: Shanmugam Seeks Court Order Requiring TikTok to Name Users Who Posted ‘False, Baseless’ Claims of Extra-Marital Affair
  460. INDONESIA: President Jokowi Highlights Importance of Religion at R20 Summit
  461. INDONESIA: Presidential Candidates On The Move Ahead of Official Campaign Season
  462. MALAYSIA: Education Minister Apologizes Over Vanning of Tamil Songs at Carnival in Penang
  463. MYANMAR: Rohingya Resettlements From Bangladesh Increase While Myanmar Instability Grows
  464. THAILAND: Chinese Nationals Begging in Bangkok Not Victims of Trafficking: Immigration Chief
  465. INDONESIA: State-Owned Enterprises Yield Rp 74 Trillion in Dividends
  466. INDONESIAN Police, Fishers Start Patrols to Stop Rohingya Boats
  467. MALAYSIA: In China, Court Begins Hearing Malaysia Airlines’ Flight MH370 Compensation Claims From Passengers’ Families
  468. MYANMAR Junta to Prosecute Satellite Internet Users
  469. INDONESIA: KPK Marches On As Leader Fights Graft Charges
  470. INDONESIA: President Jokowi Inaugurates Two Airports in Papua
  471. MYANMAR: Battle For Control of Myanmar State Capital Escalating at ‘Alarming Rate’
  472. VIETNAMESE in Myanmar Relocated to Safe Zones: ministry
  473. INDONESIA Welcomes Temporary Truce in Gaza, Seeks Lasting Solution
  474. INDONESIA: Amended Law Allows Gov’t to Freeze Bank Accounts in Online Gambling Crackdown
  475. MALAYSIA, VIETNAM Electronics Face Closer US Scrutiny Over China-Forced Labor
  476. MYANMAR: Doctors Without Borders Calls for Patient and Healthcare Worker Safety in Myanmar Conflict Areas
  477. VIETNAM: Task Force Curbing Traffic of Newborns to China
  478. INDONESIA: Regional Economic Integration Underpins Indonesia’s Transformation-JakartaPost-Nov 22, 2023
  479. INDONESIANS See US, China As the Right Economic Partners for ASEAN
  480. MALAYSIA: Bomb Threats Hit Several International Schools in Malaysia
  481. MYANMAR: Junta Completes Stranglehold on Myanmar Media With Law Change
  482. THAILAND: LGBTQ Couples in Thailand to Soon Have Equal Legal Rights in Marriage
  483. INDONESIA Sends $2 Million worth of Humanitarian Supplies to Palestine
  484. INDONESIA: Disapora Welcomes New visa, But Not the Cost
  485. MALAYSIA: Average Salary in Malaysia to Increase 5.1pc in 2024: Mercer Survey
  486. MYANMAR: Operation 1027 is Creating a New Political Template for Myanmar’s Future
  487. CAMBODIA to Become First Asian Host of Mine Summit
  488. INDONESIA Opts for Less Ambitious Option Than Early Coal Retirement
  489. INDONESIA: About 250 Rohingya Refugees in Aceh Sent Back to Sea
  490. MALAYSIA: Becoming a Malaysian Officially: Five things You Need to Know About the ‘Good Character’ Test
  491. MYANMAR: Humbled Regime Helpless as China Demands Border Security; Hiding the Scale of Defeat; and More
  492. INDONESIA Healthtech Industry Faces Fresh Challenges Despite Past Growths
  493. INDONESIA: House to Form Committee to Watch Police Ahead of Elections
  494. MALAYSIA, VIETNAM Agree to Address Illegal Fishing, Discuss South China Sea Issue During Bilateral Meeting in San Francisco
  495. MYANMAR: 5 European Nations, Canada Seek to Join Genocide Case against Myanmar at Top UN Court
  496. THAILAND: Hamas Tells govt Negotiators Thai Hostages Will Be Freed During Ceasefire
  497. INDONESIA: Civil Groups Vow Close Scrutiny of 2024 Race
  498. INDONESIA: Gunung Padang Could Be the World’s Oldest Pyramid: Study
  499. MALAYSIA: Google, Malaysian Govt Announce Strategic Collaboration To Create Skill Opportunities for 300,000 by 2026
  500. MYANMAR: Nine Towns Occupied by Myanmar Military for Decades Lost to Resistance in Days
  501. SINGAPORE: All Adult Singaporeans To Receive up to S$800 in Assurance Package Support in December
  502. INDONESIA: Competitive Three-Horse Race to Succeed Jokowi is On
  503. INDONESIA, US to Develop Work Plan on Critical Minerals Deal
  504. MYANMAR: Almost 40 Myanmar Junta Positions Abandoned in Rakhine: Arakan Army
  505. PHILIPPINES: Why Court Allowed Leila de Lima to Post Bail
  506. THAILAND Welcomes 23 Million Tourists This Year with Malaysians Topping List
  507. INDONESIA: Presidential Candidates Divided on Jokowi’s Food Estate Policy
  508. INDONESIA: Gibran Cleared To Run Despite Controversy
  509. MALAYSIA: Why Aren’t More Malays Successful Despite NEP? Dr Mahathir Compares Culture to Centuries of ‘Wealth-Chasing’ by Chinese
  510. MALAYSIA: ‘Stalemate’: Malaysia Still Can’t Get Sirul Extradited from Australia Due to Death Penalty: Lawyers
  511. CHINA Offers Bounty for Myanmar Junta’s Scam Kingpin in Kokang
  512. INDONESIA: Jokowi Calls OIC to Unite Against Israel’s Atrocities in Gaza
  513. INDONESIA: Religious Figures, Activists Call for Dialogue to End Violence in Papua
  514. MYANMAR: Thousands Trapped Without Food and Medicine in Shan State
  515. THAILAND: Chinese Police to Patrol in Thailand to Boost Tourist Confidence
  516. VIETNAM: Healing Tourism Trend Prompts Service Suppliers to Become More Dynamic
  517. CAMBODIA Achieves Remarkable Rice Sales Exceeding $1.2 Billion
  518. INDONESIA: Jokowi Inaugurates Southeast Asia’s Largest Floating Solar Farm
  519. INDONESIA: TikTok Ramps Up Efforts To Fight Fake Election News
  520. MYANMAR: Brotherhood Alliance Vows to Spread Operation 1027 Across Myanmar
  521. VIETNAM Beckons DIaspora With Career Options
  522. INDONESIA’S Diplomacy Must Be Value-Led, Not Transactional: Anies
  523. INDONESIA Welcomes 22 Palestinian Students on Scholarships
  524. MYANMAR Junta Calls Up All Reservists as Resistance Offensive Spreads
  525. SINGAPORE: Religious Leaders’ Guidance On gGobal Conflicts Helped to Foster Harmony in Singapore: Shanmugam
  526. VIETNAM: US Adds Vietnam to Currency Monitoring List
  527. INDONESIA: Certification Headache for Indonesia’s Budding Carbon Market
  528. INDONESIA Should Revamp Foreign Policy Amid Global Challenges: Ganjar
  529. MALAYSIA: Recruitment Agencies Not Allowed to Outsource Hiring of Foreign Workers: HR Minister
  530. MYANMAR: Thousands Displaced by Fighting Need Food: Myanmar Volunteers
  531. VIETNAMESE  Boycott Snapchat Over China’s U-shaped Line
  532. INDONESIA: GDP Growth Falls Below 5 Percent for First Time Since Pandemic
  533. INDONESIA Joins Money Laundering Watchdog FATF
  534. MYANMAR: Thai Police Pledge to Rescue Trafficked Nationals From Myanmar
  535. SINGAPORE PRoposes New Laws for President, Ministers to Hold ROles in Foreign and Global organizations
  536. VIETNAM By Far the Biggest Market for South Korean Cars in Southeast Asia
  537. INDONESIA: New Law Allows Military’s Return to Civilian Positions
  538. INDONESIA: West Papua Tribe At Risk of Losing Homeland aAter Court Ruling: NGOs
  539. MALAYSIA: Health Experts Predict Diabetes Will Heavily Burden Malaysia’s Healthcare System in Future
  540. MYANMAR Ethnic Groups Seize More Junta Outposts in Northern Shan State
  541. PHILIPPINES: Radioman Killed While Broadcasting
  542. INDONESIA Unlikely To Boycott Pro-Israel Products
  543. INDONESIA, UAE to Launch Mangrove Research Center at COP28
  544. MYNMAR Military Says Lost Control of Strategic Border Town
  545. SINGAPORE Warns Foreigners Against Using Country to Further Political Causes Amid Israel-Hamas war
  546. VIETNAM Uncovers Oldest Human Remains
  547. CAMBODIA: UNESCO Formally List Battambang Gastronomy
  548. INDONESIAN Hospital in Gaza in its Last Hours Amid Israel’s Fuel Blockade
  549. INDONESIA: More Local Firms Start Developing Malls, Hospitals in Nusantara
  550. MALAYSIA: On Proposed ‘Regressive’ Citizenship Law Changes, Stateless Kids Still Have Legal Avenues to be Malays: Saifuddin Nasution
  551. MYANMAR: US Sanctions Myanmar Junta’s State Oil and Gas Company
  552. INDONESIA Doubts Myanmar is Close to Inclusive National Dialogue
  553. INDONESIA: Government to introduce superior tuber varieties to address famine in Papua
  554. INDONESIA: 200,000 Hectares of Palm Plantations to be Made Forests: Government
  555. MALAYSIA: PM Anwar Says Allowed 100pc Foreign-Owned Tesla, Starlink To Operate in Malaysia for National Good
  556. MYANMAR: Chinese Security Minister Meets Myanmar Junta Chief as Border Violence Grows
  557. INDONESIA: At Least 45 Suspected Militants Arrested in October
  558. INDONESIA: Remote Working for Jakarta Public Employees Fails to Tackle Pollution
  559. MALAYSIA: Sold An Illusion, Group Says Some Nepalis Find Bitter Reality Once in Malaysia
  560. MYNMAR Military Caught Off Guard by Ethnic Alliance’s Northern Offensive
  561. THAILAND To Lift Deep South Emergency by 2027: Defense Minister
  562. INDONESIA: 2024 Elections Chance to ‘Rejuvenate Democracy’ in Southeast Asia
  563. INDONESIA Surpasses Target With 26 Gold Medals at Hangzhou Para Games
  564. MYANMAR’S Shan State Clashes Stretch Into Second Day
  565. SINGAPORE’S Vote In Favor of UN Resolution Shows Clear Stand on Israel-Hamas Conflict: Shanmugam
  566. VIETNAM: Google Offers 40,000 Scholarships to Support Vietnam’s digital transformation
  567. INDONESIA Slams Western ‘Bias’ Regarding Gaza Siege at Security Council
  568. INDONESIA: TikTok, YouTube, Meta Eye Indonesia E-commerce License: Sources
  569. MYANMAR Junta Gets an ‘F’ For Education as Schools Spiral into Chaos
  570. SINGAPORE: Sleep-Deprived, 2 in 3 S’poreans Planning Travel With Goal of Catching Up On Shut-Eye: Survey
  571. THAILAND: At Least 54 Thais Held Hostage by Hamas: Israeli government
  572. INDONESIA: Businesses Seek to Ensure Post-Election Continuity
  573. INDONESIA: We Are Open to All: Indonesia Denies Favoring Chinese Investment
  574. MALAYSIA: Using Bahasa Melayu in Govt Dept Correspondence Crucial to Safeguard its Position: Malay Students Federation
  575. MYANMAR: Daw Aung Suu Kyi in Limbo as Myanmar Resumes Prison Visits After Three-Year Ban
  576. MYANMAR Crackdown on Business Escalates, 16 More Executives Face Life in Prison
  577. CAMBODIA-Village Ends Logging, Plants Crops
  578. INDONESIA Can Sue EU over Protectionist Green Policy: Economist
  579. MALAYSIA: DAP Rep Calls on Malaysians to Buy Palestinian Products Like Olive Oil, Dates As Sign of Solidarity
  580. MYANMAR: Global Petition Ups Pressure on Singapore to Cut Myanmar Military’s Supply Line
  581. VIETNAM Reports First Monkeypox Death
  582. INDONESIA: Firms Want Direct 95-Year Land Rights In Nusantara As Uncertainty Persists
  583. INDONESIA: Indonesia’s Huge Geothermal Potential Catches Iceland’s Attention
  584. MALAYSIA: Poor Command of Bahasa Malaysia Among Reasons Why Senior Applicants Refused Citizenship:  Home Minister
  585. MYANMAR Regime Opens Larger Gems Emporium
  586. SINGAPORE: No Decision On Use Of Nuclear Energy Yet, Singapore to Keep Options Open
  587. INDONESIA: Prabowo Picks Jokowi’s Son Gibran as Running Mate
  588. INDONESIA: Cultural Diversity Takes Center Stage in Indonesia’s “Living Rooms”
  589. MYANMAR: Rohingya Lie at the Bottom of the Pile of World Aid Priorities
  590. MYANMAR Junta Allocates Land in Yangon for Russia to Build Orthodox Church
  591. VIETNAM: Vietnam to Sign Rice Trade Deals with Indonesia, Philippines
  592. INDONESIA: After Nearly A Decade, Jokowi Falls Short On Promise Of Energy Subsidy Reform
  593. INDONESIA: Ex-Papua Governor Lukas Enembe Sentenced to 8 Years for Corruption
  594. MYANMAR: German Firm Faces Legal Probe Over Myanmar Junta Supplies
  595. MYANMAR Junta Demands Expats Pay Tax Before Renewing Passports
  596. PHILIPPINES: Marcos Secures $4.26B Business Deals in Saudi Arabia-
  597. INDONESIA: Belt and Road Cooperation Must Not Complicate Countries’ Fiscal Conditions: Jokowi
  598. INDONESIA: European Firm Commits to Invest $2b in Indonesia’s Renewables
  599. MALAYSIA Proposes Upgrading 2002 ASEAN Pact To Address Haze Issue: Nik Nazmi
  600. MYANMAR: Junta Boss Trying to Sow Division in Myanmar’s Oldest Ethnic Armed Group
  601. THAILAND: Iranian Envoy in Thailand Says Effort Being Made to Free Thais Held Hostage by Hamas
  602. INDONESIA: Xi Wants to Expand Cooperation With Indonesia in Several Key Markets
  603. INDONESIA: 30.000 Coal Workers Could Lose Jobs as Indonesia Shifts to Clean Energy
  604. MALAYSIA: First Women’s Health Clinic Set Up At National Sports Medical Centre To Handle Female Athletes’ Health Issues: Hannah Yeoh
  605. MYANMAR: ASEAN Must Take Action Against Members Supporting Myanmar Junta
  606. MYANMAR: ‘Cyber Scammer’ Facing Arrest in China Linked to Drugs Trade in Myanmar
  607. INDONESIA: Constitutional Court Opens Door For Jokowi’s Son to Run in Presidential Poll
  608. INDONESIA: Jakarta Aims to Become Global City After Capital Relocation
  609. MALAYSIA: EPF: Budget 2024 Prioritizes Retirement Wellbeing, Secure Future For Malaysians
  610. MYANMAR: China Begins Surveys for Railway on Myanmar’s Indian Ocean
  611. PHILIPPINES: Canada Forges Agreement to Help Philippines Track Illegal Fishing vessels Using Satellite Technology
  612. INDONESIA: Constitutional Court Upholds Minimum Age for President, VP candidates
  613. INDONESIA: Missing Emission Cap Renders RI Carbon Exchange Less Effective: Experts
  614. INDONESIA Urges Norway to Accelerate $250 Million Clean Energy Investment
  615. MYANMAR Junta and Russia Discuss Building Gas Pipeline in Myanmar
  616. VIETNAM: Halal Tourism ‘Gold Mine’ For Vietnam To Tap Into
  617. INDONESIA Signs Tourism Decarbonization Road Map
  618. MYANMAR: Junta Orders Employment Agencies to Submit Lists of Myanmar Migrant Workers
  619. SINGAPORE: Pew Sudy Hails Singapore’s ‘Remarkable’ Religious Diversity and High Tolerance, Acceptance
  620. THAILAND: Two Thai Elephants Born Through Artificial Insemination
  621. INDONESIA: Island Nations Band Together To Face Existential Threat
  622. INDONESIA Reelected at UN Human Rights Council with Most Votes
  623. MALAYSIA: In A First For The Country, Public Finance and Fiscal Responsibility Act Passed in Dewan Rakyat
  624. MYANMAR: A Corrupt Business Empire Thrives Under the Junta
  625. THAILAND: Govt Eyes Community-Based Jobs For Workers Returning From Israel
  626. INDONESIA: Jokowi’s Administration Gets Red Mark On Graft Eradication
  627. INDONESIA Asks Philippines’s Help to Evacuate Citizens from War-Torn Gaza
  628. MALAYSIA: First Time Malaysian Trafficking Victims Found All The Way in South America: IGP
  629. MYANMAR  Troops Cut Power in Southern Sagaing, Force 10,000 to Flee
  630. THAILAND: YouTube remains top video platform in Thailand:  Survey
  631. INDONESIA To Evacuate Citizens from Gaza As Israel-Hamas War Worsens
  632. INDONESIA Hosts Inaugural Summit of Island States
  633. MALAYSIA: Indonesia, Thailand and China Agree To Trade With Malaysia Using Ringgit: PM Anwar
  634. MYANMAR: 29 Killed in Myanmar Junta Strike on Displaced Persons Camp
  635. THAILAND Postpones Regional Summit to Which Myanmar Junta Boss Invited
  636. INDONESIA Calls for End of Israel-Palestine Conflicts
  637. INDONESIA: Confidence In Collaborative Climate Response Weighed Down By Inaction
  638. MYANMAR Junta Rejects Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Appeal
  639. SINGAPORE Banks To Allow Customers To ‘Lock Up’ Funds in Latest Move To Guard Against Scams
  640. VIETNAMESE Citizens In Israel Remain Safe Amid Severe Conflict
  641. INDONESIA: Govt Orders E-Commerce Firms To Share Import Data With Customs Office
  642. INDONESIA: Govt Conducts First Biofuel-Powered Flight Test On Commercial Plane
  643. MYANMAR: Expressing Dissent Online Can Be Deadly In Myanmar: Freedom House
  644. THAILAND Needs An SMS Emergency Alert System
  645. VIETNAM: Vietjet To Launch 5 New Routes To Asia-Pacific Destinations
  646. INDONESIA: KPU Urges Political Parties To Withdraw Ex-Graft Convicts From Legislative Elections
  647. INDONESIA: Seeks Negotiations on Binding Rules on AI-Driven Weapons
  648. MALAYSIA: KL, Riyadh In Talks To Make Malaysia Preferred Transit Hub For Umrah Pilgrims: MOTAC
  649. MYANMAR Junta Boss’s Graft Purge Can’t Hide His Own Ill-Gotten Wealth
  650. VIETNAM’S Largest Rare Earth Mine To Open
  651. INDONESIA: Govt Goes All In To Extinguish Wildfires
  652. INDONESIA: House Passes Revised IKN Law To Future-Proof Nusantara Against Regime Change
  653. INDONESIA: Agriculture Minister Syahrul Abroad Amid Ongoing Corruption Probe
  654. MYANMAR: Expert Panel Issues Scathing Assessment of UN’s Handling of Myanmar Crisis
  655. SINGAPORE: New Inter-Ministerial Committee To Review And Strengthen Singapore’s Anti-Money Laundering Regime
  656. CAMBODIA: Guinness Recognize Giant Stingray
  657. INDONESIA: State Firms Accused Of Selling Arms To Myanmar Junta
  658. INDONESIA: Court Upholds Jobs Law As Labor Unions Stage Rallies
  659. MYANMAR’S Cash-Strapped Junta Hikes Taxes, Utilities Despite Surging Inflation
  660. VIETNAM: Mekong Delta Braces For Severe Drought, River salinity
  661. INDONESIA: PDI-P Touts Food Security As Election Priority
  662. INDONESIA: 77 Indonesians Could Be Spared Death Penalty in Malaysia
  663. MYANMAR: Dethroned NLD party marks 35th anniversary in Myanmar
  664. SINGAPORE’S Total Population Back Above Pre-Covid Levels, Rising 5% to 5.92 Million
  665. THAILAND: Toxic Smoke From Indonesia Drifts Towards Thailand
  666. INDONESIA: TIkTok Laments Social Media Commerce Ban
  667. INDONESIA, Malaysia Seek to Counter Negative Perception of Palm Oil in India
  668. MALAYSIA: Artist Of Banned Book Says ‘Monkey’ Remark Meant To Compliment Indonesian Maid’s Agility
  669. MYANMAR: Tracing Myanmar Junta’s Repeated Governing Body Shakeups Since Coup
  670. SINGAPOREAN Woman And Daughter Arrested in Manila Airport For Allegedly Smuggling 14kg of Cocaine Worth S$1.83m
  671. INDONESIA: Multiple Task Forces Make Little Dent On Jakarta Air Pollution
  672. INDONESIA’S Carbon Exchange Holds Rp 3,000t Potential: Jokowi
  673. MALAYSIA: No Harassment of LGBT Community Will Be Allowed: Anwar
  674. MALAYSIA Working To Bring Home 2 Suspected Terrorists Detained in Guantanamo Bay
  675. MYANMAR: As Resistance Drone Attacks Rise, Myanmar Junta Seeks Regional Help
  676. INDONESIA: Govt Efforts To Tackle Human Trafficking Not Enough: Activists
  677. INDONESIA: Use Buildings Idled By Capital Move To Make Jakarta ‘Livable’: ADB
  678. MALAYSIA Will Not Entertain Frivolous Claims By Any Party on Sabah: Foreign Minister
  679. MYANMAR: How Chinese-Run Mines Are Fueling the Myanmar Junta’s Terror Campaign
  680. VIETNAM Opposes China’s Ship Identification Stations in Paracel Islands
  681. INDONESIA Reiterates Call To Reform Global Financial System
  682. INDONESIA: Gov’t To Issue Regulation Banning Social Media Platforms from Running E-Commerce
  683. MYANMAR: Catch-22 For Rohingya Caught Up in Myanmar Citizenship Dilemma
  684. PHILIPPINES: China Installs Barrier in Bajo de Masinloc
  685. SINGAPORE: World War II Bomb Found in Bukit Timah, SAF to Carry Out On
  686. INDONESIA: Local Investors Kick-Start Commercial Projects in Nusantara
  687. INDONESIA Pledges to Protect Marine Biodiversity in High Seas
  688. MALAYSIA: PM Anwar: Despite Geopolitical Rivalry, US Remains Malaysia’s Top Investor
  689. MYANMAR: US Committed To Resolving The Crisis in Burma: Deputy Secretary of State
  690. PHILIPPINES Considers Banning TikTok For Security Workers To Block App From Cyberspying
  691. INDONESIA: What climate change? Study Finds Political Parties Lack Focus on Climate Issues
  692. INDONESIA Seeks to Strengthen Fragmented Global South in Weeklong UNGA
  693. INDONESIA: Elon Musk’s Starlink Makes Indonesian Presence Withyees: Minerist
  694. MALAYSIA’S Largest Renewable Energy Power Plant Commences Operation
  695. MYANMAR: Junta Shutters Myanmar Currency Exchanges in ‘Futile’ Bid to Prop Up Economy
  696. CAMBODIA Set To Celebrate Koh Ker UNESCO Listing
  697. INDONESIA: Govt To Proceed With Oil Exploration In Warim Block In Papua
  698. INDONESIAN Woman Jailed for Using Islamic Invocation Before Eating Pork
  699. MALAYSIA: Resorting to Racial Politics Is Easiest Way To Gain Malay Support: PKR Deputy President Rafizi
  700. MYANMAR Junta Seeks Chinese Help Acquiring Nuclear Technology
  701. INDONESIAN Nickel Reserves Could Be Depleted In 15 Years, Minister Warns
  702. INDONESIA: Antam Ordered to Pay Surabaya Businessman Rp 1 Trillion in 1 Ton Gold Dispute
  703. MALAYSIA: Customers in Malaysia Reportedly Told to Pay RM15,000 as Downpayment For Tesla Model 3
  704. MALAYSIA: Customers in Malaysia Reportedly Told to Pay RM15,000 as Downpayment For Tesla Model 3
  705. MYANMAR: UK Ad Cuts to Rohingya Now at 85%: NGO
  706. VIETNAMESE Earthworm Hunters Destroying Protective Forest Go Unpunished
  707. INDONESIA: Rights Groups Slam Jokowi For Spying Boast
  708. INDONESIAN Navy Thwarts People Smuggling Attempt to Malaysia in High-Speed Boat Chase
  709. INDONESIA: National Museum that Houses Pre-Historic Artifacts Ravaged by Fire
  710. MYANMAR: UN Expert Suggests ‘Collective Punishment’ To End Myanmar mMilitary’s War on the People
  711. THAILAND: Health Ministry Launches Swift Vaccine Project to Prevent Cervical Cancer
  712. INDONESIA: Jokowi Says Hyundai-LG’s EV Battery Plant in Indonesia is Southeast Asia’s Largest
  713. INDONESIA: Jokowi Says Hyundai-LG’s EV Battery Plant in Indonesia is Southeast Asia’s Largest
  714. MALAYSIA: Immigration Dept Cripples Pakistani Immigrant Syndicate in Kelantan
  715. MYANMAR: NLD Alarmed at Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Health Woes
  716. MYANMAR: Several ASEAN Air Force Chiefs Skip Myanmar Meeting
  717. INDONESIA: Fears of Abuse as Ministers Allowed To Campaign ‘On Leave’
  718. INDONESIA: 19 Regional Governments and 2 Companies Awarded for Impactful Development Initiatives
  719. MALAYSIA Determined To Get Back 1MDB Funds From Goldman Sachs: PM Anwar
  720. MYANMAR Junta Chief Woos Shan Militias Amid Troop Shortages
  721. THAILAND: Pita Named An Emerging Leader In TIME100 Next List
  722. INDONESIA Grapples With Fires As El Nino Peaks
  723. INDONESIA Looks Back on Tough East Asia Summit Negotiations
  724. MALAYSIA: In Malaysia, Survey Shows Muslims and Buddhists See Extremists From Their Own Faiths As Biggest Threats
  725. MYANMAR: Crimes Against Humanity Are Getting More ‘Brazen’ in Myanmar, UN Told
  726. PHILIPPINES: A Decade Later, Philippines Still Most Dangerous Country in Asia for Envi Defenders
  727. CAMBODIAN Rice Benefits From Global Security Woes
  728. INDONESIA: PLN’s Ambitious Renewables Target Lacks Govt Support
  729. MALAYSIA Is Latest in Asia To Tighten Grip on Key Minerals
  730. MYANMAR: Shamed By ASEAN, Myanmar’s Generals Try to Save Face
  731. VIETNAM: Bayer Launches Southeast Asia’s First ForwardFarm in Vietnam
  732. INDONESIA: Jokowi Reiterates Developing Nations Call For Help On Climate at G20
  733. INDONESIA: ASEAN Establishes New Troika to Find Solution on Myanmar Crisis
  734. MYANMAR: Education Under Attack in Myanmar, Ukraine and Other War Zones: NGO
  735. MYANMAR Has Been Running Out of Power Since the Coup: World Bank
  736. THAILAND Malaysia Mull Setting Up Joint Committee To Tackle Cross-Border Cybercrime
  737. INDONESIA: Proposed Govt Control Over Places Of Worship Draws Criticism
  738. INDONESIA: Police Deployed to Check Pollutant Level at Factories
  739. MALAYSIA: Suhakam To Work With Indonesian, Philippine Counterparts To Find Answers To Sabah’s Stateless Issue In Next Five Years
  740. MYANMAR Junta Losing War: East Timor’s President
  741. VIETNAM Rises As Potential Semiconductor Hub For Global Manufacturers
  742. INDONESIA: China Warns Against ‘New Cold War’ at ASEAN Summit
  743. INDONESIA: Police Arrest 42 Chinese Nationals Accused of Romance Scams
  744. MYANMAR: No Election Likely Before 2025: Myanmar Junta Chief
  745. MYANMAR’S Suu Kyi Unwell, Back in Prison: NLD Members
  746. VIETNAM, Laos, Cambodia Agree To Operate ‘One Journey-Three Destinations’ Tours
  747. ASEAN Bars Myanmar From 2026 Chairmanship
  748. INDONESIA: OpenAI Chief Granted First ‘Golden Visa’
  749. INDONESIA Introduces De-Dollarization Task Force
  750. SINGAPORE: Rapper Subhas Nair Sentenced To Jail For Attempting To Promote Ill Will Between Races and Religions
  751. THAILAND: As New Cabinet Is Sworn In, Srettha Says ‘No Honeymoon Period’ For His Government
  752. INDONESIA: Calls Mount For ASEAN To Denounce ‘Ten-Dash Line’
  753. INDONESIA To Import 250,000 Tons Of Rice From Cambodia
  754. MYANMAR: Hong Kong Based V-Power Company Ceases Four Projects in Myanmar
  755. VIETNAM’S Mekong Delta, World’s Youngest River Basin, Might Be First One Gone
  756. INDONESIA: Regions Brace For Wildfire, Haze As Dry Season Peaks
  757. INDONESIA: W. Australia Offers to Make Indonesia’s EV Battery Dream Come True ​​​
  758. MALAYSIA: Dr Mahathir says racial issues caused by non-Malay parties, calls them ‘parti pendatang’: Report
  759. MYANMAR And Other Rice Exporting Countries Struggle To Maintain Normal Production
  760. SINGAPORE: Tharman Clinches Oresidency With Landslide Win, Pledges To Help Usher In ‘Future of Optimism and Solidarity’
  761. INDONESIA Open To ‘Kratom’ Opioid Exports Despite Proposed Local Ban
  762. INDONESIA: Challenges Abound Ahead Of ASEAN Summit In Jakarta
  763. MYANMAR’S Landmine Clearers Working With Pliers And Bare Hands
  764. PHILIPPINES Rejects China ’10-Dash’ Map
  765. SINGAPORE Holds First Contested Presidential Vote In Over A Decade
  766. INDONESIA: Political Dynasties, Graft Leniency Loom Over 2024 Elections
  767. INDONESIA: Jokowi Threatens to Shut Down Polluting Factories
  768. MYANMAR: Yangon Food Charities Swamped as Hunger Stalks Myanmar
  769. THAILAND: Activists Submit Petition With Over 212,000 Signatures, Seek Democratic Constitution
  770. VIETNAM: All Eyes On Agroecology As Vietnam Embarks on Food System Transformation Journey
  771. INDONESIA: Political Exiles Push For Guarantee Of Continued Nonjudicial Resolutions
  772. INDONESIA: Says Freedom of Expression Not Free Pass for Quran Desecration
  773. MALAYSIA: Beyond A ‘Band-Aid’: Why SIS Started Free Legal Advice For Muslims 20 years Ago And What’s Next
  774. MYANMAR: As Dollars Vanish, Myanmar Regime Boss Blames Cooking Oil, Greed and Sanctions
  775. THAILAND: MRT To Partially Power Blue, Purple Lines With Solar Energy
  776. INDONESIAN Protectionism May Stand In Way of ASEAN Digital Economy Pact
  777. INDONESIAN Muslims Advised against Multiple Hajj Pilgrimages
  778. MYANMAR: Seven Indian Companies Added To Myanmar ‘Dirty List’
  779. MYANMAR Vulnerable To Climate Emergencies, says NGO
  780. VIETNAM: Mekong Delta Province Coastline Devastated By Erosion
  781. CAMBODIA: NGOs Warn of ‘Sharp’ Decline in Breastfeeding
  782. INDONESIA Lifts Ban on Sending Domestic Workers to Middle East
  783. INDONESIA Inaugurates $2B LRT Trains to Reduce Jakarta’s Traffic
  784. MYANMAR Expels Top East Timor Diplomat
  785. THAILAND Running Out of Jobs For University Graduates: NESDC Report
  786. CAMBODIA: From Waste To Wealth: Cambodian Compost Mogul Turns Trash To Treasure
  787. INDONESIA: Jokowi Reignites ‘Bandung Spirit’ In Week-Long Africa Tour
  788. INDONESIA: Hyundai To Introduce New Electric Vehicle Model From Indonesian Plant
  789. MYANMAR: Singapore Called On to Stop Feeding Myanmar Junta’s War Machine
  790. PHILIPPINES: Marcos Pitches For Federalism
  791. INDONESIA: Pertamina Eyes Oil And Gas, Geothermal Expansion In Kenya
  792. INDONESIA: Partial Work-from-Home Policy Implemented in Greater Jakarta to Address Air Pollution
  793. MYANMAR: Buddhist Monks Condemn Myanmar Junta for Arrests Over ‘Blasphemous’ Movie
  794. PHILIPPINES: Chinese Ships Block PH Boats
  795. THAILAND: Srettha Gets Royal Endorsement As Prime Minister
  796. INDONESIA: Captive Power Casts Doubt On JETP Emissions Reduction Goal
  797. INDONESIA: Govt To Merge Three State-Owned Airlines
  798. INDONESIA’S Cellular Tariffs Among the Cheapest in SE Asia
  799. MYANMAR Will Get Sicker—Junta Shuts Another Hospital in Mandalay
  800. THAILAND: Thaksin Taken To Bangkok Remand Prison To Start Serving His Jail Terms
  801. INDONESIA: Jakarta Police Uncover Arms Trade Syndicate
  802. INDONESIA: Health Ministry To Set Up Independent Body To Probe Malpractice Claims
  803. MALAYSIA: Federal Court Allows Leave For Sisters In Islam’s Bid To Appeal Ruling Over Selangor Fatwa Declaring It As Deviant
  804. MYANMAR: Several Resistance Attacks Reported Near Myanmar Regime’s Nerve Center
  805. THAILAND’S Pheu Thai Launches PM Bid As Fugitive Figurehead Thaksin Eyes Return
  806. CAMBODIA-New Cultural Heritage Sites Identified In Protected Areas
  807. INDONESIA: Jokowi To Attend BRICS Summit in South Africa
  808. INDONESIA: Nearly 17,000 Central Government Employees to Relocate to Nusantara
  809. MYANMAR: H&M’s Forced Exit Leaves 42,000 Myanmar Workers Asking How They Will Eat
  810. THAILAND Now Has 36 Smart Cities In 25 Provinces
  811. INDONESIA: Jokowi Govt Sets Final $2.6b Tranche for Nusantara Next Year
  812. INDONESIA: Four More Provinces Ink Low-Carbon Development Deal With Bappenas
  813. MYANMAR: Leader of Sanctions-Hit Myanmar Junta Moans About ‘Weaponization’ of Dollar
  814. MYANMAR: In Myanmar Prisons, Showing Solidarity With Martyrs Leads to Solitary Confinement
  815. SINGAPORE: Police Warn Of New Android App Scam Targeting Users of TikTok, Dating Platforms-
  816. INDONESIA: Tesla To Sign Investment Deal In Indonesia Within Months: Luhut
  817. INDONESIA: Newly-Arrested Militant Plots Attacks on Police, Military Targets
  818. MYANMAR: Price Control Panel Fails to Stem Myanmar’s Growing Food Crisis
  819. MYANMAR Regime to Arm Civil Servants
  820. SINGAPORE: Some Employers Make Baseless ‘revenge accusations’ Against Maids To Punish Them For Leaving Job: Home Report
  821. INDONESIA: Government To Start Random Emission Tests As Poor Air Chokes Jakarta
  822. INDONESIA: Jokowi Mulls Work From Home Policy to Address Deteriorating Jakarta Air Quality
  823. MYANMAR: At Least 25 Missing After Myanmar Jade Mine Landslide
  824. THAILAND: Man, 36, Becomes First Patient To Die of Mpox in Thailand
  825. VIETNAM Issues e-Visa For All Countries
  826. INDONESIA: Jakarta Pollution Blamed For Respiratory Problems
  827. INDONESIA: Miss Universe Cuts Ties with Indonesian Organizer amid Sexual Harassment Allegations
  828. MYANMAR: Torture and Terror at Chinese-Run Cyber Scam Hubs in Myanmar
  829. VIETNAM: Big Wave of Internal Migration Hits Da Lat
  830. INDONESIA: Jakarta Hit By Major Pollution spike: Air quality monitor
  831. INDONESIA: Lecturer’s Curse of President Tests Limits of Free Speech
  832. INDONESIA: New Capital Nusantara is World’s Largest Project: Jokowi
  833. MYANMAR: Indian Minister of Home Affairs Blames Manipur Violence On Myanmar Refugees
  834. VIETNAM: Power Outages Cost Vietnam $1.4B: World Bank
  835. INDONESIA: ‘Missing Link’ in Indonesia’s Economic Development: INDEF
  836. INDONESIA: New Zealand Calls For Release of Pilot Kidnapped in Papua
  837. INDONESIA: 30 Miss Universe Indonesia Contestants Report Sexual Abuse: Lawyer
  838. MYANMAR: Prominent Activist Calls for Public Boycott of Myanmar Junta’s ‘Blood’ Products
  839. THAILAND To Grow Opium, Magic Mushrooms To Produce Morphine, Anti-Depressants
  840. INDONESIA’S Inequality Increases Slightly As Poverty Falls
  841. INDONESIA: Brain Drain: Calls Mount For Dual Citizenship In Indonesia
  842. INDONESIA: Populous Indonesia Defends Democracy Index That is Behind Malaysia
  843. MALAYSIA: PM Anwar: Turkiye’s President Erdogan Suggests Cooperation With Malaysia In Facing Islamophobia
  844. MYANMAR: Deadly Floods Displace Thousands in Three Myanmar Border States
  845. CAMBODIA Dismisses Human Rights Report
  846. INDONESIA: Experts Warn of Contagious Outbreaks, Health Problems As El Niño Returns
  847. INDONESIA’S Economic Growth Exceeds 5% for 7th Consecutive Quarter
  848. MYANMAR: US Closes Sanctions Window For Myanmar Junta Banks
  849. VIETNAM: Earthworm Electrocution Is Destroying The Environment For China Trade
  850. ASEAN: Timor-Leste Rethinks Its Accession Bid if ASEAN Cannot Handle Myanmar Issue
  851. INDONESIA- West Sumatra Administration Criticized For Stifling Protests
  852. MALAYSIA: Muslim Nationalism Challenges Anwar’s Multiethnic Government: Wong Chin Huat
  853. MYANMAR: Political Prisoners Tortured for Honoring Myanmar’s Martyrs’ Day
  854. VIETNAM: Export Demand Should Not Jeopardize Vietnam Food Security: Experts
  855. INDONESIA Initiates ASEAN Road Map For Digital Transformation Of Education Systems
  856. INDONESIA: Foreigners Only Need Passport to Buy House in Indonesia: Gov’t
  857. MALAYSIA: Woman Convert Fails To Get High Court Leave In Bid To Be Declared Christian After Divorcing Muslim Man
  858. MYANMAR: Singapore Urged to Stop Aiding War Crimes in Myanmar
  859. THAILAND: Chinese Investors Top BOI Investments Applications
  860. INDONESIA: Islamic School Leader Panji Gumilang Detained for Blasphemy, Hate Speech
  861. INDONESIA: Govt Plans to Revive Sanatoriums To Treat Tuberculosis
  862. MYANMAR: Junta’s Amnesty for Political Prisoners was Hostage Diplomacy: Myanmar Watchdog
  863. VIETNAM Continues ‘Four Nos’ Defense Policy
  864. VIETNAM: Culinary Tourism To Become National Strategic Product
  865. INDONESIA: Govt Unveils Ecotourism Concept For New Capital City
  866. INDONESIA: No LSD In Our Cattle, Canberra Insists After RI Halts Imports
  867. MYANMAR Regime Reduces Jailed Leaders’ Sentences Under Prisoner Amnesty
  868. SINGAPORE:  Man Charged With Running Unregistered Muslim Religious School, Teaching False Doctrine
  869. VIETNAMESE Consume Too Much Meat, Say Health Advocates
  870. INDONESIA: Government Orders Shipment of Aid to Drought-Hit Papua Region
  871. INDONESIA: Jokowi Seeks Chinese Investment in 5,000-Hectare Durian Plantation
  872. Myanmar Junta Extends State of Emergency for 6 More Months
  873. PHILIPPINES: 25 Dead, Over 2 million Affected from Typhoon Doksuri in Philippines
  874. VIETNAM: Russia to Issue E-Visas for Vietnamese Nationals
  875. NDONESIA’S Middle-Strength Passport Remains a Travel Barrier For Some
  876. INDONESIA Launches Its First CryIpto Bourse
  877. MALAYSIA: Customs Makes Biggest Drug Bust in Sabah, Seizes over 100Kg of Syabu Worth Around RM3M
  878. MYANMAR Jade Worth About US$4 Billion Exported to China in 2022
  879. THAILAND:  Police Prepare for Thaksin’s Return As August 10 Arrival Date Confirmed By Family
  880. INDONESIA’s Rice Reserve Not Sufficient To Weather El Niño Next Year
  881. ASEAN Predicted to Be Net Importer of Natural Gas by 2025
  882. MYANMAR’S Northern Alliance ‘Not Interested’ in Empty Peace Talks With Junta
  883. PHILIPPINES; China Eyes Military Exercises With PH
  884. SINGAPORE: No Zero-Tolerance Approach by PAP to Extramarital Affairs, Unlike Corruption and Criminal Conduct: DPM Wong
  885. CAMBODIA: An End To An Era as Hun Sen Passes Baton To Son Manet
  886. INDONESIA: JETP Could Help Drive Indonesia’s Geothermal Growth
  887. INDONESIA Says Taliban Representatives Visited ‘Informally’
  888. MYANMAR: Thai Beer Titan to Invest US$14M in Another Brewery in Myanmar
  889. PHILIPPINES: VIETNAM Builds More Facilities in Spratlys
  890. CAMBODIAN Election Draws Criticism
  891. INDONESIA: Social Media Monitoring Agency Could Curb Free Speech, Activists Warn
  892. INDONESIA Set to Launch Largest Solar Panel Industry in SE Asia
  893. MYANMAR Military May Move Suu Kyi to House Arrest
  894. SINGAPORE To Execute First Woman In Nearly 20 Years: Rights Groups
  895. INDONESIA: G20 Energy Proposal Costly, Not Feasible: RI
  896. INDONESIA Spends $3.8B on Fuel Subsidies in 1st Half of 2023
  897. MYANMAR: Number of IDPs in Myanmar Surges Almost 50,000 in Five Weeks
  898. SINGAPORE: Growing Concern With Youth Radicalism, Terrorism Threat to Singapore Remains High: ISD
  899. VIETNAM: Researchers Find Evidence of 2,000-year-old curry in Vietnam, the oldest in Southeast Asia
  900. CAMBODIA’S 2023 General Election Kicks Off
  901. INDONESIA: Power Struggle Grips Golkar Ahead of 2024 Polls
  902. INDONESIA: Gov’t Told to Close Illegal Railroad Crossings
  903. MALAYSIA: In Malaysia, More Muslim Parents Turning To Abducting Kids in Custody Wars: SIS Data
  904. MYANMAR: Whither Wa State? Myanmar’s Criminal Hub Spreads Wings Under Junta
  905. INDONESIA Must Push For Fairer Carbon Market: Activists
  906. INDONESIA: Gov’t Takes Down Over 11,000 Gambling Websites
  907. MALAYSIA Issues License to Elon Musk’s Starlink To Bring Internet Services To Remote Areas
  908. MYANMAR: Chin Schoolchildren Being Taught In Trenches Cecause of Airstrikes
  909. VIETNAM’S Last Wild Elephants On The Brink of Survival
  910. INDONESIA Strengthens Economic Diplomacy With Cabinet Reshuffle
  911. INDONESIA: No Authorization for Interfaith Marriages: Supreme Court
  912. Myanmar Regime Again Bars Daw Aung San Suu Kyi From Honoring Father on Martyrs’ Day
  913. SINGAPORE: Foreigners Need Approval To Buy Mixed Commercial and Residential Properties, Land in Singapore
  914. VIETNAM Passport Jumps 6 Places in Global Ranking
  915. INDONESIA: RI, EU Gear Up For Trade Clash
  916. INDONESIA: Tech Giants Pay Indonesia $886M in Digital Taxes in 3.5 Years
  917. MYANMAR: Political Prisoners in Constant Fear of Torture and Murder
  918. PHILIPPINES: ICC Junks PH Appeal On Drug War Probe
  919. VIETNAM: Google Maps Re-Displays Vietnamese Flag on Spratly Island
  920. INDONESIA: When Teachers Are The Bullies, Where Do Students Go?
  921. INDONESIA Trade Surplus for 38 Months in a Row
  922. MYANMAR Junta Condemns ASEAN for Ignoring ‘Peaceful Efforts to Restore Democracy’
  923. THAILAND: Coalition Decides to Propose Pita as its PM Candidate in Second Round
  924. VIETNAM’S Aging 100-million Population a Demographic Time Bomb
  925. CAMBODIA: Childhood Diabetes Up Amid Sugar Epidemic
  926. INDONESIA: Growing Informal Sector Signals Lack In Job Creation
  927. INDONESIA: PTPP, Adhi Karya Win $540M Railway Project in Philippines
  928. MYANMAR Junta Likely to Extend Military Rule Again
  929. THAILAND: Two-Wheeled Angels:Bangkok Launches First Fleet of Motorbike-ambulances
  930. ASEAN Struggles For Unity On Myanmar Conflict
  931. ASEAN, China Agree on South China Sea’s Code of Conduct Guidelines
  932. INDONESIA: Shrinking Domestic Industry May Dethrone RI As World’s No. 2 Rubber Exporter
  933. MYANMAR: Protect Rohingya From Armed Gangs: HRW
  934. THAILAND: Pita Fails in Bid to Become Prime Minister
  935. INDONESIA Wants to Double Lithium Pact with Australia to 120,000 Tons
  936. INDONESIA: LGBT Event in Indonesia Scrapped After Security Threats
  937. MYANMAR: Thai Foreign Minister Says Met Myanmar’s Suu Kyi
  938. SINGAPORE: Maid Agencies Find Various Ways to Sieve Out Underage Candidates, Even As MOM Sees Fewer Cases
  939. THAILAND: Thaksin Postpones Return Until Thailand’s Political Situation Settles Down
  940. INDONESIA: Bakamla Seizes Iranian Tanker Over Illicit Oil Transfer
  941. INDONESIA: Netherlands Returns Ancient Jewels, Temple Carvings to Indonesia
  942. MALAYSIA: PM Anwar Gives Final Warning To Those Playing Up 3R Issues
  943. MYANMAR Junta Condemned For Using ‘Prison Transfers’ as a Pretext For Murder
  944. PHILIPPINE Activists Fight Back on Online Theats Rise
  945. CAMBODIA: Manhunt Underway After Capital 103kg-Meth Bust
  946. INDONESIA: RI Property Giants to Build Malls, Offices In Nusantara Capital City
  947. INDONESIA: $3.5 Billion Jababeka Movieland Launched as Indonesian Answer to Hollywood
  948. MYANMAR: Singapore’s UOB Is Shutting Myanmar Junta Allied Airline’s Bank Accounts
  949. SINGAPORE: Millions Vie For Tickets to Taylor Swift’s Only Stop in Southeast Asia
  950. INDONESIA: Potable Tap Water Still a Pipe Dream, for Now
  951. INDONESIA: Political Row Undermines RI’S Second Chance as FIFA Host
  952. MALAYSIA: Counting Malaysia’s ‘Invisible’ People: How Many Born Here Cannot Be Citizens Despite Their Local Roots
  953. MYANMAR: Thailand’s Deportation of Undocumented Children Branded Cruel
  954. SINGAPORE Must Never Become a Welfare State, But It Can Be a ‘Welfare Society’: SM Tharman
  955. INDONESIA: Govt Steps Up Efforts To Curb Anthrax After Outbreak Kills 3 People
  956. INDONESIA: Robust Salt Industry Recipe to Cut Indonesia’s Deficit with Australia
  957. MYANMAR: UN Urges End to Arms, Currency Supplies to Myanmar Junta
  958. SINGAPORE: Police Warn of Resurgence of Concert Ticket Scam As At Least 462 Lose Over S$480,000 Since January
  959. VIETNAM: New Crocodile Newt Species Discovered in Vietnam
  960. INDONESIA: Government Rescues Nearly 2,000 Human Trafficking Victims
  961. INDONESIA: Safeguarding the Sunda Pangolin: RER’s Commitment to Wildlife Protection and Conservation
  962. MALAYSIA: More Malaysians Transitioning to Solar Power to Reduce Electricity Bills
  963. MYANMAR: Junta Orders Nightlife Shutdown as Narcotics Flood Myanmar
  964. VIETNAM RIses FOur Ranks in Global Peace Index
  965. CAMBODIA Bans Entry for All Meta Oversight Board Bembers
  966. INDONESIA: Victims, Families Urge Jokowi to Rewrite History on Rights Abuse
  967. INDONESIA: ‘No Big Deal’: Minister Reacts to Indonesian Rice Terraces Used in Philippine Tourism Promo
  968. MYANMAR Supreme Court to Hear President and Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Appeals
  969. VIETNAMESE People Turning Their Backs On Dog Meat
  970. INDONESIA: Jakarta Installs AI-Controlled Traffic Lights to Ease Congestion
  971. INDONESIA Reports Slower Deforestation Growth
  972. MYANMAR: Surprise? Myanmar Ranks Poorly in ‘Tourist-Friendly ’Ranking
  973. THAILAND-Foreign Investors Wary of Delay in Thai Govt Formation: FTI
  974. VIETNAM  Bans Barbie Movie for Featuring China’s Nine-Dash Line
  975. INDONESIA: After Recent Portfolio Sell-Offs, Is Traditional Retail Banking Dead in Indonesia?
  976. INDONESIA In Talks with 3 Unnamed Countries for OPEC-Like Nickel Cartel
  977. MYANMAR Junta War Crimes Rising: UN Report
  978. SINGAPORE Sees Highest Number of Suicides in Over 20 Years, With Most Cases Among Those in Their 20s: SOS
  979. TIMOR LESTE Independence Hero Xanana Gusmao Returns to Power
  980. INDONESIA: Reparations Program Gets Mixed Welcome
  981. INDONESIA’S  Learning Gap Spanning Two Decades: Minister
  982. MYANMAR: Medical Association Issues Urgent Global Appeal to Deliver Healthcare to Myanmar
  983. SINGAPORE: Growing Popularity of Adventure Tourism
  984. VIETNAM: Philippine Police Rescue More than 1,000 Alleged Trafficking Victims, Including Vietnamese
  985. INDONESIA: Reparations Program Gets Mixed Welcome
  986. INDONESIA’S  Learning Gap Spanning Two Decades: Minister
  987. MYANMAR: Medical Association Issues Urgent Global Appeal to Deliver Healthcare to Myanmar
  988. SINGAPORE: Growing Popularity of Adventure Tourism
  989. VIETNAM: Philippine Police Rescue More than 1,000 Alleged Trafficking Victims, Including Vietnamese
  990. INDONESIA: World Bank Sees Stagnant FDI, Slowdown in Growth for Indonesia
  991. INDONESIA to Reroute Palm Oil Export to Africa Following EUDR
  992. MYANMAR Junta Turns Thai-Sponsored Talks Into Propaganda Tool
  993. PHILLIPPINES- Kitchen Crisis: How some food prices soared under Marcos
  994. SINGAPORE: Air Purifiers Flying off the shelves as S’poreans brace themselves for haze; experts give tips on dealing with it
  995. SOUTHEAST ASIA at High Risk of Trans-boundary Haze: Report
  996. INDONESIA Moves ASEAN Military Drill Site Away From South China Sea
  997. MYANMAR: US Slaps Sanctions on Myanmar Junta Defense Ministry, Regime-Run Banks
  998. VIETNAM: Dak Lak Armed Group Connected to US-based Terrorists
  999. VIETNAM: Nearly 5,000 ChatGPT Accounts hacked in Vietnam
  1000. INDONESIA Ranks Sixth Among Countries with Most Startups
  1001. INDONESIA: Jakarta Lacks Myanmar Leverage: UN rapporteur
  1002. MALAYSIA: Wisma Putra Clarifies Misperceptions Regarding Demarcation of Strait of Malacca and Sulawesi Sea
  1003. MYANMAR: Arrests Follow ‘Flower Strike’ To Mark Detained Aung San Suu Kyi’s Bfrirthday
  1004. SINGAPORE: High Risk of Severe Transboundary Haze in 2023, Public Advised To Be Prepared: Singapore institute
  1005. INDONESIAN Businesses Call For Change in PLN’s Dominance to Hit Renewable Target
  1006. INDONESIA Urges Regional Efforts for Clean Energy Transition
  1007. MYANMAR: More Labor Union Leaders Arrested at Zara Factory in Myanmar
  1008. PHILIPPINES: Filipino Women Highly Biased Against Own Gender: Study
  1009. VIETNAM: Overseas Vietnamese Return Home For Retirement
  1010. INDONESIA’S Satria-1 Successfully Launched Into Orbit
  1011. INDONESIA: Coca-Cola Launches New rPET Bottles in Indonesian Market
  1012. LAOS Seals MOU With Chinese Firm for Development of That Luang SEZ
  1013. MYANMAR Junta Signs Wind Power, Direct Flights and Financial Deals With Russia
  1014. THAILAND Defends Divisive Myanmar Junta Talks
  1015. ASEAN Nixes Thai Informal Talks Idea on Myanmar
  1016. CAMBODIAN  Riel to Expand Across Laos and Vietnam
  1017. INDONESIA: Japan’s Emperor in Indonesia for First State Visit
  1018. MALAYSIA Best-Performing Muslim-Majority Country in 2022’s Islamicity Index, But Long Way to Go On Human Rights
  1019. MYANMAR  People’s Thoughts With Detained Daw Aung San Suu Kyi on 78th Birthday
  1020. INDONESIA: MSMEs Account for 97% of Job Opportunities in Indonesia
  1021. INDONESIA: Jakartans Find Worsening Air Pollution ‘Unbearable’
  1022. MYANMAR Junta Sentences 730 Political Prisoners in Less Than Six Months
  1023. PHILIPPINES: Media Landscape Remains ‘Largely Grim’ Despite Change In Leadership: Report
  1024. 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.”