Category: Business & Economy

1. MYANMAR: Nearly 400 Myanmar Migrant Workers Arrested in Malaysia’s Johor State
2. THAILAND Tightens Data Centre Rules as AI Demand Grows
3. INDONESIA: Children’s Day Spotlights Protection Flaws
4. INDONESIA Proposes Limited Dual Citizenship to Attract Global Talent
5. MYANMAR: ASEAN Agrees To Draft Benchmarks for Myanmar Peace Plan
6. THAILAND: US Sets 12.5% tariff on Thai Goods Over Forced Labor
7. VIETNAM Needs Tens of Thousands of Nuclear Power workers by 2035
8. CAMBODIA and US Pledge Joint Push Against Transnational Cybercrime as UN Warns of Evolving Scam Networks
9. INDONESIA: Flexibility, Bargaining Power in Focus as RI Treats Gig Workers as Micro Businesses
10. INDONESIA’S School Health Checks of 8.8 Million Students Reveal Widespread Tooth Decay, Anemia
11. MYANMAR-Thai Government Extends Work Permits for Migrant Workers, Including Myanmar Nationals
12. THAILAND to Launch Japanese-Style Savings Scheme as Rapid Aging Strains Retirement System
13. INDONESIA: Gen-Zers Turn to AI for Mental Health Support Despite Validity, Privacy risks
14. INDONESIA Keeps Tight Rein on Nickel Output to Avoid Global Oversupply
15. MYANMAR: TNLA Becomes First Ethnic Rebel Army to Join Regime Peace Talks
16. THAILAND: Briton Becomes First Foreign Somdet 
17. VIETNAMESE Men Become Japan Region’s First Foreign Bus Drivers Amid Labor Shortage
18. CAMBODIA: Thai-Cambodian Border Stays Shut Amid Political and Military Tensions
19. INDONESIA: Outrage as Trans Women Targeted in Mob
20. Indonesia’s New Citizenship Fees: Rp 75 Million to Naturalize, Rp 5 Million to Renounce
21. MYANMAR: Still a Mystery: Where is Aung San Suu Kyi?
22. THAILAND Moves Forward with $362 Cruise Terminal on Second Largest Island
23. INDONESIA: Prabowo Renews Antigraft Pledge as Scrutiny Grows Over Ex-Top Prosecutor’s
24. INDONESIA: Anwar to Address KWAP’s Investment Losses in Indonesia’s eFishery
25. MYANMAR: The Philippines’ Failure on Myanmar is Existential for ASEAN
26. SINGAPORE: Why New Divorce Figures Show ‘Unreasonable Behavior’ is Singapore’s Biggest Marriage Breaker
27. Cambodia Eliminates Indigenous malaria; Imported Cases Could Pose Challenge
28. INDONESIA: Prabowo Orders Reviews of Flagship Programs, Signals Possible Shift
29. INDONESIA Restarts $21 Billion Masela Gas Project After Nearly Three Decades
30. INDONESIA’S 2nd-Wealthiest Man Prajogo Pangestu to Buy Philippines’ Largest Geothermal Company
31. MYANMAR: Hong Kong Regulator Warns Myanmar Faces Tougher FATF Measures Without Reform Progress
32. INDONESIA: AGO Begins Probe into Ex-Top Prosecutor
33. INDONESIA: Freeport Targets More Than $7 Billion in Annual State Revenue Contributions
34. MALAYSIA: Immigration Department looking into Forest City ‘Network School‘
35. MYANMAR: ASEAN Envoy Pledges Humanitarian Mission to Myanmar
36. VIETNAM Leads Southeast Asia in Using Google AI for Education
37. CAMBODIA: History Records Prove Khnar Temple’s Khmer Roots
38. INDONESIA: Why EV Makers Choose Vietnam, Not Nickel-Rich Indonesia
39. INDONESIA’S Education Council Warns of Rising Online Gambling Threat in Schools
40. SINGAPORE Ministers Shanmugam, Tan See Leng Awarded S$230,000 Each in Bloomberg Defamation suit
41. MYANMAR Regime Rejects ASEAN Peace Plan, Pushes for Full Reinstatement
42. CAMBODIA: Arrival Numbers Drop Amid Sweeping Crackdown on cyber fraud
43. INDONESIA: KPK Arrests in Regions Raise Alarm Over Systemic Corruption
44. INDONESIA Cuts Visa-Free Entry Permits by 88% Under Selective Immigration Policy
45. MALAYSIA: Immigration’s Labor Quota System Manipulated by Syndicate: Sources
46. MYANMAR: As World Rejects the Myanmar Passport, Belarus Opens its Door
47. INDONESIA: Police Bill Slammed Over Potential Expansion Into Civilian Roles
48. INDONESIA: Rupiah Weakness Has Become Excessive, Indonesian Economist Warns
49. MALAYSIA: The Great Migration: Why Singapore Giants like Gardenia Are Moving to Johor
50. MYANMAR: Indonesia to Host Separate Talks with Key Actors in Myanmar’s Crisis
51. THAILAND: China Retreats — Russians Reshape Thai condo Demand
52. INDONESIA: Firms Gear Up For Buybacks Amid Stock Market Slump
53. INDONESIA: Government Spending Surges in Q1 2026 on Fiscal Stimulus and Low Base Effect
54. MYANMAR Migrants in Thailand Emerge as $6.7-Billion Consumer Market
55. DUAL SINGAPOREAN-INDONESIAN Citizen Gets Record Three-Year Jail Term For Dodging National Service for 21 Years
56. THAILAND Scales Up Farm Drones to Cut Costs and Boost Yields
57. INDONESIA: Joint Police, Military Crackdown on Street Robbers Raises Fear of Extrajudicial Killings
58. INDONESIA Develops National Fraud Portal to Strengthen Anti-Scam Response
59. SINGAPORE: Surgeons in Singapore Remove Brain Tumor Through Eye Socket in First-of-Its-Kind Procedure
60. THAILAND to Quarantine DRC Arrivals Even Without Symptoms
61. INDONEhttps://asiaviews.net/thailand-to-quarantine-drc-arrivals-even-without-symptoms/SIA: Prabowo’s Rare Address Raises Political Concerns
62. INDONESIA’S New Export Watchdog Could Recover Billions Lost to Under-Invoicing
63. MYANMAR: Youths in Yangon Fear Arrests Amid Forced Military Recruitment Drive
64. THAILAND: Anutin Declares War on Drugs, Mafia
65. VIETNAM Debuts in Global Top 50 Startup Ecosystems
66. CAMBODIA Revisits the Brutality of Pol Pot’s Regime on National Day of Remembrance
67. INDONESIA: Dejà Vu as Current ‘Chaos’ Haunt Reform Anniversary
68. MALAYSIA: Survey Shows Malaysians Becoming More Intolerant of Differences Amid Rising ‘Insular Trust’ Trend
69. MYANMAR Military Recaptures Key Thai Border Trade Hub as 4,000 Flee
70. SINGAPORE: Robots to Clean, Patrol and Deliver Food in Singapore’s Punggol Under Expanded AI Trials
71. INDONESIA: Right To Be Forgotten Proposal Raises Misuse Concerns
72. INDONESIA: ‘No Dollar, No Problem’: Indonesia’s Biggest Banks Connect to Alipay and WeChat Pay
73. MALAYSIA: Malay Language Studies Expand in China, 17 Universities Now Offer Programs Amid Stronger MalaysiaChina Ties
74. MYANMAR: Miss Grand Myanmar Contestant Expelled Following Backlash Over Religious Costume
75. THAILAND Widens Crackdown On Foreign Nominee Businesses
76. INDONESIA: Reform Team Pushes Demilitarization of Police Amid Brutality Concerns
77. INDONESIA: Jakarta Cuts Slum Areas by Half, Boosts Green Space Coverage
78. MALAYSIA’S 1MDB Recovery Hits RM31.3B as of 2025, Ranks Among World’s Highest: MACC chief
79. MYANMAR: Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s Son Seeks France’s Help in Obtaining ‘Proof of Life’
80. THAILAND Approves $25-Billion Investment By TikTok
81. INDONESIA: ‘Interventionist’ Policies May Deter Indonesia’s Growth
82. INDONESIA Banks on Currency Swap with China to Bolster Rupiah
83. MYANMAR Junta Expands Subsidized Fuel, Fertilizer Distribution To Farmers
84. THAILAND: True, Google and Thailand’s Government Launch Nationwide AI Literacy Drive
85. VIETNAM Turns To Laos For Electricity To Prevent Power Shortage
86. INDONESIA: Creeping Militarization Looms As Battalions Expand Nationwide: CSIS-JakartaPost
87. INDONESIA Fast-Tracks 575 km Sea Wall to Safeguard 55 Million Residents
88. MALAYSIA To Pursue Balanced Economic Diplomacy Without Compromising Energy Security: Anwar
89. MYANMAR: War Crimes Case Against Myanmar Dictator Moves Forward in Timor
90. THAILAND Accelerates Rail Links with Malaysia
91. CAMBODIA: Hun Sen Warns Thai Move to End Maritime MoU May Fuel Row
92. INDONESIA: Arrests Mar Labor Day Rallies in Jakarta, Bandung
93. INDONESIA: Malaria Hits Record High in Indonesia As Elimination Challenges Persist
94. MYANMAR: NUG And Family Dismiss Junta’s Relocation Claim, Demand Proof of Life for Aung San Suu Kyi
95. THAILAND Pushes Land Bridge As Energy Hub to Guard Against Hormuz Risk
96. CAMBODIA Drafts New Military Service Law for Citizens Aged 18 to 25-KhmerTimes
97. INDONESIA: Iran War, Domestic Strains Push Rupiah To New Historic Low
98. INDONESIA Weighs Copyright Protection for Journalistic Works
99. MALAYSIANS Repaid a Record RM23b In Credit Card Debt in 2025 As Household Debt Rises
100. MYANMAR: Regime Considering ‘Good Things’ for Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Min Aung Hlaing Says
101. INDONESIA: Fury As Court Dismisses 1998 Mass Rape Lawsuit
102. INDONESIA: De-Dollarization Drive: Indonesia-China Cross-Border QRIS Payments to Launch Next Week
103. MYANMAR: Min Aung Hlaing Targets ASEAN Re-Entry as Key to Ending Isolation-Irrawaddy
104. THAILAND Moves to End 60-Day Visa-Free Stays To Screen Out Unwanted Visitors
105. VIETNAM: ‘VinFast Will Never Produce Gasoline Cars Again’: Southeast Asia’s Richest Man Pham Nhat Vuong
106. INDONESIA: Human Rights Hit New Low in Indonesia: Amnesty
107. INDONESIA Declines Multi-Billion-Dollar Loan Offers from IMF and World Bank
108. MALAYSIA: Food vs Fuel: Survey Shows What Malaysians and Thais Fear Most as Oil Jitters Rise
109. MYANMAR: Min Aung Hlaing Gives Armed Groups 100 Days to Join Peace Talks
110. THAILAND: Moody’s Lifts Thailand’s Credit Outlook To Stable From negative
111. CAMBODIA: Military Conflict with Thailand Scarred Society: UN Report
112. INDONESIA’S Waste Crisis Exposes Urgent Need for Regulatory Reform
113. INDONESIA: Vasectomy Debate Highlights Gender Gap in Family Planning
114. MYANMAR’S New Year Amnesty Sparks Outrage Over Low Number of Political Prisoners
115. THAI Firms Exit Cambodia Amid Tensions
116. INDONESIA: Wikimedia To Meet Government After Access Block Threat
117. INDONESIA: Jakarta to Begin Taxing Electric Vehicles
118. MYANMAR: Win Myint Is Free—Where Is Aung San Suu Kyi?
119. THAILAND:  Specter of Stagflation Haunts Thailand
120. VIETNAMESE Woman Jailed for Selling 18 People to Thailand, Myanmar Scam Compounds
121. INDONESIA: Sovereignty Concerns Loom Over New Security Pact with US
122. INDONESIA: Russia to Supply Crude and LPG to Indonesia Following Moscow Talks
123. MYANMAR: Recaptured Conscripts in Naypyidaw Branded with Facial Tattoos to Prevent Desertion 
124. SINGAPORE Bets Big on AI, Stakes Claim as Regional Hub Contender: PwC
125. THAILAND Emerges as a Top Gaming Market in Southeast Asia
126. CAMBODIA Strongly Protests Thai Encroachment on Cultural Heritage Sites
127. INDONESIA: BGN Stokes Overspending Criticism for Billion-Rupiah Procurement of Event Planners
128. INDONESIA Accelerates De-Dollarization as Local Currency Transactions Surge 163%
129. MYANMAR: Min Aung Hlaing Vows to Normalize Myanmar-ASEAN Ties Despite Genocide Charges
130. THAILAND: Parnpree Backs New Myanmar President
131. INDONESIA: Prabowo Heads to Moscow for Possible Oil Deal with Putin
132. INDONESIA: Gibran’s Ad Hoc Judges Proposal in Acid Attack Case Draws Legal Doubt
133. MALAYSIA: Johor–Singapore Economic Zone Takes Shape: What it could mean for jobs, wages and growth
134. MYANMAR: KNU Establishes Kawthoolei Governing Councils Following Ratification of Federal Charter
135. VIETNAM: VnExpress International Turns 10
136. MALAYSIA Kicks off 100-Country Grand Sumud Nusantara Mission to Send Aid to Gaza
137. MYANMAR Social Media Users React to Min Aung Hlaing’s New Role
138. THAI Airlines Rrim Routes as Jet Fuel Surge Bites
139. CAMBODIA: PM Orders Probe Into Alleged Petrol Smuggling, Reaffirms Cambodia’s sufficient fuel supply
140. INDONESIA: Prabowo’s East Asia Outreach: Gains, But Missed Time
141. INDONESIA Rents Extra Warehouses as Rice Stocks Hit Record Levels
142. MALAYSIA: Anwar Defends Strong Iran Position, Says Malaysia’s Stance Delivered Results
143. MYANMAR: The Burma War’s Impact on Food Production
144. INDONESIA: Govt Scrambles for Oil From Anywhere Amid Mideast Supply Crunch
145. INDONESIA Expands Health Partnership with China on TB, AI, and Biotech
146. LAOS Approves Railway to Vietnam in Bid to Shed Landlocked Status
147. MALAYSIA, China seen as more resilient among Asia economies in current global turmoil: JP Morgan
148. SINGAPORE Offers Parents 30 Weeks of Paid Leave as Birth Rate Hits Historic Low
149. CAMBODIA: Koh Kong Island will be Region’s First ‘Carbon Neutral Community’
150. INDONESIA: Geoeconomic headwinds fracture ASEAN neutrality
151. INDONESIA: Pertamina Tankers Still Stuck in Persian Gulf as Malaysia Gets Hormuz Pass
152. MYANMAR: Chaos Reigns Across Myanmar as Fuel Crisis Deepens
153. THAILAND: Population Shrinks to 65.8M
154. CAMBODIA: Trade Persists Between Cambodia, Thailand Despite Border Halt
155. INDONESIA Plans $14 Billion in New Downstream Industrial Projects
156. INDONESIA Urged to Honor Contracts, Keep Doors Open in Mineral Tug-of-War
157. MALAYSIA: Anwar Calls for Lebanon to be Included in Expanded West Asia Ceasefire
158. MYANMAR: Regime Fuel Rationing Threatens Myanmar’s Rice Harvest
159. INDONESIA: Prabowo Affirms Support for Palestinian Cause
160. INDONESIA: Report Shows Incentives Drive Indonesians to Switch to EVs
161. MALAYSIA: Anwar Urges Peaceful Resolution to West Asia Tensions After Calls with Bahrain, UAE leaders
162. MYANMAR: Chin Group in Myanmar Rebuts Drug Trafficking Claims Made in Indian Media Report
163. SINGAPORE: Dual Citizen Loses National Service Fight After Singapore Court Shuts Down ‘I’m Indonesian’ Defense
164. THAILAND: Government Urges Thai Citizens to Leave IsraeL
165. REGIONAL: Asia Pivots to Coal as Middle East Conflict Chokes LNG Supply
166. CAMBODIA: 1970 Coup Still Shapes Cambodia’s Foreign Policy
167. MYANMAR: Ukrainians and US Citizen Arrested in India Over Allegedly Entering Myanmar to Help Resistance Groups
168. THAILAND: Middle East Conflict Cuts 1,000 Flights to Thailand, Slows 2026 Aviation Growth
169. INDONESIA: ‘We Are Not A Colonialist’: Indonesia on US Forced Labor Probe
170. INDONESIA: Rights Coalition Urges Premeditated Murder Probe in Acid Attack on Kontras Activist
171. MYANMAR: SAC-M Reject Myanmar Junta’s Attempt to Rebrand Rule after Elections
172. SINGAPORE, MALAYSIA Universities Take Top Spots in First Southeast Asia Ranking
173. THAILAND: RSssia Ready to Sell Oil to Thailand as Government seeks More Sources: Sihasak
174. VIETNAM: Hanoi to Build Nearly 1,000 New Schools by 2045 as Class Sizes Hit 60 Students
175. ASEAN States Working on Fuel-Sharing Deal
176. CAMBODIA: Education Ministry Planning Border School Bunkers
177. INDONESIA: Prabowo Pushes Smooth Idul Fitri ‘Mudik’, Stable Food Supply
178. INDONESIA: Nearly Half of Economists Say Indonesia’s Economy Is Deteriorating: UI Survey
179. MYANMAR: Social Media Users React to Fuel Shortages Causing Hardship in Myanmar
180. CAMBODIA: Labor Ministry shrugs off Thailand ban on Cambodian migrant workers
181. INDONESIA: TNI Restructuring Raises Eyebrows
182. MYANMAR: Institute of Chin Affairs Reports Heavy Myanmar Junta Casualties and Escalating Airstrikes as Resistance Forces Defend Srategic Falam Hub
183. SINGAPOREANS’ Support for Death Penalty in Drug Trafficking Cases Rise’s to 77 Percent: Minister
184. VIETNAM Targets 95% of Population Aged 15 and Above to Have Bank Accounts
185. INDONESIA: High Alert Order for Troops Draws Scrutiny
186. INDONESIA Disburses $3.3 Billion Ramadan Bonus for State Employees
187. MYANMAR: Bago Resistance Frees Hundreds of Survivors as Evidence of Junta Massacre Emerges
188. THAI Navy Races to Assist 23 Crew After Cargo Ship Attack Near Hormuz
189. THAILAND Sends 40,000 Stranded Europeans Home
190. INDONESIA: Govt Steps up Vaccination as Measles Outbreak in Indonesia Spreads to Australia
191. INDONESIA: Government Plans 500 Integrated Schools Nationwide by 2026
192. LAOS and THAILAND Strengthen Ties in Consumer Protection
193. MYANMAR Junta Boss’s Budget Built on Economic Fantasy
194. REGIONAL: ‘Welcome to Hell’: How White Supremacist Content is Radicalizing Teens in South-east Asia
195. CAMBODIAN Travelers Recount Ordeals as Thai Authorities Deny KT ‘Entry Denial’ Report
196. INDONESIA Finally Tells US, Israel to Stop Attacking Iran
197. INDONESIA: Women’s Rights Group File Amicus Brief Against Minister’s Denial of 1998 Mass Rape
198. MYANMAR Junta Chief’s Family Cash In as Fuel Restrictions Spark EV Frenzy
199. SINGAPORE Orders Meta to Block ‘Blasphemous’ Video of Man Stepping on Quran
200. INDONESIA: Activists’ Acquittal of Riot Incitement Hailed as Democratic Win
201. INDONESIA Picks China as Its Waste-to-Energy Partner
202. SINGAPORE Orders Meta to Block ‘Blasphemous’ Video of Man Stepping on Quran
203. MYANMAR, Afghan Hopeful Scholars Mourn UK Study Visa Ban
204. VIETNAM: Fields Medalist Ngo Bao Chau Recruits 6 World-class Mathematicians to Reverse Vietnam’s Brain Drain
205. INDONESIA Keeps Seat on Trump’s Board of Peace as Critics Cite Iran Conflict
206. INDONESIA Secures $1.4 Billion Investment for Solar Power Expansion
207. MYANMAR: Dissolution of Scam-Linked Fully Light Group Hits Myanmar Junta Where It Hurts
208. SINGAPORE Workers Near Bottom While ASEAN Peers Lead Asia-Pacific in Workplace Happiness
209. THAI Youth Drug Use Reaches Crisis Stage 
210. INDONESIA: Gov’t Launches Rp 5 Trillion Subsidized Rice Program to Contain Inflation
211. INDONESIA: Questions Rise over Indonesia’s Silence on Khamenei’s Death-JakartaGlobe-Mar 4, 2026
212. MALAYSIA: Stolen Copper, Stalled Trains: Malaysia’s Costly cable theft crisis
213. MYANMAR: Junta Forms Multilingual Propaganda Body to Counter Independent Media
214. THAILAND: The Growing Cost of Elephant Intrusions
215. INDONESIA: Pressure Grows for Indonesia to Quit Board of Peace Amid US-Israel War Against Iran
216. INDONESIA: Top Court Narrows Obstruction of Justice Provision
217. MYANMAR: No Amnesty for Myanmar’s Top Political Prisoner as Junta Orchestrates Power Transition
218. THAILAND: US–Iran Conflict Threatens Baht 60Billion Thai Export hit, Spilling into Tourism, Property and Retail
219. VIETNAM Opposes Use of Force Against Sovereign Nations
220. INDONESIA: Half a million Indonesians in limbo as Middle East conflict escalates
221. INDONESIA: Bali Airport Cancels 15 International Flights Amid Gulf Airspace Shutdown
222. MALAYSIA: Govt Working to Bring Some Malaysians Stranded in Middle East After Iran strikes: Anwar
223. MYANMAR: UN Annual Report Shows a Sharp Increase in Myanmar’s Human Rights crisis, Especially for children
224. THAI Foreign Ministry Outlines Complex Evacuation Routes Amid Middle East Escalation
225. INDONESIA Monitors Pilgrims, Migrants As US-Israel Strikes on Iran Raise War Fears
226. INDONESIA Monitors Pilgrims, Migrants As US-Israel Strikes on Iran Raise War Fears
227. INDONESIA: Cheng Hoo Mosque Distributes Rp 500,000 Zakat to 32,000 Recipients
228. MALAYSIA Airlines Grounds All Doha, Jeddah and Medina Flights until March 4 as Middle East Conflict Escalates
229. MYANMAR: Junta Defense Minister Admits Recruitment of Minors and Overage Civilians Amid Systemic Corruption and Forced Enlistment
230. INDONESIA: Beyond Tariffs: Indonesia’s Uneven Pact with Washington
231. INDONESIA: KUA Mixes TikTok, Treats to Spark Gen Z Interest in Marriage
232. MALAYSIA: Government Overthrow Plot: Bukit Aman Probes Prominent Local Figure, Foreign Media
233. MYANMAR: Kachin Amber and the Bloody Truth Behind China’s Latest Scientific Breakthrough
234. VIETNAMESE REturnees from Cambodia Endure Hardship On Floating Homes in Dong Nai
235. Is INDONESIA’S 19% Tariff Deal Still Valid After the US Supreme Court Ruling?
236. INDONESIA: LPDP Alumni Controversy Rekindles Debate Over Return Rules
237. MYANMAR: SAC-M Urges ASEAN to Back Timor-Leste’s Legal Move on Myanmar Military
238. SINGAPORE Hit by AI Disinformation Blitz, Hundreds of Fake YouTube Videos Target PM Wong
239. VIETNAM: Tet Tourism Surge Exposes Overcrowding, Service Quality Concerns
240. INDONESIA Decries Double Standards in Nuclear Weapons Control
241. INDONESIA: Prabowo Ministers Clash Over Restricting Indomaret, Alfamart as Village Cooperatives Roll Out
242. Myanmar Junta Sets Mid-March Date for New Parliament
243. THAILAND: World Bank Warns Thailand of Labor Crisis, Urges AI Upskilling
244. VIETNAM’S Hottest Jobs in 2026: AI, Sales and Semiconductor Surge
245. INDONESIA: Presidency For All: Indonesia’s Human Rights Diplomacy
246. INDONESIA: UK-Based Arm to Train 15,000 Indonesian Engineers in Chip Design
247. MALAYSIA’S ‘Survival’ Hinges on ‘One Family’ Unity: Anwar to Foreign Envoys
248. MYANMAR: Junta Escalates Airstrikes in Kachin State After Drone Attack on MNA Aircraft
249. PHILIPPINES: What Evidence Did the ICC Prosecution Present vs Duterte on Day 1?
250. CAMBODIA Protests Thai Naval Incursion in Territorial Waters
251. INDONESIA Catches Break After US Supreme Court Ruling on Trump Tariffs
252. INDONESIA to Buy 1,000 Tons of US Rice Despite Prabowo’s Anti-Import Stance
253. MYANMAR: Nearly 120,000 Civilian Homes Torched Across Myanmar Since 2021 Coup as Arson Attacks Intensify
254. THAILAND is Losing Ground to Vietnam
255. CAMBODIA: Lethal Legacies of War Await Displaced Families at Home
256. INDONESIA: Four Countries Join Indonesia in Promising Troops for Trump’s Gaza Peace Board
257. INDONESIA: Prabowo Faces Dual Diplomatic Test on Palestine at First BOP Meeting
258. MYANMAR: Mizoram Suspends India–Myanmar Border Trade for Two Months Following Death of Indian Driver
259. SINGAPORE: IDF Data Suggests Singapore Nationals May Be Among Dual Citizens Serving in Israeli Military During Gaza War
260. INDONESIA, US Firms Sign Over $7 Billion in Trade, Investment Deals-JakartaPost
261. Indonesia Slams Israel’s West Bank Annexation
262. MALAYSIA: No One Above The Law in Building Houses of Worship: Anwar
263. MYANMAR: Athan Publishes Analysis of Freedom of Expression Under Interim Governance Arrangements in Myanmar
264. THAILAND: Call for Stimulus in Border Provinces
265. CAMBODIA: Ongoing Spat Stems From Historical Narratives, Nationalism, Misinformation and Unresolved Mechanisms
266. INDONESIA: Chinese Muslims Navigate Identities Amid Lunar New Year, Ramadan Overlap
267. INDONESIA Reaffirms Two-State Solution in Talks with Palestinian Envoy at UN
268. MYANMAR Expels Timor-Leste Representative Over War Crimes Case
269. SINGAPORE is Spending Billions to Boost Births, and It’s Not Working
270. CAMBODIA Urged to Diversify Trade as Border Tensions Expose Reliance on Thai Market
271. INDONESIA Reaffirms Support for Palestine as Israel Joins Gaza Peace Board
272. INDONESIA: Purbaya Says Global Rating Agencies Misjudged Indonesian EconomyTHAILAND Leads ASEAN in AI Adoption as Regional Digital Economy Eyes $1 Trillion Valuation
273. PHILIPPINES: Biz, Civil Society Groups Want Tough Dynasty Law
274. THAILAND Leads ASEAN in AI Adoption as Regional Digital Economy Eyes $1 Trillion Valuation
275. CAMBODIA Says Nearly 200 Scam Centers CLosed
276. INDONESIA Slips in Corruption Index in Prabowo’s First Year
277. INDONESIA: Prabowo ‘Furious’ Over Stock Market Rout After MSCI Warning: Brother
278. MYANMAR: Drugs Seized as Myanmar Junta Troops Abandon Outposts Near Machanbaw Under KIA Pressure
279. THAILAND Can Capture Major Growth Gains by Scaling Up Green Manufacturing: World Bank
280. INDONESIA Readies Troops for Gaza Deployment
281. INDONESIA’S Journalist Safety Index Slips in 2025 as Censorship, Pressure Rise
282. MALAYSIA Rises to Third in ASEAN on 2025 Corruption Perception Index with Improved Score of 52
283. MYANMAR: The Junta’s Air War in Arakan: Desperation, Symbolism, and Strategic Miscalculation
284. VIETNAM Breaks into World’s TOp 10 Retirement Destinations for the First Time
285. INDONESIA: EU Proposes Sanctions on Indonesian Ports for Handling Russian Oil
286. INDONESIA Consumer Sentiment Improves as Growth Holds Above 5%
287. MALAYSIA: State Govts Must Follow Federal Decisions on Illegal Construction https://asiaviews.net/indonesia-eu-proposes-sanctions-on-indonesian-ports-for-handling-russian-oil/of Places of Worship: Anwar
288. MYANMAR Junta Hails ICJ Genocide Case Defense as ‘National Duty’
289. VIETNAM: Homestays in World’s Best Tourism Village Fully Booked for Tet Holidays
290. CAMBODIA: Visa-Free Entry Calls Turn Shriller as Cambodia Eases Norms for Chinese
291. INDONESIA: Bali Police Arrest Dozens of Indians in Online Gambling Crackdown
292. INDONESIA: Prabowo’s Approval Nears 80%, Surpassing Jokowi and SBY: Survey
293. MYANMAR: Top Gold Association Officials Arrested by Myanmar Junta Officials
294. THAILAND: Foreign Media: Anutin’s Nationalist Bet Delivers Landslide
295. CAMBODIA: US Lifts Weapons Sale Restrictions on Cambodia, Marking New Chapter in Bilateral Ties
296. INDONESIA: Women Take Lead in Community Climate Action
297. INDONESIA: Suzuki Launches First Electric Car in Indonesia With e-Vitara Debut
298. MYANMAR: Political Prisoners in Thayet Prison Stage Silent Strike to Mark Fifth Anniversary of Myanmar Coup
299. SINGAPORE: Southeast Asian Destination Named World’s Best City for Solo Female Travelers
300. INDONESIA: Authorities Prevent Attempted Smuggling of Wildlife to Thailand
301. INDONESIA: Danantara to Break Ground on 3 Million-Ton Steel Plant to Cut Indonesia’s Import Reliance
302. MYANMAR and Russia Agree New Military Alliance
303. PHILIPPINES-House Panel Junks 2 Impeach Raps vs Marcos Jr.
304. THAILAND: Foreign Tourists Rank Scams as Top Safety Concern in Thailand
305. CAMBODITHAILAND: Foreign Tourists Rank Scams as Top Safety Concern in ThailandA Protests Thai Activity at Ta Moan and Ta Krabei Temples
306. INDONESIA: Prabowo Courts Islamic Leaders to Support Board of Peace Membership Amid Pushback
307. INDONESIA Probes Market Manipulation, Freezes Broker Accounts Worth $40 Million
308. MYANMAR Junta Turns to Pakistan Amid Rohingya Genocide Case
309. THAILAND Overtakes Vietnam as Southeast Asia’s Top Market for Gold Demand
310. INDONESIA: Military Training for Civil Servants Draws Mixed Reactions
311. INDONESIA: Indonesia Steps Up TB Campaign Under Prabowo as Cases Rank Second Worldwide
312. MYANMAR  Junta Calls Coup-Protesting Civil Servants Back to Work
313. PHILIPPINE Billionaire Manuel Villar Loses $1B in Net Worth Amid Market Manipulation, Insider Trading Complaint
314. VIETNAM’S Motorbike Market Leads Southeast Asia in Growth
315. INDONESIA: Education Fund Allocation for Free Meal Faces Legal Challenge
316. MALAYSIA: Why Malaysia, not Indonesia, is the Strategic First Stop for China’s Muslim F&B Entrepreneurs
317. MALAYSIA: Why Malaysia, not Indonesia, is the Strategic First Stop for China’s Muslim F&B Entrepreneurs
318. MYANMAR: Five Years After the Coup, Myanmar Is Worse Off Than Ever
319. VIETNAM: President Trump Welcomes Vietnam’s Decision to Join Peace Council
320. INDONESIA: Walhi Calls for Systemic Reform After 19 Fatalities Linked to Illegal Gold Mining
321. INDONESIA’S  Alcohol Industry Contributes Rp 9 Trillion to State Coffers
322. MALAYSIA: Majority of Respondents Favor Two-Term Cap Over 10-Year Limit for Prime Ministers: Poll
323. MYANMAR: Facebook Deletes 270 Accounts Tied to Myanmar Military’s Business and Propaganda Efforts
324. VIETNAM Confirms High-Potential Offshore Oil Discovery Off Southern Coast
325. CAMBODIA: Govt Swats Malaria, With No Cases for Seven Years
326. INDONESIA to Host Ocean Impact Summit in Bali
327. INDONESIA Logs $1B Food Delivery Growth, Region’s Highest
328. MYANMAR Nationalists Protest ICJ Rohingya Genocide Case in Yangon
329. SINGAPOREANS, MALAYSIANS Among Top Overseas Homeowners in England, Wales
330. INDONESIA: Land Erosion Worsens on Riau’s Bengkalis Island, May Alter Maritime Border
331. INDONESIA Boasts Strong Basis for Green Economy Transiti
332. MALAYSIA: Strategic Location and Incentives Give Malaysia Edge to Become Major Regional Maritime MRO Hub: Miti
333. MYANMAR: Voter Turnout Reaches About 55 % in Myanmar’s 2025 General Elections
334. VIETNAM: Hanoi Adopts 100-Year Master Plan Resolution
335. INDONESIA: Cambodia Scam Crackdown Sheds Light on Indonesia’s Employment Gaps
336. INDONESIA: Forest Areas Cited in West Bandung Landslide
337. MYANMAR: Min Aung Hlaing shrugs off criticism as military-backed party dominates Myanmar vote
338. PHILIPPINES: Duterte’s ICC Confirmation of Charges Hearing Set for Feb. 23
339. VIETNAM Lacks System to Nurture its 1 Million Autistic Children
340. INDONESIA: Reform Team Weighs Placing Police Under Ministry
341. INDONESIA: Rescuers Recover More Bodies from West Java Landslide, With 72 Still Missing
342. MYANMAR: Final Round of Myanmar Vote Set to Seal Junta Ally’s Victory
343. SINGAPORE Steps Up AI Ambitions with S$1b Public Research Investment
344. VIETNAM: Halal Race Heats Up as Vietnam Advances Certification and Trade Plans
345. CAMBODIAN Urges UN to Monitor Thai Military Abuses
346. INDONESIA: IMF Expects Indonesia’s Economy to Grow 5.1% this Year
347. INDONESIA’S Free Meal Program to Exceed McDonald’s Global Output: Prabowo
348. MALAYSIA: Starting School at Six: How Malaysia Stacks Up Against its Neighbors
349. MYANMAR: IPCM Calls for Immediate Release of 27 Journalists and Stronger Media Safety Guarantees in Myanmar
350. INDONESIA Accepts Trump ‘Board of Peace’ Invite
351. INDONESIA Joins Global Coalition to Grow Carbon Markets
352. MALAYSIA: Judiciary Sets Up Dedicated High Court to Handle and Fast-Track Corruption Cases
353. MYANMAR’S Gold Haven Evaporates as Junta Caps Surging Price
354. LAOS On Track to Graduate from LDC Status This Year: UN
355. CAMBODIA: Over 400 Indonesians ‘Released’ by Cambodian Scam Networks: Ambassador
356. INDONESIA Revokes Permits of 28 Companies after Sumatra Disasters
357. INDONESIA: Govt Pledges Central Bank Independence as Rupiah Hits Record Low
358. MALAYSIA: ASEAN Will Not Certify Myanmar Election or Send Observers
359. SINGAPORE Encourages Using Old Banknotes, Digital Red Envelopes During Lunar New Year
360. INDONESIA: Local Governments Propose 60 New Transmigration Areas
361. INDONESIA: Prabowo Nominates Nephew Thomas Djiwandono for Bank Indonesia Deputy Governor
362. MYANMAR Scam Job Vacancies Surge Despite Junta ‘Crackdown’
363. PHILIPPINES-Marcos Bares Major Malampaya Gas Find
364. VIETNAM: Hundreds of Tons of Fake Dietary Supplements Produced at Hanoi Industrial Park Over Decade
365. CAMBODIA Protests Thai Occupation of Thmar Da Area
366. INDONESIANS Love ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ Services
367. MYANMAR: Joint Myanmar Resistance Offensive Intensifies Across Bago Region as Multiple Fronts collapse
368. VIETNAM Police Bust $532,000 Crypto Scam Imitating Nasdaq
369. INDONESIA: Foreign Investors Put $53 Billion into Indonesia in 2025, Singapore on Lead
370. INDONESIAN Military Rescue 18 Freeport Workers From Rebel Siege in Papua
371. MALAYSIA: Better Than Singapore? How Malaysia’s ‘Balanced Economy’ is Winning Over Global Businesses
372. SINGAPORE, Indonesia Join Forces to Tighten Pharmaceutical and Clinical Trial Oversight in Asean
373. MYANNMAR: ICJ Hearings Highlight Role of Religious Propaganda in Rohingya Genocide
374. CAMBODIA Braces for Prolonged Border Displacement Crisis
375. INDONESIA: Ten Years after Sarinah Attack, Indonesia’s Fight Against Terror Moves Online
376. INDONESIA: Sri Mulyani Joins Gates Foundation Governing Board
377. MYANMAR: Civilians Face Widening Displacement Crisis: Myanmar Witness
378. THAILAND: New Thai Government Must Choose Between ‘Short-Term Handouts’ and Long-Term Growth, Economists Warn
379. INDONESIA: PDI-P Stands With Voters Against Indirect Polls
380. INDONESIA to End Diesel Imports in 2026 as Balikpapan Refinery Comes Online
381. MALAYSIA: Transport Minister Outlines Plan to Turn Penang’s Swettenham Pier Seafront Into Walkable Commercial Hub
382. MYANMAR: Rohingya ‘Targeted for Destruction’ by Myanmar, ICJ Hears
383. THAILAND: Politics Addresses Tourism Roadblocks
384. INDONESIA: Community Sentences Introduced in New Penal Code
385. INDONESIA: KPK Charges Tax Officials, Consultant in Rp 75 Billion Mining Tax Case
386. MALAYSIA: Key Questions About Malaysia’s Proposed Two-Term PM Limit
387. MYANMAR: Low Turnout, Intimidation and Attacks Mark Phase 2 of Myanmar Junta’s Election
388. THAILAND: US Bans Seafood Imports from Vietnam, Opening Door for Thai Exporters
389. INDONESIA: Prabowo Embraces Criticism But New Penal Code Draws Free Speech Concerns 
390. INDONESIA: Prabowo Declares End to Rice Imports as Self-Sufficiency Reached
391. MALAYSIA: Citizenship Amendment for Children Born Overseas to Malaysian Mothers Set to Take Effect Mid-2026: Home Minister
392. MYANMAR: USDP Wins Majority of Seats in Rakhine, Chin on Back of Advance Ballots
393. PHILIPPINES: Philhealth to Grant General Amnesty for Non-Payers: Marcos
394. INDONESIA: Democrats Back Prabowo’s Plan to End Direct Regional Elections
395. INDONESIA to Launch Waste-to-Energy Projects in 34 Cities
396. MALAYSIA: Here’s Why Social Media Firms May Come to Love Malaysia’s New Online Safety Act
397. MYANMAR: Yangon Residents Forced to Hoist National Flags for Independence Day Under Threat of Massive Fines
398. SOUTHEAST ASIA’S Five Richest Billionaires Hold More Than $135B
399. CAMBODIA: Plea for Peace as Thousands Remain Displaced by Border Encroachment
400. INDONESIA: Indonesia Enacts New Criminal Code, Regulating Cohabitation and Banning Marxism
401. INDONESIA: Do-Or-Die Year for Prabowo’s Free Meals Rollout
402. MYANMAR Junta Says to Release Over 6,000 Prisoners in Annual Amnesty
403. THAILAND Accuses Cambodia of War Crimes 
404. INDONESIA: Palm Oil Expansion in Papua Raises Eyebrows
405. INDONESIA Invests $500 Million in Novotel Makkah Deal: Hajj Village
406. MALAYSIA: Why Malaysian Campuses Are a Hit with Students from China, Bangladesh, India
407. MYANMAR: Life interrupted–Myanmar Gen Z Struggle With Threats Post-Coup
408. THAILAND: China Sends Special Envoy to Thailand and Cambodia Again Today to Mediate Border clash
409. CAMBODIA ‘Hires US Lobbyists’ 
410. INDONESIA to Fight For Zero Tariffs on Palm Oil in This Week’s US Trade Talks
411. INDONESIA: Prabowo to Inaugurate Rp 1 Trillion Hospital During Papua Visit
412. INDONESIA: Prabowo to Inaugurate Rp 1 Trillion Hospital During Papua Visit
413. THAILAND: Second Army Area Destroys Casino Compound at Chong Sai Taku
414. SINGAPORE Court Dismisses Challenge to Mandatory Death Penalty
415. INDONESIA: Govt Plans Major Rebuild After Sumatra Floods Kill Over 1,000
416. INDONESIA- Aceh Urges Govt to Allow Entry of Humanitarian Aid from Malaysia
417. MYANMAR Junta Leader Signals Enduring Military Role in Politics After Elections
418. THAI-CAMBODIAN Border Clash Exposes Expanding Arms Pipeline
419. VIETNAM: Hanoi Plans $212M Emergency Projects Before 2026 Rains to Stop Flooding
420. INDONESIA: Aceh Turns to UN Agencies for Recovery While Jakarta Maintains No-Aid Stance
421. INDONESIA: Sumatra Flood Deaths Exceed 1,000 as Regions Extend Emergency Status
422. MYANMAR  Junta Hits Back at Criticism of Military-Run Poll
423. THAILAND: Landslide Hopes Could Reset Thailand’s Three-Bloc Politics
424. INDONESIA: Danantara Signs Pact for Joint Investments in Jordan
425. INDONESIA: Two Firms Seek Licensing to Operate Crypto Exchanges in Indonesia
426. MYANMAR: Junta Forms Anti-Scam Body Amid Growing Evidence of Its Own Complicity
427. REGIONAL: 3 Southeast Asian Billionaires Makes Forbes Asia’s Philanthropy Heroes List
428. INDONESIA: Putin Meets Prabowo to Discuss Military and Energy Ties, Wheat Exports
429. INDONESIA: First-Ever Sling Load LPG Delivery Speeds Aid to Isolated Aceh Region
430. MALAYSIA: 15 Permanent Relief Centers Under Construction Nationwide for Flood Victims: NADMA
431. MYANMAR: Nationwide ‘Silent Strike’ Observed in Myanmar on International Human Rights Day
432. VIETNAM: Hanoi Prepares Charging Ztations, Subsidies Before Restricting Gasoline Motorbikes in 2026
433. INDONESIA: Death Strikes Stranded Evacuees in Isolated Sumatra Shelters
434. INDONESIA Halts Timber Transport Following Flood Debris Scandal
435. MALAYSIA: Preventing Corruption: Projek SAMA Urges New Law to Define ‘Political Donations’ and Stop Bribery Among Malaysian Politicians
436. MYANMARhttps://asiaviews.net/indonesia-halts-timber-transport-following-flood-debris-scandal/: As Myanmar Economy Sinks, Junta Grabs Lifeline From Europe’s Last Dictator
437. THAILAND Rejects Tariff Pressure in Push to End Cambodia Border Conflict: Sihasak
438. CAMBODIA–Thailand Military Comparison: Budgets, Personnel and Firepower
439. INDONESIA: Calls Grow for Indonesia to Accept Foreign Disaster aid
440. INDONESIA: Elephants Step In Where Machines Can’t in Aceh Flood Cleanup
441. MYANMAR Junta Boss Says Military Will Remain in Politics Until EAOs ‘Disappear’
442. VIETNAM: AI Xominates Vietnam’s 2025 Zearch Frends: Google report
443. INDONESIA  Launches Airborne Survey to Hunt New Oil and Gas in Sulawesi
444. INDONESIA: Nowhere is Safe: Women Remain Vulnerable to Violence Across All Spaces
445. MALAYSIA: PM Tells Works Ministry to Crack Down on Project Delays, Demands Accountability From Contractors
446. MYANMAR: PEC Demands Release of All Media Professionals Before Myanmar Polls
447. THAILAND: Second Army Area Warns Government Offices of Possible Cambodian Attacks
448. INDONESIA Won’t Phase Out Fossil Fuels: Hashim
449. INDONESIA: Eight Firms Called in as Deforestation Linked to Sumatra Disaster
450. MALAYSIA Passes Historic Anti-Bullying Bill 2025 to Protect Children, Set Up Tribunal
451. VIETNAM Plans Roadmap to Zero Hospital Fees and Free Annual Checkups for All Citizens
452. INDONESIA: Northern Sumatra Leaders Raise White Flag Amid Deadly Floods
453. INDONESIA: Why Floods in Sumatra Kill More People Than in Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines
454. MALAYSIA: Hunt Resumes: MH370 Search Back in Southern Indian Ocean from Dec 30: Transport Ministry
455. MYANMAR: Free Burma Rangers Training People in Burma to Save Lives in War
456. MYANMAR: Free Burma Rangers Training People in Burma to Save Lives in War
457. VIETNAM: HCMC Plans Vehicle Low-Emission Zones With Cash Fines for Violation
458. INDONESIA: Prabowo Vows Direct Aid for Flood-Hit Sumatra
459. INDONESIA: Local Demand Keeps RI Factories Humming as Exports Lose Steam
460. MYANMAR: Rights Groups Slam US Move to End Protected Status for Myanmar Nationals
461. SINGAPORE Says Local Doctors Make Up Over 90pc of its Workforce, Malaysians a Small Minority
462. VIETNAMESE Students in Australia Face Declining Employment Rates, Lower Salaries
463. INDONESIA: Pressure Mounts on Govt to Declare National Emergency in Sumatra
464. INDONESIA: Death Toll from Sumatra Floods and Landslides Tops 300
465. MYANMAR: UN Fears Mass-Electronic Surveillance During Myanmar Vote
466. SINGAPORE: In Singapore, a Hidden Crisis of Youth Homelessness
467. VIETNAM Offers ‘Best Conditions’ for Overseas Experts to Return and Lead Key Projects: Deputy PM
468. CAMBODIA: Education Minister Calls for Renewed School Ban on Energy Drinks to Fight Diabetes
469. INDONESIA: Northern Sumatra Floods Death Toll Rises to 84
470. INDONESIA: Trade Pact, Gold, Palm Oil: Indonesia Aims $4.2 Billion Export to UAE
471. MYANMAR: Farming Collapses Across Myingyan District as Conflict Deepens
472. THAI Hotel Chain RoomQuest Becomes World’s First Fully AI-Automated Hospitality Group
473. INDONESIA: Industry Wants Clarity on Indonesia’s ‘Haj Village’ in Mecca
474. INDONESIA: National Internship Program Hits 62,000 Participants in Second Wave
475. MYANMAR: KNU Raid on DKBA-Controlled Area Uncovers 2,000 Scam Workers, 733 Foreign Nationals Arrested
476. SINGAPORE Blocks TikTok and Meta Accounts of Australian Linked to Radicalization
477. THAILAND: Thailand Must Adopt New Laws to Meet Soaring AI and Data Center Demand: Business Leaders
478. INDONESIA: TNI Expansion Plan Raises Fear of Overreach
479. INDONESIA: Apindo Urges Government to Reinstate Predictable Minimum Wage Formula
480. MALAYSIA: Smart Upgrades and Quick Cash: How the Booming Used Phone Market is Fueling Malaysians’ Lifestyles
481. MYANMAR: Tensions Remain High Around Lashio After Handover to Junta
482. THAILAND – Immigration Police Target Visitors Making Multiple Visa Runs 
483. INDONESIA: Lively Libraries, Bookshops Defy ‘Myth’ of Low Reading Interest
484. INDONESIA: Indonesia to Allocate State Land to 1 Million Poor Households by 2026
485. MALAYSIA: Non-Consensual Sexual Content Now Top Online Threat to Malaysian Children: Unicef
486. MYANMAR: Leading Scholar Urges Thailand to Support Karen, Karenni Autonomy in Myanmar
487. SINGAPORE Charts Green Course for Methanol Marine Fuel
488. INDONESIA: Govt to Close Some 1,400 Illegal Gold Mines in Halimun Salak National Park
489. INDONESIA: G20 Declaration Gives Voice to Poor Nations, Indonesia Says Amid US Boycott
490. MALAYSIA is Neutral, Not Nosy: Putrajaya Rejects Accusations of Siding in Thai-Cambodia Dispute
491. MYANMAR: Junta Seeks SCO Lifeline in Moscow After Crashing Economy
492. VIETNAM: How Regional Discrimination Still Divides Vietnamese PeopleINDONESIA: More Than 1,000 Evacuated Following Massive Mt. Semeru Eruption
493. MALAYSIA: Anwar Calls on Youth in Malaysia and Africa to Shed ‘Colonial Mentality’
494. VIETNAM: 41 Dead, More Than 52,000 Homes Submerged as Historic Flooding Batters Central Vietnam
495. VIETNAM: 41 Dead, More Than 52,000 Homes Submerged as Historic Flooding Batters Central Vietnam
496. INDONESIA: ADB Approves $470m Loan to Accelerate RI’s Clean Energy Shift
497. INDONESIA: Microplastics Detected in Air Across 18 Major Cities in Indonesia: Study
498. INDONESIA’S $7.4 Billion Balikpapan Refinery to Start Full Operations in December 2025
499. MYANMAR Junta Chief Accuses Karen Armed Groups of Fueling Instability, Linking Them to Cyber
500. SINGAPORE: Record Haul of Rhino Horns Worth RM3.6m Seized at Singapore’s Changi Airport
501. INDONESIA: Batam Customs Uncovers New Ways to Smuggle Drugs From Malaysia
502. INDONESIA Uncovers Online Plot to Turn Children Against Pancasila, Join Militancy
503. MYANMAR: USDP Chair Claims Over 1,000 Party Members Killed Since Myanmar’s Military Takeover
504. THAILAND-MALAYSIA: Journalist Indicted in Thailand for Allegedly Defaming Malaysian Government 
505. VIETNAM: Facebook Removes 5.4 Million Scam, Fraud Posts in Vietnam
506. INDONESIA: Civil Groups Demand Halt to Criminal Procedure Law Revision
507. INDONESIA: Jakarta Is Sinking: Sea Levels Now Higher Than the City’s Coastline
508. INDONESIA to Receive Repatriated Artifacts From US
509. MYANMAR Junta Chief Awards Top Honorary Medals to Business Tycoons Linked to Junta
510. SINGAPORE: Lee Kuan Yew’s Son Files Last-Minute Objection Against Singapore’s Plan to Preserve Family Home as Heritage Site
511. INDONESIA: Non-UN Gaza Mission Risks Breaching International Law
512. INDONESIA: Vale Indonesia Achieves Best ESG Score in Company History, Ranks Among World’s 15 Best
513. MYANMAR: Targeted US Actions on Scam Centers Point to a New Burma Policy Favoring the Resistance
514. THAI Businesses Attacked by Spyware Over 21,000 Times in Six Months Amid Regional Surge
515. INDONESIA: Australia, Indonesia Agree to Sign New Security Treaty
516. INDONESIA: BI Expands QRIS Links to Seven Countries to Reduce Dollar Reliance
517. MALAYSIA: Langkawi Boat Tragedy Reflects Wider Regional Humanitarian Crisis: Home Minister
518. MYANMAR: Holding Myanmar Elections Next Month ‘Unfathomable’: UN Rights Chief
519. REGIONAl: Air Pollution Could Cost Southeast Asia Nearly $600B by 2050: Study
520. INDONESIA: Prabowo Honors Soeharto, Raising Fears of Authoritarian Resurgence
521. INDONESIA Mulls Repaying Whoosh Debt With Seized Corruption Funds
522. SINGAPORE: From 2026, Travelers Leaving Singapore By Air to Pay Extra S$1 to S$41.60 in Green Jet Fuel Levy: Authorities
523. MYANMAR Junta Touts Port Expansion, Trade Enforcement as Economic Pillars
524. THAILAND: Anti-Mining Network Demand Repeal of Thai-US Rare Earths MOU
525. INDONESIA: Police Arrest 27 Chinese Nationals in Online Scam Raid in Lampung
526. INDONESIA: Jakarta Deploys NaCl Cloud-Seeding to Curb Heavy Rainfall Risk
527. MALAYSIA: Not citizenship — What India’s Expanded OCI Actually Offers Sixth-Gen Indian Malaysians
528. MYANMAR: Blood Money Campaign Raises Concerns About New Gas Projects in Myanmar
529. THAILAND: Daytime Drinking Could Be Fined $300 in Thailand Under New Law
530. INDONESIA to Resume Shrimp Exports to US After CS-137 Contamination Scare
531. INDONESIA: Creative Economy Adds $90 Billion to Indonesia’s GDP as Investment and Exports Surge
532. MYANMAR’S UN Envoy Denounces Junta’s Digital Represion
533. THAILAND: Bank of Thailand to Launch New Credit Guarantee Mechanism to Support SME Loans
534. VIETNAM: Markets, Factories and Homes Devastated as Typhoon Kalmaegi Lashes Vietnam’s Central Region
535. CAMBODIA: Shifting Goalposts: Thailand Links Release of Cambodian Soldiers to Ta Krabei Temple Claims
536. INDONESIA: Prabowo Inaugurates $3.9 Billion Lotte Chemical Plant in Cilegon
537. INDONESIA: Culture Minister Submits Soeharto, Gus Dur for National Hero Recognition
538. MALAYSIAN Passport Climbs to 3rd Globally with Visa-Free Access to 174 Countries
539. MYANMAR: Nearly 2,000 People Arrested For Criticizing Myanmar’s Junta on Social Media
540. INDONESIA: Jakarta Targets 24 Hospitals Across Six Papua Provinces to Bridge Health Gaps
541. INDONESIA Plans Major Rail Expansion Outside Java Under Prabowo’s Infrastructure Push
542. MALAYSIA on Track to Achieve AI Nation Status by 2030, with 2026 as Turning Point: Gobind
543. MYANMAR: Bermuda and Cayman Islands Must Take Action Against Oil Companies for Suspected Myanmar Sanctions Breaches After JFM Legal Submission
544. PHILIPPINES: ‘Tino’ Flooding Kills over 40, Strands Thousands in Central Philippines
545. INDONESIA: Opposition Grows Over National Hero Title for Soeharto
546. INDONESIA: Prabowo Urges APEC to Tackle Online Gambling and Transnational Crime
547. MALAYSIA: Foreign Worker Numbers in Malaysia fall 13pc to 2.13 Million as Government Steps up Efforts to Reduce Dependence
548. Myanmar Junta, Russia Sign Mutual Visa Exemption Agreement
549. THAILAND: Google to Offer One-Year Free Google-AI Pro Access to 3 Million Thai students
550. INDONESIA: Opposition Grows Over National Hero Title for Soeharto
551. INDONESIA: Prabowo Urges APEC to Tackle Online Gambling and Transnational Crime
552. MALAYSIA: Foreign Worker Numbers in Malaysia fall 13pc to 2.13 Million as Government Steps up Efforts to Reduce Dependence
553. Myanmar Junta, Russia Sign Mutual Visa Exemption Agreement
554. THAILAND: Google to Offer One-Year Free Google-AI Pro Access to 3 Million Thai students
555. INDONESIA: $12b Boost to Banks Lifts Corporate Loans as SMEs Lag
556. INDONESIA’S Digital Economy Among World’s Fastest Thanks to QRIS
557. MALAYSIA: ASEAN Defense Ministers Approve Record Number of initiatives in ‘peaceful’ two-hour meeting
558. Myanmar’s Generals Step into Politics as Newly Minted Civilians
559. THAILAND: Raid on Chiang Mai Luxury Villa Nets 20 Chinese Scammers
560. INDONESIA: Govt launches small hydropower plants across eastern regions
561. INDONESIA: “Am I Really Authoritarian?” Prabowo Says He Often Watches Podcasts Mocking Him
562. MALAYSIA: Some Countries Won’t Aid Malaysia’s MACC Hunt for Fugitives Over Caning Laws: Azam Baki
563. MYANMAR: Sending Observers Would Risk Legitimizing Myanmar Election: FM Sugiono
564. THAILAND: Xi Discusses Thailand-Cambodia Conflict with Trump, Emphasizes Peace Efforts
565. INDONESIA: Scientists Discover Critically Endangered Tapanuli Orangutans in New Location
566. INDONESIA: Accommodating the Dead: Jakarta Faces Grave Shortage Crisis
567. MALAYSIA: Trade Deal with Washington Sparks Outcry in Malaysia Over Sovereignty Concerns
568. MYANMAR: MOGE and PTTEP to Drill New Offshore Blocks in Mottama Gulf
569. PHILIPPINES: POGOs Now Illegal
570. INDONESIA: House Calls on Government to Investigate Massive Illegal Gold Mining Near Mandalika
571. INDONESIA: Cambodia Not a Safe Destination for Migrant Workers: Muhaimin
572. MALAYSIA: Putrajaya to Deploy Over 10,000 New Teachers Nationwide from November, Parliament told
573. MYANMAR: ASEAN Not Sending Monitors to Myanmar Junta’s Election: Sources
574. VIETNAM: Over 1,000 MM Rainfall in Hue Shatters Vietnam’s All-Time Record, Sends Ravaging Floods Across Region
575. CAMBODIA, THAILAND Sign Historic Peace Declaration in Kuala Lumpur
576. INDONESIA: Land Conversion Puts Self-Sufficiency At Risk
577. MYANMAR: Open Letter to U.S. President Donald Trump
578. THAILAND: Year-Long Funeral Starts for Thailand’s Former Queen Sirikit 
579. TIMOR LESTE, Asia’s Youngest Nation, Becomes ASEAN’s 11th Member
580. INDONESIA: Prabowo’s ‘Indonesia Incorporated Vision Faces Test of Market Trust
581. INDONESIA: Over 100 Indonesians Flee Cambodia Cybercrime Rings, But Not All Want to Return
582. MALAYSIA: Anwar and Trump Set to Witness Malaysia’s Peace Deal for Thailand-Cambodia at ASEAN Summit
583. MYANMAR: Min Aung Hlaing’s Attendance at ASEAN Summit Uncertain After His Name Deleted From Malaysian Media Report
584. THAI Aromatic Coconut Industry in Crisis as Vietnamese Rivals Seize China Market
585. INDONESIA: Prabowo-Gibran Administration Gets Low Scores
586. INDONESIA: Police Monitoring Spread of Radical Groups in Batam
587. Prabowo Wants to Start $5.4b Waste-to-Energy Drive Soon so Bali Remains a Tourist Favorite
588. SINGAPORE Novels to Hit Bookshelves Across Southeast Asia Under Landmark S$3b Publishing Pact
589. Myanmar Regime Bans Election Campaign Rallies
590. INDONESIA: Forest Under Threat as Corporations, Military Gain Power under Prabowo
591. INDONESIA: Pertamina to Buy Oil from Indonesia’s Traditional Wells: Bahlil
592. INDONESIA: Prabowo’s Populist Policies ‘Disconnected’ from People’s Needs
593. MYANMAR: BHRN Says Myanmar Faces New Wave of Hate Speech targeting Muslims
594. Vietnam’s AI Talent Pool Needs to Grow 10-Fold to Lure Global Investors: Executive
595. Cambodian SMEs Call for Indonesian Investment Amid Growing Boycott of Thai Goods
596. INDONESIA: In first Year, Prabowo Tightens Grip, Redraws Political Map
597. INDONESIA: Prabowo Calls Free Meal Initiative a 99.99% Success Despite Setbacks
598. MALAYSIA Receives Global Zero Waste Special Citation Award in Istanbul
599. MYANMAR: Delusions of Grandeur
600. INDONESIA: Three Australians Face Death Penalty Over Bali Shooting
601. INDONESIA: Prabowo Launches 165 Free Boarding Schools to Break Indonesia’s Cycle of Poverty
602. MALAYSIA: Home Ministry Explains How Scam Syndicates Still Lure Malaysians Into Modern Slavery
603. MYANMAR: Why So Many Young People Work Voluntarily in Myanmar’s Scam Compounds
604. SINGAPORE Ties to Alleged Cambodian Scam Ring Under Spotlight 
605. INDONESIA Allows Foreigners to Take Leadership Roles at State Enterprises
606. INDONESIA Allows Resumption of International Carbon Trade After Four Years
607. MYANMAR: Forum 2000 Conference Reminds Audience of Aung San Suu Kyi’s Plight and Hosts Call from 2025 Nobel Peace Laureate
608. THAILAND: Second Army Area Postpones RBC talks indefinitely as Cambodia Fails to Submit Weapons and Landmine Plan
609. VIETNAM: Hanoi Company Injects Chemicals Into Buffalo Meat to Sell as Wagyu Beef
610. INDONESIA: Government Denies Prabowo Ever Intended to Visit Israel
611. INDONESIA Surpasses 2025 Oil Production Goal Amid New Exploration Push
612. MYANMAR Ethnic Organizations condemn military junta for destroying NCA
613. THAILAND, CAMBODIA to Sign Ceasefire at ASEAN Summit, Malaysia: Minister
614. VIETNAM inaugurates World’s 2nd Largest Waste-to-Energy Plant in Hanoi
615. CAMBODIA: CAPFISH Lays Groundwork for Cambodia’s First-Ever Fish Exports to EU
616. INDONESIA: Productivity Among Lowest in Region, Govt Launches National Push
617. INDONESIA: Jakarta Court Upholds Ex-Minister, Gojek Cofounder Nadiem Makarim’s Graft Status
618. MYANMAR Scam Cities Booming Despite Crackdown–Using Musk’s Starlink
619. THAILAND Launches 24-Hour E-WorkPermit Platform for Foreign Workers
620. INDONESIA: Militarization, Crackdown Fears Overshadow Cyber Security Bill
621. INDONESIA: Prabowo to Join Trump-Led Gaza Summit in Egypt
622. MYANMAR: Burma War: The Junta’s Arms Pipeline and How to Stop It
623. THAI Army Defends Psych-Ops Along Cambodian Border
624. SINGAPORE Becomes Launchpad for Chinese Food Chains Escaping Price Wars in China, Intensifying Competition and Driving up Rents
625. INDONESIA: Efficiency, Coordination at Risk as Government Expands Further
626. INDONESIA Issues Tsunami Warning After 7.6-Magnitude Quake Strikes North Sulawesi
627. MALAYSIA to Send Observers to Myanmar’s Long-Delayed Elections: Military Govt
628. MYANMAR: Thousands of Myanmar IDPs in Banmauk Face Food Crisis Amid Clashes Between SNA and Resistance Forces
629. THAI Influenza Cases Surge Past 700,000 With 61 Deaths
630. INDONESIA: Health Scare Taints Indonesia’s Export Reputation
631. INDONESIA: Why Indonesia’s ‘Golden Generation’ Could Stall Economic Growth
632. Myanmar Junta Accused of ‘Famine Warfare’ as Hunger Grips Karenni State
633. THAI Giant CP Group Targets Zero Food Waste by 2030
634. VIETNAM: 30,000 Troops in Vietnam Race to Rescue Families After Record Floods
635. INDONESIA: E-Waste Containers to be Reexported to the US: Batam Customs Office
636. INDONESIA: North Kalimantan to Get New Bridges After Residents Prefer Traveling to Malaysia
637. MALAYSIA, India Agree on Regional Standards to Protect Gig, Platform Workers
638. MYANMAR: HURFOM Report Exposes Rising Violence Against Women and Children in Southeastern Myanmar
639. SINGAPORE’S Digital Economy Reaches Nearly 20% of GDP, Creates 214,000 Tech jobs
640. INDONESIA: World Bank Pledges $800 Million for Indonesian Villages: Govt
641. INDONESIA: Breaking the Silence: Deaf Lawyers Make Judicial History in Indonesia
642. MALAYSIA: The Khairul Aming Effect: More Young Malaysians Choosing Business Over Salaried Jobs
643. MYANMAR: Buddhist Monk Accused of Kidnapping Men for Myanmar Military Service
644. THAI Army Presents Discovery of 200 Landmines to ASEAN Observers
645. INDONESIA: Govt Rushes to Clean Up Cesium-137 Spill in Banten
646. INDONESIA: Meteor Falls Into Java Sea, Sparks Bright Fireball and Loud Boom Over Cirebon
647. MYANMAR Airstrikes and Internet Blackouts Hit 123 Townships, Leaving Civilians Vulnerable
648. THAILAND: Highways Department asks Google Maps to Update Routes After Viral “lost” Incident
649. VIETNAM: 30 Hours of Isolation in the Heart of Hanoi Floods
650. INDONESIA: Government Confirms Widespread Radioactive Contamination at Banten Industrial Hub
651. INDONESIA’S Palm Oil Export Soars 35% to Over $16 Billion
652. MALAYSIA Sends Rescue Team With K9 Units to Philippines After Deadly Quake
653. MYANMNAR: Election Watchdog Warns Myanmar Junta’s Planned Polls Lack Credibility
654. THAILAND: Myanmar Refugees Now Allowed to Work in Thailand
655. INDONESIA: ‘Red terror’ Continues to Haunt Indonesia
656. INDONESIA: Legendary Shoe Brand Bata Stops Daily Footwear Manufacturing in Indonesia
657. MALAYSIA Launches New Digital ‘Posting Swap’ Platform for Nurses Amid Brain Drain
658. MYANMAR: China Sentences 16 Myanmar-Linked Gang Members to Death
659. PHILIPPINES: Cebu Shaken: Deadly Quake Kills 26 As Search Ongoing
660. CAMBODIA: Thai Eviction Signs in Border Villages Draw Censure, Fury
661. INDONESIA: Calls Grow for Meaningful Reform in Election LawRevision
662. INDONESIA: From Wartegs to Hotels, Jakarta Faces Resistance Over Smoking Rules
663. MYANMAR’S  AA Urges Dhaka to Probe Border Officers Backing Rohingya Militants
664. SINGAPORE’S Population Hits 6.11m, Driven by Rise in Non-Residents and Migrant Workers
665. INDONESIA: Golden Visa Investment hits Rp 48 Trillion: Govt
666. INDONESIA Deploys Nutrition Experts After Mass Food Poisoning in Free Meal Program
667. MALAYSIA Wraps Up Successful Asean Economic Ministers’ Meeting, Emphasizes Inclusive Growth
668. MYANMAR: Preservation Over Destruction: Why Myanmar’s Revolution—and Its Neighbors
669. THAILAND’S Ageing Society Threatens Fiscal Collapse and Drags Down Economy
670. INDONESIA: Prabowo, Megawati Ties in Question After Cabinet Reshuffle
671. INDONESIA to Disband SOEs Ministry Amid Danantara Expansion
672. MYANMAR:: Mosque’s Reopening Reflects Thawing Interfaith Ties in Rakhine Under AA
673. THAILAND Native ‘Ayam Bangkok’ Chickens Fetch Premium Prices in Indonesia
674. SINGAPORE Gives Meta Sept 30 Deadline to Curb Facebook Scams Impersonating Govt Officials
675. INDONESIA: Prabowo Pushes Two-State Solution, Multilateralism in Debut UNGA Speech
676. INDONESIA: What is Sumitronomics? Indonesia’s Blueprint to 8% Growth
677. MYANMAR: Rights Group Warns US Aid Cuts Could Kill 200,000 in Myanmar
678. SINGAPORE to Introduce QR-Coded Halal Certificate from Oct 1, Replacing Physical Versions by March 2026
679. THAILAND: Foreign Investment in EEC Exceeds 660 Billion Baht: BOI
680. INDONESIA: Prabowo Offers 20,000 Troops for Post-War Gaza
681. INDONESIA Halts 190 Mining Concessions for Breaching Environmental Rules
682. MYANMAR: AA Chief Accuses Bangladesh Officials of Inciting Rohingya Insurgent Attacks
683. THAILAND: Chinese Flock to Vietnam Due to Thailand Safety Fears
684. VIETNAM: Vingroup Establishes 3rd Robotics Company
685. INDONESIA: Prabowo Gives Nusantara Certainty With New Regulation
686. INDONESIA: Govt Orders Evaluation After 5,000 Poisonings Cases in Free Nutritious Meals Program
687. MYANMAR Junta Eases Election Rules to Keep Parties in Race
688. PHILIPPINES: Super Typhoon Ragasa barrels through northern Philippines, triggers alerts across Asia
689. THAILAND: IMF advises Thailand to reinstate 60% debt ceiling
690. INDONESIA: Policy Gaps, Crackdowns Squeeze Rice Millers as Prices Soar
691. INDONESIA Mulls Reallocating Unspent Free Meal Program Money
692. MALAYSIA: Malaysian Bar brings free legal advice and public services to KL Sentral with first-ever MyBar Carnival 2025
693. MYANMAR: Clashes on Myanmar–Thailand border Mark Nine Months of Fighting, Casualties Mount on Both Sides
695. PHILIPPINES: Tens of Thousands Join Anti-Corruption Protests in Metro Manila
696. INDONESIA Revises 2026 Budget Following Appointment of New Finance Minister
697. INDONESIA: Bali Shuts Down Russian-Owned Factory Built on Protected Mangrove Land
698. MALAYSIA to Exempt Some Palestinian Farm and Food Products From Customs Duties:Tengku Zafrul
699. MYANMAR: OCHA details severe humanitarian access constraints across Myanmar
700. THAILAND: Transnational Illegal Logging Network Busted in Nong Khai
701. INDONESIA: Reshuffle Sees Prabowo, Allies Close Ranks
702. INDONESIA: Medan Reaffirms Humanitarian Support for Refugees
703. MYANMAR Junta’s Election Commission Excludes Key Southern Rakhine Areas from No-Election List Ahead of December Polls
704. THAILAND: B10,000 Fine for Drinking in Pubs After Hours
705. VIETNAM Ranked 5th Best Country for Expats in 2025
706. INDONESIA: Constitutional Court to Rule on Challenges to Military Law
707. INDONESIA: Energy Minister Tells Shell, BP, Vivo to Rely on Pertamina for Fuel Supply
708. MALAYSIA: Enough for 12 Million Users: Cops Seize 3.6 Tons of Ecstasy Worth Almost RM600m in Kepong, Dataran Templer
709. MYANMAR: Ruling Generals, Ministers to Dominate Myanmar Military’s Proxy Party Candidate List
710. INDONESIA Rolls Out $1 Billion Stimulus to Boost Jobs and Consumption
711. INDONESIA: Jakarta’s ‘Invisible’ Lives: Undocumented Coastal Children
712. Myanmar Citizens Fear More Harassment, Violence as Election Nears
713. THAI Banks Pledge Urgent Action to Unblock Accounts Amid Fraudulent Transfer Crisis
714. VIETNAM: Southeast Asian Languages to be Increasingly Taught in Vietnamese Schools
715. INDONESIA Sees $869M Outflow After Cabinet Reshuffle
716. INDONESIA: Bali Takes Massive Economic Hit from Worst Flooding in Years
717. MALAYSIA: Anwar Joins World Islamic Leaders at Doha Summit on Gaza Crisis, to Voice Malaysia’s Stand Tonight
718. MYANMAR: UNICEF Condemns Deadly Attack on Rakhine School
719. THAILAND: DES Urges Calm Amid Locked Bank Accounts
720. INDONESIA: Prabowo to Set Up Commission for Police Reform
721. INDONESIA: Social Media as Town Square, Battleground in Indonesia’s Protests
722. MYANMAR: Democracy as a Cage: Myanmar Junta’s Election Gambit and the Opposition’s Self
723. THAILAND: Reopening Border Needs Military, Local Input: Bhumjaithai Deputy Leader
724. VIETNAM: Cyberattack Signs Detected at Vietnam’s National Credit Database
725. INDONESIA: Sjafrie’s New Post Shows Prabowo’s Reliance on Military Figures
726. INDONESIA: At Least Nine Dead, Two Missing After Severe Floods Sweep Across Bali
727. MYANMAR: Chinese Technology Company Helps Track the Location of Over 33 Million Myanmar Internet Users in Real-time
728. THAILAND: Shinawatras in Legal Crossfire: Father’s Case Ends, Daughter Faces 5 More
729. INDONESIA: Power Consolidation In Motion Behind Cabinet Shake-up
730. INDONESIA: Papua Police Arrest Four Chinese Nationals Over Illegal Gold Mining
731. MALAYSIA: Dr Mahathir Under Scrutiny: MACC Teams Up with UK Anti-Graft Agency to Track Alleged Assets Overseas
732. MYANMAR: Junta-Allied Karen Warlords Hit by US Sanctions Over Myanmar’s Scam City
733. THAILAND and INDONESIA Trail ASEAN as Political Instability Stifles Growth
734. INDONESIA: Sri Mulyani Left Cabinet After Weeklong Unrest in Indonesia In a Major Reshuffle
735. INDONESIA: Sri Mulyani’s Successor Told to Tax the Superrich, Restructure Debt
736. MYANMAR: NLD Urges International Intervention for Medical Care and Release of Aung San Suu Kyi
737. THAILAND: Supreme Court Orders Thaksin to Return and Serve One-Year Jail
738. VIETNAM Emerges as Top Alternative to Thailand for Beach Holidays
739. INDONESIA: Five Suspended Lawmakers Face Ethics Probe
740. INDONESIA Records Over 4,000 Earthquakes in August: BMKG
741. MALAYSIA: Anti-Bullying Tribunal Bill to be Tabled in Parliament this October: Azalina
742. MYANMAR Ambassador Urges UNICEF to Act as Children Suffer under Junta Violence
743. THAILAND: Royal Command Appoints Anutin Charnvirakul as Prime Minister of Thailand
744. CAMBODIA: Foreign Ministry Decries Thai Eviction Plans for Cambodian Villagers
745. INDONESIA: Ex-Minister Nadiem Makarim Detained Over Chromebook Procurement Scandal
746. MYANMAR: UWSA Neutered: Myanmar’s Revolutionary Driving Force Derailed by China
747. SINGAPORE to Issue First Directive Under New Law, Orders Meta To Act on Scam Ad
748. INDONESIA: Unrest ‘Wake-Up Call’ for Prabowo to Address Public Grievances
749. INDONESIA: Gov’t Told to Be Transparent with Economic Data
750. MALAYSIA: Bahasa Malaysia-Based AI in the Works as Govt Pushes Digital Sovereignty Agenda
751. MYANMAR: Nine Parties to Run Nationwide in Myanmar’s Planned Election
752. VIETNAM: For Many Women in Vietnam, the New IVF rule is a Long-Awaited Lifeline
753. INDONESIA: Violent Crackdown on Protests Sparks Outcry
754. INDONESIA: Asset Forfeiture Law: A Way to Gain Public and Investors’ Trust
755. Myanmar Junta Boss Schedules Chengdu Meeting with Chinese Investors
756. THAILAND Pledges ‘Secure, Sustainable’ Energy Transition at Global Summit
757. VIETNAM: Hanoi Sets Record for National Day Holiday Visitors and Revenue
758. INDONESIA: Jakarta Regains Calm Under Heavy Security
759. INDONESIA: Starting Today, All Travelers to Indonesia Must File Declarations via New App
760. MALAYSIA: From Wage Regulation to Dispute Resolution: How the Gig Workers Bill Offers Safeguards for 1.2 Million Malaysians
761. MYANMAR: EuroCham and ‘MADE in Myanmar’ Seek to Support Myanmar Workers’ rights
762. THAILAND: New city Plan Exposes Ban Nong Chan Land Grab at Thai-Cambodian Border
763. INDONESIA: Prabowo Calls for Severe Response to Protests
764. INDONESIA: Businesses on Edge About Political Stability as Protests Turn Chaotic
765. MYANMAR: NUG Defense Ministry Reaffirms Ban on Child Soldiers in People’s Defense Force
766. SINGAPORE Govt Plans New Platform to Unite its Malay-Muslim Groups as younger Voices Grow Louder
767. VIETNAM: State Treasury has Disbursed Over $200M as National Day Cash Gifts
768. INDONESIA Presses Islamic Nations to Stop Israel’s Expansionist Agenda
769. INDONESIA: Central–Regional Divide Widens in Indonesia’s 2026 Spending Plan
770. MALAYSIA: Fighting Entrenched Corruption Remains Toughest Challenge After Three Years in Govt: Anwar
771. MYANMAR: Rohingya Crisis Should Be Resolved Together: Yunus
772. THAILAND Accuses Cambodia of Using ‘Human Shields’ on Border
773. INDONESIA Urges EU to Lift Biodiesel Import Curbs After WTO Panel Backs Jakarta
774. INDONESIA: New Agency to Assert State Control Over Minerals Vital for Defense
775. MALAYSIA: Education Act Update Underway to Strengthen School Discipline in Crackdown on Bullying Cases: Minister
776. MYANMAR Junta Propaganda Vehicle Joins China-Led Media Bloc
777. THAILAND Becomes Regional Leader in Energy Transition: ABB Study
778. INDONESIA: Prabowo Banks on Danantara to Balance Budget
779. INDONESIA Shuts Down Banten Waste Plant Over Hazardous Imports
780. MYANMAR: Rohingya Refugees Must Wait for Justice Before Returning: UN Investigator
781. THAILAND to host Asia’s largest gaming event in October 2025
782. SINGAPORE Workplaces Struggle to Stamp Out Vaping Despite National Ban
783. INDONESIA: Bekasi Quake Shakes Jakarta Into Preparedness Debate
784. INDONESIA: Breaking: Deputy Manpower Minister Caught in Anti-Graft Sting
785. MALAYSIA: Parliamentary Group Drafting Hate Speech Guidelines to Reflect Malaysia’s Diversity
786. MYANMAR: Under Chinese Pressure, Myanmar’s UWSP Cuts Off Support to Allied Ethnic Armies
787. THAILAND: Thai Government Approves Major Digital Strategy
788. INDONESIA: Govt in Crisis-Control Mode Over Tax Hike
789. INDONESIA Targets Shadow Economy to Lift $145 Billion in 2026 Tax Revenue
790. MALAYSIA: What Iman Research’s Study Reveals About Young Malays’ Attitudes Towards a Plural and More Economically Just Malaysia
791. MYANMAR: Junta Abruptly Closes Thai-Myanmar Trade Bridge to Cut Off Rebel Funding
792. PHILIPPINES: Cockfighting Livestreams Thrive in Philippines Despite Ban and Murders
793. INDONESIA: Political Parties Divided Over Court Ruling on Direct Regional Elections
794. INDONESIA Shuts 1,800 Fraudulent Lenders and Investment Schemes
795. MYANMAR: Death Toll from Myanmar Junta Airstrike on Mawchi Climbs to 31
796. PHILIPPINES Spends Billions on Flood Projects, But Disasters Keep Killing
797. Cambodia Setting Sights on Muslim Tourist Market
798. INDONESIA’S  Shrinking Middle Class Threatens Growth, Consumption
799. INDONESIA: Religious Affairs Ministry Vows Crackdown on Intolerance
800. MYANMAR: Widespread Absenteeism and Dismissals Reported in Myanmar Junta’s Electric Power Ministry
801. SINGAPORE to Classify Vaping as Drug Offense, PM Wong Says
802. INDONESIA: ‘Life is Plastic’: US is Biggest Buyer of Indonesian Toys
803. MALAYSIA and ASEAN Push for Transparency in Myanmar’s Election Plans and Rohingya Crisis During Sept 19 Visit: Tok Mat
804. MYANMAR: International IDEA Calls for Global Rejection of Myanmar Junta’s Elections
805. THAILAND Gives Stranded Cambodian Workers 6-Month Work Permit Extension
806. INDONESIA: Bali Waste Cycle Aims to Scale Up to Make Recycling Profitable
807. INDONESIA: Incentives Needed for Mining Sector to Cut Emissions
808. THAILAND: Government Given Failing Grade on Corruption
809. THAILAND’S Tourism Boom Continues with 20 Million Visitors and THB937 Billion Revenue
810. CAMBODIA: Assessment reveals extensive damage to Preah Vihear
811. INDONESIA: Renewed Plan to Reinstate New Order-Style State Guidelines Draws Flak
812. INDONESIACould Raise $5 Billion by Taxing Its 50 Wealthiest Citizens, Study Says
813. MYANMAR Region Sees ‘Dramatic’ Hunger Rise After Aid Cutbacks
814. Singapore is Now World’s Second-Richest Country, Far Ahead of its Southeast Asian Neighbors
815. INDONESIA: Delay Triggers Fresh Demands to Scrap History Rewrite
816. INDONESIA: Shaky Regulations, Finances Stall Coal Miners’ Transition to ‘Green’ Investment
817. INDONESIA: Jakarta Governor Signs Sister City Agreement with Kuala Lumpur
818. MYANMAR: AA Rejects Junta’s Planned Election in Rakhine
819. THAILAND: Cambodia Crisis Hits Thai Brands, Disrupts Logistics and Halts Ad Spending
820. INDONESIA Revives Deputy Commander Role After 25 Years, Promotes Elite Force Chiefs to Three-Star Rank
821. INDONESIA:  Bali Immigration Forms a Special Task Force to Crack Down on Unruly Tourists
822. MYANMAR: Nine Killed and 28 Injured in Hpakant as Myanmar Military Shelling Hits civilian Areas
823. VIETNAM: Inside the world of Vietnamese Crypto Investigators Tackling Billion-Dollar Hacks
824. SINGAPORE at Increased Risk of Chikungunya as Cases Double in 2025, Health Agency Warns
825. INDONESIA Readies Island Medical Facility for 2,000 Wounded Gazans
826. INDONESIA: More Than Half a Million Social Assistance Recipients Suspected of Online Gambling
827. Myanmar Junta Hires US Lobby Firm in Bid to Boost Ties With Washington
828. THAILAND and CAMBODIA Sign 13-Point Ceasefire Agreement 
829. VIETNAM to Identify, Focus on 3 Strategic Technology Products
830. INDONESIA Unfreezes 122 Million Dormant Accounts as Online Gambling Transactions Near $60 Billion
831. INDONESIA: US Agrees to Grant 0% Tariff on Indonesian Copper: Minister
832. MYANMAR Junta Launches Street Phone Checks as Cybersecurity Law Takes Effect
833. THAILAND: Health Ministry Estimates 146 Million Baht Damage, Plans Lawsuit Against Cambodia
834. VIETNAM Installs First Domestically Owned International Internet Cable
835. INDONESIA Has $129 Billion to Spend — And Just Six Months to Do It
836. INDONESIA Readies Gaza Rice Delivery as Israeli Attacks Persist
837. MYANMAR: Press Freedom Concerns Raised after Myanmar Military-Linked Press Council Signs MOU With Thai Press Body
838. PHILIPPINES: Marcos Suspends Rice Importation for 60 Days
839. THAILAND: ‘Economic Animal’ in Luxury Leather
840. INDONESIA: Pardons Cast Doubt Over Prabowo’s Anticorruption Commitment
841. INDONESIA Kicks Off Health Screening for 58 Million Students Nationwide
842. MALAYSIA: Manga With a Malaysian Soul: How Rise Production Blends Local Folklore with Japanese Style and Modern Storytelling
843. MYANMAR Junta Ramps Up Rhetoric Against Timor Leste
844. THAILAND and Cambodia Begin Crucial Border Talks in Malaysia
845. VIETNAM targets domestic semiconductor chip production by 2027: PM
846. CAMBODIA: ASEAN Interim Observer En Route to Monitor Border Ceasefire
847. INDONESIA: Danantara Unveils Sweeping Reforms for SOE Executive Bonuses, Incentives
848. INDONESIA: RI Manufacturers See Tough Times Ahead as Higher US Tariffs Kick In
849. MYANMAR: European Anti-Jamming Tech Found in Myanmar Military Drones, CAR Report Reveals
850. THAI CEOs Unveil Survival Strategies as Trump Tariffs Threaten Economic Growth
851. INDONESIA: Mining Industry Leaders Highlight Challenges to Reaching Net Zero Emissions
852. INDONESIA Struggles with Regulatory, Infrastructure Gaps in AI Adoption
853. MYANMAR Regime Sets More Traps to Guarantee Election Win
854. SINGAPORE: Terror Threat to Singapore Remains High Amid AI Risks, Rising youth Radicalization: Home Affairs Report
855. THAI Cyber Agency Rushes to Bolster Media Defenses Against Escalating Threats
856. REGION: Thailand and Cambodia Agree to Ceasefire After Five Days of Border Clash
857. INDONESIA to Slash Middle East Oil Imports in Favor of $15B US Energy Deal
858. MALAYSIA: Anwar Hails Asean Diplomacy as Cambodia, Thailand Agree to Ceasefire After Malaysia Meet
859. MYANMAR: 17 Political Prisoners Have Died in Myanmar in 2025 Due to Lack of Medical CareTHAI Delegation to Hold Urgent Talks with Cambodia in Malaysia on July 28
860. THAI Army Accuses Cambodia of Breaking Truce
861. CAMBODIA: Mine Action Authority Warn of ‘Cruel Shadow’ of Thai Cluster
862. INDONESIA Welcomes France’s Recognition of Palestine
863. INDONESIA: Poverty Rate Falls Nationwide — Except in Papua and Maluku
864. MYANMAR Rights Group Demands Chinese Sanctions
865. THAI Delegation to Hold Urgent Talks with Cambodia in Malaysia on July 28
866. CAMBODIA-Thailand Exchange Fire Along Border, Civilians Killed
867. INDONESIA-US Trade Deal Possible Threat to Data Sovereignty
868. MYANMAR Junta Looks for Foreign Energy Investment
869. THAI Military Raises Concerns Over Hun Sen’s Role in Ordering Attacks on Thai Civilians
870. VIETNAM Urges Thailand, Cambodia to Refrain From Using Force
871. INDONESIA to Exempt US Companies from Local Content Requirement
872. INDONESIA: Layoffs Surge in Manufacturing, Retail, Govt Data Suggest
873. MYANMAR: Armed Groups Warn Myanmar Junta Election Staff
874. THAILAND: Countdown to US Tariff, 7 Thai Industries at risk, Millions of Jobs on the Line
875. VIETNAM: HCMC Unveils Ambitious Plan to Replace 400,000 Gasoline Motorbikes with EVs
876. INDONESIA: ASEAN Urged to Focus on People Amid Challenges
877. INDONESI Draws $58 Billion in H1 Investment, Fueled by Downstream Expansion
878. MALAYSIA: Swiped into routine: How China-inspired apps redefine Malaysian daily life
879. MYANMAR- Thailand Lodges Protest After Suspected Myanmar Junta Drone Found in Tak
880. VIETNAM Ranks 6th Globally in AI Openness
881. INDONESIA Exporters Seek to Split Tariffs with US Buyers to Ensure Demand
882. INDONESIA: Polytron Starts Mass Production of Electric Vehicles in West Java
883. MYANMAR: Conjuring an Election Illusion in War-Torn Shan
884. THAI Foreign Ministry Condemns Cambodia over Landmine Incident, Urges Accountability
885. VIETNAM: 300 Rescuers Join Overnight Search for Victims of Capsized Ha Long Bay Cruise Boat
886. INDONESIA: Bali Emerges as Major Hot Spot for Transnational Drug Trafficking: BNN
887. INDONESIA: Foreign Hospitals Cleared to Operate in Indonesia as Prabowo Targets Healthcare Upgrade
888. MYANMAR: Arakan Rohingya National Council (ARNC) Formed to Reclaim Identity and Seek Justice
889. SINGAPORE Ranks Among World’s Top Cities for Tech Talent
890. THAILAND: Chinese Tourist Numbers Plummet, Malaysia Overtakes Thailand in ASEAN Race
891. INDONESIA to Pay 19% US Tariffs in Exchange for Full Market Access, Boeing Jets
892. INDONESIA: Jakarta Governor Makes Historic Debut at UN Forum on Sustainable Development
893. MALAYSIA: Freedom of Information Act to be tabled by year end to boost transparency: Anwar
894. MYANMAR and Russian Regimes Push Indian Trade Corridor to Bypass Western Sanctions
895. VIETNAM: 59 Vietnamese Arrested in Laos Over Large-Scale Scam Syndicate
896. CAMBODIA to Enforce Military Conscription Law in 2026
897. INDONESIA: BPJS Kesehatan Proves Equal Healthcare Access Is Possible Across Indonesia
898. INDONESIA: Starlink Pauses New Customer Sign-Ups in Indonesia
899. MYANMAR: Burma’s Cyber Scam Centers: A Global Security Crisis, Now Targeting Americans
900. THAILAND: Temple Donation Loopholes Spark Concern Over Corruption and Money Laundering Risks
901. INDONESIA: EU Grants Indonesia Multi-Entry Schengen Visa as Landmark Trade Deal Nears Completion
902. INDONESIA: Free Boarding Schools for Poor Children to Open Across Indonesia Next Week
903. MALAYSIA Acts to Avoid US Sanctions Amid EScalating Global AI Chip War
904. MYANMAR: Hundreds of Myanmar Troops, Civilians Flee Across Thai Border from Karen State
905. THAILAND: US Blocks AI Chip Access to China, Warning Sign for Thailand, Malaysia
906. Cambodia expresses concern over construction of Angkor Wat replica in Thailand
907. NDONESIA: US Tariff Threatens 70,000 Textile Jobs in Indonesia
908. MYANMAR- A Atrike Leader Urges Urgent Reforms Within NUG to Sustain the Revolution
909. SINGAPOREANS Cross Border in Droves for Malaysian Durian Tours, All-You-Can-Eat Buffets
910. INDONESIA: Pertamina Inks MoUs with Exxon, Chevron to Sweeten Indonesia’s Tariff Offer
911. INDONESIA: Prabowo Assigns Gibran to Spearhead Papua Development, Rights Efforts
912. MYANMAR: Trump Tariff Letter to Myanmar Junta Raises Eyebrows, Risks Lending Legitimacy
913. VIETNAMESE Content Creators Earn Thousands of Dollars Monthly from AI-Generated Faceless Videos
914. INDONESIA: US Maintains Tariff Threat Despite Indonesian Concessions
915. INDONESIA: Trump Tariffs May Slow Indonesia’s Economy by 0.5%, Economist Warns
916. MALAYSIA: ASEAN Hits Back at Trump’s ‘Counterproductive’ Trade Tactics, Warns of Regional Instability
917. MYANMAR: Timor Leste Hits Back at Myanmar Junta’s Objection to ASEAN Membership
918. THAILAND Hit with Steep US Tariffs as Trump Escalates Trade Stance
919. INDONESIA: BRICS Revives Bandung Spirit to Unite Global South
920. INDONESIA to Send 10,000 Tons of Rice Aid to Palestine, Set Up Joint Investment Zone
921. MALAYSIA: Southeast Asia’s Most-Visited Destination Among Countries With Highest Tourism Growth
922. MALAYSIA: How Much Onions Do Malaysians Eat and Why is it Biting into our National Coffers?
923. MYANMAR People Skeptical of Junta’s Promises of Election, Peace
924. Cambodia-Thailand Border Dispute Resolutions Hinge on Agreements Stipulated in Franco-Siam Treaties
925. INDONESIA: Serving at Sea, PIS and DoctorSHARE Bring Hospital Ship to Serve Remote Communities in Papua
926. INDONESIA: Widening Deficit Spurs Calls to Curb Major Spending
927. MALAYSIA : Pay Up or Lose your Assets: Errant Ex-Husbands Face Seizures, Frozen Income Under Selangor’s Proposed Crackdown on ‘Nafkah’ Dodgers
928. MYANMAR: Making Connections in Myanmar’s Fractured State
929. CAMBODIA: Hun Sen Orders Halt to Strategic Imports from Thailand, Citing National Security concerns
930. Malaysia: ‘Some Starting in Primary school’: Hannah Yeoh, Says Synthetic Drug Addiction Now a Cabinet Concern
931. MYANMAR: Indonesian ‘Influencer’ Given 7-year Myanmar Prison Sentence
932. THAILAND: Public Outrage as South Korean Taxi Driver Suggests Thai Tourist ‘Pay with Body’
933. INDONESIA: Govt Targets 15,000 Barrels per Day from Community Oil Wells
934. INDONESIA Hopes to Join BRICS-Backed New Development Bank
935. INDONESIA: Women’s Growing Role in Drug Trade Raises Concerns in Indonesia
936. MYANMAR – Dying in Jail, Myanmar’s Political Prisoners a ‘Stain on ASEAN’s Conscience’
937. SINGAPORE Hits Record High in Renewable Energy Consumption
938. INDONESIA: Preventive Strikes Keep Indonesia Free of Terror Attacks Since 2023: Police Chief
939. INDONESIA: Raja Ampat’s Nickel Mining May Threaten Endangered Papuan Blue Orchid
940. MALAYSIA-Standard Chartered Sued for US$2.7B Over Role in 1MDB Scandal
941. MYANMAR: Federal and State Parliaments Express Grave Concern Over Health Crisis Facing Myanmar’s Political Prisoners
942. THAILAND-Constitutional Court Suspends Paetongtarn as PM Because of Hun Sen’s Clip
943. INDONESIA to Relax Import Rules as US Tariff Deadline Nears
944. INDONESIA Police Deploys Robots for Crime-Fighting and Rescue
945. INDONESIA: China to Keep Anti-Dumping Steel Duties on Indonesia, EU and South Korea
946. MYANMAR: Helping Myanmar Garment Workers Get a Fair Deal?
947. THAILAND: Thousands of Thai Cannabis Shops Face Closure Under New Regulations
948. INDONESIA: Separate National, Local Elections Starting 2029: Constitutional Court
949. INDONESIA Begins Construction of $5.9 Billion Mega EV Battery Hub With China’s CATL Consortium
950. MALAYSIA: Ganja on the Rise: Melaka and Cheras are New Drug Hotspots, Anti-Narcotics Data Shows
951. MYANMAR: Mizoram Chief Minister warns of strict action against lawbreaking Myanmar refugees
952. VIETNAM Issues Plan to Attract Top AI Talents
953. INDONESIA: Govt, House Staunch Defense Opens Court Battle on TNI Law
954. INDONESIA Stock Exchange Surpasses 950 Listed Companies, Profit Soars
955. MALAYSIA: Armed Forces Make History With Promotion of First Malaysian Chinese Three-Star General
956. MYANMAR: Malaysian Crackdown on Undocumented Migrant Workers Spurs Fear Among Myanmar Nationals
957. MYANMAR Junta Arrests State-Controlled MRTV Employee Over Aung San Suu Kyi Birthday Tribute
958. THAILAND Reclassifies Cannabis Bud as a Controlled Herb, Restricts Sales and Advertising
959. INDONESIA: House Shelves Gibran Impeachment Petition
960. INDONESIA: Gov’t Rolls Out 2025 Wage Subsidy to Support Up to 17 Million Workers
961. MALAYSIA: Anwar Backs Students’ Right to Protest, Tells MoHE and UMS to Protect Academic Freedom
962. MYANMAR: Shan State Takes Center Stage in Myanmar Junta’s Election Push
963. VIETNAM Designates Da Nang as Nation’s Inaugural Free Trade Zone
964. CAMBODIA: UN Expert Highlights Growing Synthetic Drug Threat in Cambodia
965. INDONESIA: Jokowi’s Health Draws Attention During Birthday Celebration
966. INDONESIA: Pertamina Says It Has Enough Fuel Supplies as Iran Threatens to Block Hormuz
967. Myanmar Junta Scrambles for Chinese Energy Investment as Lights Go Out
968. THAI Fuel Exports to Cambodia Worth Nearly 48 Billion Baht in 2024
969. INDONESIA Predicted to Grow Just 4.5 Pct This Year if Israel-Iran War Doesn’t Stop
970. INDONESIA: Forestry Ministry to Strengthen Enforcement at Tesso Nilo National Park
971. MALAYSIA: The Vanilla Farm That’s Saving LIves: Inside Malaysia’s Revolutionary ‘Halfway Farm’ for Former Death Row Inmates
972. MYANMAR: Satellite Images Reveal Alarming Rare Earth Mining Expansion in Myanmar’s UWSA Territory
973. INDONESIA: Papua Primary Target in Battle to Eradicate Malaria Nationwide
974. INDONESIA: 19 Suitcases of Cash Used to Buy Private Jet in Papua Corruption Case, KPK Says
975. MALAYSIA: ‘It’s Not Just Women’: Govt to Boost Fertility Rate With Inclusive Solutions: Minister
976. MYANMAR Junta Attacks to Reclaim KIA’s Jade and Rare Earth Strongholds
977. VIETNAM: E-Cigarette Users Could Face Fines of $120-200
978. CAMBODIA Firmly Rejects Thailand’s Unilateral Map in Border Talks
979. INDONESIA: Culture Minister’s Denial of Mass Rape in 1998 Riots Sparks Outrage
980. MALAYSIA: ‘We ate one egg between five’: Malaysian Haj pilgrims detail nightmare journey to Mecca after alleged scam
981. MYANMAR Junta Forces Recapture Kataingti Camp in Karen State After Months
982. THAILAND Ranks Lowest in ASEAN for Business Innovation: World Bank
983. CAMBODIA: All TV stations, Cinemas must stop broadcasting Thai films
984. INDONESIA: Tension grows between North Sumatra, Aceh over disputed border
985. MALAYSIA Named Top Muslim-Friendly Travel Destination for 10th Straight Year
986. NUG Confirms Construction of Two Bomb-Proof Underground Hospitals in Myanmar
987. THAILAND: Bangkok Reveals Smart Traffic Signals Reduce cCngestion Buy up to 41%
988. CAMBODIA: Legal Groundwork Underway to Take Border Dispute to ICJ
989. INDONESIA Opens $12.3 Billion in Infrastructure Projects to Global Investors
990. INDONESIA: Magelang Demands Eight Times Increase in Borobudur Visitor Limit
991. MYANMAR: How the Myanmar Military’s Propaganda Efforts Have Evolved Over the Decades
992. SINGAPORE: Jetstar Asia Closure: 4 Key Things Travelers Need to Know
993. Cambodian leaders condemn politicians for disseminating fake news on social media
994. INDONESIA: Govt is Redefining Poverty Line After Two Decades: DEN
995. INDONESIA Revokes Mining Permits of Four Companies in Raja Ampat
996. MYANMAR: PNO Orders Over 6,000 Residents to Relocate in Southern Shan State
997. VIETNAM: Qualcomm Launches New AI R&D Center in Vietnam
998. INDONESIA Ignores Its Middle Class in Latest Economic Stimuli: Analyst
999. INDONESIA: Controversial Discipline Program Sends “Unruly” Students to Army Facility in Bandung
1000. MYANMAR Junta Boss Thanks Protector China on 75th Anniversary of Ties
1001. THAILAND: Foreign Ministry Affirms Measures to Cut Electricity, Internet to Cambodia Remain
1002. CAMBODIA: Thailand Likely to Face Substantial Economic Losses without Cambodia’s 1.2 Million Migrant Workers in the Country
1003. INDONESIA: Three Nickel Mining Firms Accused of Environmental Damage in Raja Ampat
1004. INDONESIA Faces Brain Drain as Skilled Graduates Leave for Jobs Abroad
1005. MYANMAR: Aung San Suu Kyi: Enduring Relevance, Manipulation, and the Battle for Myanmar’s Future
1006. Thai Economy: NESDC Warns of SME Job Losses and Graduate Unemployment Crisis
1007. CAMBODIA: Anonymous Wildlife Crime Reporting Tool Launched in Cambodia
1008. INDONESIA: BI Revises Down Its Target for Sharia Financing Growth in Indonesia
1009. INDONESIA: Australian Government Issues Travel Advisory for Indonesia, Especially Bali
1010. SINGAPORE: Global Anti-Scam Blitz: 106 Nabbed, S$7.7m Seized in Singapore; Malaysia among seven countries in joint operation
1011. MYANMAR Farmers Lose Crops in Monsoon Flooding
1012. INDONESIA: Suspected Papua Rebels Kill Two Church Builders at Project Site
1013. MYANMAR: Burma Research Institute Urges Continued US Aid Amid Mounting Crisis in Myanmar
1014. THAILAND: Urgent Action After Myanmar Cargo Ship Runs Aground Near Surin Islands, Damaging Coral Reefs and Threatening Marine Life
1015. INDONESIA: Plan to Increase State Funding for Political parties brings calls for caution
1016. INDONESIA Faces $46 Billion Infrastructure Funding Gap Through 2029
1017. MALAYSIA: Federal Govt Unveils Kota Madani Township in Putrajaya — a 10,000-Home, High-Density Hub Powered By AI
1018. MYANMAR: Thousands of Children in Myanmar’s Earthquake Zone Have No Schools to go to For New School Year: Save the Children
1019. VIETNAM: Apple Removes 9,600 Vietnamese Apps from App Store
1020. INDONESIA: Prabowo Vows to Clean House Amid Calls for Reshuffle
1021. INDONESIA: Prabowo Alleges Foreign-Funded NGOs Aim to Divide Indonesia
1022. MYANMAR: Junta Troops Massing to Reclaim Myanmar’s China-Backed Pipelines
1023. SINGAPORE Woman Gets just S$1 in Divorce, But Ex Loses Bigger Share Over Misconduct
1024. THAI Entertainment Boom Forecast to Top THB 601 Billion Revenue
1025. INDONESIA: https://asiaviews.net/singapore-woman-gets-just-s1-in-divorce-but-ex-loses-bigger-share-over-misconduct/Bali to Ban Production of Bottled Water Under 1 Liter
1026. INDONESIA: Thousands of Indonesian Pilgrims Barred from Hajj as Saudi Halts Special Visa Issuance
1027. MALAYSIA: How Malaysia’s Discount Store Boom Minted its Newest Billionaire Lee Kar Whatt
1028. MYANMAR: Karen Offensive Seizes a Dozen Junta Bases Along Myanmar-Thai Border
1029. THAILAND: Bangkok Tops Global List as Best City for Remote Work
1030. CAMBODIA Faces Alarming Measles Surge Amid Regional Outbreak
1031. INDONESIA: Dalio’s Reported Exit Sparks Questions Over Danantara’s Game Plan
1032. INDONESIA Seeks New Study Destinations for Students Affected by US Visa Suspension
1033. MYANMAR: UN Warns of ‘Catastrophic’ Human Rghts Crisis in Myanmar
1034. THAILAND: Bangkok Gears Up for Thailand’s Largest Ever Pride Parade
1035. INDONESIA: Indonesia Open to Ties with Israel if It Recognizes Palestine: Prabowo
1036. INDONESIA: Court Orders Govt to Provide Free Basic Education in All Schools
1037. MALAYSIA: Even Closed-Door LGBTQ-Friendly Events ‘Against Societal norms’, Urges cops to probe and act: Religious Affairs Minister
1038. MYANMAR: Yadaya-How Myanmar’s Junta Boss Hopes to Hex His Way to Presidency
1039. THAILAND: Rising Demand Fuels Growth of international Schools in Thailand
1040. INDONESIA: Prabowo’s Papua New Guinea ASEAN Membership Pitch Likely Serves Jakarta’s Interests
1041. INDONESIA: Landmark Ruling: State Must Help Fund Private Elementary Schooling
1042. MYANMAR: JFM Releases List of ASEAN Companies Supporting the Myanmar Junta with Taxes, Jet Fuel, and Eechnology
1043. THAILAND: Safety Concerns and Structural Issues Hinder Chinese Travel to Thailand
1044. VIETNAM: Legislature Weighs on Abolishing Death Penalty for Drug Trafficking
1045. CAMBODIA- Civil Society Urges End To Victim-Blaming In Rape Cases
1046. INDONESIA: New History Book to Highlight Past Presidents’ Achievements: Culture Minister
1047. INDONESIA to Prioritize Jamu and Natural Medicines in Health Sector Transformation
1048. MYANMAR: ASEAN Urged to Prioritize Human Rights in Burma
1049. VIETNAM to Export Renewable Energy to Malaysia, Singapore via Submarine Cables
1050. INDONESIA: Govt’s Energy Deregulation Vow Draws Global Giants
1051. INDONESIA: Critical Op-Ed Retraction Tests Freedom of Expression
1052. SINGAPORE: AI Use in Singapore Classrooms Outpaces Policy, Raising Concerns Among Educators
1053. MALAYSIA: Why Malaysians Spend More on Groceries Than Anyone Else in Southeast Asia
1054. MYANMAR: UNHCR Updates Show Ongoing Challenges for Displaced Individuals Following Myanmar Earthquake
1055. INDONESIA: TNI General Appointment as Customs Office Head Raises Question
1056. INDONESIA: Japanese Carmakers Look Elsewhere, as RI Bioethanol Lags Behind
1057. MYANMAR: India Asked to Probe Myanmar Rebel Deaths
1058. SINGAPORE University Tops Asia for Ultra-Wealthy Alumni, Beating China’s Tsinghua
1059. THAI Gemstone Exports Face Uncertainty Amid U.S. Tariff Hike, Risk Losing Ground to Vietnam and Sri Lanka
1060. Cambodia, Hollywood Studio in Deal to Boost Creative Economy
1061. INDONESIA: House Speaker Puan Warns Government Against Whitewashing History
1062. INDONESIA Aims to Cut Poverty Rate Below 7.5 Pct by 2026
1063. MYANMAR: We Can’t Help You, Myanmar Junta Tells Striking Workers at Adidas Factory
1064. VIETNAM Hit Hardest by Brute-Force Cyberattacks in Southeast Asia
1065. INDONESIA: Over 28,000 Accounts Blocked in Crackdown on Online Gambling: PPATK
1066. INDONESIA: Rescue Teams Search for 19 People After Landslide at Gold Mine in Papua
1067. MYANMAR Political Parties Fear Mass Boycott of Junta’s Election
1068. PHILIPPINES: Marcos Willing to Reconcile with Dutertes
1069. THAILAND: Bangkok–Kuala Lumpur Direct Train Service To Resume This Year
1070. INDONESIA: Prabowo: No Second Term If I Fail the First
1071. INDONESIA: Hotels Demand Crackdown On Unlicensed Rentals in Bali
1072. MYANMAR Junta likely to Form New ‘Interim Government’ in July Ahead of Year-End Elections
1073. SINGAPORE: Made-in-Singapore antibody test for multiple viruses now used worldwide
1074. THAILAND Among Top 10 Nations with Significant LGBTQI+ Population
1075. CAMBODIA: GDCE Cracks Whip Over Illegal Durian Imports
1076. INDONESIA: Critics Slam Prabowo’s Smart Screens as Misplaced Education Priority
1077. INDONESIA: Judge Transfers Fall Short in Tackling Judiciary Corruption
1078. MYANMAR: Three Japanese Firms Ditch Myanmar Port Project
1079. Thailand Tourism Crisis Brews As Foreign Arrivals Continue to Declin
1080. INDONESIA: Concern Grows Over Project to Rewrite History
1081. INDONESIA: Will Nickel Be Indonesia’s Trump Card?
1082. INDONESIA: Lawmaker Warns of $1 Billion Deficit in National Health Insurance Due to Inactive Members
1083. THAILAND: Power Struggles Put Thai PM in Political Crosshairs
1084. PHILIPPINES: 29 kg of Meth Disguised As Durian Seized in Philippine Drug Bust
1085. INDONESIA’s Top Islamic Body Rejects Proposal to Legalize Casinos
1086. INDONESIA: Jakarta Police crack down on thuggery, street brawls
1087. MYANMAR: 12 ASEAN Billionaires Fueling Myanmar Junta Terror Campaign: JFM
1088. PHILIPPINES: Vote and Vanish? Study Says Civic Engagement Drops After Elections
1089. VIETNAM’s Major Cities Push Ahead with Electric Bus Revolution
1090. INDONESIA: West Java to Provide Mental Health Services in All ‘Puskesmas’ Amid High Depression Rate
1091. INDONESIA Ranks Top 3 in ASEAN Competitiveness, So Why Are Investors Still Hesitant?
1092. MALAYSIA Must Use ASEAN Chair to Grow Halal Exports into 600 Million-Strong Regional Market: Zahid
1093. MYANMAR’S Ethnic Karen Face Food Shortages Amid Aid Cuts to Camps on Thai Border
1094. THAILAND On Track to Become Global Leader in Future Food: Experts
1095. INDONESIA to Cultivate 300,000 Hectares of Sugar Palm to Power Bioethanol Push
1096. INDONESIA: Police, Military to Crack Down on Rogue Mass Organizations
1097. MYANMAR Junta Chief Pledges to Protect Chinese Interests During Meeting with Xi Jinpinhttps://asiaviews.net/indonesia-police-military-to-crack-down-on-rogue-mass-organizations/g in Moscow
1098. INDONESIA: SOEs Law Raises Graft Oversight Concerns
1099. INDONESIA to Halt Refined Fuel Imports from Singapore
1100. MALAYSIA: Sixteen Foreigners, Including Children, Rescued from Forced Labor in Raids Across KL and Selangor
1101. MYANMAR: Mansat Villagers Urge TNLA to Address Unlawful Silicon Mining, Environmental and Social Harms
1102. VIETNAM Has ‘Significant’ Demand for US Goods: Trade Minister
1103. INDONESIA: Politics Creep into Military Ranks
1104. INDONESIA: Government Forms Anti-Extortion Task Force
1105. MALAYSIA: RM10,000 fine for TikTok post on racial, religious sensitivities, says MCMC
1106. MYANMAR Junta Calls New Ceasefire After Quake
1107. THAILAND: Southern Insurgency Escalates, Govt to Crackdown on Militant Leaders
1108. INDONESIA: ‘I’m In Charge’, Says Prabowo
1109. INDONESIA: Garuda Indonesia Grounds 15 Planes Over Maintenance, Financial Issues
1110. MALAYSIAN Travelers Can Soon Stay in China Visa-Free For Up to 90 Days Under New Five-Year Deal
1111. MYANMAR: US Imposes Sanctions on Myanmar Border Militia Over Cyber Scams
1112. SINGAPORE: Tech Billionaire Bill Gates’ Philanthropic Foundation to Set Up Office in Singapore
1113. INDONESIA: Miners Slam Chinese Smelters for Buying Bauxite Below Benchmark Price
1114. INDONESIA Annual Q1 GDP Growth Slowest in More Than Three Years
1115. SINGAPORE: Sexist, Racist Abuse of Women Candidates in Singapore GE2025 Draws Backlash From Gender Equality NGO
1116. MYANMAR: Sex-Based Violence Against Women and Girls in Myanmar
1117. VIETNAM: Thousands of Vietnamese Workers Scramble for High
1118. CAMBODIA: Troops Withdraw From Ancient Temple After Thai-Cambodian Talks
1119. INDONESIA: Impeachment Call, Abortive Reshuffle Hint at Internal TNI Tension
1120. INDONESIA: Beyond Statistics: Establishing a Poverty Line That Reflects True Hardship
1121. MYANMAR: Over 60 Villages Displaced in Bago’s Minhla Township Amid Junta Raids and Shelling
1122. THAILAND to Launch CB Disaster Notification System by Mid-July
1123. MYANMAR: Junta Boss Issues Labor Day Plea as Workers Desert Myanmar
1124. INDONESIA: Jokowi Faces Storm of Lawsuits Six months After Stepping Down
1125. INDONESIA: Foreign Investment up 12% yoy in First Quarter
1126. MALAYSIA Facing Severe Brain Drain with 1.86 Million Already Gone: Digital Minister
1127. MYANMAR Heritage Falls Victim to Quake
1128. VIETNAM Forecast to Become Second-Largest Economy in Southeast Asia by 2036
1129. INDONESIA Moves Toward Lifting Saudi Labor Ban Under New Safeguards
1130. INDONESIA: Indorama to Invest $2B in US as Tariff Talks Go On
1131. MALAYSIA and VIETNAM Vow Continued Humanitarian Aid for Myanmar Citizens: PM Anwar
1132. MYANMAR Marks Month of Misery Since Historic Quake
1133. THAILAND to Launch Delivery Drone Trials in Bangkok This Year
1134. CAMBODIA On Track to be Malaria-Free by September
1135. INDONESIA: LG Departure Marks Rude Awakening for Indonesia’s Nickel Downstream Dream
1136. INDONESIA: Free Meal Program Faces Hurdles on Food Safety, Funds Management
1137. MYANMAR Junta Builds a Surveillance State: report
1138. VIETNAM: World Bank forecasts Vietnam GDP growth at 5.8% in 2025
1139. INDONESIA: Govt Sticks to 5 Percent Growth Target Despite IMF’s Downward Revision
1140. INDONESIA: US Criticism of QRIS Baseless, Says Indonesian Economist
1141. MALAYSIA Indonesia to Explore Large-Scale Plantation Projects in Kalimantan and South Papua
1142. MYANMAR: ND-Burma Condemns Myanmar Junta’s Forced Enlistment of Women
1143. VIETNAM: US Representatives will Attend Vietnam’s National Reunification Anniversary: Foreign Ministry
1144. INDONESIA’S Largest Muslim Group Defends Halal Rules Against US Criticism
1145. INDONESIA’S Food Plan Risks ‘World’s Largest Deforestation
1146. MYANMAR Junta Troops Re-Enter Lashio as MNDAA Withdraws; Uncertainty Grows Among Locals
1147. THAILAND Cracks Down on Foreigners Using Student Visas to Work Illegally
1148. INDONESIA: Proposal to Name Soeharto National Hero Draws Opposition
1149. INDONESIA: Govt Vows to Trade with China as Usual Despite US-China Trade War
1150. MYANMAR: Women and Girls in Myanmar Face Deadly Dual crises following earthquake
1151. Thailand’s Central Bank Pushes for Inclusive Digital Finance in ASEAN
1152. VIETNAM: VinFast Delivers 400 e-Vehicles to Indonesian Dealers, Consumers
1153. INDONESIA: TNI Presence On Campus Stokes Fears of Shrinking Civic Space
1154. MALAYSIA Among Four Countries Hit by New US Solar Import Duties
1155. MYANMAR: Kim Aris Concludes U.S. Tour With Renewed Call to Action for Aung San Suu Kyi and Myanmar People
1156. PHILIPPINES: Law Signed Requiring Immediate, Proper Burial of Muslim Cadavers
1157. VIETNAM: Northern Region Sees Sharp Rise in Forest Fires in Early 2025
1158. CAMBODIA: Remembering the ‘Fall of Phnom Penh’ 50 years ago
1159. INDONESIA Weighs US Arms Purchases to Curb Tariff Threat: Bloomberg
1160. INDONESIA Aims to Halt Rice Imports in 2025 as Self-Sufficiency Improves
1161. MALAYSIA to Teach Thai, Khmer and Vietnamese as Elective Languages in Schools to Boost ASEAN Ties: Fadhlina
1162. MYANMAR: New Year Honors List: A Who’s Who of Genocide, Sanctions, and Misrule
1163. CAMBODIA: April 17, 1975: A Day of Long-Lasting Memories
1164. INDONESIA: Top US, Indonesian Diplomats Discuss Tariffs, Defense in Meeting
1165. INDONESIA: Trump’s Tariff Moves Push Indonesians Toward Gold and Real Estate
1166. MYANMAR’S Pushback Against Chinese Influence: Social Media and Street Protests
1167. THAILAND: Thaksin Meets Anwar, Myanmar Junta Leader at Bangkok Hotel Amid Tight Security
1168. INDONESIA: Two More Indonesian Geoparks Get UNESCO Recognition
1169. INDONESIAN Consulate Warns Against Unofficial Hajj Routes for 2025
1170. MALAYSIA: Rare Diseases in Malaysia: the Hidden Crisis Few are Talking About
1171. MYANMAR Junta Chief to Meet ASEAN Chair After Years of Being Kept AT a Distance
1172. PHILIPPINES-Security Tightened vs Kidnaps
1173. VIETNAM’S Largest City to Test 47,000 Public School Teachers for English Proficiency
1174. CAMBODIA: At Least 80,000 Indonesians are Working Illegally in Cambodia
1175. INDONESIA: Australia Asks Indonesia About Russian Request to Base Aircraft in Papua
1176. INDONESIA Hosts 100 Foreign Investors Amid Rising US-China Trade Tensions
1177. MALAYSIA PM says to Meet MYANMAR Junta Chief Over Quake Relief
1178. VIETNAM, CHINA Ink Pivotal Agreements on Railway, Road Cooperation
1179. INDONESIAN Embassy Urges Students in US to be Cautious Amid Visa Concerns
1180. INDONESIAN Embassy Urges Students in US to be Cautious Amid Visa Concerns
1181. MYANMAR Quake Victims Mark New Year Camped in Ruins
1182. SINGAPORE Slashes 2025 Growth Forecast to as Low as 0% Amid US-China Tariff War and Global Slowdown Fears
1183. THAILAND: BOT to Hold Financial institutions Liable for Call Center Scam Losses
1184. INDONESIA: Calls Mount for Transparency in KUHAP Law Revision
1185. INDONESIA Eyes Global Rice Export Market with Projected 12 Million Ton Surplus
1186. MYANMAR: India Rethinks Myanmar Policy Amid Border Shifts and Rising Tensions
1187. THAILAND Seeks Extradition of Former Buddhism Office Chief from US
1188. VIETNAM Administrative Overhaul: Planned Mergers to Reduce 63 Cities and provinces to 34
1189. INDONESIA: ‘We Are Not Trying to Displace Palestinians’: Indonesia on Gaza Evacuation Plan
1190. MYANMAR: Earthquake Destroyed 50,000 Houses in Central Myanmar: Junta
1191. THAILAND: BMA Outlines New Educational Guidelines for Disaster and Globalization Resilience
1192. VIETNAM-High School Students Create Semi-Automatic Durian Shelling Machine
1193. INDONESIA: Prabowo Says Revival of Military ‘Dwifungsi’ Nonsense
1194. INDONESIA-EU Seek Each Other’s Markets as Trump Tariffs Take Effect
1195. MYANMAR: Local Expertise Key to Earthquake Relief Amid Conflict in Myanmar, Report Advises
1196. THAILAND: Coffee Crisis Looms as Court Halts Nescafé Production in Thailand
1197. VIETNAM May Allow Dual Citizenship Under Amended Law
1198. INDONESIA: Prabowo Slams ‘Dark Indonesia’ Narrative, Warns of Nazi-Style Propaganda Tactics
1199. MYANMAR Suspends Tourist Visas After Quake
1200. THAILAND Plans to Restore Trade Balance with US: Finance Minister
1201. SINGAPORE: Crypto Ownership Climbs in Singapore, Gen Z and millennials lead shift: survey
1202. INDONESIA: President Prabowo to Distribute 1,000 Owls to Combat Rat Pests in Majalengka
1203. MYANMAR Junta Orders Earthquake Rescue Teams to Seek Prior Permission For Operations
1204. THAILAND Joins ASEAN Effort to Aid Myanmar Quake Victims
1205. VIETNAM Asks US to Delay New Tariffs by At Least 45 Days
1206. CAMBODIA is Open to Negotiation With US Over Tariff Hike, Offers to slash Import Duties
1207. INDONESIA: Prabowo Connects with World Leaders Amid Concerns Over US Tariffs
1208. INDONESIA Seeks to Negotiate with US over Trump’s New Tariffs
1209. MYANMAR: Rain Complicates Recovery in Quake-Hit Myanmar as Death Toll Tises
1210. VIETNAM: ‘US is Vietnam’s Largest Export Market, But There Are Other Buyers’: PM
1211. CAMBODIA Tops List of New Trump Tariffs, 49%
1212. INDONESIA Sends Medical Team and Relief Supplies to Earthquake-Hit Myanmar
1213. MALAYSIA: Trump Announces Tariffs on All Countries, including Malaysia at 24pc
1214. MYANMAR Quake Toll Passes 2,700 as Hopes of Rescue Fade
1215. THAILAND: Trump Tax Plan Targets Thailand as “Non-Reciprocal” Trading Partner
1216. INDONESIA: House Vows Openness, Public Participation in Police Law Revision
1217. INDONESIA: New TNI Law Could Bring Economic Consequences
1218. MYANMAR’https://asiaviews.net/indonesia-house-vows-openness-public-participation-in-police-law-revision/S Bloodiest Armed Forces Day
1219. SINGAPORE: Haze Returns to Singapore As Regional Hot Spot Activity Intensifies
1220. VIETNAM Approves 5-year Pilot Plan of Elon Musk’s Starlink Satellite Internet
1221. CAMBODIA: Cambodia Ranks Lowest in ASEAN Education
1222. INDONESIA Joins BRICS-Backed New Development Bank
1223. INDONESIA: Rupiah Hits Lowest Level Since 1998 Crisis Amid US Tariff Fears, Fiscal Concerns
1224. MYANMAR Junta’s Lottery Intensifies Conscription in Mandalay
1225. VIETNAM: Japan Turns to Vietnam, Indonesia to Tackle Truck Driver Shortage
1226. CAMBODIA: Nearly 1,000 Job Scam Cases Involving Indonesians Reported
1227. INDONESIA: Overlapping Responsibilities Loom Over Revised TNI Law
1228. INDONESIA: Flights Cancelled, Thousands Evacuated After East Flores Volcano Eruption
1229. INDONESIA: China’s Largest Coffee Chain Luckin Coffee Establishes Exclusive Coconut Island in Indonesia
1230. MYANMAR Junta Banks on Solar Miracle as Yangon Sinks Back into Darkness
1231. INDONESIA: ‘RIP Reform’: Democracy Advocates Sound Alarm Over Return of New Order
1232. INDONESIA: Papua Militias Kill Female Teacher, Injure Six: Authorities
1233. MYANMAR: UK Condemns Myanmar military’s escalating violence at UN Human Rights Council
1234. THAILAND: Censure Debate: PM Accused of Prioritizing Family, Allies Over Nation
1235. VIETNAM: Why Foreign Entrepreneurs Are Choosing Vietnam for Their Startups
1236. INDONESIA: Protection for Journalist Safety Remains Weak in Indonesia: Survey
1237. INDONESIA: Thai Ambassador Leads Business Delegation to Nusantara to Explore Investment Opportunities
1238. MYANMAR  Junta Arming Grassroots Militias to Control Urban Centers
1239. THAILAND to Propose Wat Arun’s Stupa as  World Heritage Site
1240. VIETNAM Enters Mobile Internet Speed Global Top 20 for First Time
1241. INDONESIA: Government Earmarks Rp 20 Trillion to Rescue Labor-Intensive Industries
1242. INDONESIA: Prabowo Instructs Minister to Begin Giant Seawall Project
1243. MALAYSIA: World Happiness Report: Like income, Malaysia stuck in middle
1244. MYANMAR: Scam Centers ‘Alive and Kicking’ in Shan State
1245. VIETNAM: People Queue Up for Hours to Buy Gold as Prices Surpass $3,900 For the First Time
1246. INDONESIA’S Stock Market Plunges While Others Shine
1247. INDONESIA: Sri Mulyani Reassures Investors on Prudent Budget Management as Stock Market Slumps
1248. MALAYSIA: ‘What Is Accepting 15 people?’: Malaysia to take in Palestinian Fighters Freed by Israel: Foreign Minister
1249. MYANMAR: Militants Killed Dozens of Rohingya Refugees Last Year: Watchdog
1250. SINGAPORE: First Solar-Powered Electric Boats to Ply Singapore River Next Month
1251. INDONESIA: TNI Law Revision Crosses Democratic Red Line
1252. INDONESIA’S  Business Sector Struggles Against Organized Extortion
1253. MALAYSIA: PM Anwar: Foreign State Immunity Act key to boosting investor confidence, protecting national security
1254. MYANMAR: Forcibly Displaced to Surge by 6.7 Million in 2025-2026: Aid Group
1255. VIETNAM: Asia’s Most Prestigious University Launches Exchange Program for Vietnamese Students
1256. INDONESIA to Lift Ban on Sending Workers to Saudi, Expecting 600,000 Jobs
1257. INDONESIA: Civil Groups Criticize Military Involvement in Drug Enforcement
1258. MYANMAR: WFP to Cut Food Aid to 1 Million People in Myanmar
1259. THAILAND Ranks 3rd in the World for QR Code Usage
1260. VIETNAM: UN Confirms Vietnam’s Deposit of Chart, Geographical Coordinates of Points for Baseline in Gulf of Tonkin
1261. INDONESIA: State Revenue Nosedives in January and February
1262. INDONESIA: Prabowo Considers Isolated Island Prison for Corruption Convicts
1263. MYANMAR: Aung San Suu Kyi’s Son Begins U.S. Tour to Urge International Action on Myanmar Crisis
1264. THAI Businesses Lead Asia’s Green Tech Surge: Alibaba report
1265. VIETNAM: VinFast Plans 100,000 EV Charging Stations in Indonesia
1266. INDONESIA: Dark Cloud Hangs Over RI Economy Amid Declining Confidence in Fiscal Policy
1267. INDONESIA: Foreign Investors Dump Indonesian Stocks, JCI Plummets as BBRI and GOTO Take Heavy Hit
1268. INDONESIA’S  Anti-Graft Law Allows Death Penalty, but Will It Ever Be Enforced?
1269. MYANMAR: What We Know About the Myanmar Junta’s Promise of Elections
1270. PHILIPPINE Armed Forces, Police On Alert After Ex-President Duterte Arrest, Transfer to The Hague
1271. INDONESIA: Outcry Against Nepotism, Cronyism in Government
1272. INDONESIA: East Java Police Foil Arms Smuggling to Papua’s Armed Group
1273. MYANMAR: UN Reinstates Aid to Rohingya Refugees in Indonesia: Official
1274. PHILIPPINES: Sara Duterte Flies to the Netherlands to Help Father in ICC Case
1275. VIETNAM: Singaporean Businesses Seek to Invest More in Vietnam’s Renewable Energy, Industrial parks
1276. CAMBODIA: Buddha Statue Body Found After Head was Uncovered in 1927
1277. INDONESIA: New Cars on the Block as Chinese Brands Extend Turf War to Indonesia
1278. INDONESIA May Allocate Up to Rp 5 Trillion for Free Boarding Schools for Underprivileged Students
1279. MALAYSIA: End of Cheap Palm oil? Malaysia, Indonesia Face Supply Crunch as Biodiesel Demand Surges
1280. MYANMAR: Chinese-Run Online Money Laundering Continues in DKBA-Controlled Areas of Myanmar Despite Crackdown
1281. INDONESIA: Govt Delays Monthly Budget Data Relay, as Experts Warn Likely Revenue Drop
1282. INDONESIA: KPK Flags Irregularities in Indonesia’s $4 Billion Free Meal Program
1283. MYANMAR: Karen BGF to Repatriate Approximately 1,500 Chinese Nationals Involved in Online Fraud
1284. THAILAND: Malaysians Urged Delaying Non-Essential Trips to Southern Thailand
1285. VIETNAM Aims to Make English Second Language For All Students by 2035
1286. INDONESIA: Tepid Middle-Class Growth Casts Doubt on Economic Ambitions
1287. INDONESIA: Police Foil Attempt to Smuggle 127 Illegal Workers Disguised as Umrah Pilgrims
1288. INDONESIA: Chinese and German Investors Eye Indonesian Bamboo Cultivation
1289. MYANMAR: Rohingya Food Aid to be Halved From Next Month: UN
1290. THAILAND: Chinese Business Wave Takes Over Sampheng and Pratunam
1291. INDONESIA: Prabowo Consolidates Ranks, Orders More Populist Policies
1292. INDONESIA: Factories Struggle as Indonesia Faces Industrial Challenges in 2025
1293. MALAYSIA: CCTV Now Mandatory in New Housing Projects Across Federal Territories: Minister
1294. MYANMAR: Putin Hails Myanmar Ties as Junta Chief Visits Moscow
1295. VIETNAM Considers Waiving Visas for Select Countries, Billionaires
1296. INDONESIA: Authorities Scramble to Contain Greater Jakarta Floods
1297. INDONESIA: Nusantara Authority Now Fully Works in New Capital
1298. MALAYSIA: Mocking Other Religions Is Against Islam, Jakim warns as Era FM Hosts Taken Off-Air Over Thaipusam Clip
1299. MYANMAR: Pressure on Thailand Grows as 200 Myanmar Deportees Fed into Junta War Machine
1300. THAILAND Eyes Health Industry As its Next Economic Powerhouse
1301. CAMBODIA: Ministry’s Report Sees Major Decline in Infectious Diseases
1302. INDONESIA: Govt Mulls Merging Pertamina Subsidiaries After Fuel Import Scandal
1303. INDONESIA: Deflation and Layoffs Weaken Indonesia’s Ramadan
1304. MYANMAR: ‘Made in China’: Inside the Myanmar Junta’s Intensifying Drone Offensive
1305. VIETNAM Considers Relaxing Its Two-Child Policy Amid Declining Birth Rate
1306. INDONESIA: Government Banks on Students to Preserve Indonesia’s Native Languages
1307. INDONESIA: Erick Thohir to Transfer $909 Billion in SOE Assets to Danantara
1308. MALAYSIA: From Trash to Treasure: What is Malaysia Doing With its Waste?
1309. MYANMAR: Min Aung Hlaing to Visit Russia
1310. VIETNAMESE Ethnic Couple Adapting to New Life After Spending 90 Years Living in Caves
1311. REGION: Whales and marine mammals thrive in Southeast Asia’s rich waters
1312. INDONESIA: Distrust in Danantara Sparks Online Calls to Switch Banks
1313. INDONESIA Has the Potential to Become a Key Player in the Global Halal Industry
1314. MYANMAR: Food Running Out for 100,000 Myanmar Refugees After US Aid Freeze
1315. VIETNAMESE Citizens Among 7,000 Rescued from Myanmar scam networks
1316. INDONESIA: Prabowo Inaugurates Indonesia’s First Bullion Bank
1317. INDONESIA, Malaysia to Form Special Team for Prisoner Exchange
1318. MYANMAR Embassy Urged to Assist Stranded Migrant Workers After Thai Authorities Shut Down AAC office
1319. THAILAND Issues Warning About ‘Zombie cCgarettes’ Amid RIsing Popularity in Bangkok
1320. INDONESIA Agrees to Terms with Apple to Lift iPhone Sales Ban
1321. INDONESIA: Danantara May Crowd Out Private Investment
1322. MYANMAR Junta Leads Global Regimes in Digital Repression
1323. SINGAPORE Sees Record Surge in Cybercrime, S$1.1b Lost to Scams in 2024
1324. INDONESIA: Pertamina Patra Niaga CEO, Six Others Arrested in $11 Billion Corruption Scandal
1325. INDONESIA: Media Violence Still Rampant in Indonesia, Latest Index Shows
1326. MYANMAR Junta Inks Deal With Russia to Kickstart Dawei SEZ Project
1327. PHILIPPINES: The Schools that made a stand for ‘People Power’
1328. VIETNAM Police Bust $78.5M Cross-Border Money-Laundering Ring
1329. CAMBODIA: 65M Year-Old Fossil Site Unearthed in Koh Kong
1330. Indonesia Seeks to Repatriate 270 Citizens Rescued from Online Scam Centers in Myanmar
1331. INDONESIAN Bus Driver To Be fFrst To Work Under New Japan Visa Status
1332. MALAYSIA, Indonesia, Vietnam and Thailand Become Partner Countries of BRICS
1333. MYANMAR: Over 15 Million People in Myanmar Face Acute Food Insecurity:UNOCHA
1334. INDONESIA: KPK is Sure Jakarta Will Meet Deadline For Extraditing Fugitive from Singapore
1335. Toyota Eyes Making Indonesia Manufacturing Hub for Global South: Hashim
1336. MALAYSIA: Starbucks’ Malaysian Franchise Holder Berjaya Foods Sees Revenue Slashed by Almost Half Last Year Amid Pro-Palestine Boycott
1337. MYANMAR: AAC Office Handling Migrant Worker Affairs Shut Down by Thai Authorities
1338. THAILAND: Internal Security Agency Increases Monitoring of Foreigners
1339. CAMBODIA Announces Implementation of Euro 5 Fuel Standards From This Year
1340. INDONESIA: TNI Law Revision Raises ‘Dwifungsi’ Fears
1341. INDONESIA: 37 Orangutans Rescued in East Kalimantan Amid Rising Human-Wildlife Conflicts
1342. MALAYSIA Plans Special ASEAN-US Summit to Reinforce Neutrality: Foreign Minister
1343. MYANMNAR: Junta Passes Law Allowing Chinese Security Firms to Operate in Myanmar
1344. INDONESIA: Prabowo Sees Major Protests Early in Presidency
1345. INDONESIA: Dewi Soekarno Renounces Indonesian Citizenship, Enters Japan’s Political Race
1346. MALAYSIA: Citizenship for Malaysian Mums’ Kids: Family Frontiers, Govt Look Into Settling Case before Federal Court’s March 10 Hearing
1347. MYANMAR: Human Rights Myanmar Submission to UN on Abuses Against Persons with Disabilities in Myanmar
1348. THAILAND’S Economic Struggle: Can Former Asian Tiger Regain Its Roar?
1349. REGIONAL: Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand Boost Local Currency Transaction Framework
1350. INDONESIA: Prabowo’s Permanent Coalition Proposal Draws Mixed Responses
1351. INDONESIA’S Parliament to Approve Revised Mining Law
1352. Myanmar Junta Criticizes Argentina Arrest Warrant
1353. VIETNAM: How Vietnamese Entrepreneur Utilizes AI to Teach English to 50 Million Learners Worldwide
1354. INDONESIAN Researchers Discover Potential Cancer-Fighting Plant in Orangutan Diet Study
1355. INDONESIA: Investors Bleed Trillions to Rampant CSO Extortion in Industrial Zones
1356. MALAYSIA: Medical Tourism: Who Else Is In The Race With Malaysia?
1357. MYANMAR: Thailand Deports 10 to China Linked to Actor Cyber-Fraud Case in Myanmar
1358. VIETNAMESE Students in Australia Secure $2.8M Investment in Instant credit Card Payment App
1359. INDONESIA, Turkey Greenlight Drone, Warship Construction in RI
1360. INDONESIA: Over 4,200 Indonesians Marked for Deportation from the US
1361. INDONESIA: Concern As Orangutan Seen Roaming Kalimantan Coal site
1362. MALAYSIANS Advised to Avoid Thailand’s Narathiwat Fishing Villages Flagged as Drug Hotspots
1363. MYANMAR: IEC to Implement Interstate Pass Cards for Security and Oversight in Karenni State
1364. INDONESIA: Prabowo, Erdogan Reaffirm Support for Palestinian State
1365. INDONESIA: Thousands of Christians in Papua Handwrite Bible Verses, Set National Record
1366. MALAYSIA: Government Proposes Allowing UNHCR Refugees to Work in Malaysia legally
1367. MYANMAR: Fuel Shortages in Myawaddy Lead to More Border Crossings and Black-Market sales
1368. SINGAPORE Conducts Joint Exercise with Malaysia, Indonesia For Better Response to Oil Spills
1369. INDONESIA: OJK Launches Indonesia Anti-Scam Center to Combat Fraud
1370. INDONESIA: Prabowo’s Efficiency Measures Exclude Defense Ministry and Police
1371. MYANMAR: Cut Off Myanmar Junta’s Financial Lifelines: Experts
1372. SINGAPORE: Be ‘Psychologically Prepared’ for a Terror Attack, Singaporeans Told Amid Rising Arrests of Radicals
1373. VIETNAM-China railway to Create $4.4B Construction Market
1374. INDONESIA Maintains Distance From BRICS De-Dollarization Concept Amid Trump’s Threats
1375. INDONESIA: Prabowo’s Free Meal Program Should Focus on Regions with High Stunting Rate
1376. MALAYSIAN: Singapore to Deport Iranian, Malaysian Husband PR Over Travel Agency Accused of Facilitating Entry of Terrorist Suspects
1377. MYANMAR: Trump Cuts Hit Thai Refugee Camps on Myanmar Border
1378. THAILAND: Influencer Wave Sweeps Thailand as Millions Seek Digital Spotlight
1379. CAMBODIA: Hit by US Aid Crunch, Demining Struggles to Continue
1380. INDONESIA: BNI Provides Business Loans for Indonesian Diaspora
1381. INDONESIA: Rohingya Refugee Influx Raises Concern for Conflict
1382. MALAYSIA: Melaka Cops Bust International Job Scam Call Center, Arrest Nine Including Three Chinese Nationals Targeting Caribbean Victims
1383. MYANMAR: U.S. President Donald Trump Has Extended by One Year the Declaration of a “National Emergency” in Myanmar, a Measure Allowing Biden-Era Sanctions Against the Military Junta to Continue
1384. INDONESIA: Prabowo Hints at First Reshuffle for Underperforming Ministers
1385. INDONESIA to Build Three Solar Power Plants
1386. MALAYSIA: Home Minister Confirms 22 Immigration Officers Questioned in Medical Visa Probe
1387. MYANMAR: Singapore Urges Employers to Shun Migrants from Myanmar
1388. THAILAND: Thai Cyber Police Cut Internet Signals Feeding Myanmar Scammer Gangs
1389. INDONESIA ‘Strongly Rejects’ Trump’s Gaza Takeover Plan
1390. INDONESIAN Army to Establish Five New Regional Commands
1391. MALAYSIA: Guidelines for Muslims at Non-Muslim Events: Islamic Afairs Minister Says Talks ongoing, Aims to Prevent Religious Conflicts
1392. MYANMAR: NUG Discloses Over 1,000 Healthcare Facilities Established Across 190 Townships in Myanmar
1393. PHILIPPINES: Sara Impeached by House
1394. CAMBODIA: PLHIV Face Significant Setbacks After Suspension of USAID Funding
1395. INDONESIA: Govt Walks Back Subsidized LPG Policy After Backlash
1396. INDONESIA to Implement B50 Palm Oil Biodiesel Mandate Next Year
1397. MYANMAR: Singapore Remains Biggest Foreign Investor in Myanmar
1398. INDONESIA Wavering on Climate Commitments Amid Global Uncertainty
1399. INDONESIA: Prabowo Orders Army to Work on Food Security
1400. MYANMAR Junta Restricts Overseas Employment for Conscription-Eligible Men
1401. PHILIPPINES Declares Food Security Emergency to Tame Soaring Rice Prices
1402. SINGAPORE: Trust Between Racial Groups in Singapore Grows, But Stereotyping Rises: IPS
1403. INDONESIA Secures UAE Partnership in Key Sectors, Including $50M Reforestation Grant
1404. MALAYSIA: Low Demand Forces Malaysia’s Manufacturers Into Steepest price Cuts in Decade Ahead of Global Trade War
1405. MYANMAR AId Groups Struggle With Freeze as UN Warns of ‘Staggering’ Hunger
1406. THAILAND’S Border and Cross-Border Trade in 2024 Reaches Record High
1407. INDONESIA Launches New Credit Scheme for labor-intensive industries
1408. INDONESIA: Most of Indonesia’s Oil Consumption Supplied by Singapore
1409. MYANMAR: Travelers Face 5 Million Kyat ‘Facilitation Fees’ to Depart Yangon Airport
1410. SINGAPORE: National University of Singapore to Open Acacia College, First Residential College Focused on AI
1411. THAILAND: How Did So Many Thai Farmers End Up Held Hostage by Hamas?
1412. INDONESIA: Prabowo Expands Military’s Role in Test of Fragile Democracy
1413. INDONESIA: Police Uncover International Love Scam Operation in Jakarta
1414. Myanmar Junta Registering Women Ahead of Possible Conscription
1415. SINGAPORE Mandates App Stores to Block Underage Access to Adult Content
1416. THAILAND: BOI Approves TikTok’s $3.76 Billion Data Center Investment
1417. INDONESIA: KPK Makes Headway in Another Stalled Case After Fugitive Arrest in Singapore
1418. INDONESIA: Insects and Worms May Feature in Indonesia’s Nutritious Meal Program
1419. MALAYSIA: Chinese New Villages to shine as tourism gems for Visit Malaysia 2026
1420. MYANMAR: UK Warns Against Travel To Parts of Myanmar Amidst Escalating Conflict
1421. THAILAND: Rainmaking Mission Extended as Bangkok Air Quality Improves Slightly
1422. INDONESIA Fines Google for Monopolistic, Unfair Practices in Play Services
1423. INDONESIA: Privacy Breach? Teachers in West Java High School Require Students to Take Pregnancy Tests
1424. MYANMAR: NUG to Intensify Revolution in Myanmar During 2025 With Ethnic Allies and International Support
1425. THAILAND: Nearly 200 Bangkok Schools Close over air pollution
1426. VIETNAM: Over 56% of Japanese Firms Looking to Expand Investment in Vietnam: Survey
1427. INDONESIA: Prabowo Lauds Cabinet’s Performance At Three-Month Mark
1428. INDONESIA: ExxonMobil to Invest Up to $15 Billion in Indonesian Carbon Storage, Petrochemical
1429. MYANMAR Junta Says It Has Deported Over 50,000 Scam Center Workers to China
1430. THAILAND: What Next After Same Sex Marriage in Thailand?
1431. ‘VIETNAM Poised to Become Financial Hub like Switzerland, Singapore’: Analyst
1432. CAMBODIA: Khmer Language Gets AI-Infusion
1433. INDONESIA: Prabowo Vows No More Fuel Imports By End Of His Presidency
1434. INDONESIA to Require Commodity Exporters to Keep All Dollar Revenues in Local Banks
1435. MYANMAR Junta Blames Thailand, EAOs as China Urges Scam Crackdown
1436. THAILAND: Chinese Tourism to Thailand Faces Sharp Decline Amid Safety Concerns
1437. CAMBODIA: Government Allocates $150 M Credit Guarantee Mechanism to Protect Rice Farmers
1438. INDONESIA: Jakarta ‘Never Heard’ of Trump’s Plan to Relocate Gazans to Indonesia
1439. INDONESIA: Qatari Investor to Invest at Least $16 Billion in Indonesia’s Housing Projects
1440. MYANMAR: Junta Forcefully Recruits Youth and elderly for Military Service in Mandalay Region
1441. VIETNAM: Hanoi to Install 40,000 New Surveillance Cameras by 2030
1442. INDONESIA: Jakarta Governor’s Regulation on Polygamy Sparks Public Debate
1443. INDONESIA Plans to Offer Carbon Credit Certificates to Foreign Buyers Next Week
1444. MALAYSIA: PM Anwar to Champion ASEAN’s Agenda On Gllobal Stage at WEF 2025 in Davos
1445. MYANMAR: ASEAN tells Myanmar to Prioritize Ceasefire Over Elections
1446. THAILAND: Bangkok Named the World’s Second-Best City
1447. INDONESIA Welcomes Gaza Ceasefire Deal, Urges Reconstruction
1448. INDONESIA Officially Adopts 15% Global Minimum Tax
1449. MALAYSIA: What is Malaysia’s Biggest Risks As We Go into 2025? WEF Study says Economic Downturn Top of List
1450. MYANMAR Military Leader Blames Foreign Interference and Resistance Forces for Ongoing Unrest
1451. THAILAND to Sign Historic Free Trade Agreement with EFTA in Davo
1452. INDONESIA: Poverty in Indonesia Drops by 1.84 Million People Since 2023
1453. INDONESIA: Most Indonesians Still Unsure about Trump: Survey
1454. INDONESIA: Asia’s Most Beautiful Island Crowned World’s Best Culture Destination
1455. MYANMAR: Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Jailed for 19 Years by Myanmar Military
1456. CAMBODIA: REDD+ Community Forests Successfully Registered in Kampong Thom
1457. INDONESIA: Prabowo Forbids Building Houses On Rice Fields
1458. INDONESIA: DPR Plans In-Depth Review of Social Media Restrictions for Children
1459. MALAYSIA: PM Anwar Says Going Digital is Way Forward for Malaysia
1460. MYANMAR: Blood Money Campaign releases report critical of international support to Myanmar’s junta
1461. INDONESIA: President Prabowo Plans Military-Style Retreat For New Regional Heads
1462.  INDONESIA: Bali Police Bust International Online Prostitution Ring in Canggu, Arrest Two Russians
1463. MALAYSIA: Most Malaysians Bullish on 2025 Despite Seeing More taxes, Higher Inflation: Poll
1464. MYANMAR: Demand for Solar Spikes as Darkness Shrouds Junta-Ruled Myanmar
1465. SINGAPORE: ‘Stand Against Nativism and Xenophobia’: Lee Hsien Loong Tells Singaporeans to Help Immigrants, Foreign Workers integrate into society
1466. INDONESIA: Saudi Lets Indonesia Send 221,000 Hajj Pilgrims This Year
1467. INDONESIA: Floods Remain Biggest Threat in 2025: Disaster Agency
1468. MALAYSIA: Healthcare and Medical Tourism Could Be Next Biggest Economic Drivers in JS-SEZ: Johor exco
1469. MYANMAR Junta Cuts Filmmaker’s LIfe Sentence to 15 Years As Part of WIder Amnesty
1470. SINGAPORE’S Water Agency Issues Flood Alerts as Heavy Rainfall Surpasses Monthly Average
1471. INDONESIA: Businesses, Experts Expect Little Economic Benefit From Joining BRICS
1472. INDONESIA  Builds World’s Largest Refuse-Derived Fuel Facility
1473. INDONESIA to Send 425,000 Workers Abroad in 2025
1474. MYANMAR: Junta Minister Makes Surreal Pitch for War-Torn Myanmar as Global Tourism Destination
1475. THAILAND’S  ‘Dual Prime Minister’ Model is a Delicate Tight-Rope Walk
1476. INDONESIA to Inaugurate Six New Dams to Boost Food and Water Security in 2025
1477. INDONESIA: Papua Land is Never empty, it is a Source of Livelihood for Many
1478. MALAYSIA: Anwar Government Entering Minefield Amid Push for Crucial Economic Reforms, Fitch Unit Says
1479. MYANMAR: Russia Completes Delivery of Warplanes to Embattled Myanmar Junta
1480. VIETNAM Invests $665M Abroad in 2024
1481. CAMBODIA: Healing journey from Khmer Rouge: Confronting the past, building the future
1482. INDONESIA: Prabowo Needs Bureaucratic Reforms to Deliver his Economic Agenda
1483. INDONESIA: Government Drafts New Energy Subsidy Scheme
1484. MYANMAR: What’s in Store for Myanmar in 2025
1485. SINGAPORE Tables Bill to Bolster Ethnic Harmony, Hundreds of Groups to be Labelled ‘Race
1486. INDONESIA: Prabowo’s Plan to Boost Oil and Gas Production Faces Major Hurdles
1487. INDONESIA Launches Ambitious Free-Meal Program to Combat Stunting
1488. Myanmar Releases 151 Thai Prisoners, but Not Detained Fishing Crew
1489. SINGAPORE: Over 60% of Singaporean Households Have Claimed $220 Vouchers from Cost-of-Living Support Scheme
1490. VIETNAM: First Vietnamese Appointed Editor-in-Chief of World Leading Scientific Journal
1491. CAMBODIA Achieves 74% Drop in Malaria Cases in 2024
1492. INDONESIA: Nutritious Meal Program Begins with 190 Public Kitchens Across 26 Provinces
1493. INDONESIA: World Bank Projects Worsening RI Current Account Deficit
1494. MALAYSIA Turns Away 2 Boats with Nearly 300 Rohingya Refugees
1495. MYANMAR Spring Revolution Challenges for 2025
1496. VIETNAM Offers 50% Investment Subsidy to Attract Semiconductor and AI Investments
1497. INDONESIA: Constitutional Court Revokes Presidential Nomination Threshold
1498. INDONESIA: From Spotify to Google Play: Gov’t to Return Money From Miscalculated VAT
1499. SINGAPORE Economy Grew 4pc in 2024, Advance Estimate Shows, Fastest Post-Pandemic Growth
1500. MYANMAR: UNICEF Report Says Myanmar Conflict has Displaced Nearly 1.3 Million Children by End of 2024
1501. MYANMAR Enforces Cybersecurity Law Effective January 1
1502. INDONESIA: Fraud, Alleged Illegal Levying Raise Questions About Free Meals Program’s Implementation
1503. INDONESIA: Prabowo Wants More Palm Oil Plantations, Says Not to Fear Deforestation
1504. MYANMAR: Chin Brotherhood Alliance Marks First Anniversary, Reports 1,000 Battles and Heavy losses
1505. PHILIPPINES: 24,000 Foreign Workers Exit Philippines After Online Gambling Ban
1506. THAILAND: Trump’s Policies Could Inflict THB160-billion Loss on Thailand
1507. INDONESIA: Politically Charged Year Comes to a Close
1508. INDONESIA: Bali Police: US Citizens Top List of Foreign Offenders in Bali
1509. MALAYSIA: New laws, New Weekend: What Other Changes for Malaysia can You Expect in 2025 Starting Tomorrow?
1510. MYANMAR Garment Workers in Chinese Factories Face Exploitation and Harsh Conditions
1511. SINGAPORE Sentences Malaysia Syndicate ‘COO’ to 28 Years in Landmark Drug Money-Laundering Case
1512. CAMBODIA- King Pardons 13 Filipino Women Jailed Over Surrogacy
1513. INDONESIA: 2024 a Year of Shrinking Indonesian Middle Class
1514. INDONESIA: N. Sumatra Authorities Detain Bangladeshi National for Smuggling Compatriots
1515. MALAYSIA: Pharmacists Sound Alarm as Rising Ozempic Misuse For Weight-Loss Causes Shortages for Diabetes Patients in Malaysia
1516. MYANMAR: China’s Plunder of Myanmar’s Rare Earth Wealth Threatens Global Security
1517. INDONESIA: Siren Rings as Aceh Mourners Mark 20 Years After Deadly Tsunami
1518. INDONESIA: 20 Years After the Wave: Building Resilient Coastal Futures
1519. MALAYSIAN Detainee Farik Amin Details Torture at Guantanamo
1520. MYANMAR: Christians Slam Cardinal Bo’s Ties to Myanmar Junta Boss
1521. VIETNAM Developing Punishments For Vaping After Ban
1522. INDONESIA: Silent night in Aceh as Indonesian Catholics hold modest Christmas mass amid Shariah law restrictions
1523. INDONESIA: Indonesia’s SOE Ministry Aims to Reduce State
1524. MALAYSIA: Terengganu’s First Public Caning for Khalwat: No Cameras Allowed as Cops Beef Up Security
1525. MYANMAR’S Garment Industry Unravelling Amid Chronic Labor Shortage
1526. VIETNAM: Sweeping Vietnam internet law comes into
1527. INDONESIA: National Police to Bring Home Ex-Jamaah Islamiyah Members From Syria, Philippines
1528. INDONESIA: Ukrainian Citizen Arrested in Thailand for Running Drug Lab in Bali
1529. MALAYSIA Among Nine Countries to Officially Become BRICS Partners from January 1, 2025: Kremlin
1530. MYANMAR: Junta Forces are Mobilizing in Central Myanmar amid Shan state Ceasefire: Rebels
1531. VIETNAM to Lead ASEAN in Economic Growth This Year: HSBC
1532. INDONESIA: Closure of National Gallery Exhibition Sparks Censorship Concerns
1533. INDONESIA: Thousands of Ex-Jemaah Islamiyah Militants Abandon Radicalism and Pledge Allegiance to Nation
1534. MYANMAR: Food Shortage Leads to Religious Conversion in Myanmar’s Naga area
1535. THAILAND Respects Malaysia’s Decision to Close Illegal Border Bases
1536. VIETNAM: Job Firms Struggle to Hire Guest Workers for Japan Due to Illegal Recruitment Practices
1537. INDONESIA: Prabowo’s plan to pardon ‘corrupters’ raises eyebrows
1538. INDONESIA: Police Uncover Counterfeit Money Syndicate Operating in Islamic University Building
1539. MALAYSIA: WhatsApp, TikTok, YouTube Among Platforms Required to Obtain Licenses Under New Licensing Rules: Fahmi
1540. MYANMAR: UN Slams Aid Abuse After ‘Rice Bunkers’ Found at Myanmar Junta Base
1541. VIETNAM: Relaxed Visa Policies Lead to Increase in illegal Foreign Workers: reports
1542. CAMBODIA: WWF report highlights discovery of new species in Greater Mekong region
1543. INDONESIA: Police Form New Team on Trafficking, Violence Against Women, Children
1544. INDONESIA: Germany Forgives Indonesia’s $78 Million Debt to Fight HIV, Tuberculosis
1545. MALAYSIA: Almost Two-Thirds of Malaysians Hold Favorable Views of China, Malay Perception Improves Significantly: Survey
1546. MYANMAR: ‘Bullet’ Says All Political Parties Must Back Myanmar Military
1547. INDONESIA: Stable Economy Boosts Capital Inflows But Global Pressure Remains: World Bank
1548. INDONESIA Issues 471 Golden Visas, Attracting $558 Million Investment in 2024
1549. INDONESIA: Japan to Establish Nursing Care Programs in Indonesia to Recruit Southeast Asian Workers
1550. MYANMAR: UN Envoy Demands International Action to Arrest Myanmar Junta Boss
1551. SINGAPORE: New Private Home Sales Hit Highest Level in More than 11 Years in November
1552. CAMBODIA: PM Orders Crackdown on Fraudsters Who Exploit Govt Projects
1553. INDONESIA to Build First Nuclear Power Plant in Bangka Belitung
1554. INDONESIA: Thousands of Indonesians Moving to Cambodia for Gambling Jobs/Antara: Foreign Ministry
1555. MALAYSIA: How Much Do Malaysians Need to Retire Comfortably?
1556. MYANMAR Junta Projects Economic Growth Rate at 3.8%
1557. INDONESIA: Indonesia’s Renewable Energy Plans May Put Forests at Risk
1558. INDONESIA: Dozen Vietnamese Nationals Arrested for Alleged Prostitution
1559. INDONESIA: Indef Compares Indonesia’s Illegal Cigarette Crisis to Latin America’s Narcotics Battle
1560. MYANMAR Opium Harvest Drops First Time Since Coup: UN
1561. SINGAPORE Reports Sharp Rise in Arrests for Harboring, Hiring Illegal Immigrants
1562. INDONESIA Identifies 29 Potential Nuclear Power Plant Sites
1563. INDONESIA Plans to Build Oil Reserve Facility Near Singapore to Reduce Imports
1564. MYANMAR-Global Campaign Protests China’s Support for Myanmar Junta
1565. PHILIPPINES: Scam Farms Change Tactics to Avoid Philippine Crackdown
1566. THAILAND: Cabinet Approves New Laws for 15% Minimum Corporate Tax
1567. CAMBODIA-PM Reveals Plans to Establish National Social Security Fund Family Package
1568. INDONESIA: Police Unveil New Antigraft Corps
1569. INDONESIA to Have Another Vaccine Producer in Near Future
1570. MALAYSIA: PM Anwar Urges Muslim Nations to Collaborate with Russia Amid Growing Western Islamophobia
1571. MYANMAR’S KIA Sends Delegation to China for Talks
1572. INDONESIA: Indian Firms Eye Investment in Indonesia’s Pharma Sector, Ambassador Says
1573. INDONESIAN Mining Sector Improving ESG Scores
1574. MYANMAR: AA Takes Complete Control of Myanmar-Bangladesh Border After Seizing Maungdaw
1575. VIETNAM: Australian National University Allows Direct Ddmission From All Vietnamese High Schools
1576. CAMBODIA Unveils Innovative Packaging Center Boost Food Industry
1577. INDONESIA: Prabowo Needs $900 Billion Investment for His 8 Pct Growth Dream
1578. INDONESIA: Diageo Expands Factory in Bali, Strengthens Indonesia As Southeast Asia Supply hub
1579. MYANMAR: Global Protests Expose China’s Complicity in Myanmar Junta Abuse
1580. VIETNAM: HCMC Offers $120 Reward for Women Having Two Children Before 35
1581. INDONESIA: King Coal Rules as Indonesia Sends Mixed Messages on Energy Transition
1582. INDONESIA: Gov’t to Enforce 12% VAT on January 1 Despite Public Opposition
1583. MALAYSIA Inquiry Proposes Criminal Probe into Mahathir Over Disputed Islets
1584. MYANMAR Junta Swells Arrest Log for Online Criticism
1585. SINGAPORE Among Preferred Destinations For Billionaires, With 47 in the Country
1586. CAMBODIA: Transparency Sought in Cambodia Talks
1587. INDONESIA: Lawmaker Urges Indonesia to Set Up Cultural Centers Overseas
1588. INDONESIA: Indonesia Announces Construction of Basilica in New Capital Nusantara
1589. MYANMAR: KIA Advances in Kachin State, Captures Junta Outposts
1590. INDONESIA: Baznas Plans to Build Mosques, Schools and Hospitals in Gaza
1591. INDONESIA Seeks to Curb $62 Billion in Online Gambling Funds Flowing Abroad
1592. MALAYSIA: Sabah to Table Cabinet Papers to End Child Marriages in Native Communities, Says Deputy CM
1593. MYANMAR Junta Boss Says He Promised Chinese, ASEAN Leaders to Hold ‘Fair Election’
1594. THAILAND: With a Score of 20, Thailand Ranks Low in Global ‘Parenthood’ Ratings
1595. INDONESIA: Migrant Workers Protection Minister Says Demand High For Indonesian Staff
1596. INDONESIA: Unlocking Geothermal Energy: Financial Risks and Community Pushback Slow Progress
1597. MYANMAR: Bangkok Seeks Answers After Thai Fishing Boats Attacked by Myanmar Vessels
1598. SINGAPORE: Fall in Positive attitudes towards people with disabilities in the workplace: MSF report
1599. VIETNAM: Lawyers warn of deportation risk for Vietnamese in US when Trump returns
1600. INDONESIA: Massive Costs, Reforms Await Prabowo Full Coal Phase Out Plan
1601. INDONESIA: Gov’t Plans to Establish State Revenue Ministry Headed by Abimanyu: Hashim
1602. MYANMAR: Caught Between Thailand and a Wa Place; Taking Chinese Lessons in Power
1603. THAILAND: Japanese Electronic Component Maker to Invest 62Bn More in Thailand
1604. VIETNAM: Lawmakers Approve Vietnam Airlines’ $870M Share Issuance Plan
1605. INDONESIA: A Step Closer to Partner with UAE on Papua Food Estate
1606. INDONESIAN  Government Aims to Return FOreign Prisoners By January
1607. MALAYSIA: PM Anwar Slams Exploitation of Race, Religion, Urges Love, Unity To Counter Hate-Driven rhetoric
1608. MYANMAR: Thai Legislation Threatens Exiles from Myanmar: Rights Groups
1609. SINGAPORE Businessman Tried for $1.1B Investment Scam, Spent Proceeds on Porsche, Rolls
1610. CAMBODIA: Govt Keen to Downplay Thai-Cambodian Sea Spat
1611. INDONESIA Can Benefit from US-China Trade War Amid Trump’s Tariff Threats
1612. INDONESIA: Govt to Allocate 8 million Ha of Land to Support Free meals, Reach Food Self-Sufficiency
1613. MYANMAR: Rakhine’s Banking System Collapses as Myanmar State Teeters on Precipice
1614. VIETNAM: Ethnic Minorities Flee Poverty for Opportunities in Southern factories
1615. INDONESIA Balks at Apple’s $100m Investment Plan, Seeks Better Deal
1616. INDONESIA: Bali’s Hidden Crisis: Paradise Island Records Highest Suicide Rate in Indonesia
1617. MYANMAR: ICC Prosecutor Seeks Arrest Warrant for Myanmar Junta Chief Min Aung Hlaing
1618. MYANMAR Migrant Workers May Soon Be Sent to Russia, Recruitment Agencies Say
1619. PHILIPPINES: Palace Denounces Duterte Coup | November 27, 2024
1620. INDONESIA: US Invests $67 Billion in Indonesia, But Local Content Rules Remain A Challenge
1621. INDONESIA: North Sumatra Digs Out as Flooding, Landslide Death Toll Hits 20
1622. MYANMAR: Junta’s Budget Estimate for FY 2024-25 is at Record-High at Over 40 Trillion Kyats
1623. THAILAND: Thailand Losing Battle for Japanese Investment: Lessons from Vietnam
1624. INDONESIA Agrees to Transfer Remaining Bali Nine to Australia
1625. INDONESIA: JCI Struggles as Foreign Investors Pull Funds, US Stocks Hit Record Highs
1626. MYANMAR- Urban Guerrilla Groups Target Military-Controlled Offices in Yangon
1627. THAILAND: Foreigners Take Ownership of Condos Worth 18.571bn in 3rd Quarter
1628. VIETNAM Neds $11B To Meet Increasing EV Charging Needs: World Bank
1629. CAMBODIA: PM Halts Issuance of Licenses for Domestic Beer Production, Permits Export-Only Licensing
1630. INDONESIA: Many Foreign-Owned Businesses in Bali Are Rulebreakers, Luhut Says
1631. INDONESIA: In Conservative Aceh, Sole Woman-Run Cafe Morning Mama Challenges Traditional Norms to Create Safe Space for Others
1632. MYANMAR: UK Permanent Secretary to the UN issues statement in support of the embattled Myanmar people
1633. PHILIPPINES: World’s Largest Solar Farm Rises in NEcija
1634. INDONESIA: Baznas Plans to Build Mosques, Schools and Hospitals in Gaza
1635. INDONESIA Seeks to Curb $62 Billion in Online Gambling Funds Flowing Abroad
1636. MALAYSIA: Sabah to Table Cabinet Papers to End Child Marriages in Native Communities, Says Deputy CM
1637. MYANMAR Junta Boss Says He Promised Chinese, ASEAN Leaders to Hold ‘Fair Election’
1638. THAILAND: With a Score of 20, Thailand Ranks Low in Global ‘Parenthood’ Ratings
1639. INDONESIA: New Government Education Reform Plans Met with Cautious Optimism
1640. INDONESIA: Prabowo’s Directive Halts Major Infrastructure Projects
1641. MALAYSIA: Cops Can Now Freeze, Seize Mule Bank Accounts to Prevent Scam Victims’ Money From Being Withdrawn
1642. MYANMAR JUNTA Can Order Migrant Workers Home To Fight, Agency says
1643. SINGAPORE Oil Tycoon OK Lim Sentenced to Nearly 18 Years for Cheating HSBC Out of Millions of Dollars
1644. INDONESIA Digital Economy Shows Double-Digit Growth, Yet Funding Still Subdued
1645. INDONESIA: Banyuwangi Police Raid Illegal Dog Farm with Supplies from Bali
1646. MALAYSIA: PM Anwar, Brazil’s Lula Advocate Reforms in International Governance for a Fairer world
1647. MYANMAR: KIO Temporarily Closes China-Myanmar Border Gates Amid Tensions
1648. PHILIPPINES: 1.2M Flee As Pepito Pummels Luzon
1649. CAMBODIA: National Committee Established to Provide Land for Landless
1650. INDONESIA: All New Cabinet Members Told to Disclose Their Wealth
1651. INDONESIA: Hotel Industry Raises Concern Over Nickel Mine in Raja Ampat
1652. MYANMAR: Central Bank of Myanmar sells foreign exchange continuously
1653. THAILAND: Federation of Thai Industries Concerned at Trump’s Reshoring Policy
1654. INDONESIA: Government to Build 1,100 New Houses for Lewotobi Displaced
1655. INDONESIA: Bali Eyes Medical Tourism Boom
1656. MALAYSIA’S Allure for Foreign Digital Nomads: RM87.9m in Annual Spending Driven By Fast Internet, Affordable Lifestyle
1657. MYANMAR Junta Chief Homes in on Chinese Drones as Resistance-Buster
1658. VIETNAM: New Zealand to Offer Scholarships to Vietnamese University Students for the First Time
1659. INDONESIA Says It Has No Overlapping South China Sea Claims with China
1660. KFC Indonesia Closes Dozens of Outlets and Lays Off 2,274 Workers amid Heavy Losses and Boycott Calls
1661. INDONESIAN Elementary, Middle Schoolers to Learn AI and Coding
1662. MALAYSIA Ready to Provide Vinancial Aid to Lebanon for Victims of Israeli Attacks: PM Anwar
1663. MYANMAR: Int’l Labor Watchdog to Take Action Against Myanmar Junta
1664. VIETNAM: Japan to Share Entry Costs, Ease Job-Changing Restrictions for Vietnamese Workers
1665. CAMBODIA: Foreign Media Claims that ‘Biden Administration Backed Organizations Plotting Color Revolution in Cambodia’
1666. INDONESIA: Why Indonesian Universities Trail ASEAN Neighbors in Global Rankings?
1667. INDONESIA: RI Businesses Fear Deluge of Chinese Goods After Trump Takes Office
1668. MALAYSIA: Does It Seem Like Malaysia Is Taking Very Small Steps Forward in the War on Drugs? Bukit Aman’s narcotic chief explains what’s going on
1669. MYANMAR: Activists Warn of Risks as Junta Leader Seeks Chinese Investment in Myanmar’s Agriculture
1670. INDONESIA Ranks 77th in Global Hunger Levels
1671. INDONESIA: Prabowo Introduces New Intelligence Agency under Finance Minister
1672. MYANMAR Junta Seals Bloody Pact With China in Kunming
1673. PHILIPPINES: Marcos Signs Landmark Laws Defining PH Territorial Waters
1674. VIETNAM Busts Ring Trading 1,000 Modified Guns Online
1675. INDONESIA: Prabowo Congratulates Trump on Election Win
1676. INDONESIA: Middle-Class Spending Key to Fixing GDP Growth: Economic Council
1677. MALAYSIA: Is it a Crime for a Malaysian to be a Mercenary in an Overseas War? 
1678. Myanmar Junta Foils Drone Attack on Min Aung Hlaing
1679. VIETNAMESE Students Turning Australian Degrees into High Salaries
1680. INDONESIA: Prabowo Inks Regulation to Cancel Debts of Farmers, Fishermen
1681. INDONESIA: Immigration Minister Mulls Requiring One-Year Bank Statement for Indonesians Traveling Overseas
1682. MALAYSIA, SINGAPORE to Jointly Propose Chingay for UNESCO Cultural Heritage lLst in 2025
1683. MYANMAR Refugees in Manipur Prison Urgently Need Medical Aid, Families Report
1684. VIETNAM: Asia’s Most Powerful Passports in 2024
1685. CAMBODIA: Seven Filipinos Return Home From Job Scams in Cambodia
1686. INDONESIA: Ministry to Inspect Skyrocketing Fees in Fourism Spots Amid Protests
1687. INDONESIA: Communication Minister Suspends 11 Employees for Facilitating Online Gambling
1688. MALAYSIA: War on Deepfakes: What Malaysia Can Learn From the Rest of the World
1689. MYANMAR: Japan to Recruit 1,400 Myanmar Workers
1690. INDONESIA: Gov’t Says $6.3 Billion Energy Subsidies Go to The Rich Instead
1691. INDONESIA: Court Orders Lawmakers To Draft New Manpower Law
1692. MYANMAR: Thai Police Rescue Human Trafficking Victims Forced to Work in Online Scam Centers in Myanmar
1693. THAILAND Ranks Among the Top 4 Countries Most At Risk of FLooding
1694. VIETNAM Province Launches $1.7M Restoration as 1,000-Year-Old Champa Towers on Brink of Collapse
1695. INDONESIA: Govt Allocates $8.8 Billion For Food Security in 2025
1696. INDONESIA: New Tourism Minister Targets High-Quality Tourists by Promoting Five Super Priority Destinations
1697. MALAYSIA: PM Anwar Tells UPNM: No Tolerance Towards Bullying and Thuggery in Educational Institutions, No More Slap on Wrist for Perpetrators
1698. MYANMAR: Ninety Rohingya Left ‘Stranded’ on Indonesia Beach
1699. PHILIPPINES Requests Companies to Pay for Plastic Waste Treatment
1700. INDONESIA: 1 Million Apartments Won’t Solve Urban Housing Crisis
1701. INDONESIA: 19 Australian Companies To Invest in Indonesia’s Tech Sector
1702. MALAYSIA: Family in Perlis Tightlipped On Viral News of Malaysian Citizen Turned ‘Mercenary’ Fighting Ukraine-Russia war
1703. MYANMAR: Intensifying Strikes on Civilians Spark New Sanctions Against Myanmar Junta
1704. THAILAND, Laos and Myanmar Launch Haze Control Initiative
1705. INDONESIA: Forcing Prabowo’s 8% Growth ‘Risks Economy Overheating’
1706. INDONESIA: Bali Gov’t Seeks Dutch Support to Preserve Local Cultural Heritage
1707. MYANMAR: Local Aid Workers Dying in Silence, Red Cross Warns
1708. SINGAPORE Trials Autonomous Vehicles On Public Roads for Cargo Transportation
1709. THAILAND: Eco-Friendly Disaster Products to be Produced in Thailand
1710. INDONESIA: Companies From Four Nations to Invest in Indonesia’s Dairy Farming: Minister
1711. INDONESIA: Majority of Indonesians Confident in Prabowo’s Leadership
1712. MALAYSIA: Health Ministry Tightens Imported Food Inspections After Reports of Excess Pesticide in Shine Muscat Grapes
1713. MYANMAR: China’s Export Ban is Causing Shortages of Medicine, Fuel And Food in Myanmar
1714. THAILAND: Internet Access in Thailand Surges to 21.7 Million Households in 2024
1715. INDONESIA: Prabowo Wants New ‘Political Capital’ Ready in Four Years: Minister
1716. INDONESIA: From Adorable to Authoritative: Prabowo Embraces Military Leadership Post-Election
1717. MYANMAR: Farmers Face Major Losses As Heavy Rains Devastate Rice Fields in Yangon and Ayeyarwady Regions
1718. PHILIPPINES: At Least 126 Dead and Missing in Massive Flooding and Landslides in Philippines
1719. THAILAND: Transport Ministry Pushes For Six New Airports
1720. INDONESIA Named BRICS Partner as Prabowo’s Top Diplomat Makes Overseas Debut
1721. INDONESIA: Prabowo to Instill Discipline In Cabinet At Three-day Bootcamp
1722. MALAYSIA: Fair $arnings: Where Roes Malaysia’s Minimum Wage of RM1,700 Stand  Compared to Other Countries?
1723. MYANMAR: China Strongly Condemns Bomb Blast at Mandalay Consulate
1724. THAILAND Charts Bold Course In AI Development, Emphasizing Ethics and Innovation
1725. Indonesia:New senior minister eyes Papua to achieve food self-sufficiency
1726. INDONESIA: Aceh Police Foil Smuggling Attempt of 216 Rohingya Refugees
1727. MYANMAR: China’s Diplomatic Missions Have Troubled History in Myanmar
1728. SINGAPORE Strikes Back: Govt Blocks 10 Fake Websites Linked to Foreign Information Warfare Against Country
1729. THAILAND: Six Thai Destinations Recognized For Efforts in Sustainable Tourism
1730. INDONESIA: Prabowo Presents Largest Cabinet In Decades
1731. INDONESIA: Chief Economic Minister Airlangga Announces 100-Day Plan: Energy, Food Sovereignty, and Investment Growth
1732. MYANMAR: Who Bombed the Chinese Consulate in Myanmar’s Mandalay?
1733. THAILAND: Seven Major Thai Banks Report Record-Breaking Revenues
1734. VIETNAM: 4,000-Year-Old Cemetery Unearthed in Hanoi
1735. INDONESIA: Prabowo Pledges Self-Reliant Future In His Inaugural Speech
1736. INDONESIA: Prabowo Subianto Inaugurated as Indonesia’s Eighth President
1737. MALAYSIA: Home Ministry Mulls Review of Migrant Labor Quota as Foreign Workers Near 15Pc Limit
1738. MYANMAR: Thousands Flood Shwedagon Pagoda To Pray For End to Conflict And Floods
1739. VIETNAM: How Rural Life in Vietnam’s Southern Cape is Attracting Global Tourists
1740. REGIONAL: Five Southeast Asian Nations Agree to Share Aviation Safety Data
1741. INDONESIA Fires up LFP Manufacturing Despite Lack of Lithium Reserves
1742. MYANMAR Military Steps Up Conscription of Would-Be Migrant Workers
1743. MYANMAR  Junta Signs $250,000 Development Deal with India Amid Criticism
1744. THAILAND Creates Favorable Condition for Cross-Border Tourism
1745. CAMBODIA Launches Largest Ever Power-Generation Facility
1746. INDONESIA: Years Later, Tourism Still Below Pre-Pandemic Level
1747. MYANMAR Tied With China for Worst Internet Freedom
1748. SINGAPORE Only Southeast Asian City Named Among World’s 10 Best For Food
1749. TIMOR LESTE Fights New Battles 25 years After Independence Vote
1750. INDONESIA: Nearly 500 ‘Golden Visa’ Applications Since Launch: Immigration Office
1751. INDONESIA Maintains 53-Month Trade Surplus Streak Despite Export Decline
1752. MYANMAR Junta Charges Hundreds for Scamming on Chinese Border
1753. PHILIPPINES: Prolonged Eruptions Detected at Taal Volcano
1754. VIETNAM: Unusual Weather to Hamper Economic Activities in Southeast Asia
1755. Cambodia Cracks Down on Surrogacy: Thirteen Filipino Women Facing Prison
1756. INDONESIA: State Budget Drives Education Equality, Toll Infrastructure Improvement in the Past Decade
1757. INDONESIA: Three French Citizens Deported from Aceh for Alleged Involvement in Local Election Campaign
1758. MALAYSIA: Under PM Anwar, Malaysia Climbs Lowy’s Power Index to be Fourth Most Influential in Region
1759. MYANMAR: MNDAA Restricts Members From Foreign Travel Amid Concerns Over Foreign Intervention
1760. INDONESIA: Tech Giants Prefer Malaysia For Data Centers: RI Govt Minister
1761. INDONESIA Remains ‘Light Years’ From Even Development Across the Regions
1762. MYANMAR Junta Steps Up Airstrikes as It Loses Ground to Resistance
1763. PHILIPPINES: Marcos Challenges China Over Clashes
1764. SINGAPORE: In What Could Be a Singapore Record, Court Awards Finance Veteran US$2.4M For Wrongful Dismissal After Two-Year Legal Battle
1765. INDONESIA: Prabowo Aims to End Indonesia’s Reliance on Food Imports Within Four Years
1766. INDONESIA: Govt Offers Three Seaports to Foreign, Domestic investors
1767. MYANMAR CDM Political Prisoners in Monywa Prison Coerced to Submit Petitions
1768. SINGAPORE’S Changi No Longer World’s Best Airport: Condé Nast Traveler
1769. THAILAND: Fortune Names 14 Thais Among 100 Most Powerful Women in Asia
1770. INDONESIA to Emphasize ASEAN Centrality at Laos Summits
1771. INDONESIA: New Ministries May Need Three Years to Become Effective, Warns Researcher
1772. MYANMAR Civil Society Urges ASEAN to Stop Working With the Military Junta and Support Establishment of a Federal Democracy
1773. THAILAND: Ministry of Energy prepares to handle Middle East conflicts
1774. CAMBODIA: Ancient Timber: 250 Million Year-Old Fossil Unearthed in Banteay Meanchey
1775. INDONESIA: Declining Middle Class Contributes to Indonesia’s Deflation: Experts
1776. INDONESIA: Prabowo Plans to Build, Renovate 3 Million Homes Annually
1777. MYANMAR Flood Victims Say Little Relief Has Reached Villages after Typhoon Yagi
1778. THAILAND: Over a Quarter of Thais Targeted By Scams Over Past Year
1779. INDONESIA: Govt Pushes Foreign MSME Owners in Bali To Scale Up
1780. INDONESIA: Scientists Reassert Wolbachia’s Minimum Risk For Dengue Control
1781. MALAYSIA: ‘You May Grow Up in London, But You Live in Malaysia’: PM Anwar Slams ‘Elites’ For Shunning Malay Language for English
1782. MYANMAR: MSF Highlights Struggle of Myanmar Rohingya Refugees in Malaysia
1783. SINGAPORE: Thousands Gather to Witness Final Horse Races at Singapore Turf Club
1784. INDONESIA: Jokowi on Farewell Tour in Final Weeks of Presidency
1785. INDONESIA: Illicit Waste Burning Reaches Alarming Rate of 48% Indonesian Households
1786. MALAYSIA: Scam Epidemic: Malaysians Lose US$12.8b Annually, Equivalent to 3pc of GDP, Amid Rising AI Threats
1787. MYANMAR: Chin Groups Attack Myanmar Junta Census Operation
1788. THAILAND Leads Southeast Asia in mobile Banking Application Usage
1789. Cambodian Journalist Mech Dara Arrested on Incitement Charges
1790. INDONESIA: Teachers’ Mental Health In Focus After Fatal School Assaults
1791. INDONESIA: Mood Improves Among Indonesian Manufacturers
1792. MALAYSIA: Informal Status of Migrant Workers May Put Them At Risk of Abuse: ASEAN Gender Outlook 2024
1793. MYANMAR Faces Critical Humanitarian Crisis as Floods Devastate over 1 Million Lives
1794. INDONESIA: Jokowi’s Sea Toll: A Decade of Connecting Indonesia and Reducing Price Disparities
1795. INDONESIA: Immigration Officers to Carry Firearms Following Duty-Related Death
1796. MYANMAR: Yangon to Get 4-Hour Power Rotations, Industrial Zones 8 Hours Daily
1797. Myanmar: The Trouble With Elections
1798. VIETNAM Rises in Asia Power Ranking With Bigger Diplomatic influence
1799. CAMBODIA: Severe Flooding Devastates Crops Across 7 Provinces
1800. INDONESIA: First-Timers Make Up Majority of House Members
1801. INDONESIA: Prabowo to Build 2 Million Houses in Villages Annually
1802. MYANMAR: Armed Groups Snub Myanmar Junta ‘Peace’ Offer
1803. THAILAND: 70th Bangkok Gems Fair Hits $100M in Orders, Boosting Global Trade Hub Status
1804. INDONESIA: Sea Sand Exports: Singapore Gains, Indonesia Loses
1805. INDONESIA: Prabowo Warns of World War III Risk, Reaffirms Indonesia’s Non-Aligned Stance
1806. MYANMAR: IIMM Says the Military Council’s Secretive Executions Amount to Grave International Crimes
1807. SINGAPORE: Hong Kong dethrones Singapore as Asia-Pacific’s top financial center
1808. THAILAND: Majority of Thais Don’t Intend To Go Off meat During Annual Vegetarian Festival
1809. INDONESIA: Dynasties, Lack of Opposition Paint Bleak House Picture
1810. INDONESIA: Jokowi Launches Various Projects by Private Investors in Nusantara
1811. MALAYSIA: No Smoking, kids! Minors Smoking Now a Crime, While Selling Cigarettes to Minors Could Land You in Jail
1812. MYANMAR: Fuel Shortage Returns in Yangon
1813. PHILIPPINES: US Missile to Remain in PH
1814. INDONESIA: Miracle Needed For RI To Become Advanced Economy by 2045: World Bank
1815. INDONESIA: Retno Marsudi Urges Respect for Women’s Rights in Afghanistan
1816. MALAYSIA: Age Is Just A Number: Dr Mahathir, ‘99-Year-Old Car Guy’ Puts Pedal To The Metal and Hits Speeds Over 150KM/H AT SIC
1817. MYANMAR: Japan Downgrades Diplomatic Ties With Myanmar Junta
1818. THAILAND’S  Halal industry Drives 335M Baht in Trade, Aiming for ASEAN Hub
1819. INDONESIA to Launch Cyber Force as Fourth Branch of Military
1820. INDONESIA: North Sumatra Unveils World’s Tallest Christ Statue
1821. MYANMAR: NUG Minister Accuses Myanmar Junta of Obstructing Aid to Flood Victims at UN Meeting
1822. SINGAPORE: More Singaporean Deaths Than Births Possible By First Half of 2030s: Prime Minister’s Office
1823. THAILAND: Over 190,000 Myanmar Workers Arrested in Thailand’s Crackdown on Illegal Labor
1824. CAMBODIA Formally Withdraws From CLV-DTA Agreement
1825. INDONESIA: Relief as New Zealand Pilot Freed from Captivity in Papua
1826. INDONESIA Far Short of 2024 Renewable Energy Target
1827. THAILAND Pushing For Talks With Concerned Parties in MYANMAR to Repair Key Asian Highway
1828. VIETNAM’S Billionaire Proposes English Education for Entire Population
1829. INDONESIA Welcomes UN Resolution to End Israel’s Unlawful Occupation
1830. INDONESIA: Bali to Get Autonomous Transit System to Ease Congestion: Minister
1831. MYANMAR: International Cross-Border Response to Typhoon Yagi Urgently Needed in Myanmar
1832. SINGAPORE: MHA Survey Finds Growing Support Among Singapore Residents for Death Penalty in Most Serious Crimes
1833. THAILAND: New Project Aims to Create a Database of Facilities in Thailand
1834. CAMBODIA: Controversy Over Cambodia’s Journalism Charter Following UN Criticism
1835. INDONESIA: Virgin Australia Becomes 1st Foreign Airline to Use Pertamina’s Sustainable Fuel
1836. INDONESIA: Visitors Flock to Nusantara As New City Opens to Public
1837. MALAYSIA: Confinement Centers for Muslim Mothers in Malaysia? Yes, And They Are Highly in Demand
1838. MYANMAR: India Plans to Provide Electricity to Myanmar’s Chin and Rakhine States
1839. INDONESIA: RI Eyes Former Mining Land For Solar Power Plants
1840. INDONESIA: Luhut Attracts Ray Dalio and Porsche Family to Establish Family Offices in Bali
1841. MALAYSIA: Malaysia Freezes Almost 100 Bank Accounts in Child Abuse Case
1842. Myanmar Flooding Death Toll Jumps to 226
1843. INDONESIA: Election Rivalries at Play in Kadin Chair’s Ouster
1844. INDONESIA: Govt to Launch New Study on Authenticity of Borobudur’s ‘Chattra’
1845. MALAYSIA: On Malaysia Day, PM Anwar Vows Uplifting Rural and Impoverished Areas a Priority of His Administration
1846. Myanmar’s NUG Urges Public to Boycott Military Council’s Population Census
1847. THAILAND: Statue Removed to Museum After residents blame it for Mae Sai floods
1848. INDONESIA: Jet Aircraft Carrying Passengers Lands for First Time at Nusantara Airport
1849. INDONESIAN Military Inducts 500 Civilians into the Army to Bolster Nusantara’s Security
1850. MALAYSIA: ‘Unimaginable Horror’: UNICEF Calls for Urgent Long-Term Support After Mass Child Abuse Allegations at Welfare Homes Uncovered
1851. Myanmar Junta Intensifies Airstrikes on Civilian Areas following Threats by Min Aung Hlaing
1852. SINGAPORE: Pope Francis Arrives in Singapore for Final Leg of Asia
1853. INDONESIA: Prabowo Consolidates Power As Presidency looms
1854. INDONESIA: Biomass Export Boom Brings Risks of Deforestation
1855. MYANMAR: Karen Human Rights Group Condemns Ongoing Attacks On Education in Myanmar
1856. PH Most ‘At-Risk’ From Calamities
1857. Thailand Courts Bollywood With Film Fest in Mumbai
1858. CAMBODIA: No Agenda Behind China’s Donation of Two Warships to Cambodia
1859. INDONESIA: Gig Economy Threatens RI’s Human Capital Growth
1860. INDONESIA: Prabowo’s Free Meal Program Targets 15 Million Students in 2025
1861. MALAYSIA: Wealthy Chinese Youth Flock to Malaysia’s MM2H Scheme After Requirement Changes
1862. MYANMAR: Nicholas Koumjian Warns of Increasingly Frequent and Brutal War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity in Myanmar
1863. INDONESIA: Bali Proposes Two-Year Moratorium On Hotel, Nightclub Construction
1864. INDONESIA: Jokowi Works from New Capital Tomorrow Until Retirement
1865. MALAYSIA: Foreign Ministry Monitors Reports of Foreign Naval Vessels in Malaysia’s Exclusive Economic Zone in South China Sea
1866. MYANMAR: Thai Ministry Shuts Down Six Schools for Burmese Students
1867. SINGAPORE Refuses Higher Percentage of Travelers Since Launching Automated Immigration Lanes
1868. INDONESIA: Activists Revive Calls to Revoke Discriminatory Policies After Pope’s Visit
1869. INDONESIA: Long-Awaited Asset Forfeiture Law Delayed Again
1870. MYANMAR: The UN Security Council’s Astonishing Silence on Myanmar Atrocities: Akshaya Kumar, Human Rights Watch
1871. THAILAND: Fast-Growing Thai Halal Industry Poised For Big Leap in 2025
1872. VIETNAM: Typhoon Yagi Kills 4, leaves 78 Injured in Northern Vietnam
1873. INDONESIA: Now A Step Closer to Exporting Electricity to Singapore
1874. INDONESIA: GoTo Exits Vietnam Amid Push To Pursue Profitability
1875. Myanmar Junta Lures Trishaw Drivers Into Militias With Incentives
1876. THAILAND: New Surin Elephant Museum is a Primer on the World of this Pachyderm
1877. VIETNAM: Passenger bus route linking Ha Long and China’s Nanning City launched
1878. INDONESIA: The Pope Urges Indonesia to Live Up to Its Promise of ‘Harmony in Diversity’
1879. INDONESIA: TNI Ordered to Create Cyber Force
1880. MALAYSIA: PM Anwar Advocates For Deeper Islamic and Halal Industry Ties with Russia
1881. MYANMAR: Military Council Leader Announces Nationwide Census in Myanmar Amid Uncertainty
1882. THAILAND’S $13B Digital handout Scheme to Include Cash Payments: PM
1883. CAMBODIA: Growing Safeguards: Govt Encouraging More People to Settle in Border Areas
1884. INDONESIA: Southeast Asia’s Largest Economy To Reform Tourism on Bali
1885. INDONESIA: Government to Investigate Alleged Indonesian Gang Causing Disturbances in Japan
1886. MYANMAR: Yangon Reinstates Curfew Amid Growing Tensions and Reports of Forced Recruitment
1887. THAI Banks Suspend 34,000 Accounts Linked to Scammers
1888. INDONESIA: Philippine Detains Over 160 people, Including 70 Indonesians, Over Suspected Cybercrime Operation
1889. INDONESIA: 21 Foreign Citizens Win Contest Using Indonesian at FHI
1890. MALAYSIA: International Schools in Malaysia See Enrolment from East Asia Soar, Particularly From China
1891. MYANMAR: China Discusses Military Training with Myanmar Junta
1892. INDONESIA: Growing Paper, Plastic Scrap Imports Aggravate Waste Problem
1893. INDONESIA: Jakarta Sees Massive Ojek Protest but Many Drivers Continue Working
1894. MYANMAR Junta Reportedly Conducts Forced Conscription of Civilians in Pathein to Meet Military Quotas
1895. SINGAPORE: TODAY to Merge With CNA, Become Digital Long-Form Weekend Magazine
1896. VIETNAM: Over 800,000 Exposed Surveillance Cameras in Vietnam Spark Privacy Concerns
1897. CAMBODIA: Tik Tok Shuts Down Account For Falsehoods About Cambodia
1898. INDONESIA: All-Women Candidates to Contest East Java Gubernatorial Election
1899. INDONESIA: Govt Orders Nearly 2,000 Doses of Mpox Vaccine from Denmark
1900. MYANMAR Military Set to Lose Rakhine State to Ethnic Armed Group
1901. VIETNAM: HCMC Police Dismantle Baby Trafficking Ring Across 32 Localities
1902. INDONESIA: IDX Admits Employees Implicated in IPO Bribery Case
1903. INDONESIA: Indomie Factory in Nigeria Favors Cheaper Malaysian Palm Oil
1904. MYANMAR: Experts Sound Alarm on New Rohingya Crackdown in Myanmar
1905. SINGAPORE: One in Two People in Singapore Targeted By Fake Job Scams
1906. THAILAND: Harley-Davidson to move production of selected models to Thailand
1907. INDONESIA: President Jokowi to Host State Reception for Papal Visit
1908. INDONESIA: EU Embargo on Indonesian Palm Oil a Blessing in Disguise, Prabowo says
1909. MALAYSIA: Taliban Says Keen For Good Relations with Malaysia, Wants Help for Afghanistan in Higher Education System
1910. MYANMAR Junta Imposes Travel Restrictions for Wa, Palaung (Ta’ang), and Kokang Communities
1911. THAILAND: Museum in Southern Thailand is a Treasure Trove of Malay Heritage
1912. INDONESIA: Musicians Sound ‘Emergency Warning’ Over Regional Race Saga
1913. INDONESIA Prepares 1.5 Million Hectares for Dairy Farming and Cow Imports to Support Prabowo’s Program
1914. MYANMAR: Foreign Direct Investment in Myanmar Still Falling This Fiscal Year
1915. SINGAPORE Beats Jakarta, Manila In Ranking of Best Cities for Workcations
1916. THAILAND: Harvesting filming locations as Thailand’s soft power
1917. INDONESIA: Gov’t to Retire 13 Coal-Fired Power Plants
1918. INDONESIA and Australia Seal Treaty-Level Defense Pact
1919. MALAYSIA: PM Anwar Eyes BRICS’ Membership to Boost Malaysia’s Economic Diplomacy and Strategic Partnerships
1920. MYANMAR’S Junta Is Funding Its War Through Forex Scams, Economists Say
1921. THAILAND: First Case of Mpox Clade 1b Detected in Thailand
1922. INDONESIA: Refugees In Limbo After Eviction Notice From Jakarta Administration
1923. INDONESIA: Expert Warns Against Flood of Imported Petrochemicals from UAE
1924. MALAYSIA: PuTERA35, The Anwar Govt’s Plan To Uplift Bumiputera And Close The Economic Gap By 2035
1925. MYANMAR: Over 4,900 Battles Affecting 67% of Myanmar Recorded Since 2021 Coup
1926. VIETNAMESE Noodle Dishes Recognized as National Cultural Heritage
1927. INDONESIA: Government Prepares 12 Laboratories to Detex Mpox
1928. INDONESIA: Nusantara Hosts First-Ever Independence Day Celebration
1929. MALAYSIA: Digital divinity: Oldest Hindu Temple in Johor Takes Prayer Requests, Payments Online
1930. THAI KIng Pardons Ex-PM Thaksin in Birthday Amnesty
1931. INDONESIA: Up to 45 Million Indonesians At Risk of Hunger: Home Ministry
1932. ASEAN Holds Meeting on Human Trafficking Prevention
1933. MALAYSIA a Key Link in Smuggling of Indonesian labor, Jakarta Says
1934. MYANMAR: UN Reports Increased Brutality in Myanmar Conflict, Urges ASEAN to Act
1935. THAILAND’S Paetongtarn Shinawatra Wins Parliamentary Backing To Become New PM
1936. INDONESIA: Google Vows to Redact Fraudulent Maps Business Data
1937. INDONESIA: Govt Pushes For Clean Tech In Fertilizer Production
1938. Myanmar is Running Out of Power; Post-Coup Blackouts Intensify
1939. THAILAND: PM Srettha Shown The Door as Constitutional Court Rules Against Him
1940. VIETNAM Legislators Propose Making Trading Fetuses a Human Trafficking Crime
1941. INDONESIA: Activists Urge KPK Selection Committee To Oust Problematic Candidates
1942. INDONESIA: Google Takes Action Against Widespread Hotel Account Hacks in Indonesia
1943. MALAYSIA: Federal Police Exposes Job Scam Offering Over RM6,000 A Month For Fake Google Reviews
1944. MYANMAR: Junta Controls Fewer Than 100 of Myanmar’s 350 Towns: NUG
1945. THAILAND: New Guidelines For So-Called ‘Green Industry’ Introduced
1946. ASEAN Eyes Nuclear Energy, But Airs Safety Concerns
1947. INDONESIA Eases Import Rules For Solar Power Projects
1948. INDONESIA’S $15b Food Security Budget Fails to Improve Agricultural Sector, Says Expert
1949. MALAYSIA: All You Need To Know About Dark Tourism and Why Malaysia Should Capitalize on it
1950. MYANMAR: Floods, Starvation, and Violence in Myanmar’s Badlands: NGO Report
1951. CAMBODIA: Police Increasing Pressure on Int’l Human Trafficking Gangs
1952. INDONESIA: Government Ramps up Preparation For First Independence Day in Nusantara
1953. INDONESIA and Australia Deepen Ties in Electric Vehicle Supply Chain and Research
1954. MYANMAR: Nearly 50 Former Myanmar Military Officers Recalled to Active Duty
1955. SINGAPORE Hangs Prisoner In Second Execution In Days
1956. VIETNAM: Foreign Businesses Step Up Investment, Recruitment in Vietnam Amid Global Shift
1957. INDONESIA ‘Needs To’ Develop its Quaternary Education Amid Technological Advancement
1958. INDONESIA Extends Safeguard Tariffs to Protect Struggling Textile Industry
1959. MALAYSIA Leads Asia with 31.4pc Female Board Members in Top 100 Publicly Listed Companies: SC Data
1960. MYANMAR’S Junta Has Tightened Its Conscription Noose at Airports
1961. VIETNAM: Finance Ministry Proposes Lower Income Tax Rate for Micro, Small enterprises
1962. INDONESIA: OJK Reports Foreign Acquisition of Six Indonesian Multifinance Firms
1963. INDONESIA: Journalist Association Condemns Alleged Intimidation of Tempo Journalist
1964. MALAYSIA: How Does Bangladesh in Turmoil affect Malaysia, One Of Its top 10 Trade Partners
1965. MYANMAR Military Claims It Withdrew ‘For Fafety of People’
1966. THAILAND: Charter Court Dissolves Move Forward, Bans Execs For 10 years
1967. CAMBODIA: UNESCO to Investigate Alleged Rights Abuses at Angkor Wat
1968. INDONESIA: Disaster Agency Stockpiles Food in Central Papua Over Famine Concerns
1969. INDONESIA to Export Green Power to Singapore by 2028
1970. MYANMAR: NGO Calls on ASEAN to Engage with Myanmar’s Resistance Government
1971. THAILAND’S Pattaya Aims to Become Family-Friendly Destination Instead of Sex Tourism Hub
1972. INDONESIA: Government Imposes Sricter Tobacco Control Amid Unchecked Youth Smoking
1973. INDONESIA: PLN Looks to Trial Carbon Capture at Four Coal-Fired Plants
1974. MYANMAR: Desperate Myanmar Junta Seeks Russian Intervention Against Armed Resistance
1975. SINGAPORE: Most Singaporean Youths Satisfied With Life; 2 in 5 Have Never Been in a Relationship: IPS-NYC Study
1976. INDONESIA: Former VP Jusuf Kalla attends Hamas leader’s funeral, calls for end to Gaza war
1977. INDONESIA: Rights Groups Hail Safe Abortion Rule, Urge More Details
1978. MYANMAR: War in Myanmar Heartlands Silences Mount Popa Volcano Shrine
1979. PHILIPPINES: Yulo Gifts PH With 2nd Gold
1980. VIETNAM: Unusual Rains Over 2 Months Cause Devastating Floods in Northern Vietnam
1981. Cambodia-Laos-Thailand Combat Cross-Border Corruption-KhmerTimes
1982. INDONESIA: President Jokowi Condemns ‘Intolerable’ Killing of Hamas Leader
1983. INDONESIA: Police Arrest Terror Suspect Targeting Places of Worship in East Java
1984. INDONESIA: Police Arrest Terror Suspect Targeting Places of Worship in East Java
1985. MALAYSIA’S New License for Social Media Platforms and Messenger Apps
1986. INDONESIA: Surfing the Slowing Global Economy: How Has Indonesia Fared So Far?
1987. THAILAND: 86 Communities Sign Up For First Batch of Agricultural Drones Project
1988. THAILAND: 8https://asiaviews.net/thailand-86-communities-sign-up-for-first-batch-of-agricultural-drones-project/6 Communities Sign Up For First Batch of Agricultural Drones Project
1989. THAILAND: 86 Communities Sign Up For First Batch of Agricultural Drones Project
1990. VIETNAM: Australian Veterans’ 20-Year Search Uncovers Mass Grave of Vietnamese Soldiers
1991. CAMBODIA: Indian Govt Issues ‘Cyber Slavery’ Advisory to Overseas Travelers Heading to Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos and Hong Kong
1992. INDONESIA: South Korea Overtakes US, Japan in FDI to Indonesia
1993. INDONESIA’S  Sea Nomads Turn to Jobs on Land
1994. MYANMAR: NUG Wants to Collaborate with Thai Government Over Migrant Worker Issues
1995. THAILAND: Thai PM Srettha to Meet Anwar in Southern Province to Discuss Border Security
1996. INDONESIA: ‘No Transition Without Transmission’ as RI Calls Donors to Fund Grid
1997. INDONESIA: Govt Aims to Reduce Airfares by 10 Percent by October
1998. MALAYSIA: Sabah’s Place in Malaysia Undisputed, Says Foreign Ministry in Response to Social Media Claims
1999. MYANMAR’S  United Wa State Army Moves Into Strategic Northern Town of Lashio
2000. VIETNAM: Mobile Internet Subscriptions in Vietnam Surpass 90% of Population For First Time
2001. CAMBODIA HIV/AIDS Response Ranks First in Region: UNAIDS
2002. INDONESIA: Jokowi to Receive FAO Award for Food Security: Minister
2003. INDONESIA Launches New Phase of Industrial Park in Bid to Lure Investors Away From China
2004. MALAYSIA Brain Drain And Who’s Benefitting From It
2005. MYANMAR: Burma Human Rights Network calls on U.S. Congress for Myanmar Acts
2006. INDONESIA: Golden Visa Only For ‘Good Quality Travelers’: Jokowi
2007. INDONESIA: Thousands of East Java Children Seek Therapy for Online Gaming Addiction
2008. MYANMAR: Thai Central Bank to Investigate Myanmar Weapons Payments
2009. SINGAPORE: Terrorism Threat Elevated Since Renewed Israel-Palestine Conflict; Singapore Also Affected: ISD
2010. THAI Passport Holders Now Have Visa-Free Access to 82 Countries
2011. INDONESIA: Govt Denies Buying Russian Oil But Leaves Door Open
2012. INDONESIA: Jakarta’s Air Quality Index Hits Hazardous Levels, Second Only to Kinshasa
2013. MALAYSIA: Meta’s Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp Most Compliant with Malaysian Laws, X the Worst Offender: Fahmi
2014. MYANMAR’S Second-Largest City Overwhelmed by Third Wave of War Refugees
2015. THAILAND: Majority of Thai People Use AI In Their Daily Lives For its Convenience: Study
2016. CAMBODIA: Senate President Hun Sen Denies Allegations of Khmer Territory Integration into Vietnam
2017. INDONESIA: Jokowi Celebrates Children’s Day in Papua to Symbolize Educational Justice
2018. INDONESIA: Heavy Reliance on Exports to China Could Hurt Indonesia’s Trade: Analyst
2019. MALAYSIA: Education Ministry Says No Exemptions Over Ban Against School donations From Tobacco, Alcohol Sponsors
2020. MYANMAR Junta Generals Barred From ASEAN Meet as Civilian Deaths Exceed 5,400
2021. INDONESIA: New Tracking System to Prevent Fraud in Nickel, Tin Mining
2022. INDONESIA Tests B40 Biodiesel on Trains, Aims to Cut Fuel Imports by $9 Billion
2023. MALAYSIA: One in Three Malaysian Teens Overweight or Obese: deputy health minister, as study reveals alarming spike
2024. MYANMAR Alliance Agrees to Extend Ceasefire With Junta in Shan State
2025. THAILAND: Srettha Urges Businesses to Cash In On Fast-Growing Pet Industry
2026. INDONESIA Calls For End to ‘Illegal’ Israeli Occupation of Palestine
2027. INDONESIA: Regional Administrations Criticized for ‘Embedded Sexism’
2028. MYANMAR: Rising Civilian Casualties, Communications Cut, Amidst Fierce fFghting in Mandalay
2029. PHILIPPINES, China Reach Deal on Ayungin Missions
2030. THAILAND: ‘Pet Economy’ On the Rise
2031. INDONESIA: Jokowi Under Fire for Granting Nearly 200-Year Land Permits in Nusantara
2032. INDONESIA: Foreign Investors Interested in Jakarta LRT Expansion: Jakpro
2033. MALAYSIA to Review All Water Deals with Singapore Since 1962: DPM Fadillah
2034. Myanmar Junta Bolsters Security in Mandalay as Clashes Intensif
2035. VIETNAM: Southeast Asia’s Largest Wastewater Plant Halfway Done in HCMC
2036. INDONESIA: South Korea Mulls Visa-Free Entry for Indonesia
2037. INDONESIA: Missed Construction Targets Put Capital Relocation Plan in Limbo
2038. MALAYSIA’S Path to Silver-Haired Nation Sparks Gold Rush in Senior Care Centers
2039. MYANMAR Temple City of Bagan Pines For Tourists As Conflict Rages
2040. THAILAND: Visa Waiver Extension Affecting 93 Nations To Be Signed Monday
2041. INDONESIA: Gaza War Not Religious: Foreign Minister
2042. INDONESIA: Government Websites Penetrated by Gambling Games in Apparent Revenge Hacking
2043. MYANMAR Junta Bans Two Ethnic Parties From Election
2044. PHILIPPINES: SC wants Congress to Pass Dynasty Law
2045. SINGAPORE Has Over 333,000 Millionaires: Report
2046. INDONESIA: Preparations Pick Up For Pope’s Busy Visit to Indonesia
2047. INDONESIA: Raja Ampat Tourism Marred by Alleged Mass Extortion
2048. THAILAND Promotes Aspirations to Become Medical Hub
2049. VIETNAM Considers Scrapping Two-CHild Birth Limit Amid Falling Birth Rates
2050. INDONESIA: Excess Spending, Tax Shortfall to Drive Deficit Far Beyond Budget Plan
2051. INDONESIA: US Forgives Indonesia’s $35 Million Debt for Coral Reef Conservation
2052. MALAYSIA: Ahead of Budget 2025, PM Anwar says eradicating cartels and monopolies top of list to alleviate cost of living woes
2053. MYANMAR: Junta Plunges Myanmar Into Economic Turmoil
2054. VIETNAM: Ministry Seeking Heavier Penalties For Fetus Gender Selection
2055. INDONESIA: Local Governments Spend More on Meetings and Travel Than Actual Programs: Tito
2056. INDONESIA: Nearly 200 Child Marriage Applications Filed in Probolinggo in Early 2024
2057. MYANMAR: Tens of Thousands Flee as Myanmar Junta Buckles in Northern Shan Capital
2058. SINGAPORE: Grasshoppers and Superworms Among 16 Insect Species Approved as Food in Singapore
2059. VIETNAM: The Most Affordable Country For Expats: survey
2060. CAMBODIA: Japan, Cambodia Commit to Work Together For a Mine-Free world
2061. INDONESIA: Eight Foreign Nationals Arrested in South Jakarta Dollar Counterfeit Raid
2062. INDONESIA Tees off on Golf Tourism as Singapore Courses Dwindle
2063. MYANMAR: Ongoing Diarrhea Outbreak in Southern Chin State, Urgent Medical Assistance Sought
2064. VIETNAM: Only 25% of Vietnamese Firms Have Website
2065. INDONESIA Lags in Early Childhood Education
2066. INDONESIA Launches ASEAN’s First EV Battery Cell Plant
2067. MYANMAR: BNI Condemns Five-Year Prison Sentence for DMG Reporter and Staff Member
2068. SINGAPORE Ranks Priciest City in Asia
2069. CAMBODIA: Ten Mother Nature ‘Activists’ Handed Lengthy Prison Terms
2070. INDONESIA: Jokowi’s Momentum to Restore Religious Harmony, As Promised
2071. INDONESIA: Hyundai’s Flying Taxi to Begin Test Flights in Indonesia’s New Capital This July
2072. MALAYSIA: Top among 35 countries for rosy view of Russia and Putin: Pew Center Poll
2073. MYANMAR  Banks Face Fines For Exceeding Home Mortgage Cap
2074. INDONESIA: Businesses Hold Back On Geothermal Projects As PLN Return Deemed Unattractive
2075. INDONESIA’S Poverty Rate Drops to 25.22 Million in March 2024: BPS
2076. MALAYSIA Can’t Ratify Anti-Torture Convention Due to Country’s Caning Laws: Saifuddin Nasution
2077. MYANMAR: Crime and Punishment in Myanmar
2078. Philippines’ Dependency On Coal-Fired Power Surpasses Indonesia, China
2079. INDONESIA: Calls Mount For Communication Minister’s Resignation Over Cyberattack
2080. INDONESIA: Japanese Joint Venture to Build Waste-to-Energy Plant in W. Java
2081. MALAYSIA: Melaka, Indonesia to Seek UNESCO Recognition For Spice Route Voyage: State Exco
2082. MYANMAR: Australian and US sanctions on Myanmar Banks Proving Effective, Yet Critical Gaps Remain: MCN
2083. THAILAND: 13 Industries See Surge in Factory Openings Despite Economic Downturn
2084. CAMBODIA: Official Raises Concern Over Kingdom’s Ageing Population
2085. INDONESIA: Freeport Launches World’s Largest Single-Line Copper Smelter in Indonesia
2086. MALAYSIA: Survey Shows Surge in Malaysians’ Trust in Govt, Reflecting Growing Confidence in Stability of Anwar Administration
2087. MYANMAR: Thai Banks Linked to Atrocities in Myanmar, UN Report Finds
2088. INDONESIA: Anti-Money Laundering Agency PPATK Detects 7,000 Gambling Transactions Linked to House Members
2089. INDONESIA: Anti-Money Laundering Agency PPATK Detects 7,000 Gambling Transactions Linked to House Members
2090. INDONESIA: Chinese Textile Giant to Invest in Indonesia Amid Mass Layoffs
2091. MYANMAR: Junta Starts Selling Subsidized Rice in Yangon
2092. VIETNAM: How China’s Insatiable Demand is Changing Durian Industry in Southeast Asia
2093. INDONESIA: Diaspora, Mixed Children Laud Govt’s Permanent Visa Plan
2094. INDONESIA: World Bank Upgrades Indonesia’s GDP Growth to 5.1 Percent
2095. MYANMAR: Rising Drug Prices and Shortages Hit Major Myanmar Cities
2096. VIETNAM: 4 Vietnamese Accused of Cyberattacks in US, Causing $71M in Damages
2097. CAMBODIA Now Has Her Own Social Media App
2098. INDONESIA Enacts Revised Village Law, Extending Social Security to Village Chiefs and Officials
2099. INDONESIA: Jakarta Celebrates Another Year As Capital City
2100. MYANMAR Regime Admits Killing Monk
2101. THAILAND: The long journey of the Equal Marriage Law
2102. INDONESIA: Online Gambling War: Task Force Probes Fraudulent Bank Accounts, Payments At Mini Marts
2103. INDONESIA: 165 Indonesians Facing Death Sentence in Foreign Countries, Mostly Malaysia
2104. MALAYSIA, China Agree to Extend Visa Exemption To Strengthen Bilateral Ties, According to Joint Statement
2105. MYANMAR: Flower Phobia Strikes Myanmar’s Ruling Junta Again, Dozens Arrested
2106. VIETNAM: Southern province to form 27,000 ha marine conservation site
2107. INDONESIA: Copper, Jewelry Buoy RI Exports Amid Weakness in Coal, CPO
2108. INDONESIA: Revote Ruling Offers Hope for Women’s Representation
2109. MALAYSIA Scores 5.8 Out of 10 in Human Rights Index for 2024
2110. MYANMAR: As She Turns 79 in Prison, ‘The Lady’ Remains a Symbol of Hope and Resilience in Myanmar
2111. PHILIPPINES : Sara Quits Marcos Cabinet
2112. INDONESIA: Pope To Stop By Istiqlal Mosque During First-Ever Indonesia Visit
2113. INDONESIA: Information Ministry Threatens to Shut Down X Over Adult Content
2114. MALAYSIA Falls to 34th In IMD World Competitiveness Ranking, Now Below Thailand and Indonesia
2115. MYANMAR: Anti-Rohingya Hate Speech and Attacks on Rohingya Civilians On Rise
2116. SINGAPORE StudentsTop Pisa Study On Creative Thinking, Despite Not Thinking of Themselves As Creative
2117. INDONESIA: Minister Wants Indonesia to Copy India’s Approach to Dual Citizenship
2118. INDONESIA: Govt Vows to Crack Down on ‘Blood Sucking’ Online Gambling
2119. MYANMAR’S Rakhine Spiraling Into Hunger as 50% Drop in Rice Harvest Predicted
2120. PHILIPPINES: ‘Ramming and Towing’: Philippines Says China Disrupted Mission to Ayungin Shoal
2121. SINGAPORE English Teachers Part of Volunteer Program for Disadvantaged Communities, not Malaysian Schools: Anwar
2122. THAILAND: Four Key Cases Poised to Reshape Thailand’s Political Landscape
2123. CAMBODIA: International aid decline raises concerns for Cambodia’s economic stability
2124. INDONESIA: Jakarta’s Air Quality Among Worst in the World, Residents Advised to Wear Masks Outdoors
2125. INDONESIA: Prabowo’s Gaza diplomacy
2126. MYANMAR Junta Boss Orders Another Purge of Military Top Brass
2127. VIETNAM Achieves Record Presence In World’s Most Influential University Rankings
2128. INDONESIA: Police Most Reported to Komnas HAM Over Human Rights Violations
2129. INDONESIA: President Jokowi’s 1-Ton Cow Worth Rp 100M to be Sacrificed for Eid al-Adha
2130. MALAYSIA: PM Anwar, Wong Discuss Placing Singaporean Teachers in Malaysia
2131. MYANMAR: World Bank Paints Its Grimmest Picture Yet For Myanmar’s Future
2132. VIETNAM: Factories in southern Vietnam struggle to hire workers
2133. CAMBODIA: Bush Meat Still on the ‘Unwritten’ Menu Despite Joint eEforts to Curb Poaching
2134. INDONESIA Calls for Lasting Peace in Gaza Following US-Sponsored Resolution
2135. INDONESIA Leads in Fiscal Deficit Reduction Among Pandemic-Hit Nations: Sri Mulyani
2136. MYANMAR: NUG Protests Myanmar Junta’s Internet Shutdowns
2137. SINGAPORE Offers S$13,500 to SQ321 Passengers Who Suffered ‘Minor Injuries’
2138. INDONESIA: Presidents Past and Present to Gather for Independence Day in Jakarta and Nusantara
2139. INDONESIAN Consumers Less Confident About the Economy: BI
2140. THAI Economy Expected to Improve From July-Dec But Concerns Remain
2141. VIETNAM: Businesses Adapt as Gen Z Shapes Workplace Dynamics
2142. CAMBODIA: Ministry to Establish 250 Model Villages, Boosting Economic Growth
2143. INDONESIA: Skills Mismatch, Tech Disconnect: Why 10 Million Gen-Z Indonesians Sit Around
2144. INDONESIA: ‘OPM’ Label Reinstated, TNI Ready to Act in Papua: General Maruli
2145. MYANMAR: Russia Approves Moves to Build Nuclear Plant in Myanmar
2146. VIETNAM: Saltwater Intrusion Threatens to Wipe Durian, Rambutan Off Vietnam’s Mekong Delta
2147. INDONESIA Condemns Israeli Bill Labeling UNRWA Terror Group
2148. INDONESIA: Know Before You Fly: A Guide to Drone Laws in Indonesia
2149. MALAYSIA Evicts 500 Sea Nomads in Crackdown on Migrants: activists
2150. MYANMAR: Growing Rebellion-Myanmar’s Youth Flock to Armed Resistance, Rejecting Junta Conscription
2151. THAILAND: Govt Mulls ‘Retirement Lottery’ to Promote Saving Habits For Would-Be Seniors
2152. INDONESIA: ‘All Eyes on Papua’ Movement Gains Momentum Online
2153. INDONESIA: Jokowi to Start Working from Nusantara in July, Confirms Project on Track to Investors
2154. INDONESIA: New Law Paves Way For Longer Maternity Leave
2155. MYANMAR’S Multibillion-Dollar Jade Trade ‘Crashing’ as China Clamps Down
2156. PHILIPPINES: China Remains ‘Greatest’ Threat to PH: Survey
2157. INDONESIA Targets Cement Industry Decarbonization by 2050
2158. INDONESIA: Jokowi Looks To Steady IKN Authority Ship, Claims Big Investment Coming
2159. MALAYSIA: Importance of Human Rights Aligns With Concept of Malaysia Madani: PM Anwar
2160. MYANMAR Junta Arrests Thai Condo Buyers, Realtors as Currency Crashes
2161. THAILAND Targets To Get 1 Million Dropouts Back To School
2162. INDONESIA Won’t Normalize Israeli Ties: FM Retno
2163. INDONESIA: Foreign Tourists Spend Less Money in Indonesia:BPS
2164. MALAYSIA Needs to Prioritize Investments In Silver Economy to Enable Active, Healthy Ageing: PM Anwar
2165. MYANMAR: Charity Ride From Singapore to Bangkok Raises Funds for Myanmar Refugee Clinic
2166. THAILAND Lagging Behind in Skills and Digital Know-How: NESDC
2167. INDONESIA: National Police Arrests ‘Most Wanted’ Thai Fugitive
2168. INDONESIA: High Flyer in Some Subjects, Nadiem Fails to Make Grade in Basic Course Work
2169. MALAYSIA: Penang Expects to Reap ‘Durian Runtuh’ Revenue of RM1b Due to Three-Month Season This year
2170. MYANMAR Junta Orders All Security Personnel to Frontline as Losses Mount in Hard-Hit Regional Commands
2171. INDONESIA: Too Many Holidays Spell Bad News for Indonesia’s Productivity
2172. MALAYSIA: From Menace to Miracle: How ‘Padi Angin’ May Solve Future Rice Scarcity in Malaysia
2173. MYANMAR: Illegal Entry Arrests Surge in Thailand Amid Forced Military Conscription in Myanmar
2174. THAILAND: Long Arm of Law Finds ‘Boss Paeng’ in Indonesia
2175. CAMBODIA: KR Survivors Share Stories At First ‘Future’ Conference
2176. INDONESIA: Health Ministry Reports Decrease in Teen Smoking but Rise in E-Cigarette Use
2177. MALAYSIA: Come Clean On Those Currently Facing Gallows in Malaysia, Amnesty International tells Putrajaya
2178. MYANMAR: Rohingya Forced to Fight Alongside Myanmar Army Tormentors
2179. THAILAND to Indict Influential Former Premier Thaksin Over Royal Insult
2180. INDONESIA Thanks Spain, Ireland, and Norway for Recognizing Palestinian State
2181. INDONESIA: Government Turns to Community Early Warning System to Mitigate Marapi Lahars
2182. MALAYSIA to Train, Upskill 60,000 Engineers, Allocate RM25b in Fiscal SUpport for National Semiconductor Strategy: PM Anwar
2183. MYANMAR Junta Fires Key Economics Minister From Its Cabinet
2184. VIETNAM: Southeast Asian Destinations Among World’s ‘Most Boring’ Tourist Attractions
2185. INDONESIA: Chinese-Owned Firm to Build Cement Plant in Aceh Despite Moratorium
2186. INDONESIA: Generative AI Can Save Indonesia’s Failing Rural Banks: Google
2187. INDONESIA Plans To Open Air Routes Connecting Regional Buddhist Centers
2188. MALAYSIA: At Global Forum, PM Anwar Touts Islamic Economy’s Potential to Rival ‘Unbridled’ Capitalism
2189. MYANMAR’S Military Blocks Escape Routes in Thandwe as Rakhine War Intensifies
2190. INDONESIA: More Dynasties in the Making in November Regional Head Elections
2191. INDONESIA: Reform Undone: Activists Lament Shrinking Civic Space, Unresolved Rights Abuse
2192. MYANMAR: UN Investigators Probing Mass Displacement in Myanmar
2193. MYANMAR: Putao town in Kachin State, under blockade for over two months is now facing severe food and fuel shortages with skyrocketing commodity prices
2194. VIETNAM Resort Properties Attractive to Foreign Investors
2195. INDONESIA:  State-Owned Enterprises Under Scrutiny for Corruption Allegations
2196. INDONESIA: Jakarta to Build City’s First Waste-To-Energy Plant
2197. MALAYSIA to Leverage on ASEAN to Tackle Regional Issues: PM Anwar
2198. MYANMAR: 194 Organizations Say Rohingya Must No Longer Be Exploited For Military and Political Gain
2199. MYANMAR Ditched as Global Beauty Pageant Host Over War
2200. INDONESIA: Battery Subscription Scheme Could Remove Roadblock to EV Adoption
2201. INDONESIA: Lifelong Visa for Indonesian Diaspora Can Be a Major Breakthrough
2202. MALAYSIA: Experts Call for Eearly-Years STEM Education to Address Critical engineering labor Shortage in Malaysia
2203. MYANMAR Junta Sentences Activist to 74 Years Prison for Leading Protests
2204. PHILIPPINES: While ICC Looms, House Panel Probes Duterte’s Drug war Killings For the First Time
2205. CAMBODIA: The Genocide Convention and Cambodia: Lessons Fom the Past, Prevention For the Future
2206. INDONESIA Demands Starlink’s Network Operation Center Within Borders to Protect National Sovereignty
2207. INDONESIA: Bali to Become Family Office Hub:Luhut
2208. Boundaries on 3R Issues: PM Anwar
2209. MYANMAR Shoppers Report Hyperinflation as Kyat Plunges Past 4,000/Dollar
2210. INDONESIA Wants N. Zealand to Close WTO Dispute on Food Import Restrictions
2211. INDONESIA: Steep Costs, Red Tape Deter Independent Regional Candidates
2212. MYANMAR: Conscription Crisis: Myanmar’s Military is Recruiting Young Men at Gunpoint
2213. VIETNAM: Hogwarts Hanoi: Vietnam school inspired by Harry Potter
2214. REGIONAL: Brain Drain Whittles Away at Developing Countries While Policies Fumble
2215. INDONESIA: Why Javanese Symbolism is Intertwined With Indonesian Politics
2216. INDONESIA: ‘I Will Be Myself’: Prabowo on Leadership Style
2217. MALAYSIA: Two In Five Malaysians Not Getting Enough Sleep, With Survey Showing Obesity On the Rise But Diabetes Going Down
2218. MYANMAR: Governments Issue Joint Statement in Support of Rohingya Refugees
2219. THAILAND: Climate Change Could Force Thailand to Relocate Capital Bangkok
2220. INDONESIA Maintains Trade Surplus Despite Plunging Exports
2221. INDONESIA: Medan Mall Shut Down for Dodging Rp 250B Tax
2222. MALAYSIA: Foreigners Married to Malaysians Can Use Spouse’s Name for Business: Johor Exco
2223. MYANMAR: Karen Information Center Director Wins International Journalism Award
2224. SINGAPORE: British Expat Launches ‘SinglePore’ In-Person Dating Event; Big Response Crashes Website
2225. INDONESIA: Designing the Future of Indonesia’s Food Systems
2226. INDONESIA: Jokowi, Elon Musk to Launch Starlink Services in Indonesia
2227. MALAYSIA: Meeting with Hamas May Cause Anxiety But Malaysia Trying to Help in Peace Effort: PM Anwar:
2228. MYANMAR Junta Plans October National Census
2229. INDONESIA: Opposition Grows to Broadcasting Bill that Threatens Press Freedom
2230. INDONESIA: Ukrainians, Russian Face Death Over Bali Drug Lab: Police
2231. MYANMAR Civil War Delays Development Assistance From Thailand
2232. SINGAPORE: Handing Over Singapore In Good order: The legacy of Lee Hsien Loong
2233. VIETNAM: Mysterious ‘Floating’ Lake Discovered in Central Vietnam
2234. CAMBODIA: Ministry Questions TIA Report on Money-Laundering Risks
2235. INDONESIA: Prabowo Reiterates ‘Asian Way’ to Defuse Tension
2236. INDONESIA: May Riot Victims Seek Closure From Incoming Govt
2237. MYANMAR: IOM’s Chief Announces Funding for Rohingya Refugees on Bangladesh Visit
2238. SINGAPORE: ‘I’ve Been Scammed’: PM Lee on How He Himself Was Victim of an Online Scam
2239. INDONESIA: Structural Problems Blight Agriculture As Key Sector For Employment
2240. MALAYSIA: Education Minister: Upholding Malay, English Languages Must Go Hand-in-Hand
2241. MALAYSIA Plans To Introduce ‘Orangutan Diplomacy’
2242. MYANMAR Junta Rebuffs Hun Sen’s Request to Meet Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
2243. THAILAND: PM Clamps Down on Cannabis For Recreational Use
2244. CAMBODIA: Hun Sen Requests Video Meeting With Aung San Suu Kyi
2245. INDONESIA Sees Hottest April in 40 years
2246. INDONESIA: Bata Shoe Factory Shuts Down After 30 Years
2247. MYANMAR: Over 3 million ow displaced in Myanmar: UN
2248. VIETNAM: Digital Content Exporters Open Foreign Offices To Avoid Tax
2249. INDONESIA Hopes to Lead Global Green Aluminum Market with UAE
2250. MYANMAR: AAPP: Myanmar Junta Killed 223 Females This Year
2251. THAILAND: Heatwave Escalates Water War in Thailand’s North
2252. INDONESIA: Unresolved Conflicts May Hinder Prabowo’s Plan to Form Presidents’ Club
2253. INDONESIAN Muslim Cleric Reaffirms Ban on Interfaith Marriage
2254. MYANMAR: Chin Alliances Clash Over Territory Liberated From Myanmar Junta
2255. SINGAPORE:  Migrant Workers in S’pore Left in Limbo After Paying Large Sums to Agency Promising Jobs in Poland
2256. VIETNAM:  Rail Route Connects China, Laos, Thailand, Malaysia
2257. INDONESIA: Schools, Universities Prone To Corruption: KPK Survey
2258. INDONESIA: Sumatran Orangutan’s Use of Medicinal Plant to Treat Wound Intrigues Scientists
2259. MYANMAR: US Commission Slams Myanmar’s Religious Freedom
2260. VIETNAM Posts Over $10B in Four-Month Tourism Revenue
2261. VIETNAM to Produce Enough Rice for 8 Million Tons Exports
2262. INDONESIA May Offer Dual Citizenship to Attract Overseas Workers: Minister
2263. INDONESIA: Ministry Unveils New Funding Initiative For Climate-Resilient Health System
2264. MALAYSIA: PM Anwar: Govt Can Take Criticism But Will Not Compromise on 3R Sentiments
2265. MYANMAR: EU Extends Myanmar Junta Sanctions for Another Year
2266. VIETNAM Welcomes over 6 Million Int’l Visitors in Four Months
2267. INDONESIA: Magnitude 6.5 Earthquake Strikes off Java Island: Authorities
2268. INDONESIA: PDI-P Could Become Sole Opposition to Prabowo Coalition
2269. INDONESIA: Political Dynasticism Rampant in Newly Elected House Lawmakers
2270. MYANMAR: India Needs to Protect its Strategic Stakes in ‘Unstable’ Myanmar
2271. PHILIPPINES- Heat wave in Southeast Asia closes schools, triggers health alerts
2272. REGIONAL: Women in SE Asia Gaining Representation in Boardrooms: Report
2273. CAMBODIA: Pailin Farmer Hits On Solution To Excess Mangoes
2274. INDONESIA: US Returns Antiquities to Indonesia Amid Probe into Trafficking Networks
2275. INDONESIA: Creative Industry Workers Worry AI Is After Their Jobs
2276. MALAYSIA Adopts a Balanced Foreign Policy, Stands Clear of Provocations: PM Anwar
2277. MYANMAR: Network of ASEAN Parliamentarians Says Only Myanmar is Locking up Lawmakers
2278. INDONESIA: House of Old Men: 2024 Election Sees Lowest Number of Young Lawmakers ​​​
2279. INDONESIA: Job Creation Law Eases Business Licensing to Propel Growth
2280. MALAYSIA: UM Apologizes For Hosting Pro-Israel Professor, Lambasts Him for Claiming Malaysia Unsafe for Travelers
2281. MYANMAR: Thailand Warns Myanmar’s Rivals Against Using Its Soil For Harm: Minister
2282. THAILAND: 30 Died From Heatstroke in Thailand so Far in 2024 as South-east Asia Bakes
2283. CAMBODIA: Ending a Scourge: PM Pushes For Final Steps to Eradicate Malaria in Cambodia
2284. INDONESIA in Dire Need of Specialist Doctors: Jokowi
2285. 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
2286. MYANMAR: US Think-Tank Sounds Alarm as Scam Centers Mushroom on Myanmar-Thai Border
2287. SINGAPORE Red Cross Sends 9 Volunteers to Egypt for Gaza Relief Work, S$815,000 Worth of Aid
2288. INDONESIA: Dengue Deaths Spike Almost Threefold Compared to Last Year
2289. INDONESIA: Inter-Province Migration Costs Jakarta Trillions of Rupiah
2290. MALAYSIA Seeing Sharp Increase In Ageing Population: Nanta
2291. MYANMAR: UN’s Türk Sounds Alarm Amid Rising Tensions in Rakhine
2292. INDONESIA: Court Rulings Seal Prabowo Win
2293. INDONESIA: Clashes Between TNI, OPM Continue in Papua Amid Rising Tension
2294. MALAYSIA Poised to Become Powerhouse In Clean, Renewable Energy: Industry Players
2295. MYANMAR: As Losses Mount, Myanmar’s Junta Tightens Its Embrace of Russia
2296. CAMBODIA: Chinese Police Complete Repatriation Of Over 680 Gambling, Scam Suspects from Cambodia
2297. INDONESIA: Authorities Call For Vigilance Amid Heightened Volcanic Activity
2298. MALAYSIA Aims To Be In Top 20 Countries in Global Startup Ecosystem Index by 2030: PM Anwar
2299. MYANMAR Junta Using Rohingya Recruits to Sow Ethnic Hatred: Activists
2300. VIETNAM: Three Vietnam Locales Among World’s ‘Best Walking cities’
2301. ASEAN Says ‘Deeply Concerned’ Over Escalating Myanmar Violence
2302. INDONESIA: Trust in Constitutional Court Rises Ahead Of Ruling On Election Disputes: LSI Survey
2303. MYANMAR: New Year, Old Tactic: Myanmar Junta’s Amnesty Skips Political Prisoners
2304. SINGAPORE:  24-Year-Old Maps Singapore Toilets With Bidets on Google, Earning Rave Reviews From Netizens
2305. THAILAND: NIA Launches New Platform to Boost Thai Agricultural Startups with Deep Tech
2306. INDONESIA: Apple Mulls Building First Production Facility in Indonesia
2307. INDONESIA: Jokowi Raises Concerns Over Money Laundering Using Crypto Assets
2308. MALAYSIA: Single Mother is First Woman Khalwat Offender to be Whipped in Terengganu
2309. MYANMAR: Burmese Activist Maung Zarni Nominated For the Nobel Peace Prize
2310. VIETNAM Needs $30B Investment For Universal Clean Water Access
2311. INDONESIA: Minister Launches 500,000 Hectares of Farming Land in S Papua
2312. INDONESIA: Young People in Indonesia Put Off Marriage
2313. MALAYSIA: Biggest Renter Group in Malaysia are Millennials: Study
2314. MYANMAR: Aung San Suu Kyi And Former President Win Myint Reportedly Moved to House Arrest in Naypyidaw
2315. VIETNAM: Draft Law Restricting Journalists’ Courtroom Rights Meets Opposition
2316. INDONESIA: Mideast Escalation Could Pose Major Economic Risk to RI
2317. INDONESIA: Komnas HAM Criticizes Government Handling of Tensions in Papua
2318. MYANMAR: Over 1,000 Rohingya, Including Children, Abducted in Violation of Conscription Law
2319. PHILIPPINES-Marcos Rules Out New Bases for US
2320. SINGAPORE: Lawrence Wong to Take Over From Lee Hsien Loong As Prime Minister on May 15: PMO
2321. CAMBODIA’S Alternative Medicine to Hit $64.03 Million in 2024
2322. INDONESIA Poised to Lead Booming Halal Cosmetics Market
2323. INDONESIA: Papua Rebel Leader Says Captured New Zealand Pilot Won’t Be Released
2324. MYANMAR Democracy Icon Suu Kyi Believed Held in Solitary Confinement in Naypyidaw Prison
2325. VIETNAM: Schengen-Like Visa for Southeast Asia Will Boost Foreign Arrivals to Vietnam
2326. INDONESIA: Government Denies Israeli Reports On Normalizing Ties
2327. INDONESIA: Prabowo Collaborates with King of Jordan to Drop Indonesian Relief Supplies to Gaza
2328. MYANMAR Junta Slams UN’s ‘One-Sided’ Human Rights Claims
2329. SINGAPORE Wants to INsulate and Protect the Local Jewish Community From the Impacts of the War in Gaza: Shanmugam
2330. VIETNAM: Van Thinh Phat Chairwoman Truong My Lan Sentenced to Death in $27B Scam
2331. ASEAN Tourists Prefer Thailand Over Indonesia: Study
2332. Indonesia’s Economy to Grow 5.2 Pct in 2024, 2025: Report
2333. MALAYSIA: Meta, TikTok Pledge Online Safety Measures for Children Using Social Media: Fahmi
2334. MYANMAR: Reluctant Exiles: Another ‘Life or Death’ Exodus From Myanmar
2335. VIETNAM: Thailand Aims to Boost Durian Exports to China, Reclaiming lead from Vietnam
2336. CAMBODIA: 69-Year Old Phnom Penh Madam Detained For Underage Prostitution
2337. INDONESIA: Govt Urged To Tighten, Stop Granting Mining Licenses On Small Islands
2338. INDONESIA: 2 Papuan Rebel Leaders Killed in Shootout
2339. MYANMAR: Australia’s Ex-Foreign Minister Named UN Myanmar Envoy
2340. VIETNAM Firms Face Highest Local Cyberthreats in Southeast Asia: Kaspersky
2341. INDONESIA: Police Uncover Crystal and Liquid Meth Production House Linked to Hong Kong Ring
2342. INDONESIA: PLN Mulls Importing LNG Amid Likely Shortfall in Local Gas Supply
2343. MALAYSIA: Prabowo, Anwar Discuss Direction to Strengthen Malaysia-Indonesia Ties
2344. MYANMAR Junta Deputy Defense Minister Interrogated Over Online Scams
2345. THAILAND: Google Lunches Security Feature to Protect Thailand Users From Scams
2346. INDONESIA: Lack of Clean Power May Jeopardize Indonesia’s Downstream Dream
2347. INDONESIA: Brunei and Laos Join Regional Payment Connectivity
2348. MALAYSIA: Putrajaya Must Calm ‘Allah’ Socks Storm Before Tensions Erupt: Extremism Experts
2349. MYANMAR: BHRN Calls On International Community to Help Muslims in Myanmar
2350. THAILAND: National Anti-Corruption Commission Initiates An Anti-Corruption Education Curriculum to Educate Thai Children and Instill Integrity Value in Thai society
2351. INDONESIA: Hyundai Ends Indonesia Aluminium Deal After Climate Campaign By K-Pop Fans
2352. INDONESIA: Aceh Authorities Detain Four Suspects in Rohingya Refugee Smuggling Case
2353. MALAYSIA Probes Links Between Detained Man and Israeli Crime Group
2354. MYANMAR Junta Scrambling to Hang on to Pearl of Economic Partnership With China
2355. VIETNAM Has 6 Billionaires in Forbes Global Rich List
2356. INDONESIA: Gov’t Revokes Over 2,000 Mining Licenses
2357. INDONESIA: Court Summons 4 Jokowi Ministers to Testify in Presidential Election Dispute Trial
2358. INDONESIA: As El Nino Bites, Indonesians Struggle with Record-High Rice Prices
2359. MYANMAR Military Loses Historic Outpost on Road to China in Kachin State
2360. SINGAPORE: 5 Takeaways From Survey of Southeast Asians, Including Singapore Being Top Choice of Regional Country for Relocation
2361. INDONESIA: Pope Francis to Visit Indonesia in September: Minister
2362. INDONESIA Gears Up for Another Colossal Elections
2363. MYANMAR: KNU Grateful For Aid Sent by Thai Government Through Myanmar Red Cross
2364. SINGAPORE: Dengue Cases Soar, Doubling in First Quarter of 2024; 7 Deaths Reported
2365. CAMBODIA: Chetra Urges Preservation of Tonle Sap
2366. INDONESIA’S Business Environment Ranking Slips As Others Improve
2367. INDONESIA: Untapped Muslim Donations Could Reach Rp180 Trillion Annually
2368. MYANMAR: India Urged to Stop Embracing War Criminals in Myanmar
2369. THAILAND Equal Marriage Bill a Victory for LGBTQA+ All Over the World:Pita
2370. INDONESIA Calls for Immediate Cease-Fire in Gaza After UN Vote
2371. INDONESIA Moves Closer to Next World Cup Qualifying Round with 3-0 Win in Vietnam
2372. MALAYSIA: New SOPs Introduced To Prrevent Child Abuse Cases at Daycare Centers: Nancy Shukri
2373. MYANMAR: UK Government Raps Myanmar Junta on Armed Forces Day Over Its Brutality
2374. S’PORE-Flagged Vessel Had ‘Momentary Loss of Propulsion’ Just Before Hitting Baltimore Bridge: MPA
2375. INDONESIA: 13 Soldiers Held Over Alleged Torture of Papuan
2376. INDONESIA: Jakarta Police Capture Portuguese Nationals Involved in Liquid Cocaine Trafficking Operation
2377. MYANMAR: A Chronicle of Collapse: How the Tide Turned Against Myanmar’s Once Mighty Military
2378. PHILIPPINES: Drug War Restarts in Davao
2379. VIETNAM: Central Vietnam Province Gets Its Own Red Sea
2380. INDONESIA: Constitutional Court Rules Defamation Clause ‘Conditionally Unconstitutional’
2381. INDONESIA Takes Over Airspace Management in Riau Islands and Natuna from Singapore
2382. MYANMAR: Chinese Town Deports 200 Myanmar Migrant Workers Each Day
2383. SINGAPORE: Govt Tells Israeli Embassy to Remove Facebook Post That Was an ‘Astonishing Attempt to Rewrite History’, says Shanmugam
2384. THAILAND: An Entrepreneur Scores a Win in Europe With Her Low Glycemic Flour
2385. INDONESIA: Failed Election Candidates Place Hopes in Court Proceedings
2386. INDONESIA: New Import Rules Hoped to Save Ailing Textile Industry
2387. MALAYSIA: ‘Allah’ Socks Issue: Sabahan Sentenced to Six Months of Jail for Insulting Islam on Facebook
2388. MYANMAR is Main Beneficiary of Chinese Fund: Ambassador
2389. THAI Scientists Breed Coral in Labs to Restore Degraded Reefs
2390. INDONESIA Among the Unhappiest Countries in Southeast Asia: Study
2391. INDONESIA: Prabowo Declared as Elected President After Final Vote Count
2392. MYANMAR Court-Ordered Auction of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s Home Fails to Draw Bids
2393. SINGAPORE Completes First Humanitarian Aid Airdrop into Gaza
2394. VIETNAM: Vo Van Thuong Leaves Position as Vietnam President
2395. INDONESIA Braces For Wildfires Ahead of Dry Season
2396. INDONESIA: $11.6 Billion Invested in Indonesia’s Smelters
2397. MYANMAR’S Women Bear the Cost of the Junta’s Coup
2398. THAILAND: Rural Doctor Society Claims Identities of 2.2 Million Thais on Sale in ‘Dark Web’
2399. VIETNAM: Pakistani, Iranian Men Pose As Interpol To Extort Tourists in Hanoi
2400. INDONESIA Accused of Avoiding Human Rights Issues
2401. INDONESIA: Government Considers Student Loan Scheme for Low-Income Families
2402. MALAYSIA: High Court Strikes Out Woman’s Bid to Declare Herself as Non-Muslim
2403. In MYANMAR, Citizen Journalism is Connecting News to Its Revolutionary Roots
2404. INDONESIA: KPU Races to Finish Vote Tally
2405. INDONESIA: Russia Alleges 10 Indonesians Fighting as mercenaries in Ukraine
2406. INDONESIA: Jakarta Police Seize 2,500 LSD Sheets from Germany
2407. Myanmar’s UN Ambassador Calls for Security Council Action to Halt Conscription
2408. CAMBODIA: First Khmer-Speaking Robot Introduced-KhmerTimes
2409. INDONESIA: Draft Policy Draws Flak for Allowing Military, Police Hold Civil Posts
2410. INDONESIA Needs 350 More Aircraft to Make Airfare More Affordable
2411. MALAYSIA: Proposed Amendment on Citizenship Laws Goes Against Founding Fathers’ Intentions, Nazir Razak Tells Putrajaya
2412. MYANMAR Junta Cuts Communications in Around 80 Myanmar’s Townships: Report
2413. INDONESIA: EU Deforestation Regulation Seen to Complicate RI Biodiesel Exports
2414. INDONESIA: Thirst for ‘Swiftnomics’: Indonesia Eyes Partnering with Singapore on Concerts
2415. newspapers to strengthen mastery of Malay language among students
2416. MYANMAR: Japan Announces Extra US$ 37 Million In Aid to Myanmar
2417. SINGAPORE: Singapore Endorses Communique on Tackling Scams at Inaugural Global Fraud Summit
2418. INDONESIA: Extreme Weather Looms Over Indonesia
2419. INDONESIA: 2024 Presidential Election Results: Prabowo-Gibran Secures Victory in Jakarta
2420. MYANMAR: China Tightens Access For Myanmar Migrant Workers Entering From Shan State
2421. SINGAPORE: Over Half in S’pore Say Society, Technology Changing Too Fast, and In Ways That Don’t Benefit Them: Survey
2422. INDONESIA: Civil Society Piles Pressure On Parties To Launch House Probe
2423. INDONESIA: Batik Air Grounds Pilots Following Alleged In-Flight Napping
2424. MALAYSIA Charts Better Score In Latest Pew Religious Restriction Index, Driven By Drop in Govt Curbs
2425. MYANMAR General Arrested for Retreating as Ethnic Alliance Overran Northern Shan State
2426. THAILAND: Crackdown On ‘Mule’ Accounts Aims to Impact Call-Center Gangs
2427. INDONESIA: Why Carbon Utilization Key To Indonesia’s Decarbonization
2428. INDONESIA: 18 Dead, 5 Missing After Indonesia Floods, Landslide
2429. MALAYSIA: PM Anwar: Sarawak to Become Major Renewable Energy Hub in SE Asia
2430. MYANMAR: AA Joins KIA Attacks on Myanmar Junta in Kachin State, While Fighting in Rakhine
2431. VIETNAMESE Tech TAlents Find Homeland Has Appealing Career Prospects
2432. INDONESIA: Cooking Up Opportunities: Used Cooking Oil Can Be a ‘Sizzling Success’ for Indonesia
2433. INDONESIA Aiming for 80 Percent Middle Class Population in 2045: Bappenas
2434. MALAYSIA: A Decade After MH370: Hopes of a New search to End All Speculation
2435. MYANMAR: Besieged Junta Troops Launch ‘Scorched Earth’ Attacks in Myanmar Jade Hub
2436. PHILIPPINES: 3,600 Ex-Rebels, Mostly in Mindanao, Await Amnesty as Senate Backs Marcos’ Initiative
2437. INDONESIA: Prabowo Sets Ambitious 8 Pct Economic Growth Target for Indonesia
2438. MALAYSIA Among Top Five Most Improved in Increasing Legal Gender Equality, But Still Lags Behind Regional Neighbors: World Bank Report
2439. MYANMAR: Number of Townships Placed Under Martial Law by Myanmar Junta Rises to 61
2440. SINGAPORE: Govt Mulls Publicizing Litterbugs’ Photos to Identify Them As Part of ‘Targeted’ Response to Rise in Cases
2441. THAILAND: Wealthy Myanmar Citizens Buy Thai Property to Seek Refuge From Civil War
2442. INDONESIA: Teachers’ Groups Oppose Using Operational Assistance Fund to Provide Free Lunches
2443. INDONESIA: Prabowo Looks Certain to Protect Status Quo for Political Stability
2444. MALAYSIA: PM Anwar ‘Happy to Reopen’ MH370 Search If Compelling Evidence Found
2445. MYANMAR: ‘No Breakthrough’ in Fresh Talks Between Myanmar’s Brotherhood Alliance and Junta
2446. VIETNAM: Carbon Credit trade could bring Vietnam $200M per year
2447. CAMBODIA: Shiva Reborn: 10th Century Statue Takes Shape
2448. INDONESIA: Poll Body in Hot Water After String of Tech Failures
2449. INDONESIA: President Jokowi Takes a Stand Against Bullying at PGRI Congress
2450. MALAYSIAN Graduates are Overqualified and Underpaid: Khazanah Research Institute Report
2451. MYANMAR: Arakan Army Exposes Myanmar’s Naval Weaknesses
2452. INDONESIA: Government Trials Free Meal Program at Tangerang School
2453. INDONESIA: Jokowi Promotes Prabowo to TNI Honorary General
2454. MYANMAR Junta Captives Confess to Rakhine Executions
2455. SINGAPORE: New Anti-scam Portal to be Launched; MHA Calls out Meta for ‘Consistently Pushing Back’ on Efforts to Tackle Scams
2456. THAILAND: Zero Baht Stores: How ‘Grandpa Garbage’ Turned Waste into Sustainable Communities
2457. INDONESIA: Govt Doubles Funds for Oil Palm Replanting
2458. INDONESIA Losing Out on Foreign Tourists To Its Neighbors: Sandiaga
2459. MYANMAR: Aid Received by Myanmar in 2023 Insufficient According to Analysis
2460. SINGAPORE: Restaurant in Singapore Offers ‘Divorce’ Booking Option With Treats for Celebration
2461. THAILAND: Chaiwat Insists 2,900 Rai Under Dispute is Protected Forest, Cannot Be ‘Buffer Zone’
2462. CAMBODIA: Troubled Phnom Penh ‘Beer Bus’ Rebrands as ‘Eco-Friendly Exploration’
2463. INDONESIA: World Bank Urges Fiscal Caution for Indonesia’s Free Lunch Program in 2025
2464. INDONESIA: Inclusive Marriage Registry Plan for KUAs Meets With Questions, Calls for Dialogue
2465. MALAYSIA: Most Malaysians Agree With New National Service Scheme, Think It Will Be Positive: Survey
2466. MYANMAR: Myanmar Junta Calls on Students to Join University Corps
2467. INDONESIA Most Networked Nation in Southeast Asia Amid Geopolitical Race
2468. INDONESIA: Government to Relocate 6,000 Civil Servants to Nusantara in July
2469. MALAYSIA now ranks number one globally for 5G consistency score: Fahmi
2470. MYANMAR: Legal Aid Network Raps Myanmar Junta’s Conscription Drive
2471. VIETNAM Risks Losing Regional Tourism Race Without Visa Waivers: Experts
2472. CAMBODIA ex-PM Hun Sen Returns to Frontline Politics for Senate Seat
2473. INDONESIA: Luhut says China Ready to Fork Over for Cutlery Factory
2474. MYANMAR: Ta’ang Towns Promised Civilian Administration
2475. VIETNAM: Scrap Dealer Builds $2.85M Gold-Plated Castle in Central Vietnam
2476. CAMBODIA: Prime Minister Explains Hun Many’s Promotion to DPM
2477. INDONESIA: Jokowi Unveils Biggest Port in Eastern Indonesia
2478. INDONESIA Decries ‘Geopolitical Nightmare’ Ahead of ICJ Appeal
2479. MYANMAR: Thai Police Round Up Myanmar Citizens Fleeing Conscription
2480. VIETNAM To See Largest Expansion in Wealth Growth Over The Next Decade
2481. INDONESIA: Fitch, Moody’s Raise Concerns About Fiscal Policy Under Prabowo leadership
2482. INDONESIA: Prabowo’s School Meal Program to Cost $7.7 Billion in First Year
2483. MYANMAR: Pa-O Militia Backs Myanmar Junta Conscription by Forcibly Recruiting Civilians
2484. SINGAPORE: Malaysian Govt Study Warns of ‘Brain Drain’, Finds 3 in 4 M’sians Living, Working in S’pore Skilled or Semi-skilled
2485. THAILAND: What Thailand Must Do To Improve its Democracy Index Ranking
2486. INDONESIA: Jokowi signs regulation requiring Google, Meta to pay for news
2487. INDONESIA Says Women’s Rights Advocacy Should Remain a Priority in Afghanistan
2488. MALAYSIA: Police and State Islamic Authorities will Investigate Man Who Claims to be Prophet Muhammad’s Descendant: Home Minister
2489. MYANMAR:  Global ESG Investment Advisory Firms Accused of Aiding Myanmar Junta
2490. VIETNAM to send 125,000 Laborers Abroad in 2024
2491. CAMBODIA To Install Hundreds of Wildlife Cameras in an EFfort to Restore its Tiger Population
2492. INDONESIA: Jokowi Inaugurates 26 Military Hospitals Across Indonesia
2493. MYANMAR: 3 Myanmar Brigadier Generals Sentenced To Death For Surrendering Town
2494. VIETNAM’S VinFast to Establish EV Assembly Plant in Indonesia This Year
2495. INDONESIA: Doctors Blame Late Detection as Cancer Deaths in Indonesia Near 243,000
2496. INDONESIA: Prabowo Faces Policy Scrutiny After Free-Market Comments
2497. MYANMAR: Thailand’s Proposed Fishing Law Leaves Burmese Workers Vulnerable
2498. SINGAPORE: Air Ticket Prices To Go Up as Singapore Mandates Sustainable Fuel for Departing Flights from 2026
2499. THAILAND: Group Opposed to Thaksin’s Parole Vows to Seek NACC Investigation
2500. INDONESIA: Prabowo On Track To Succeed Jokowi
2501. INDONESIA: From Floods to Love Hearts
2502. MYANMAR: Restrictions Imposed on Domestic Air Travel in Myanmar
2503. THAILAND: Govt Launches New Medical Coverage Scheme for Tourists
2504. VIETNAMESE Spend $3.8M Daily on Online Food Orders
2505. INDONESIA: Tale of Two cities: Religious Tolerance in Bekasi & Depok
2506. INDONESIA to Address International Court Hearing on Israel Next Week
2507. MALAYSIA: Tourism Minister Urges Malaysians to Reject Racism to Achieve Strong Unity
2508. MYANMAR: Thailand to Open Humanitarian Center to Deliver Aid to Myanmar in One Month
2509. SINGAPORE Builds AI Model to ‘Represent’ Southeast Asians
2510. INDONESIA’S 2024 Cybersecurity Challenge: Rising Threats and Human Risks
2511. INDONESIA: New Energy Rule Discourages Rooftop Solar Systems: Users
2512. INDONESIA: Prabowo Reaffirms Continuation of Jokowi’s Programs
2513. MALAYSIA: Sharia Punishments in Malaysia Determined by Govt, No Question of Any Challenge Against Islamic Laws: IKIM
2514. MYANMAR Junta Enforces Military Service Law Following Battlefield Losses
2515. INDONESIA: Government Targets Completion of 41 National Strategic Projects by 2024, Removes 12
2516. MYANMAR’S Depleted Military Takes Aim at Professors, Students to Beef Up
2517. PHILIPPINES: Marcos Rejects Calls for Independent Mindanao After Duterte’s Remarks
2518. SINGAPORE: Median Monthly Household Income Rises to S$10,869 in 2023, a Real Increase of 2.8%
2519. INDONESIA’S Leading Banks Thrive in Post-Pandemic Recovery
2520. INDONESIA: KPU Found Guilty of Ethics Breach in Handling of Gibran VP Bid
2521. MYANMAR: Nine UN Security Council Members Call on Junta to End Attacks on Civilians
2522. THAILAND Confident Aid Effort Will Lead to Myanmar Crisis Dialogue
2523. INDONESIA: Anies to Uphold FPI, HTI Bans
2524. INDONESIA: Ship Captain Arrested for Transporting Migrant Workers from Malaysia
2525. MALAYSIA’S Pardons Board Announces Decision to Cut Najib’s Jail Term from 12 to 6 Years
2526. MYANMAR: 41 Rohingya Refugees Arrested After Fleeing Malaysian Detention Center
2527. VIETNAM: South Australia Halts Central Vietnam Students’ Admittance Amid Disappearances
2528. INDONESIAN Academia Calls for Electoral Integrity
2529. INDONESIA’S Manufacturing PMI Beats Other ASEAN Countries
2530. MALAYSIA: Stats Dept 2023 Report Shows Cancer Fourth Leading cCuse of death in Malaysia: Health Minister
2531. MYANMAR: 900 Myanmar Medics Detained Since 2021 Coup: Swiss Report
2532. SINGAPORE: Muslims Will Be Allowed to Eat Lab-Grown Meat If  It’s From Halal Animal Cells, Free From Non-Halal Ingredients: Mufti
2533. CAMBODIA: Soothsayers Barred From Social Media aEtivities
2534. INDONESIA: TNI Deploys 400,000 Soldiers to Safeguard the 2024 Election
2535. INDONESIA to Import Chinese Trains for Aging Commuter Line
2536. MYANMAR: Junta Prepared to Extend Myanmar’s State of Emergency Again in August
2537. VIETNAM: Thousands of Vietnamese queue for Korean jobs
2538. INDONESIA: Dynasty in the Making’ as President Jokowi Shadow Hangs Over General Elections
2539. INDONESIA: Singkawang Retains Title as Indonesia’s Most Tolerant City
2540. MALAYSIA Ranks 57th in Global Corruption Perception Index, Trails Singapore in ASEAN
2541. MYANMAR: Momeik Incinerated as Myanmar Junta Reoccupies Shan Town
2542. PHILIPPINES: CNN Philippines to Close Due to Financial Losses
2543. ASEAN Foreign Ministers Back ‘Myanmar-Owned and Led’ Solution to Crisis
2544. INDONESIA: South Korean Native Vies for House seat
2545. INDONESIA: Sustainable Infrastructure Will Remain as Top Priority under New President: Sri Mulyani
2546. MYANMAR Sends Official to First ASEAN Meeting in More Than Two Years
2547. SINGAPORE: Women Aged 21 to 49 More Likely Than Male Peers to Accept Being Single, Married Without Children: IPS poll
2548. INDONESIA Aims to Attract 1,000 Investors with ‘Golden Visa’ Program
2549. INDONESIA: Jokowi Gets Red Mark in Agrarian Dispute Resolution
2550. MYANMAR: Both Junta and Resistance Digging In as Third Myanmar Coup Anniversary Approaches
2551. THAILAND: Most Thais Believe Country in Economic Crisis That Needs Urgent Attention: Poll
2552. Vietnamese Make Up Largest Percentage of Japan’s Foreign Workforce
2553. INDONESIA: Rohingya Refugees Flee Aceh Shelter Amid Tensions With Locals
2554. INDONESIA Walks Out During Israel’s UN Security Council Speech
2555. MALAYSIA: At UPR Review, Malaysia Stands Firm on its Treatment of Refugees
2556. MYANMAR’S Supreme Court Orders Sale of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s Home
2557. VIETNAM Condemns Fabricated Report by Human Rights Watch
2558. INDONESIA: More Indonesians Smoking, Bucking Global Trend
2559. INDONESIA Seeks EU Trade Deal to Compete Against Vietnamese Footwear
2560. MALAYSIA to Launch Inquiry Into Cases Involving Disputed Singapore Strait Islets
2561. MYANMAR’S  Military Has Turned a Strategic Town in Sagaing Region Into a ‘Graveyard’
2562. THAILAND Must Get Out of Comfort Zone Amid Global Polycrises: CEOs
2563. INDONESIA Needs to Quadruple Sugar Output by 2030 for Self-Fufficiency, Ethanol
2564. INDONESIA: Demands from China, India to Boost Indonesia’s Coal Production
2565. MALAYSIA Demands Accountability for Israel’s Violations of International Law: Foreign Minister
2566. MYANMAR: Defeated Myanmar Junta Generals Given Death Sentences
2567. THAILAND Rolls out New VAT Refund for Foreign Tourists
2568. INDONESIA to Defend Skeptical Stance on Digital Goods Tax Moratorium at WTO
2569. INDONESIA: Special Buses for Students with Disabilities Begin Operations in Jakarta
2570. MALAYSIA’s Regressive Citizenship Amendments Risk Giving ‘Little Napoleons’ Power to Decide Who Gets To Be a Malaysian: Lawyer
2571. MYANMAR: India Plans to Fence Off Myanmar Frontier
2572. VIETNAM: First Homemade Radar Satellite to Go into Space Next Year
2573. INDONESIA: Prabowo Says Indonesia’s Future Lies in Kalimantan
2574. INDONESIA Eyes More Hydro-Floating Solar Hybrid Projects in 2024
2575. MYANMAR Named Second-Biggest Jailer of Journalists
2576. THAILAND: Muay Thai Takes the US by Storm, with 1,724 Centers, $1.25 Billion Industry
2577. VIETNAM: PM Requests Review of Labor Export Companies
2578. INDONESIA to Abandon 23% Renewable Energy Target
2579. INDONESIA’S Tourism to Fall Behind Thailand if Entertainment Tax Goes Up: Apindo
2580. MYANMAR: Another 278 Myanmar Junta Troops Flee to India
2581. SINGAPORE: EV Fast Chargers to be Set Up in HDB Neighborhood and town centers
2582. VIETNAM: Health Ministry Warns of Covid, Flu Surges Amid Tet travel, weather
2583. INDONESIA: Prabowo, Ganjar, Anies Offer Diverse Anti-Graft Strategies
2584. INDONESIA: Jakarta’s Global Graffic Ranking Improves, But Congestion Worsens
2585. MALAYSIA: Immigration D-G says 220 Undocumented Migrant Hotspots Detected Nationwide
2586. MYANMAR: Thailand Mulls Providing Humanitarian Aid to Victims of War in Myanmar: Report
2587. VIETNAM: US Terrorist Group Coaxes People Into Deadly Attacks in Vietnam: Prosecutors
2588. INDONESIA: President Jokowi Breaks Ground on Rp 940 Billion Mosque Project in Nusantara
2589. INDONESIA: KPK Seeks FBI Assistance in Investigating SAP’s Bribery Allegations
2590. MALAYSIA: Two Malaysian Detainees at Guantanamo Bay Plead Guilty to Conspiring in 2002 Bali Bombing
2591. MYANMAR: Female Prisoners Subjected to Humiliating Strip Searches in Corridors
2592. VIETNAM: Hanoi Man Suffers Roundworm Attacks Passed From Dog
2593. INDONESIA Targets 15 Oil and Gas Projects Going Onstream in 2024
2594. INDONESIA Narrowly Misses Target of 100% Electrification Rate
2595. INDONESIA: Vietnam to Surpass Indonesia if We Do Nothing: Jokowi
2596. MYANMAR  Military Bows to Powerful Ethnic Army, Gives it More Towns Near China Border
2597. VIETNAM: 290 Kg of Cocaine Washed Ashore in Central Vietnam
2598. INDONESIA: Candidates to Pledge Commitment On Graft Eradication
2599. INDONESIA: Police in West Papua Urge Vigilance as 53 Inmates Escape from Sorong Prison
2600. MYANMAR’S Dictator is Facing Calls to Resign From Some of His Most Ardent Supporters
2601. SINGAPOREANS Less Happy Today Than 5 Years Ago, But Those With More Balanced View of LIfe Generally More Satisfied: NUS Survey
2602. VIETNAM Upholds ‘One China’ Policy After Taiwan Election
2603. INDONESIA: Prabowo Revives Plan to Build Giant Seawall Across Java Coastline
2604. INDONESIA: Communication and Information Ministry Removes 810,000 Online Gambling Content in 2023
2605. MALAYSIAN Drug Kingpin Arrested in Laos Deported to Thailand, Authorities Working to Seize Remaining Ill-Gotten Gains
2606. MYANMAR: Captured Myanmar Brigadier General Urges Junta Boss to Stop Committing War Crimes
2607. SINGAPORE Passport Ranked World’s Most Powerful in 2024, Tied With 5 Other Countries
2608. INDONESIA: Police Extend Cartenz Peace Operation in Papua Through 2024
2609. INDONESIA: PLN Transforms Electric Poles into EV Charging Stations
2610. MALAYSIA: Fahmi: Spreading Fake News is a Crime, Agong is in Malaysia
2611. MYANMAR: Over 1,000 Myanmar Migrants Detained in Malaysia Crackdown
2612. SINGAPORE Looking to Hire Auxiliary Police from China, India, the Philippines, Myanmar as Taiwan Recruits Dwindle: Shanmugam
2613. INDONESIA: Unlocking Indonesia’s Supply Chain Opporst Asia-tunity in Energized Southea
2614. INDONESIA to Send Record-Breaking 241,000 Pilgrims for 2024 Hajj Season
2615. Myanmar Junta Unleashes Fury on Indonesia After MP Calls For Int’l Isolation, Rohingya Rights
2616. SINGAPORE: Films at Upcoming Palestine Film Festival Allowed As They Do Not Promote Violence Against Any Group: Shanmugam
2617. THAILAND Set to Surpass 2023 Rice Export Target as November Figures Surge
2618. INDONESIA, Taiwan Prepare Migrant Fisher Protection Pact
2619. INDONESIA’S Foreign Policy is Not Transactional: Minister
2620. MALAYSIA: Protecting Malaysian Kids Online From Sexual Exploitation: Govt Explores Measures to Safeguard Against Overseas Predators
2621. MYANMAR: Notorious Myanmar Arms Broker Convicted of Cash Smuggling in Singapore
2622. INDONESIA: Presidential Candidates Eye More Tax on the Rich, Digital Firms to Raise Revenue
2623. INDONESIA Faces Dilemma on Rohingya Refugees
2624. MALAYSIA: Make No mistake, Downloading And Viewing ‘Child Porn’ is a Crime in Malaysia — Here’s What the Numbers Tell Us
2625. MYANMAR Junta Moves to Retake Major Shan State Camp
2626. SINGAPORE: ‘The Urgency Has Gone Up’: SIngapore Government Agencies React To Findings of Third Climate Change Study
2627. INDONESIA: Waves of Lay-Offs Sweep Indonesia’s Export-Oriented Industries in 2023
2628. INDONESIA Confident About Winning EU Lawsuit on Palm Oil Biofuel
2629. MALAYSIA: Global Pharmaceutical Firm Roche Selects Malaysia as Site for First-in-Human Clinical Trial on Experimental Immuno Suppressant Drug
2630. SINGAPORE: What is a ‘Cyber Kidnapping’ Scam, and How Can You Protect Yourself Against it?
2631. MYANMAR Resistance Set to Expand Fighting in Mandalay After Seizing Strategic Junta Outpost
2632. CAMBODIA: New Minimum Wage in Effect, Up $4 Per Month
2633. INDONESIA: Presidential Candidates Venture Into TikTok To Win Over Young Voters
2634. INDONESIA: Bali Senator Sparks Islamophobic Controversy Over Comments on Airport Staff Attire
2635. MYANMAR Junta Threatens Nonstop Bombing of Towns Seized by Ethnic Groups
2636. VIETNAMESE Workers’ Average Income Grows 6.9% in 2023
2637. ASEAN FDI Hits All-Time High as EV Investment Skyrockets
2638. MYANMAR: Spring Revolution News for 1 January 2024
2639. SINGAPORE’S Economy Grew 1.2% in 2023; External Environment ‘Less Favorable’ to Security, Prosperity For Some Years To Come: PM Lee
2640. VIETNAM: India, Cambodia are Vietnam’s Fastest Growing Tourism Markets
2641. INDONESIA: Govt Confirms New COVID-19 Subvariant Ahead of Year-End Holidays
2642. INDONESIA’S Pertamina to Invest $900 Million in Algeria: Minister
2643. MALAYSIANNS Who Made Their Mark in the International Film Industry in 2023
2644. MYANMAR Junta Accused of Starving and Arresting Civilians in Rakhine State ‘to Instill Fear’
2645. VIETNAM: Tourism Race Heats Up as Asian Countries Rush to Simplify Visa Requirements
2646. INDONESIA: Constitutional Court Finally Forms Permanent Ethics Council
2647. INDONESIA: No Need to Go Abroad: Jokowi Wants People to Seek Healthcare in New Capital
2648. MALAYSIA: Fahmi: Govt ban on Israeli-owned ships entering country clear signal Malaysia does not recognise Israel
2649. SINGAPORE to Step Up Enforcement Against Vapes at Changi Airport and Other Checkpoints
2650. THAILAND: Survey Finds That 50% of Thais of Working Age Cannot Afford to Retire
2651. INDONESIA: Nickel Plan Sidelined as Govt Pushes EV Market With New Incentives
2652. INDONESIA: North Maluku Governor Arrested 13 Days Prior to Retirement
2653. MALAYSIA: Bumiputera Population Estimated at 21.3 Million This Year
2654. MYANMAR Stands on Humanitarian ‘Precipice’, UN Warns
2655. SINGAPORE: Will Global Supply Chains Be Disrupted By Ship Attacks in the Red Sea and is Singapore Affected?
2656. ASEAN: Japan to Provide $1b for ASEAN’s Regional EV Ecosystem
2657. INDONESIA: Spending Discrepancy in Jakarta: Land of the Rich, Home of the Poor
2658. MALAYSIA: Health Ministry Rules out Return of MCO as Covid-19 Cases Rise, TRIIS reinstated
2659. MYANMAR: Number of Civilians Fleeing War in Myanmar Doubled to 660,000 in One Month: UN
2660. Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia Eye Seamless Tourism: Srettha
2661. CAMBODIA: Endangered Dholes Discovered at Mondulkiri Wildlife Conservancy
2662. INDONESIA: KPU Puts Health As Priority When Recruiting Poll Workers
2663. INDONESIA: India Proposes Local Currency Use in Trade with Indonesia
2664. MYANMAR: Few Places in Myanmar Still Safe for Junta Boss to Visit
2665. VIETNAM: Hanoi Aims to Increase Per Capita Green Space Five-Fold
2666. INDONESIA: Soekarno-Hatta Airport to Reimpose Health Protocols Amid Rising COVID-19 Trend
2667. INDONESIA’S Economic Growth Earns Praise from Global Economists: Enggartiasto
2668. MALAYSIA: Meta, TikTok Report Jump in Malaysia Govt Requests to Remove Content in 2023
2669. MYANMAR’S Spring Revolution Must Open Two New Fronts to Oust Junta
2670. INDONESIA’S Deforestation Rate Off Target For 2030 Climate Goal
2671. INDONESIA: Anies Wants to Discontinue New Capital Nusantara Project
2672. MALAYSIA: Health Ministry Calls For Masks Again As Malaysia’s Covid-19 Cases Nearly Double to 13,000 In a Week
2673. MYANMAR: China Says ‘Positive’ Peace Talks Held Over North Myanmar Conflict
2674. INDONESIA: Ministry Urges Complete COVID-19 Vaccination Ahead of Holiday Season
2675. ‘INDONESIA Imprisoned More Graft Convicts than any Other Nation’: Jokowi
2676. MYANMAR’S Growth to Fall to 1 Percent: World Bank
2677. MYANMAR Overtakes Afghanistan as World’s Biggest Opium Producer: UN
2678. PHILIPPINES: 65 Provinces Face Severe Drought
2679. INDONESIA: Presidential Candidates Ready for First Debate
2680. INDONESIA: Barito Dethrones BCA as Indonesia’s Biggest Listed Company
2681. MALAYSIA: CIJ: Surge in Anti-LGBT Hate Speech Since 1975 Incident at Good Vibes
2682. MYANMAR-Thailand to Form Joint Task Force to Cope With War Refugees
2683. SINGAPORE Suspends Poultry Imports From Regions in Japan, US and Other Countries Hit by Bird Flu Outbreak
2684. CAMBODIA: LGBT Community Proposes Marital Equality Discussions
2685. INDONESIA: Prabowo to Push for Indonesian-Made Cars If He Wins Election
2686. INDONESIA: President Jokowi Prioritizes 4 Cities as New Growth Drivers
2687. MYANMAR Regime Stops Fuel Supplies to Yangon Factories
2688. PHILIPPINES: Most Filipinos Oppose Divorce
2689. INDONESIA: Jakarta Reports Infections Linked to ‘Mystery Pneumonia’
2690. INDONESIA: 11 Bodies Recovered after Marapi Eruption, and 12 Climbers Still Missing
2691. MYANMAR: Full Civilian Rule Restored in First Large Town Seized by Myanmar Resistance: NUG
2692. SINGAPORE: Fewer Young People in Singapore Donating Blood Even as Demand Rises From Ageing Population: Red Cross
2693. THAILAND: Work-Life Balance and Flexibility Top Priorities for Thai Employees: Survey
2694. INDONESIA’S Call for Support in COP28 Shows ‘No New’ Commitment
2695. INDONESIA and UAE Collaborate to Combat Money Laundering
2696. MYANMAR: ASEAN Urged to Stop Calling For ‘Inclusive Talks’ Between Myanmar Junta and Its Victims
2697. PHILIPPINES:11 Dead, Scores Hurt in MSU Bombing
2698. THAILAND: Police to Investigate Bribery Allegations Reported by German media
2699. INDONESIA Heightens Monitoring in Response to ‘Mysterious Pneumonia’ Outbreak in China
2700. INDONESIA Calls for Palestine’s Full UN Membership
2701. MYANMAR Junta Chief Says ‘Foreign Experts’ Helping in Offensive Against Military
2702. MYANMAR: Fighting In Over 200 Townships Since Myanmar Coup
2703. INDONESIA: Indonesia EV Battery Industry in Limbo Amid Uncertain Roadmap, Rule
2704. INDONESIA: Anak Krakatau Continues to Erupt on Tuesday
2705. MYANMAR: Exodus: Tens of Thousands Flee as Myanmar Junta Troops Face Last Stand in Kokang
2706. MYANMAR: Gangs, Extortion in Bangladesh Camps Driving Rohingya Sea Exodus
2707. SINGAPORE: Shanmugam Seeks Court Order Requiring TikTok to Name Users Who Posted ‘False, Baseless’ Claims of Extra-Marital Affair
2708. INDONESIA: President Jokowi Highlights Importance of Religion at R20 Summit
2709. INDONESIA: Presidential Candidates On The Move Ahead of Official Campaign Season
2710. MALAYSIA: Education Minister Apologizes Over Vanning of Tamil Songs at Carnival in Penang
2711. MYANMAR: Rohingya Resettlements From Bangladesh Increase While Myanmar Instability Grows
2712. THAILAND: Chinese Nationals Begging in Bangkok Not Victims of Trafficking: Immigration Chief
2713. INDONESIA: State-Owned Enterprises Yield Rp 74 Trillion in Dividends
2714. INDONESIAN Police, Fishers Start Patrols to Stop Rohingya Boats
2715. MALAYSIA: In China, Court Begins Hearing Malaysia Airlines’ Flight MH370 Compensation Claims From Passengers’ Families
2716. MYANMAR Junta to Prosecute Satellite Internet Users
2717. INDONESIA: KPK Marches On As Leader Fights Graft Charges
2718. INDONESIA: President Jokowi Inaugurates Two Airports in Papua
2719. MYANMAR: Battle For Control of Myanmar State Capital Escalating at ‘Alarming Rate’
2720. VIETNAMESE in Myanmar Relocated to Safe Zones: ministry
2721. INDONESIA Welcomes Temporary Truce in Gaza, Seeks Lasting Solution
2722. INDONESIA: Amended Law Allows Gov’t to Freeze Bank Accounts in Online Gambling Crackdown
2723. MALAYSIA, VIETNAM Electronics Face Closer US Scrutiny Over China-Forced Labor
2724. MYANMAR: Doctors Without Borders Calls for Patient and Healthcare Worker Safety in Myanmar Conflict Areas
2725. VIETNAM: Task Force Curbing Traffic of Newborns to China
2726. INDONESIA: Regional Economic Integration Underpins Indonesia’s Transformation-JakartaPost-Nov 22, 2023
2727. INDONESIANS See US, China As the Right Economic Partners for ASEAN
2728. MALAYSIA: Bomb Threats Hit Several International Schools in Malaysia
2729. MYANMAR: Junta Completes Stranglehold on Myanmar Media With Law Change
2730. THAILAND: LGBTQ Couples in Thailand to Soon Have Equal Legal Rights in Marriage
2731. INDONESIA Sends $2 Million worth of Humanitarian Supplies to Palestine
2732. INDONESIA: Disapora Welcomes New visa, But Not the Cost
2733. MALAYSIA: Average Salary in Malaysia to Increase 5.1pc in 2024: Mercer Survey
2734. MYANMAR: Operation 1027 is Creating a New Political Template for Myanmar’s Future
2735. CAMBODIA to Become First Asian Host of Mine Summit
2736. INDONESIA Opts for Less Ambitious Option Than Early Coal Retirement
2737. INDONESIA: About 250 Rohingya Refugees in Aceh Sent Back to Sea
2738. MALAYSIA: Becoming a Malaysian Officially: Five things You Need to Know About the ‘Good Character’ Test
2739. MYANMAR: Humbled Regime Helpless as China Demands Border Security; Hiding the Scale of Defeat; and More
2740. INDONESIA Healthtech Industry Faces Fresh Challenges Despite Past Growths
2741. INDONESIA: House to Form Committee to Watch Police Ahead of Elections
2742. MALAYSIA, VIETNAM Agree to Address Illegal Fishing, Discuss South China Sea Issue During Bilateral Meeting in San Francisco
2743. MYANMAR: 5 European Nations, Canada Seek to Join Genocide Case against Myanmar at Top UN Court
2744. THAILAND: Hamas Tells govt Negotiators Thai Hostages Will Be Freed During Ceasefire
2745. INDONESIA: Civil Groups Vow Close Scrutiny of 2024 Race
2746. INDONESIA: Gunung Padang Could Be the World’s Oldest Pyramid: Study
2747. MALAYSIA: Google, Malaysian Govt Announce Strategic Collaboration To Create Skill Opportunities for 300,000 by 2026
2748. MYANMAR: Nine Towns Occupied by Myanmar Military for Decades Lost to Resistance in Days
2749. SINGAPORE: All Adult Singaporeans To Receive up to S$800 in Assurance Package Support in December
2750. INDONESIA: Competitive Three-Horse Race to Succeed Jokowi is On
2751. INDONESIA, US to Develop Work Plan on Critical Minerals Deal
2752. MYANMAR: Almost 40 Myanmar Junta Positions Abandoned in Rakhine: Arakan Army
2753. PHILIPPINES: Why Court Allowed Leila de Lima to Post Bail
2754. THAILAND Welcomes 23 Million Tourists This Year with Malaysians Topping List
2755. INDONESIA: Presidential Candidates Divided on Jokowi’s Food Estate Policy
2756. INDONESIA: Gibran Cleared To Run Despite Controversy
2757. MALAYSIA: Why Aren’t More Malays Successful Despite NEP? Dr Mahathir Compares Culture to Centuries of ‘Wealth-Chasing’ by Chinese
2758. MALAYSIA: ‘Stalemate’: Malaysia Still Can’t Get Sirul Extradited from Australia Due to Death Penalty: Lawyers
2759. CHINA Offers Bounty for Myanmar Junta’s Scam Kingpin in Kokang
2760. INDONESIA: Jokowi Calls OIC to Unite Against Israel’s Atrocities in Gaza
2761. INDONESIA: Religious Figures, Activists Call for Dialogue to End Violence in Papua
2762. MYANMAR: Thousands Trapped Without Food and Medicine in Shan State
2763. THAILAND: Chinese Police to Patrol in Thailand to Boost Tourist Confidence
2764. VIETNAM: Healing Tourism Trend Prompts Service Suppliers to Become More Dynamic
2765. CAMBODIA Achieves Remarkable Rice Sales Exceeding $1.2 Billion
2766. INDONESIA: Jokowi Inaugurates Southeast Asia’s Largest Floating Solar Farm
2767. INDONESIA: TikTok Ramps Up Efforts To Fight Fake Election News
2768. MYANMAR: Brotherhood Alliance Vows to Spread Operation 1027 Across Myanmar
2769. VIETNAM Beckons DIaspora With Career Options
2770. INDONESIA’S Diplomacy Must Be Value-Led, Not Transactional: Anies
2771. INDONESIA Welcomes 22 Palestinian Students on Scholarships
2772. MYANMAR Junta Calls Up All Reservists as Resistance Offensive Spreads
2773. SINGAPORE: Religious Leaders’ Guidance On gGobal Conflicts Helped to Foster Harmony in Singapore: Shanmugam
2774. VIETNAM: US Adds Vietnam to Currency Monitoring List
2775. INDONESIA: Certification Headache for Indonesia’s Budding Carbon Market
2776. INDONESIA Should Revamp Foreign Policy Amid Global Challenges: Ganjar
2777. MALAYSIA: Recruitment Agencies Not Allowed to Outsource Hiring of Foreign Workers: HR Minister
2778. MYANMAR: Thousands Displaced by Fighting Need Food: Myanmar Volunteers
2779. VIETNAMESE  Boycott Snapchat Over China’s U-shaped Line
2780. INDONESIA: GDP Growth Falls Below 5 Percent for First Time Since Pandemic
2781. INDONESIA Joins Money Laundering Watchdog FATF
2782. MYANMAR: Thai Police Pledge to Rescue Trafficked Nationals From Myanmar
2783. SINGAPORE PRoposes New Laws for President, Ministers to Hold ROles in Foreign and Global organizations
2784. VIETNAM By Far the Biggest Market for South Korean Cars in Southeast Asia
2785. INDONESIA: New Law Allows Military’s Return to Civilian Positions
2786. INDONESIA: West Papua Tribe At Risk of Losing Homeland aAter Court Ruling: NGOs
2787. MALAYSIA: Health Experts Predict Diabetes Will Heavily Burden Malaysia’s Healthcare System in Future
2788. MYANMAR Ethnic Groups Seize More Junta Outposts in Northern Shan State
2789. PHILIPPINES: Radioman Killed While Broadcasting
2790. INDONESIA Unlikely To Boycott Pro-Israel Products
2791. INDONESIA, UAE to Launch Mangrove Research Center at COP28
2792. MYNMAR Military Says Lost Control of Strategic Border Town
2793. SINGAPORE Warns Foreigners Against Using Country to Further Political Causes Amid Israel-Hamas war
2794. VIETNAM Uncovers Oldest Human Remains
2795. CAMBODIA: UNESCO Formally List Battambang Gastronomy
2796. INDONESIAN Hospital in Gaza in its Last Hours Amid Israel’s Fuel Blockade
2797. INDONESIA: More Local Firms Start Developing Malls, Hospitals in Nusantara
2798. MALAYSIA: On Proposed ‘Regressive’ Citizenship Law Changes, Stateless Kids Still Have Legal Avenues to be Malays: Saifuddin Nasution
2799. MYANMAR: US Sanctions Myanmar Junta’s State Oil and Gas Company
2800. INDONESIA Doubts Myanmar is Close to Inclusive National Dialogue
2801. INDONESIA: Government to introduce superior tuber varieties to address famine in Papua
2802. INDONESIA: 200,000 Hectares of Palm Plantations to be Made Forests: Government
2803. MALAYSIA: PM Anwar Says Allowed 100pc Foreign-Owned Tesla, Starlink To Operate in Malaysia for National Good
2804. MYANMAR: Chinese Security Minister Meets Myanmar Junta Chief as Border Violence Grows
2805. INDONESIA: At Least 45 Suspected Militants Arrested in October
2806. INDONESIA: Remote Working for Jakarta Public Employees Fails to Tackle Pollution
2807. MALAYSIA: Sold An Illusion, Group Says Some Nepalis Find Bitter Reality Once in Malaysia
2808. MYNMAR Military Caught Off Guard by Ethnic Alliance’s Northern Offensive
2809. THAILAND To Lift Deep South Emergency by 2027: Defense Minister
2810. INDONESIA: 2024 Elections Chance to ‘Rejuvenate Democracy’ in Southeast Asia
2811. INDONESIA Surpasses Target With 26 Gold Medals at Hangzhou Para Games
2812. MYANMAR’S Shan State Clashes Stretch Into Second Day
2813. SINGAPORE’S Vote In Favor of UN Resolution Shows Clear Stand on Israel-Hamas Conflict: Shanmugam
2814. VIETNAM: Google Offers 40,000 Scholarships to Support Vietnam’s digital transformation
2815. INDONESIA Slams Western ‘Bias’ Regarding Gaza Siege at Security Council
2816. INDONESIA: TikTok, YouTube, Meta Eye Indonesia E-commerce License: Sources
2817. MYANMAR Junta Gets an ‘F’ For Education as Schools Spiral into Chaos
2818. SINGAPORE: Sleep-Deprived, 2 in 3 S’poreans Planning Travel With Goal of Catching Up On Shut-Eye: Survey
2819. THAILAND: At Least 54 Thais Held Hostage by Hamas: Israeli government
2820. INDONESIA: Businesses Seek to Ensure Post-Election Continuity
2821. INDONESIA: We Are Open to All: Indonesia Denies Favoring Chinese Investment
2822. MALAYSIA: Using Bahasa Melayu in Govt Dept Correspondence Crucial to Safeguard its Position: Malay Students Federation
2823. MYANMAR: Daw Aung Suu Kyi in Limbo as Myanmar Resumes Prison Visits After Three-Year Ban
2824. MYANMAR Crackdown on Business Escalates, 16 More Executives Face Life in Prison
2825. CAMBODIA-Village Ends Logging, Plants Crops
2826. INDONESIA Can Sue EU over Protectionist Green Policy: Economist
2827. MALAYSIA: DAP Rep Calls on Malaysians to Buy Palestinian Products Like Olive Oil, Dates As Sign of Solidarity
2828. MYANMAR: Global Petition Ups Pressure on Singapore to Cut Myanmar Military’s Supply Line
2829. VIETNAM Reports First Monkeypox Death
2830. INDONESIA: Firms Want Direct 95-Year Land Rights In Nusantara As Uncertainty Persists
2831. INDONESIA: Indonesia’s Huge Geothermal Potential Catches Iceland’s Attention
2832. MALAYSIA: Poor Command of Bahasa Malaysia Among Reasons Why Senior Applicants Refused Citizenship:  Home Minister
2833. MYANMAR Regime Opens Larger Gems Emporium
2834. SINGAPORE: No Decision On Use Of Nuclear Energy Yet, Singapore to Keep Options Open
2835. INDONESIA: Prabowo Picks Jokowi’s Son Gibran as Running Mate
2836. INDONESIA: Cultural Diversity Takes Center Stage in Indonesia’s “Living Rooms”
2837. MYANMAR: Rohingya Lie at the Bottom of the Pile of World Aid Priorities
2838. MYANMAR Junta Allocates Land in Yangon for Russia to Build Orthodox Church
2839. VIETNAM: Vietnam to Sign Rice Trade Deals with Indonesia, Philippines
2840. INDONESIA: After Nearly A Decade, Jokowi Falls Short On Promise Of Energy Subsidy Reform
2841. INDONESIA: Ex-Papua Governor Lukas Enembe Sentenced to 8 Years for Corruption
2842. MYANMAR: German Firm Faces Legal Probe Over Myanmar Junta Supplies
2843. MYANMAR Junta Demands Expats Pay Tax Before Renewing Passports
2844. PHILIPPINES: Marcos Secures $4.26B Business Deals in Saudi Arabia-
2845. INDONESIA: Belt and Road Cooperation Must Not Complicate Countries’ Fiscal Conditions: Jokowi
2846. INDONESIA: European Firm Commits to Invest $2b in Indonesia’s Renewables
2847. MALAYSIA Proposes Upgrading 2002 ASEAN Pact To Address Haze Issue: Nik Nazmi
2848. MYANMAR: Junta Boss Trying to Sow Division in Myanmar’s Oldest Ethnic Armed Group
2849. THAILAND: Iranian Envoy in Thailand Says Effort Being Made to Free Thais Held Hostage by Hamas
2850. INDONESIA: Xi Wants to Expand Cooperation With Indonesia in Several Key Markets
2851. INDONESIA: 30.000 Coal Workers Could Lose Jobs as Indonesia Shifts to Clean Energy
2852. MALAYSIA: First Women’s Health Clinic Set Up At National Sports Medical Centre To Handle Female Athletes’ Health Issues: Hannah Yeoh
2853. MYANMAR: ASEAN Must Take Action Against Members Supporting Myanmar Junta
2854. MYANMAR: ‘Cyber Scammer’ Facing Arrest in China Linked to Drugs Trade in Myanmar
2855. INDONESIA: Constitutional Court Opens Door For Jokowi’s Son to Run in Presidential Poll
2856. INDONESIA: Jakarta Aims to Become Global City After Capital Relocation
2857. MALAYSIA: EPF: Budget 2024 Prioritizes Retirement Wellbeing, Secure Future For Malaysians
2858. MYANMAR: China Begins Surveys for Railway on Myanmar’s Indian Ocean
2859. PHILIPPINES: Canada Forges Agreement to Help Philippines Track Illegal Fishing vessels Using Satellite Technology
2860. INDONESIA: Constitutional Court Upholds Minimum Age for President, VP candidates
2861. INDONESIA: Missing Emission Cap Renders RI Carbon Exchange Less Effective: Experts
2862. INDONESIA Urges Norway to Accelerate $250 Million Clean Energy Investment
2863. MYANMAR Junta and Russia Discuss Building Gas Pipeline in Myanmar
2864. VIETNAM: Halal Tourism ‘Gold Mine’ For Vietnam To Tap Into
2865. INDONESIA Signs Tourism Decarbonization Road Map
2866. MYANMAR: Junta Orders Employment Agencies to Submit Lists of Myanmar Migrant Workers
2867. SINGAPORE: Pew Sudy Hails Singapore’s ‘Remarkable’ Religious Diversity and High Tolerance, Acceptance
2868. THAILAND: Two Thai Elephants Born Through Artificial Insemination
2869. INDONESIA: Island Nations Band Together To Face Existential Threat
2870. INDONESIA Reelected at UN Human Rights Council with Most Votes
2871. MALAYSIA: In A First For The Country, Public Finance and Fiscal Responsibility Act Passed in Dewan Rakyat
2872. MYANMAR: A Corrupt Business Empire Thrives Under the Junta
2873. THAILAND: Govt Eyes Community-Based Jobs For Workers Returning From Israel
2874. INDONESIA: Jokowi’s Administration Gets Red Mark On Graft Eradication
2875. INDONESIA Asks Philippines’s Help to Evacuate Citizens from War-Torn Gaza
2876. MALAYSIA: First Time Malaysian Trafficking Victims Found All The Way in South America: IGP
2877. MYANMAR  Troops Cut Power in Southern Sagaing, Force 10,000 to Flee
2878. THAILAND: YouTube remains top video platform in Thailand:  Survey
2879. INDONESIA To Evacuate Citizens from Gaza As Israel-Hamas War Worsens
2880. INDONESIA Hosts Inaugural Summit of Island States
2881. MALAYSIA: Indonesia, Thailand and China Agree To Trade With Malaysia Using Ringgit: PM Anwar
2882. MYANMAR: 29 Killed in Myanmar Junta Strike on Displaced Persons Camp
2883. THAILAND Postpones Regional Summit to Which Myanmar Junta Boss Invited
2884. INDONESIA Calls for End of Israel-Palestine Conflicts
2885. INDONESIA: Confidence In Collaborative Climate Response Weighed Down By Inaction
2886. MYANMAR Junta Rejects Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Appeal
2887. SINGAPORE Banks To Allow Customers To ‘Lock Up’ Funds in Latest Move To Guard Against Scams
2888. VIETNAMESE Citizens In Israel Remain Safe Amid Severe Conflict
2889. INDONESIA: Govt Orders E-Commerce Firms To Share Import Data With Customs Office
2890. INDONESIA: Govt Conducts First Biofuel-Powered Flight Test On Commercial Plane
2891. MYANMAR: Expressing Dissent Online Can Be Deadly In Myanmar: Freedom House
2892. THAILAND Needs An SMS Emergency Alert System
2893. VIETNAM: Vietjet To Launch 5 New Routes To Asia-Pacific Destinations
2894. INDONESIA: KPU Urges Political Parties To Withdraw Ex-Graft Convicts From Legislative Elections
2895. INDONESIA: Seeks Negotiations on Binding Rules on AI-Driven Weapons
2896. MALAYSIA: KL, Riyadh In Talks To Make Malaysia Preferred Transit Hub For Umrah Pilgrims: MOTAC
2897. MYANMAR Junta Boss’s Graft Purge Can’t Hide His Own Ill-Gotten Wealth
2898. VIETNAM’S Largest Rare Earth Mine To Open
2899. INDONESIA: Govt Goes All In To Extinguish Wildfires
2900. INDONESIA: House Passes Revised IKN Law To Future-Proof Nusantara Against Regime Change
2901. INDONESIA: Agriculture Minister Syahrul Abroad Amid Ongoing Corruption Probe
2902. MYANMAR: Expert Panel Issues Scathing Assessment of UN’s Handling of Myanmar Crisis
2903. SINGAPORE: New Inter-Ministerial Committee To Review And Strengthen Singapore’s Anti-Money Laundering Regime
2904. CAMBODIA: Guinness Recognize Giant Stingray
2905. INDONESIA: State Firms Accused Of Selling Arms To Myanmar Junta
2906. INDONESIA: Court Upholds Jobs Law As Labor Unions Stage Rallies
2907. MYANMAR’S Cash-Strapped Junta Hikes Taxes, Utilities Despite Surging Inflation
2908. VIETNAM: Mekong Delta Braces For Severe Drought, River salinity
2909. INDONESIA: PDI-P Touts Food Security As Election Priority
2910. INDONESIA: 77 Indonesians Could Be Spared Death Penalty in Malaysia
2911. MYANMAR: Dethroned NLD party marks 35th anniversary in Myanmar
2912. SINGAPORE’S Total Population Back Above Pre-Covid Levels, Rising 5% to 5.92 Million
2913. THAILAND: Toxic Smoke From Indonesia Drifts Towards Thailand
2914. INDONESIA: TIkTok Laments Social Media Commerce Ban
2915. INDONESIA, Malaysia Seek to Counter Negative Perception of Palm Oil in India
2916. MALAYSIA: Artist Of Banned Book Says ‘Monkey’ Remark Meant To Compliment Indonesian Maid’s Agility
2917. MYANMAR: Tracing Myanmar Junta’s Repeated Governing Body Shakeups Since Coup
2918. SINGAPOREAN Woman And Daughter Arrested in Manila Airport For Allegedly Smuggling 14kg of Cocaine Worth S$1.83m
2919. INDONESIA: Multiple Task Forces Make Little Dent On Jakarta Air Pollution
2920. INDONESIA’S Carbon Exchange Holds Rp 3,000t Potential: Jokowi
2921. MALAYSIA: No Harassment of LGBT Community Will Be Allowed: Anwar
2922. MALAYSIA Working To Bring Home 2 Suspected Terrorists Detained in Guantanamo Bay
2923. MYANMAR: As Resistance Drone Attacks Rise, Myanmar Junta Seeks Regional Help
2924. INDONESIA: Govt Efforts To Tackle Human Trafficking Not Enough: Activists
2925. INDONESIA: Use Buildings Idled By Capital Move To Make Jakarta ‘Livable’: ADB
2926. MALAYSIA Will Not Entertain Frivolous Claims By Any Party on Sabah: Foreign Minister
2927. MYANMAR: How Chinese-Run Mines Are Fueling the Myanmar Junta’s Terror Campaign
2928. VIETNAM Opposes China’s Ship Identification Stations in Paracel Islands
2929. INDONESIA Reiterates Call To Reform Global Financial System
2930. INDONESIA: Gov’t To Issue Regulation Banning Social Media Platforms from Running E-Commerce
2931. MYANMAR: Catch-22 For Rohingya Caught Up in Myanmar Citizenship Dilemma
2932. PHILIPPINES: China Installs Barrier in Bajo de Masinloc
2933. SINGAPORE: World War II Bomb Found in Bukit Timah, SAF to Carry Out On
2934. INDONESIA: Local Investors Kick-Start Commercial Projects in Nusantara
2935. INDONESIA Pledges to Protect Marine Biodiversity in High Seas
2936. MALAYSIA: PM Anwar: Despite Geopolitical Rivalry, US Remains Malaysia’s Top Investor
2937. MYANMAR: US Committed To Resolving The Crisis in Burma: Deputy Secretary of State
2938. PHILIPPINES Considers Banning TikTok For Security Workers To Block App From Cyberspying
2939. INDONESIA: What climate change? Study Finds Political Parties Lack Focus on Climate Issues
2940. INDONESIA Seeks to Strengthen Fragmented Global South in Weeklong UNGA
2941. INDONESIA: Elon Musk’s Starlink Makes Indonesian Presence Withyees: Minerist
2942. MALAYSIA’S Largest Renewable Energy Power Plant Commences Operation
2943. MYANMAR: Junta Shutters Myanmar Currency Exchanges in ‘Futile’ Bid to Prop Up Economy
2944. CAMBODIA Set To Celebrate Koh Ker UNESCO Listing
2945. INDONESIA: Govt To Proceed With Oil Exploration In Warim Block In Papua
2946. INDONESIAN Woman Jailed for Using Islamic Invocation Before Eating Pork
2947. MALAYSIA: Resorting to Racial Politics Is Easiest Way To Gain Malay Support: PKR Deputy President Rafizi
2948. MYANMAR Junta Seeks Chinese Help Acquiring Nuclear Technology
2949. INDONESIAN Nickel Reserves Could Be Depleted In 15 Years, Minister Warns
2950. INDONESIA: Antam Ordered to Pay Surabaya Businessman Rp 1 Trillion in 1 Ton Gold Dispute
2951. MALAYSIA: Customers in Malaysia Reportedly Told to Pay RM15,000 as Downpayment For Tesla Model 3
2952. MALAYSIA: Customers in Malaysia Reportedly Told to Pay RM15,000 as Downpayment For Tesla Model 3
2953. MYANMAR: UK Ad Cuts to Rohingya Now at 85%: NGO
2954. VIETNAMESE Earthworm Hunters Destroying Protective Forest Go Unpunished
2955. INDONESIA: Rights Groups Slam Jokowi For Spying Boast
2956. INDONESIAN Navy Thwarts People Smuggling Attempt to Malaysia in High-Speed Boat Chase
2957. INDONESIA: National Museum that Houses Pre-Historic Artifacts Ravaged by Fire
2958. MYANMAR: UN Expert Suggests ‘Collective Punishment’ To End Myanmar mMilitary’s War on the People
2959. THAILAND: Health Ministry Launches Swift Vaccine Project to Prevent Cervical Cancer
2960. INDONESIA: Jokowi Says Hyundai-LG’s EV Battery Plant in Indonesia is Southeast Asia’s Largest
2961. INDONESIA: Jokowi Says Hyundai-LG’s EV Battery Plant in Indonesia is Southeast Asia’s Largest
2962. MALAYSIA: Immigration Dept Cripples Pakistani Immigrant Syndicate in Kelantan
2963. MYANMAR: NLD Alarmed at Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Health Woes
2964. MYANMAR: Several ASEAN Air Force Chiefs Skip Myanmar Meeting
2965. INDONESIA: Fears of Abuse as Ministers Allowed To Campaign ‘On Leave’
2966. INDONESIA: 19 Regional Governments and 2 Companies Awarded for Impactful Development Initiatives
2967. MALAYSIA Determined To Get Back 1MDB Funds From Goldman Sachs: PM Anwar
2968. MYANMAR Junta Chief Woos Shan Militias Amid Troop Shortages
2969. THAILAND: Pita Named An Emerging Leader In TIME100 Next List
2970. INDONESIA Grapples With Fires As El Nino Peaks
2971. INDONESIA Looks Back on Tough East Asia Summit Negotiations
2972. MALAYSIA: In Malaysia, Survey Shows Muslims and Buddhists See Extremists From Their Own Faiths As Biggest Threats
2973. MYANMAR: Crimes Against Humanity Are Getting More ‘Brazen’ in Myanmar, UN Told
2974. PHILIPPINES: A Decade Later, Philippines Still Most Dangerous Country in Asia for Envi Defenders
2975. CAMBODIAN Rice Benefits From Global Security Woes
2976. INDONESIA: PLN’s Ambitious Renewables Target Lacks Govt Support
2977. MALAYSIA Is Latest in Asia To Tighten Grip on Key Minerals
2978. MYANMAR: Shamed By ASEAN, Myanmar’s Generals Try to Save Face
2979. VIETNAM: Bayer Launches Southeast Asia’s First ForwardFarm in Vietnam
2980. INDONESIA: Jokowi Reiterates Developing Nations Call For Help On Climate at G20
2981. INDONESIA: ASEAN Establishes New Troika to Find Solution on Myanmar Crisis
2982. MYANMAR: Education Under Attack in Myanmar, Ukraine and Other War Zones: NGO
2983. MYANMAR Has Been Running Out of Power Since the Coup: World Bank
2984. THAILAND Malaysia Mull Setting Up Joint Committee To Tackle Cross-Border Cybercrime
2985. INDONESIA: Proposed Govt Control Over Places Of Worship Draws Criticism
2986. INDONESIA: Police Deployed to Check Pollutant Level at Factories
2987. MALAYSIA: Suhakam To Work With Indonesian, Philippine Counterparts To Find Answers To Sabah’s Stateless Issue In Next Five Years
2988. MYANMAR Junta Losing War: East Timor’s President
2989. VIETNAM Rises As Potential Semiconductor Hub For Global Manufacturers
2990. INDONESIA: China Warns Against ‘New Cold War’ at ASEAN Summit
2991. INDONESIA: Police Arrest 42 Chinese Nationals Accused of Romance Scams
2992. MYANMAR: No Election Likely Before 2025: Myanmar Junta Chief
2993. MYANMAR’S Suu Kyi Unwell, Back in Prison: NLD Members
2994. VIETNAM, Laos, Cambodia Agree To Operate ‘One Journey-Three Destinations’ Tours
2995. ASEAN Bars Myanmar From 2026 Chairmanship
2996. INDONESIA: OpenAI Chief Granted First ‘Golden Visa’
2997. INDONESIA Introduces De-Dollarization Task Force
2998. SINGAPORE: Rapper Subhas Nair Sentenced To Jail For Attempting To Promote Ill Will Between Races and Religions
2999. THAILAND: As New Cabinet Is Sworn In, Srettha Says ‘No Honeymoon Period’ For His Government
3000. INDONESIA: Calls Mount For ASEAN To Denounce ‘Ten-Dash Line’
3001. INDONESIA To Import 250,000 Tons Of Rice From Cambodia
3002. MYANMAR: Hong Kong Based V-Power Company Ceases Four Projects in Myanmar
3003. VIETNAM’S Mekong Delta, World’s Youngest River Basin, Might Be First One Gone
3004. INDONESIA: Regions Brace For Wildfire, Haze As Dry Season Peaks
3005. INDONESIA: W. Australia Offers to Make Indonesia’s EV Battery Dream Come True ​​​
3006. MALAYSIA: Dr Mahathir says racial issues caused by non-Malay parties, calls them ‘parti pendatang’: Report
3007. MYANMAR And Other Rice Exporting Countries Struggle To Maintain Normal Production
3008. SINGAPORE: Tharman Clinches Oresidency With Landslide Win, Pledges To Help Usher In ‘Future of Optimism and Solidarity’
3009. INDONESIA Open To ‘Kratom’ Opioid Exports Despite Proposed Local Ban
3010. INDONESIA: Challenges Abound Ahead Of ASEAN Summit In Jakarta
3011. MYANMAR’S Landmine Clearers Working With Pliers And Bare Hands
3012. PHILIPPINES Rejects China ’10-Dash’ Map
3013. SINGAPORE Holds First Contested Presidential Vote In Over A Decade
3014. INDONESIA: Political Dynasties, Graft Leniency Loom Over 2024 Elections
3015. INDONESIA: Jokowi Threatens to Shut Down Polluting Factories
3016. MYANMAR: Yangon Food Charities Swamped as Hunger Stalks Myanmar
3017. THAILAND: Activists Submit Petition With Over 212,000 Signatures, Seek Democratic Constitution
3018. VIETNAM: All Eyes On Agroecology As Vietnam Embarks on Food System Transformation Journey
3019. INDONESIA: Political Exiles Push For Guarantee Of Continued Nonjudicial Resolutions
3020. INDONESIA: Says Freedom of Expression Not Free Pass for Quran Desecration
3021. MALAYSIA: Beyond A ‘Band-Aid’: Why SIS Started Free Legal Advice For Muslims 20 years Ago And What’s Next
3022. MYANMAR: As Dollars Vanish, Myanmar Regime Boss Blames Cooking Oil, Greed and Sanctions
3023. THAILAND: MRT To Partially Power Blue, Purple Lines With Solar Energy
3024. INDONESIAN Protectionism May Stand In Way of ASEAN Digital Economy Pact
3025. INDONESIAN Muslims Advised against Multiple Hajj Pilgrimages
3026. MYANMAR: Seven Indian Companies Added To Myanmar ‘Dirty List’
3027. MYANMAR Vulnerable To Climate Emergencies, says NGO
3028. VIETNAM: Mekong Delta Province Coastline Devastated By Erosion
3029. CAMBODIA: NGOs Warn of ‘Sharp’ Decline in Breastfeeding
3030. INDONESIA Lifts Ban on Sending Domestic Workers to Middle East
3031. INDONESIA Inaugurates $2B LRT Trains to Reduce Jakarta’s Traffic
3032. MYANMAR Expels Top East Timor Diplomat
3033. THAILAND Running Out of Jobs For University Graduates: NESDC Report
3034. CAMBODIA: From Waste To Wealth: Cambodian Compost Mogul Turns Trash To Treasure
3035. INDONESIA: Jokowi Reignites ‘Bandung Spirit’ In Week-Long Africa Tour
3036. INDONESIA: Hyundai To Introduce New Electric Vehicle Model From Indonesian Plant
3037. MYANMAR: Singapore Called On to Stop Feeding Myanmar Junta’s War Machine
3038. PHILIPPINES: Marcos Pitches For Federalism
3039. INDONESIA: Pertamina Eyes Oil And Gas, Geothermal Expansion In Kenya
3040. INDONESIA: Partial Work-from-Home Policy Implemented in Greater Jakarta to Address Air Pollution
3041. MYANMAR: Buddhist Monks Condemn Myanmar Junta for Arrests Over ‘Blasphemous’ Movie
3042. PHILIPPINES: Chinese Ships Block PH Boats
3043. THAILAND: Srettha Gets Royal Endorsement As Prime Minister
3044. INDONESIA: Captive Power Casts Doubt On JETP Emissions Reduction Goal
3045. INDONESIA: Govt To Merge Three State-Owned Airlines
3046. INDONESIA’S Cellular Tariffs Among the Cheapest in SE Asia
3047. MYANMAR Will Get Sicker—Junta Shuts Another Hospital in Mandalay
3048. THAILAND: Thaksin Taken To Bangkok Remand Prison To Start Serving His Jail Terms
3049. INDONESIA: Jakarta Police Uncover Arms Trade Syndicate
3050. INDONESIA: Health Ministry To Set Up Independent Body To Probe Malpractice Claims
3051. MALAYSIA: Federal Court Allows Leave For Sisters In Islam’s Bid To Appeal Ruling Over Selangor Fatwa Declaring It As Deviant
3052. MYANMAR: Several Resistance Attacks Reported Near Myanmar Regime’s Nerve Center
3053. THAILAND’S Pheu Thai Launches PM Bid As Fugitive Figurehead Thaksin Eyes Return
3054. CAMBODIA-New Cultural Heritage Sites Identified In Protected Areas
3055. INDONESIA: Jokowi To Attend BRICS Summit in South Africa
3056. INDONESIA: Nearly 17,000 Central Government Employees to Relocate to Nusantara
3057. MYANMAR: H&M’s Forced Exit Leaves 42,000 Myanmar Workers Asking How They Will Eat
3058. THAILAND Now Has 36 Smart Cities In 25 Provinces
3059. INDONESIA: Jokowi Govt Sets Final $2.6b Tranche for Nusantara Next Year
3060. INDONESIA: Four More Provinces Ink Low-Carbon Development Deal With Bappenas
3061. MYANMAR: Leader of Sanctions-Hit Myanmar Junta Moans About ‘Weaponization’ of Dollar
3062. MYANMAR: In Myanmar Prisons, Showing Solidarity With Martyrs Leads to Solitary Confinement
3063. SINGAPORE: Police Warn Of New Android App Scam Targeting Users of TikTok, Dating Platforms-
3064. INDONESIA: Tesla To Sign Investment Deal In Indonesia Within Months: Luhut
3065. INDONESIA: Newly-Arrested Militant Plots Attacks on Police, Military Targets
3066. MYANMAR: Price Control Panel Fails to Stem Myanmar’s Growing Food Crisis
3067. MYANMAR Regime to Arm Civil Servants
3068. SINGAPORE: Some Employers Make Baseless ‘revenge accusations’ Against Maids To Punish Them For Leaving Job: Home Report
3069. INDONESIA: Government To Start Random Emission Tests As Poor Air Chokes Jakarta
3070. INDONESIA: Jokowi Mulls Work From Home Policy to Address Deteriorating Jakarta Air Quality
3071. MYANMAR: At Least 25 Missing After Myanmar Jade Mine Landslide
3072. THAILAND: Man, 36, Becomes First Patient To Die of Mpox in Thailand
3073. VIETNAM Issues e-Visa For All Countries
3074. INDONESIA: Jakarta Pollution Blamed For Respiratory Problems
3075. INDONESIA: Miss Universe Cuts Ties with Indonesian Organizer amid Sexual Harassment Allegations
3076. MYANMAR: Torture and Terror at Chinese-Run Cyber Scam Hubs in Myanmar
3077. VIETNAM: Big Wave of Internal Migration Hits Da Lat
3078. INDONESIA: Jakarta Hit By Major Pollution spike: Air quality monitor
3079. INDONESIA: Lecturer’s Curse of President Tests Limits of Free Speech
3080. INDONESIA: New Capital Nusantara is World’s Largest Project: Jokowi
3081. MYANMAR: Indian Minister of Home Affairs Blames Manipur Violence On Myanmar Refugees
3082. VIETNAM: Power Outages Cost Vietnam $1.4B: World Bank
3083. INDONESIA: ‘Missing Link’ in Indonesia’s Economic Development: INDEF
3084. INDONESIA: New Zealand Calls For Release of Pilot Kidnapped in Papua
3085. INDONESIA: 30 Miss Universe Indonesia Contestants Report Sexual Abuse: Lawyer
3086. MYANMAR: Prominent Activist Calls for Public Boycott of Myanmar Junta’s ‘Blood’ Products
3087. THAILAND To Grow Opium, Magic Mushrooms To Produce Morphine, Anti-Depressants
3088. INDONESIA’S Inequality Increases Slightly As Poverty Falls
3089. INDONESIA: Brain Drain: Calls Mount For Dual Citizenship In Indonesia
3090. INDONESIA: Populous Indonesia Defends Democracy Index That is Behind Malaysia
3091. MALAYSIA: PM Anwar: Turkiye’s President Erdogan Suggests Cooperation With Malaysia In Facing Islamophobia
3092. MYANMAR: Deadly Floods Displace Thousands in Three Myanmar Border States
3093. CAMBODIA Dismisses Human Rights Report
3094. INDONESIA: Experts Warn of Contagious Outbreaks, Health Problems As El Niño Returns
3095. INDONESIA’S Economic Growth Exceeds 5% for 7th Consecutive Quarter
3096. MYANMAR: US Closes Sanctions Window For Myanmar Junta Banks
3097. VIETNAM: Earthworm Electrocution Is Destroying The Environment For China Trade
3098. ASEAN: Timor-Leste Rethinks Its Accession Bid if ASEAN Cannot Handle Myanmar Issue
3099. INDONESIA- West Sumatra Administration Criticized For Stifling Protests
3100. MALAYSIA: Muslim Nationalism Challenges Anwar’s Multiethnic Government: Wong Chin Huat
3101. MYANMAR: Political Prisoners Tortured for Honoring Myanmar’s Martyrs’ Day
3102. VIETNAM: Export Demand Should Not Jeopardize Vietnam Food Security: Experts
3103. INDONESIA Initiates ASEAN Road Map For Digital Transformation Of Education Systems
3104. INDONESIA: Foreigners Only Need Passport to Buy House in Indonesia: Gov’t
3105. MALAYSIA: Woman Convert Fails To Get High Court Leave In Bid To Be Declared Christian After Divorcing Muslim Man
3106. MYANMAR: Singapore Urged to Stop Aiding War Crimes in Myanmar
3107. THAILAND: Chinese Investors Top BOI Investments Applications
3108. INDONESIA: Islamic School Leader Panji Gumilang Detained for Blasphemy, Hate Speech
3109. INDONESIA: Govt Plans to Revive Sanatoriums To Treat Tuberculosis
3110. MYANMAR: Junta’s Amnesty for Political Prisoners was Hostage Diplomacy: Myanmar Watchdog
3111. VIETNAM Continues ‘Four Nos’ Defense Policy
3112. VIETNAM: Culinary Tourism To Become National Strategic Product
3113. INDONESIA: Govt Unveils Ecotourism Concept For New Capital City
3114. INDONESIA: No LSD In Our Cattle, Canberra Insists After RI Halts Imports
3115. MYANMAR Regime Reduces Jailed Leaders’ Sentences Under Prisoner Amnesty
3116. SINGAPORE:  Man Charged With Running Unregistered Muslim Religious School, Teaching False Doctrine
3117. VIETNAMESE Consume Too Much Meat, Say Health Advocates
3118. INDONESIA: Government Orders Shipment of Aid to Drought-Hit Papua Region
3119. INDONESIA: Jokowi Seeks Chinese Investment in 5,000-Hectare Durian Plantation
3120. Myanmar Junta Extends State of Emergency for 6 More Months
3121. PHILIPPINES: 25 Dead, Over 2 million Affected from Typhoon Doksuri in Philippines
3122. VIETNAM: Russia to Issue E-Visas for Vietnamese Nationals
3123. NDONESIA’S Middle-Strength Passport Remains a Travel Barrier For Some
3124. INDONESIA Launches Its First CryIpto Bourse
3125. MALAYSIA: Customs Makes Biggest Drug Bust in Sabah, Seizes over 100Kg of Syabu Worth Around RM3M
3126. MYANMAR Jade Worth About US$4 Billion Exported to China in 2022
3127. THAILAND:  Police Prepare for Thaksin’s Return As August 10 Arrival Date Confirmed By Family
3128. INDONESIA’s Rice Reserve Not Sufficient To Weather El Niño Next Year
3129. ASEAN Predicted to Be Net Importer of Natural Gas by 2025
3130. MYANMAR’S Northern Alliance ‘Not Interested’ in Empty Peace Talks With Junta
3131. PHILIPPINES; China Eyes Military Exercises With PH
3132. SINGAPORE: No Zero-Tolerance Approach by PAP to Extramarital Affairs, Unlike Corruption and Criminal Conduct: DPM Wong
3133. CAMBODIA: An End To An Era as Hun Sen Passes Baton To Son Manet
3134. INDONESIA: JETP Could Help Drive Indonesia’s Geothermal Growth
3135. INDONESIA Says Taliban Representatives Visited ‘Informally’
3136. MYANMAR: Thai Beer Titan to Invest US$14M in Another Brewery in Myanmar
3137. PHILIPPINES: VIETNAM Builds More Facilities in Spratlys
3138. CAMBODIAN Election Draws Criticism
3139. INDONESIA: Social Media Monitoring Agency Could Curb Free Speech, Activists Warn
3140. INDONESIA Set to Launch Largest Solar Panel Industry in SE Asia
3141. MYANMAR Military May Move Suu Kyi to House Arrest
3142. SINGAPORE To Execute First Woman In Nearly 20 Years: Rights Groups
3143. INDONESIA: G20 Energy Proposal Costly, Not Feasible: RI
3144. INDONESIA Spends $3.8B on Fuel Subsidies in 1st Half of 2023
3145. MYANMAR: Number of IDPs in Myanmar Surges Almost 50,000 in Five Weeks
3146. SINGAPORE: Growing Concern With Youth Radicalism, Terrorism Threat to Singapore Remains High: ISD
3147. VIETNAM: Researchers Find Evidence of 2,000-year-old curry in Vietnam, the oldest in Southeast Asia
3148. CAMBODIA’S 2023 General Election Kicks Off
3149. INDONESIA: Power Struggle Grips Golkar Ahead of 2024 Polls
3150. INDONESIA: Gov’t Told to Close Illegal Railroad Crossings
3151. MALAYSIA: In Malaysia, More Muslim Parents Turning To Abducting Kids in Custody Wars: SIS Data
3152. MYANMAR: Whither Wa State? Myanmar’s Criminal Hub Spreads Wings Under Junta
3153. INDONESIA Must Push For Fairer Carbon Market: Activists
3154. INDONESIA: Gov’t Takes Down Over 11,000 Gambling Websites
3155. MALAYSIA Issues License to Elon Musk’s Starlink To Bring Internet Services To Remote Areas
3156. MYANMAR: Chin Schoolchildren Being Taught In Trenches Cecause of Airstrikes
3157. VIETNAM’S Last Wild Elephants On The Brink of Survival
3158. INDONESIA Strengthens Economic Diplomacy With Cabinet Reshuffle
3159. INDONESIA: No Authorization for Interfaith Marriages: Supreme Court
3160. Myanmar Regime Again Bars Daw Aung San Suu Kyi From Honoring Father on Martyrs’ Day
3161. SINGAPORE: Foreigners Need Approval To Buy Mixed Commercial and Residential Properties, Land in Singapore
3162. VIETNAM Passport Jumps 6 Places in Global Ranking
3163. INDONESIA: RI, EU Gear Up For Trade Clash
3164. INDONESIA: Tech Giants Pay Indonesia $886M in Digital Taxes in 3.5 Years
3165. MYANMAR: Political Prisoners in Constant Fear of Torture and Murder
3166. PHILIPPINES: ICC Junks PH Appeal On Drug War Probe
3167. VIETNAM: Google Maps Re-Displays Vietnamese Flag on Spratly Island
3168. INDONESIA: When Teachers Are The Bullies, Where Do Students Go?
3169. INDONESIA Trade Surplus for 38 Months in a Row
3170. MYANMAR Junta Condemns ASEAN for Ignoring ‘Peaceful Efforts to Restore Democracy’
3171. THAILAND: Coalition Decides to Propose Pita as its PM Candidate in Second Round
3172. VIETNAM’S Aging 100-million Population a Demographic Time Bomb
3173. CAMBODIA: Childhood Diabetes Up Amid Sugar Epidemic
3174. INDONESIA: Growing Informal Sector Signals Lack In Job Creation
3175. INDONESIA: PTPP, Adhi Karya Win $540M Railway Project in Philippines
3176. MYANMAR Junta Likely to Extend Military Rule Again
3177. THAILAND: Two-Wheeled Angels:Bangkok Launches First Fleet of Motorbike-ambulances
3178. ASEAN Struggles For Unity On Myanmar Conflict
3179. ASEAN, China Agree on South China Sea’s Code of Conduct Guidelines
3180. INDONESIA: Shrinking Domestic Industry May Dethrone RI As World’s No. 2 Rubber Exporter
3181. MYANMAR: Protect Rohingya From Armed Gangs: HRW
3182. THAILAND: Pita Fails in Bid to Become Prime Minister
3183. INDONESIA Wants to Double Lithium Pact with Australia to 120,000 Tons
3184. INDONESIA: LGBT Event in Indonesia Scrapped After Security Threats
3185. MYANMAR: Thai Foreign Minister Says Met Myanmar’s Suu Kyi
3186. SINGAPORE: Maid Agencies Find Various Ways to Sieve Out Underage Candidates, Even As MOM Sees Fewer Cases
3187. THAILAND: Thaksin Postpones Return Until Thailand’s Political Situation Settles Down
3188. INDONESIA: Bakamla Seizes Iranian Tanker Over Illicit Oil Transfer
3189. INDONESIA: Netherlands Returns Ancient Jewels, Temple Carvings to Indonesia
3190. MALAYSIA: PM Anwar Gives Final Warning To Those Playing Up 3R Issues
3191. MYANMAR Junta Condemned For Using ‘Prison Transfers’ as a Pretext For Murder
3192. PHILIPPINE Activists Fight Back on Online Theats Rise
3193. CAMBODIA: Manhunt Underway After Capital 103kg-Meth Bust
3194. INDONESIA: RI Property Giants to Build Malls, Offices In Nusantara Capital City
3195. INDONESIA: $3.5 Billion Jababeka Movieland Launched as Indonesian Answer to Hollywood
3196. MYANMAR: Singapore’s UOB Is Shutting Myanmar Junta Allied Airline’s Bank Accounts
3197. SINGAPORE: Millions Vie For Tickets to Taylor Swift’s Only Stop in Southeast Asia
3198. INDONESIA: Potable Tap Water Still a Pipe Dream, for Now
3199. INDONESIA: Political Row Undermines RI’S Second Chance as FIFA Host
3200. MALAYSIA: Counting Malaysia’s ‘Invisible’ People: How Many Born Here Cannot Be Citizens Despite Their Local Roots
3201. MYANMAR: Thailand’s Deportation of Undocumented Children Branded Cruel
3202. SINGAPORE Must Never Become a Welfare State, But It Can Be a ‘Welfare Society’: SM Tharman
3203. INDONESIA: Govt Steps Up Efforts To Curb Anthrax After Outbreak Kills 3 People
3204. INDONESIA: Robust Salt Industry Recipe to Cut Indonesia’s Deficit with Australia
3205. MYANMAR: UN Urges End to Arms, Currency Supplies to Myanmar Junta
3206. SINGAPORE: Police Warn of Resurgence of Concert Ticket Scam As At Least 462 Lose Over S$480,000 Since January
3207. VIETNAM: New Crocodile Newt Species Discovered in Vietnam
3208. INDONESIA: Government Rescues Nearly 2,000 Human Trafficking Victims
3209. INDONESIA: Safeguarding the Sunda Pangolin: RER’s Commitment to Wildlife Protection and Conservation
3210. MALAYSIA: More Malaysians Transitioning to Solar Power to Reduce Electricity Bills
3211. MYANMAR: Junta Orders Nightlife Shutdown as Narcotics Flood Myanmar
3212. VIETNAM RIses FOur Ranks in Global Peace Index
3213. CAMBODIA Bans Entry for All Meta Oversight Board Bembers
3214. INDONESIA: Victims, Families Urge Jokowi to Rewrite History on Rights Abuse
3215. INDONESIA: ‘No Big Deal’: Minister Reacts to Indonesian Rice Terraces Used in Philippine Tourism Promo
3216. MYANMAR Supreme Court to Hear President and Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Appeals
3217. VIETNAMESE People Turning Their Backs On Dog Meat
3218. INDONESIA: Jakarta Installs AI-Controlled Traffic Lights to Ease Congestion
3219. INDONESIA Reports Slower Deforestation Growth
3220. MYANMAR: Surprise? Myanmar Ranks Poorly in ‘Tourist-Friendly ’Ranking
3221. THAILAND-Foreign Investors Wary of Delay in Thai Govt Formation: FTI
3222. VIETNAM  Bans Barbie Movie for Featuring China’s Nine-Dash Line
3223. INDONESIA: After Recent Portfolio Sell-Offs, Is Traditional Retail Banking Dead in Indonesia?
3224. INDONESIA In Talks with 3 Unnamed Countries for OPEC-Like Nickel Cartel
3225. MYANMAR Junta War Crimes Rising: UN Report
3226. SINGAPORE Sees Highest Number of Suicides in Over 20 Years, With Most Cases Among Those in Their 20s: SOS
3227. TIMOR LESTE Independence Hero Xanana Gusmao Returns to Power
3228. INDONESIA: Reparations Program Gets Mixed Welcome
3229. INDONESIA’S  Learning Gap Spanning Two Decades: Minister
3230. MYANMAR: Medical Association Issues Urgent Global Appeal to Deliver Healthcare to Myanmar
3231. SINGAPORE: Growing Popularity of Adventure Tourism
3232. VIETNAM: Philippine Police Rescue More than 1,000 Alleged Trafficking Victims, Including Vietnamese
3233. INDONESIA: Reparations Program Gets Mixed Welcome
3234. INDONESIA’S  Learning Gap Spanning Two Decades: Minister
3235. MYANMAR: Medical Association Issues Urgent Global Appeal to Deliver Healthcare to Myanmar
3236. SINGAPORE: Growing Popularity of Adventure Tourism
3237. VIETNAM: Philippine Police Rescue More than 1,000 Alleged Trafficking Victims, Including Vietnamese
3238. INDONESIA: World Bank Sees Stagnant FDI, Slowdown in Growth for Indonesia
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3240. MYANMAR Junta Turns Thai-Sponsored Talks Into Propaganda Tool
3241. PHILLIPPINES- Kitchen Crisis: How some food prices soared under Marcos
3242. SINGAPORE: Air Purifiers Flying off the shelves as S’poreans brace themselves for haze; experts give tips on dealing with it
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3244. INDONESIA Moves ASEAN Military Drill Site Away From South China Sea
3245. MYANMAR: US Slaps Sanctions on Myanmar Junta Defense Ministry, Regime-Run Banks
3246. VIETNAM: Dak Lak Armed Group Connected to US-based Terrorists
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3252. SINGAPORE: High Risk of Severe Transboundary Haze in 2023, Public Advised To Be Prepared: Singapore institute
3253. INDONESIAN Businesses Call For Change in PLN’s Dominance to Hit Renewable Target
3254. INDONESIA Urges Regional Efforts for Clean Energy Transition
3255. MYANMAR: More Labor Union Leaders Arrested at Zara Factory in Myanmar
3256. PHILIPPINES: Filipino Women Highly Biased Against Own Gender: Study
3257. VIETNAM: Overseas Vietnamese Return Home For Retirement
3258. INDONESIA’S Satria-1 Successfully Launched Into Orbit
3259. INDONESIA: Coca-Cola Launches New rPET Bottles in Indonesian Market
3260. LAOS Seals MOU With Chinese Firm for Development of That Luang SEZ
3261. MYANMAR Junta Signs Wind Power, Direct Flights and Financial Deals With Russia
3262. THAILAND Defends Divisive Myanmar Junta Talks
3263. ASEAN Nixes Thai Informal Talks Idea on Myanmar
3264. CAMBODIAN  Riel to Expand Across Laos and Vietnam
3265. INDONESIA: Japan’s Emperor in Indonesia for First State Visit
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3267. MYANMAR  People’s Thoughts With Detained Daw Aung San Suu Kyi on 78th Birthday
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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.”