Category: South Korea

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

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.”