Category: Politics

1. CAMBODIA: Govt Sets Rules for Conscription, Service at 24 Months
2. INDONESIA: Calls For Reform Grow Ahead of Prabowo’s State Address
3. INDONESIA: Women’s Groups Challenge Jobs Law Over Discriminatory Provisions
4. MYANMAR: APHR: Myanmar’s Rejection of New ASEAN Envoy Is Bid to Escape Accountability
5. SINGAPORE Takes Down 500 Fake Websites Posing as Home Ministry
6. INDONESIA: Inequality Worsens as Wealth Gap Widens
7. INDONESIA: 2027 Budget Plan Puts Prudence, Credibility to the Test
8. MALAYSIA: When Neutrality Pays: How Malaysia is Navigating the Global Fuel Crisis
9. MYANMAR: UN Investigators Identify Myanmar Air Force Bases Behind Civilian Attacks
10. THAILAND’S Firearm Laws Face Scrutiny Over Estimated 10M Guns
11. CAMBODIA Has No Relation with Indonesian Drug Seizure: Official
12. INDONESIA: Prabowo’s Textbook Overhaul Plan Fuels Revisionism Fears
13. INDONESIA: Bali Plans Rp 2.2 Trillion Tram System to Ease Congestion
14. PHILIPPINES: World’s Largest Island is Filling its Jobs With Southeast Asian Workers
15. SINGAPORE: National University of Singapore Mandates AI Courses For All Students, Gives Free Access to ChatGPT for Learners and Staff
16. INDONESIA: Arrests Over Posts on Prabowo’s Iran Remark Raise Free Speech Alarm
17. INDONESIA: Bromo Forest Fire Spreads Further as Strong Winds Itensify
18. SINGAPORE Celebrates 61st National Day With Stadium Return and Historic Kallang Gun Salute
19. MYANMAR: RSF and Mizzima to Reopen a Vital Information lifeline on shortwave radio 
20. THAI SME Crisis Demands National Action Beyond Cash Injections
21. INDONESIA: Independence Day Logo Becomes Protest Canvas
22. INDONESIA: Central Sulawesi Launches First Direct Flights to Guangzhou
23. MYANMAR & THAILAND Sign Key Agreements on Labor, Water and Space Cooperation: Thai Govt
24. VIETNAM Overtakes Thailand as ASEAN’s Second-Largest Aviation market
25. VIETNAM: Nearly 50 Vietnamese Nationals Repatriated Following Deportation from US
26. INDONESIA: Security Minister Brushes Off Unrest Concerns Ahead of Independence Day
27. INDONESIA: Chinese Firms to Relocate to Indonesia’s Madura Industrial Park
28. MALAYSIA to Discuss Refugee Repatriation Plan with Myanmar junta: Fahmi
29. MYANMAR: Why Myanmar Regime Let ICRC See Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Now
30. THAILAND: State Data Leaks Deepen Thailand’s Cyber-Security Crisis
31. INDONESIA: Early Wildfire Surge Raises Alarm in Indonesia
32. INDONESIA: Foreign Investors Return to Indonesian Stocks With Rp 1.6 Trillion Net Inflow
33. MALAYSIA: Second Malaysian In a Week Arrested for Drug Smuggling in Indonesia
34. MYANMAR: Meeting between Aung San Suu Kyi and ICRC Due to Domestic and International Afforts, says NUG
35. VIETNAM: Foreigners Adopt Vietnam’s Digital ID for Faster Public services
36. INDONESIA, THAILAND Target $20 Billion in Bilateral Trade by 2030
37. INDONESIA: Discontent Over Policies, Leadership Erodes Prabowo’s footing
38. MALAYSIA: Govt Seeks Wider Gas Supply Options as Malaysia Moves to Boost Energy Security
39. MYANMAR: SICRC Confirms Meeting with Aung San Suu Kyi Amid Ongoing Detention
40. THAI Children Under 18 Need Birth Certificates for Overseas Travel from August 3
41. INDONESIA: Award Puts Spotlight on Opinion Polls’ Role in Democracy
42. INDONESIA: Critics Lambaste Anti-LGBTQ Syllabus Plan For Religious Schools
43. MYANMAR: Sexual and Gender Violence Soaring in Shan State, Rights Group Reports
44. PHILIPPINES Eyes ASEAN Halal Standards
45. VIETNAM: Ho Chi Minh City Lays Groundwork for English as Second Language in Schools
46. INDONESIA: Battalion Expansion Raises Deforestation Fears
47. INDONESIA: Government Prioritizes Remote, High-Stunting Areas in 13,000 MBG Kitchen Rollout
48. MALAYSIA Just 7.1% Shy of High-Income Status: Minister
49. SINGAPORE Organization Leads Ebola Vaccine Push as Congo Outbreak Kills Nearly 1,500
50. THAILAND: Solo Creators Face Hidden Risks as Thailand’s Creator Economy Expands
51. INDONESIA Must Avoid the Disorder Trap
52. INDONESIA: Prabowo’s Approval Falls to 51.1% as Economic Concerns Weigh on Public Sentiment
53. MALAYSIA Busts Scam Centers in Forest City
54. MYANMAR Parliament Approves Death Sentence for Scam Offenses
55. VIETNAM Launches Program to Develop Globally Competitive CEOs
56. INDONESIA: Probe Launched After Death of Man Linked to Ex-Top Prosecutor
57. INDONESIA: BI Governor Appointment Seen as Referendum on Central Bank Independence
58. MALAYSIA: Tok Mat Warns UNHCR: Cooperate on Refugee Screening in Malaysia or Face Exit
59. MYANMAR Border Scams Move Inland as Regional Crackdown Intensifies
60. THAILAND Seeks 78 Additional US Tariff Exemptions for Key Export Goods
61. INDONESIA: Government Says Perry Warjiyo’s Resignation Won’t Disrupt Monetary Policy
62. Indonesia in Talks with US for 0% Tariff on Palm Oil
63. MYANMAR: Hundreds of Myanmar Migrants Flee Chinese Crackdown in Yunnan
64. CAMBODIA: CMAC Reports 387,000Ha Contaminated by Thai Explosives
65. INDONESIA: BI Governor Perry Warjiyo Resigns
66. INDONESIA Bars Taxpayers from Recording Online Interviews with Tax Officials
67. MYANMAR: Nearly 400 Myanmar Migrant Workers Arrested in Malaysia’s Johor State
68. THAILAND Tightens Data Centre Rules as AI Demand Grows
69. INDONESIA: Children’s Day Spotlights Protection Flaws
70. INDONESIA Proposes Limited Dual Citizenship to Attract Global Talent
71. MYANMAR: ASEAN Agrees To Draft Benchmarks for Myanmar Peace Plan
72. THAILAND: US Sets 12.5% tariff on Thai Goods Over Forced Labor
73. VIETNAM Needs Tens of Thousands of Nuclear Power workers by 2035
74. CAMBODIA and US Pledge Joint Push Against Transnational Cybercrime as UN Warns of Evolving Scam Networks
75. INDONESIA: Flexibility, Bargaining Power in Focus as RI Treats Gig Workers as Micro Businesses
76. INDONESIA’S School Health Checks of 8.8 Million Students Reveal Widespread Tooth Decay, Anemia
77. MYANMAR-Thai Government Extends Work Permits for Migrant Workers, Including Myanmar Nationals
78. THAILAND to Launch Japanese-Style Savings Scheme as Rapid Aging Strains Retirement System
79. INDONESIA: Gen-Zers Turn to AI for Mental Health Support Despite Validity, Privacy risks
80. INDONESIA Keeps Tight Rein on Nickel Output to Avoid Global Oversupply
81. MYANMAR: TNLA Becomes First Ethnic Rebel Army to Join Regime Peace Talks
82. THAILAND: Briton Becomes First Foreign Somdet 
83. VIETNAMESE Men Become Japan Region’s First Foreign Bus Drivers Amid Labor Shortage
84. CAMBODIA: Thai-Cambodian Border Stays Shut Amid Political and Military Tensions
85. INDONESIA: Outrage as Trans Women Targeted in Mob
86. Indonesia’s New Citizenship Fees: Rp 75 Million to Naturalize, Rp 5 Million to Renounce
87. MYANMAR: Still a Mystery: Where is Aung San Suu Kyi?
88. THAILAND Moves Forward with $362 Cruise Terminal on Second Largest Island
89. INDONESIA: Prabowo Renews Antigraft Pledge as Scrutiny Grows Over Ex-Top Prosecutor’s
90. INDONESIA: Anwar to Address KWAP’s Investment Losses in Indonesia’s eFishery
91. MYANMAR: The Philippines’ Failure on Myanmar is Existential for ASEAN
92. SINGAPORE: Why New Divorce Figures Show ‘Unreasonable Behavior’ is Singapore’s Biggest Marriage Breaker
93. Cambodia Eliminates Indigenous malaria; Imported Cases Could Pose Challenge
94. INDONESIA: Prabowo Orders Reviews of Flagship Programs, Signals Possible Shift
95. INDONESIA Restarts $21 Billion Masela Gas Project After Nearly Three Decades
96. INDONESIA’S 2nd-Wealthiest Man Prajogo Pangestu to Buy Philippines’ Largest Geothermal Company
97. MYANMAR: Hong Kong Regulator Warns Myanmar Faces Tougher FATF Measures Without Reform Progress
98. INDONESIA: AGO Begins Probe into Ex-Top Prosecutor
99. INDONESIA: Freeport Targets More Than $7 Billion in Annual State Revenue Contributions
100. MALAYSIA: Immigration Department looking into Forest City ‘Network School‘
101. MYANMAR: ASEAN Envoy Pledges Humanitarian Mission to Myanmar
102. VIETNAM Leads Southeast Asia in Using Google AI for Education
103. CAMBODIA: History Records Prove Khnar Temple’s Khmer Roots
104. INDONESIA: Why EV Makers Choose Vietnam, Not Nickel-Rich Indonesia
105. INDONESIA’S Education Council Warns of Rising Online Gambling Threat in Schools
106. SINGAPORE Ministers Shanmugam, Tan See Leng Awarded S$230,000 Each in Bloomberg Defamation suit
107. MYANMAR Regime Rejects ASEAN Peace Plan, Pushes for Full Reinstatement
108. CAMBODIA: Arrival Numbers Drop Amid Sweeping Crackdown on cyber fraud
109. INDONESIA: KPK Arrests in Regions Raise Alarm Over Systemic Corruption
110. INDONESIA Cuts Visa-Free Entry Permits by 88% Under Selective Immigration Policy
111. MALAYSIA: Immigration’s Labor Quota System Manipulated by Syndicate: Sources
112. MYANMAR: As World Rejects the Myanmar Passport, Belarus Opens its Door
113. INDONESIA: Police Bill Slammed Over Potential Expansion Into Civilian Roles
114. INDONESIA: Rupiah Weakness Has Become Excessive, Indonesian Economist Warns
115. MALAYSIA: The Great Migration: Why Singapore Giants like Gardenia Are Moving to Johor
116. MYANMAR: Indonesia to Host Separate Talks with Key Actors in Myanmar’s Crisis
117. THAILAND: China Retreats — Russians Reshape Thai condo Demand
118. INDONESIA: Firms Gear Up For Buybacks Amid Stock Market Slump
119. INDONESIA: Government Spending Surges in Q1 2026 on Fiscal Stimulus and Low Base Effect
120. MYANMAR Migrants in Thailand Emerge as $6.7-Billion Consumer Market
121. DUAL SINGAPOREAN-INDONESIAN Citizen Gets Record Three-Year Jail Term For Dodging National Service for 21 Years
122. THAILAND Scales Up Farm Drones to Cut Costs and Boost Yields
123. INDONESIA: Joint Police, Military Crackdown on Street Robbers Raises Fear of Extrajudicial Killings
124. INDONESIA Develops National Fraud Portal to Strengthen Anti-Scam Response
125. SINGAPORE: Surgeons in Singapore Remove Brain Tumor Through Eye Socket in First-of-Its-Kind Procedure
126. THAILAND to Quarantine DRC Arrivals Even Without Symptoms
127. INDONEhttps://asiaviews.net/thailand-to-quarantine-drc-arrivals-even-without-symptoms/SIA: Prabowo’s Rare Address Raises Political Concerns
128. INDONESIA’S New Export Watchdog Could Recover Billions Lost to Under-Invoicing
129. MYANMAR: Youths in Yangon Fear Arrests Amid Forced Military Recruitment Drive
130. THAILAND: Anutin Declares War on Drugs, Mafia
131. VIETNAM Debuts in Global Top 50 Startup Ecosystems
132. CAMBODIA Revisits the Brutality of Pol Pot’s Regime on National Day of Remembrance
133. INDONESIA: Dejà Vu as Current ‘Chaos’ Haunt Reform Anniversary
134. MALAYSIA: Survey Shows Malaysians Becoming More Intolerant of Differences Amid Rising ‘Insular Trust’ Trend
135. MYANMAR Military Recaptures Key Thai Border Trade Hub as 4,000 Flee
136. SINGAPORE: Robots to Clean, Patrol and Deliver Food in Singapore’s Punggol Under Expanded AI Trials
137. INDONESIA: Right To Be Forgotten Proposal Raises Misuse Concerns
138. INDONESIA: ‘No Dollar, No Problem’: Indonesia’s Biggest Banks Connect to Alipay and WeChat Pay
139. MALAYSIA: Malay Language Studies Expand in China, 17 Universities Now Offer Programs Amid Stronger MalaysiaChina Ties
140. MYANMAR: Miss Grand Myanmar Contestant Expelled Following Backlash Over Religious Costume
141. THAILAND Widens Crackdown On Foreign Nominee Businesses
142. INDONESIA: Reform Team Pushes Demilitarization of Police Amid Brutality Concerns
143. INDONESIA: Jakarta Cuts Slum Areas by Half, Boosts Green Space Coverage
144. MALAYSIA’S 1MDB Recovery Hits RM31.3B as of 2025, Ranks Among World’s Highest: MACC chief
145. MYANMAR: Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s Son Seeks France’s Help in Obtaining ‘Proof of Life’
146. THAILAND Approves $25-Billion Investment By TikTok
147. INDONESIA: ‘Interventionist’ Policies May Deter Indonesia’s Growth
148. INDONESIA Banks on Currency Swap with China to Bolster Rupiah
149. MYANMAR Junta Expands Subsidized Fuel, Fertilizer Distribution To Farmers
150. THAILAND: True, Google and Thailand’s Government Launch Nationwide AI Literacy Drive
151. VIETNAM Turns To Laos For Electricity To Prevent Power Shortage
152. INDONESIA: Creeping Militarization Looms As Battalions Expand Nationwide: CSIS-JakartaPost
153. INDONESIA Fast-Tracks 575 km Sea Wall to Safeguard 55 Million Residents
154. MALAYSIA To Pursue Balanced Economic Diplomacy Without Compromising Energy Security: Anwar
155. MYANMAR: War Crimes Case Against Myanmar Dictator Moves Forward in Timor
156. THAILAND Accelerates Rail Links with Malaysia
157. CAMBODIA: Hun Sen Warns Thai Move to End Maritime MoU May Fuel Row
158. INDONESIA: Arrests Mar Labor Day Rallies in Jakarta, Bandung
159. INDONESIA: Malaria Hits Record High in Indonesia As Elimination Challenges Persist
160. MYANMAR: NUG And Family Dismiss Junta’s Relocation Claim, Demand Proof of Life for Aung San Suu Kyi
161. THAILAND Pushes Land Bridge As Energy Hub to Guard Against Hormuz Risk
162. CAMBODIA Drafts New Military Service Law for Citizens Aged 18 to 25-KhmerTimes
163. INDONESIA: Iran War, Domestic Strains Push Rupiah To New Historic Low
164. INDONESIA Weighs Copyright Protection for Journalistic Works
165. MALAYSIANS Repaid a Record RM23b In Credit Card Debt in 2025 As Household Debt Rises
166. MYANMAR: Regime Considering ‘Good Things’ for Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Min Aung Hlaing Says
167. INDONESIA: Fury As Court Dismisses 1998 Mass Rape Lawsuit
168. INDONESIA: De-Dollarization Drive: Indonesia-China Cross-Border QRIS Payments to Launch Next Week
169. MYANMAR: Min Aung Hlaing Targets ASEAN Re-Entry as Key to Ending Isolation-Irrawaddy
170. THAILAND Moves to End 60-Day Visa-Free Stays To Screen Out Unwanted Visitors
171. VIETNAM: ‘VinFast Will Never Produce Gasoline Cars Again’: Southeast Asia’s Richest Man Pham Nhat Vuong
172. INDONESIA: Human Rights Hit New Low in Indonesia: Amnesty
173. INDONESIA Declines Multi-Billion-Dollar Loan Offers from IMF and World Bank
174. MALAYSIA: Food vs Fuel: Survey Shows What Malaysians and Thais Fear Most as Oil Jitters Rise
175. MYANMAR: Min Aung Hlaing Gives Armed Groups 100 Days to Join Peace Talks
176. THAILAND: Moody’s Lifts Thailand’s Credit Outlook To Stable From negative
177. CAMBODIA: Military Conflict with Thailand Scarred Society: UN Report
178. INDONESIA’S Waste Crisis Exposes Urgent Need for Regulatory Reform
179. INDONESIA: Vasectomy Debate Highlights Gender Gap in Family Planning
180. MYANMAR’S New Year Amnesty Sparks Outrage Over Low Number of Political Prisoners
181. THAI Firms Exit Cambodia Amid Tensions
182. INDONESIA: Wikimedia To Meet Government After Access Block Threat
183. INDONESIA: Jakarta to Begin Taxing Electric Vehicles
184. MYANMAR: Win Myint Is Free—Where Is Aung San Suu Kyi?
185. THAILAND:  Specter of Stagflation Haunts Thailand
186. VIETNAMESE Woman Jailed for Selling 18 People to Thailand, Myanmar Scam Compounds
187. INDONESIA: Sovereignty Concerns Loom Over New Security Pact with US
188. INDONESIA: Russia to Supply Crude and LPG to Indonesia Following Moscow Talks
189. MYANMAR: Recaptured Conscripts in Naypyidaw Branded with Facial Tattoos to Prevent Desertion 
190. SINGAPORE Bets Big on AI, Stakes Claim as Regional Hub Contender: PwC
191. THAILAND Emerges as a Top Gaming Market in Southeast Asia
192. CAMBODIA Strongly Protests Thai Encroachment on Cultural Heritage Sites
193. INDONESIA: BGN Stokes Overspending Criticism for Billion-Rupiah Procurement of Event Planners
194. INDONESIA Accelerates De-Dollarization as Local Currency Transactions Surge 163%
195. MYANMAR: Min Aung Hlaing Vows to Normalize Myanmar-ASEAN Ties Despite Genocide Charges
196. THAILAND: Parnpree Backs New Myanmar President
197. INDONESIA: Prabowo Heads to Moscow for Possible Oil Deal with Putin
198. INDONESIA: Gibran’s Ad Hoc Judges Proposal in Acid Attack Case Draws Legal Doubt
199. MALAYSIA: Johor–Singapore Economic Zone Takes Shape: What it could mean for jobs, wages and growth
200. MYANMAR: KNU Establishes Kawthoolei Governing Councils Following Ratification of Federal Charter
201. VIETNAM: VnExpress International Turns 10
202. MALAYSIA Kicks off 100-Country Grand Sumud Nusantara Mission to Send Aid to Gaza
203. MYANMAR Social Media Users React to Min Aung Hlaing’s New Role
204. THAI Airlines Rrim Routes as Jet Fuel Surge Bites
205. CAMBODIA: PM Orders Probe Into Alleged Petrol Smuggling, Reaffirms Cambodia’s sufficient fuel supply
206. INDONESIA: Prabowo’s East Asia Outreach: Gains, But Missed Time
207. INDONESIA Rents Extra Warehouses as Rice Stocks Hit Record Levels
208. MALAYSIA: Anwar Defends Strong Iran Position, Says Malaysia’s Stance Delivered Results
209. MYANMAR: The Burma War’s Impact on Food Production
210. INDONESIA: Govt Scrambles for Oil From Anywhere Amid Mideast Supply Crunch
211. INDONESIA Expands Health Partnership with China on TB, AI, and Biotech
212. LAOS Approves Railway to Vietnam in Bid to Shed Landlocked Status
213. MALAYSIA, China seen as more resilient among Asia economies in current global turmoil: JP Morgan
214. SINGAPORE Offers Parents 30 Weeks of Paid Leave as Birth Rate Hits Historic Low
215. CAMBODIA: Koh Kong Island will be Region’s First ‘Carbon Neutral Community’
216. INDONESIA: Geoeconomic headwinds fracture ASEAN neutrality
217. INDONESIA: Pertamina Tankers Still Stuck in Persian Gulf as Malaysia Gets Hormuz Pass
218. MYANMAR: Chaos Reigns Across Myanmar as Fuel Crisis Deepens
219. THAILAND: Population Shrinks to 65.8M
220. CAMBODIA: Trade Persists Between Cambodia, Thailand Despite Border Halt
221. INDONESIA Plans $14 Billion in New Downstream Industrial Projects
222. INDONESIA Urged to Honor Contracts, Keep Doors Open in Mineral Tug-of-War
223. MALAYSIA: Anwar Calls for Lebanon to be Included in Expanded West Asia Ceasefire
224. MYANMAR: Regime Fuel Rationing Threatens Myanmar’s Rice Harvest
225. INDONESIA: Prabowo Affirms Support for Palestinian Cause
226. INDONESIA: Report Shows Incentives Drive Indonesians to Switch to EVs
227. MALAYSIA: Anwar Urges Peaceful Resolution to West Asia Tensions After Calls with Bahrain, UAE leaders
228. MYANMAR: Chin Group in Myanmar Rebuts Drug Trafficking Claims Made in Indian Media Report
229. SINGAPORE: Dual Citizen Loses National Service Fight After Singapore Court Shuts Down ‘I’m Indonesian’ Defense
230. THAILAND: Government Urges Thai Citizens to Leave IsraeL
231. REGIONAL: Asia Pivots to Coal as Middle East Conflict Chokes LNG Supply
232. CAMBODIA: 1970 Coup Still Shapes Cambodia’s Foreign Policy
233. MYANMAR: Ukrainians and US Citizen Arrested in India Over Allegedly Entering Myanmar to Help Resistance Groups
234. THAILAND: Middle East Conflict Cuts 1,000 Flights to Thailand, Slows 2026 Aviation Growth
235. INDONESIA: ‘We Are Not A Colonialist’: Indonesia on US Forced Labor Probe
236. INDONESIA: Rights Coalition Urges Premeditated Murder Probe in Acid Attack on Kontras Activist
237. MYANMAR: SAC-M Reject Myanmar Junta’s Attempt to Rebrand Rule after Elections
238. SINGAPORE, MALAYSIA Universities Take Top Spots in First Southeast Asia Ranking
239. THAILAND: RSssia Ready to Sell Oil to Thailand as Government seeks More Sources: Sihasak
240. VIETNAM: Hanoi to Build Nearly 1,000 New Schools by 2045 as Class Sizes Hit 60 Students
241. ASEAN States Working on Fuel-Sharing Deal
242. CAMBODIA: Education Ministry Planning Border School Bunkers
243. INDONESIA: Prabowo Pushes Smooth Idul Fitri ‘Mudik’, Stable Food Supply
244. INDONESIA: Nearly Half of Economists Say Indonesia’s Economy Is Deteriorating: UI Survey
245. MYANMAR: Social Media Users React to Fuel Shortages Causing Hardship in Myanmar
246. CAMBODIA: Labor Ministry shrugs off Thailand ban on Cambodian migrant workers
247. INDONESIA: TNI Restructuring Raises Eyebrows
248. MYANMAR: Institute of Chin Affairs Reports Heavy Myanmar Junta Casualties and Escalating Airstrikes as Resistance Forces Defend Srategic Falam Hub
249. SINGAPOREANS’ Support for Death Penalty in Drug Trafficking Cases Rise’s to 77 Percent: Minister
250. VIETNAM Targets 95% of Population Aged 15 and Above to Have Bank Accounts
251. INDONESIA: High Alert Order for Troops Draws Scrutiny
252. INDONESIA Disburses $3.3 Billion Ramadan Bonus for State Employees
253. MYANMAR: Bago Resistance Frees Hundreds of Survivors as Evidence of Junta Massacre Emerges
254. THAI Navy Races to Assist 23 Crew After Cargo Ship Attack Near Hormuz
255. THAILAND Sends 40,000 Stranded Europeans Home
256. INDONESIA: Govt Steps up Vaccination as Measles Outbreak in Indonesia Spreads to Australia
257. INDONESIA: Government Plans 500 Integrated Schools Nationwide by 2026
258. LAOS and THAILAND Strengthen Ties in Consumer Protection
259. MYANMAR Junta Boss’s Budget Built on Economic Fantasy
260. REGIONAL: ‘Welcome to Hell’: How White Supremacist Content is Radicalizing Teens in South-east Asia
261. CAMBODIAN Travelers Recount Ordeals as Thai Authorities Deny KT ‘Entry Denial’ Report
262. INDONESIA Finally Tells US, Israel to Stop Attacking Iran
263. INDONESIA: Women’s Rights Group File Amicus Brief Against Minister’s Denial of 1998 Mass Rape
264. MYANMAR Junta Chief’s Family Cash In as Fuel Restrictions Spark EV Frenzy
265. SINGAPORE Orders Meta to Block ‘Blasphemous’ Video of Man Stepping on Quran
266. INDONESIA: Activists’ Acquittal of Riot Incitement Hailed as Democratic Win
267. INDONESIA Picks China as Its Waste-to-Energy Partner
268. SINGAPORE Orders Meta to Block ‘Blasphemous’ Video of Man Stepping on Quran
269. MYANMAR, Afghan Hopeful Scholars Mourn UK Study Visa Ban
270. VIETNAM: Fields Medalist Ngo Bao Chau Recruits 6 World-class Mathematicians to Reverse Vietnam’s Brain Drain
271. INDONESIA Keeps Seat on Trump’s Board of Peace as Critics Cite Iran Conflict
272. INDONESIA Secures $1.4 Billion Investment for Solar Power Expansion
273. MYANMAR: Dissolution of Scam-Linked Fully Light Group Hits Myanmar Junta Where It Hurts
274. SINGAPORE Workers Near Bottom While ASEAN Peers Lead Asia-Pacific in Workplace Happiness
275. THAI Youth Drug Use Reaches Crisis Stage 
276. INDONESIA: Gov’t Launches Rp 5 Trillion Subsidized Rice Program to Contain Inflation
277. INDONESIA: Questions Rise over Indonesia’s Silence on Khamenei’s Death-JakartaGlobe-Mar 4, 2026
278. MALAYSIA: Stolen Copper, Stalled Trains: Malaysia’s Costly cable theft crisis
279. MYANMAR: Junta Forms Multilingual Propaganda Body to Counter Independent Media
280. THAILAND: The Growing Cost of Elephant Intrusions
281. INDONESIA: Pressure Grows for Indonesia to Quit Board of Peace Amid US-Israel War Against Iran
282. INDONESIA: Top Court Narrows Obstruction of Justice Provision
283. MYANMAR: No Amnesty for Myanmar’s Top Political Prisoner as Junta Orchestrates Power Transition
284. THAILAND: US–Iran Conflict Threatens Baht 60Billion Thai Export hit, Spilling into Tourism, Property and Retail
285. VIETNAM Opposes Use of Force Against Sovereign Nations
286. INDONESIA: Half a million Indonesians in limbo as Middle East conflict escalates
287. INDONESIA: Bali Airport Cancels 15 International Flights Amid Gulf Airspace Shutdown
288. MALAYSIA: Govt Working to Bring Some Malaysians Stranded in Middle East After Iran strikes: Anwar
289. MYANMAR: UN Annual Report Shows a Sharp Increase in Myanmar’s Human Rights crisis, Especially for children
290. THAI Foreign Ministry Outlines Complex Evacuation Routes Amid Middle East Escalation
291. INDONESIA Monitors Pilgrims, Migrants As US-Israel Strikes on Iran Raise War Fears
292. INDONESIA Monitors Pilgrims, Migrants As US-Israel Strikes on Iran Raise War Fears
293. INDONESIA: Cheng Hoo Mosque Distributes Rp 500,000 Zakat to 32,000 Recipients
294. MALAYSIA Airlines Grounds All Doha, Jeddah and Medina Flights until March 4 as Middle East Conflict Escalates
295. MYANMAR: Junta Defense Minister Admits Recruitment of Minors and Overage Civilians Amid Systemic Corruption and Forced Enlistment
296. INDONESIA: Beyond Tariffs: Indonesia’s Uneven Pact with Washington
297. INDONESIA: KUA Mixes TikTok, Treats to Spark Gen Z Interest in Marriage
298. MALAYSIA: Government Overthrow Plot: Bukit Aman Probes Prominent Local Figure, Foreign Media
299. MYANMAR: Kachin Amber and the Bloody Truth Behind China’s Latest Scientific Breakthrough
300. VIETNAMESE REturnees from Cambodia Endure Hardship On Floating Homes in Dong Nai
301. Is INDONESIA’S 19% Tariff Deal Still Valid After the US Supreme Court Ruling?
302. INDONESIA: LPDP Alumni Controversy Rekindles Debate Over Return Rules
303. MYANMAR: SAC-M Urges ASEAN to Back Timor-Leste’s Legal Move on Myanmar Military
304. SINGAPORE Hit by AI Disinformation Blitz, Hundreds of Fake YouTube Videos Target PM Wong
305. VIETNAM: Tet Tourism Surge Exposes Overcrowding, Service Quality Concerns
306. INDONESIA Decries Double Standards in Nuclear Weapons Control
307. INDONESIA: Prabowo Ministers Clash Over Restricting Indomaret, Alfamart as Village Cooperatives Roll Out
308. Myanmar Junta Sets Mid-March Date for New Parliament
309. THAILAND: World Bank Warns Thailand of Labor Crisis, Urges AI Upskilling
310. VIETNAM’S Hottest Jobs in 2026: AI, Sales and Semiconductor Surge
311. INDONESIA: Presidency For All: Indonesia’s Human Rights Diplomacy
312. INDONESIA: UK-Based Arm to Train 15,000 Indonesian Engineers in Chip Design
313. MALAYSIA’S ‘Survival’ Hinges on ‘One Family’ Unity: Anwar to Foreign Envoys
314. MYANMAR: Junta Escalates Airstrikes in Kachin State After Drone Attack on MNA Aircraft
315. PHILIPPINES: What Evidence Did the ICC Prosecution Present vs Duterte on Day 1?
316. CAMBODIA Protests Thai Naval Incursion in Territorial Waters
317. INDONESIA Catches Break After US Supreme Court Ruling on Trump Tariffs
318. INDONESIA to Buy 1,000 Tons of US Rice Despite Prabowo’s Anti-Import Stance
319. MYANMAR: Nearly 120,000 Civilian Homes Torched Across Myanmar Since 2021 Coup as Arson Attacks Intensify
320. THAILAND is Losing Ground to Vietnam
321. CAMBODIA: Lethal Legacies of War Await Displaced Families at Home
322. INDONESIA: Four Countries Join Indonesia in Promising Troops for Trump’s Gaza Peace Board
323. INDONESIA: Prabowo Faces Dual Diplomatic Test on Palestine at First BOP Meeting
324. MYANMAR: Mizoram Suspends India–Myanmar Border Trade for Two Months Following Death of Indian Driver
325. SINGAPORE: IDF Data Suggests Singapore Nationals May Be Among Dual Citizens Serving in Israeli Military During Gaza War
326. INDONESIA, US Firms Sign Over $7 Billion in Trade, Investment Deals-JakartaPost
327. Indonesia Slams Israel’s West Bank Annexation
328. MALAYSIA: No One Above The Law in Building Houses of Worship: Anwar
329. MYANMAR: Athan Publishes Analysis of Freedom of Expression Under Interim Governance Arrangements in Myanmar
330. THAILAND: Call for Stimulus in Border Provinces
331. CAMBODIA: Ongoing Spat Stems From Historical Narratives, Nationalism, Misinformation and Unresolved Mechanisms
332. INDONESIA: Chinese Muslims Navigate Identities Amid Lunar New Year, Ramadan Overlap
333. INDONESIA Reaffirms Two-State Solution in Talks with Palestinian Envoy at UN
334. MYANMAR Expels Timor-Leste Representative Over War Crimes Case
335. SINGAPORE is Spending Billions to Boost Births, and It’s Not Working
336. CAMBODIA Urged to Diversify Trade as Border Tensions Expose Reliance on Thai Market
337. INDONESIA Reaffirms Support for Palestine as Israel Joins Gaza Peace Board
338. INDONESIA: Purbaya Says Global Rating Agencies Misjudged Indonesian EconomyTHAILAND Leads ASEAN in AI Adoption as Regional Digital Economy Eyes $1 Trillion Valuation
339. PHILIPPINES: Biz, Civil Society Groups Want Tough Dynasty Law
340. THAILAND Leads ASEAN in AI Adoption as Regional Digital Economy Eyes $1 Trillion Valuation
341. CAMBODIA Says Nearly 200 Scam Centers CLosed
342. INDONESIA Slips in Corruption Index in Prabowo’s First Year
343. INDONESIA: Prabowo ‘Furious’ Over Stock Market Rout After MSCI Warning: Brother
344. MYANMAR: Drugs Seized as Myanmar Junta Troops Abandon Outposts Near Machanbaw Under KIA Pressure
345. THAILAND Can Capture Major Growth Gains by Scaling Up Green Manufacturing: World Bank
346. INDONESIA Readies Troops for Gaza Deployment
347. INDONESIA’S Journalist Safety Index Slips in 2025 as Censorship, Pressure Rise
348. MALAYSIA Rises to Third in ASEAN on 2025 Corruption Perception Index with Improved Score of 52
349. MYANMAR: The Junta’s Air War in Arakan: Desperation, Symbolism, and Strategic Miscalculation
350. VIETNAM Breaks into World’s TOp 10 Retirement Destinations for the First Time
351. INDONESIA: EU Proposes Sanctions on Indonesian Ports for Handling Russian Oil
352. INDONESIA Consumer Sentiment Improves as Growth Holds Above 5%
353. 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
354. MYANMAR Junta Hails ICJ Genocide Case Defense as ‘National Duty’
355. VIETNAM: Homestays in World’s Best Tourism Village Fully Booked for Tet Holidays
356. CAMBODIA: Visa-Free Entry Calls Turn Shriller as Cambodia Eases Norms for Chinese
357. INDONESIA: Bali Police Arrest Dozens of Indians in Online Gambling Crackdown
358. INDONESIA: Prabowo’s Approval Nears 80%, Surpassing Jokowi and SBY: Survey
359. MYANMAR: Top Gold Association Officials Arrested by Myanmar Junta Officials
360. THAILAND: Foreign Media: Anutin’s Nationalist Bet Delivers Landslide
361. CAMBODIA: US Lifts Weapons Sale Restrictions on Cambodia, Marking New Chapter in Bilateral Ties
362. INDONESIA: Women Take Lead in Community Climate Action
363. INDONESIA: Suzuki Launches First Electric Car in Indonesia With e-Vitara Debut
364. MYANMAR: Political Prisoners in Thayet Prison Stage Silent Strike to Mark Fifth Anniversary of Myanmar Coup
365. SINGAPORE: Southeast Asian Destination Named World’s Best City for Solo Female Travelers
366. INDONESIA: Authorities Prevent Attempted Smuggling of Wildlife to Thailand
367. INDONESIA: Danantara to Break Ground on 3 Million-Ton Steel Plant to Cut Indonesia’s Import Reliance
368. MYANMAR and Russia Agree New Military Alliance
369. PHILIPPINES-House Panel Junks 2 Impeach Raps vs Marcos Jr.
370. THAILAND: Foreign Tourists Rank Scams as Top Safety Concern in Thailand
371. CAMBODITHAILAND: Foreign Tourists Rank Scams as Top Safety Concern in ThailandA Protests Thai Activity at Ta Moan and Ta Krabei Temples
372. INDONESIA: Prabowo Courts Islamic Leaders to Support Board of Peace Membership Amid Pushback
373. INDONESIA Probes Market Manipulation, Freezes Broker Accounts Worth $40 Million
374. MYANMAR Junta Turns to Pakistan Amid Rohingya Genocide Case
375. THAILAND Overtakes Vietnam as Southeast Asia’s Top Market for Gold Demand
376. INDONESIA: Military Training for Civil Servants Draws Mixed Reactions
377. INDONESIA: Indonesia Steps Up TB Campaign Under Prabowo as Cases Rank Second Worldwide
378. MYANMAR  Junta Calls Coup-Protesting Civil Servants Back to Work
379. PHILIPPINE Billionaire Manuel Villar Loses $1B in Net Worth Amid Market Manipulation, Insider Trading Complaint
380. VIETNAM’S Motorbike Market Leads Southeast Asia in Growth
381. INDONESIA: Education Fund Allocation for Free Meal Faces Legal Challenge
382. MALAYSIA: Why Malaysia, not Indonesia, is the Strategic First Stop for China’s Muslim F&B Entrepreneurs
383. MALAYSIA: Why Malaysia, not Indonesia, is the Strategic First Stop for China’s Muslim F&B Entrepreneurs
384. MYANMAR: Five Years After the Coup, Myanmar Is Worse Off Than Ever
385. VIETNAM: President Trump Welcomes Vietnam’s Decision to Join Peace Council
386. INDONESIA: Walhi Calls for Systemic Reform After 19 Fatalities Linked to Illegal Gold Mining
387. INDONESIA’S  Alcohol Industry Contributes Rp 9 Trillion to State Coffers
388. MALAYSIA: Majority of Respondents Favor Two-Term Cap Over 10-Year Limit for Prime Ministers: Poll
389. MYANMAR: Facebook Deletes 270 Accounts Tied to Myanmar Military’s Business and Propaganda Efforts
390. VIETNAM Confirms High-Potential Offshore Oil Discovery Off Southern Coast
391. CAMBODIA: Govt Swats Malaria, With No Cases for Seven Years
392. INDONESIA to Host Ocean Impact Summit in Bali
393. INDONESIA Logs $1B Food Delivery Growth, Region’s Highest
394. MYANMAR Nationalists Protest ICJ Rohingya Genocide Case in Yangon
395. SINGAPOREANS, MALAYSIANS Among Top Overseas Homeowners in England, Wales
396. INDONESIA: Land Erosion Worsens on Riau’s Bengkalis Island, May Alter Maritime Border
397. INDONESIA Boasts Strong Basis for Green Economy Transiti
398. MALAYSIA: Strategic Location and Incentives Give Malaysia Edge to Become Major Regional Maritime MRO Hub: Miti
399. MYANMAR: Voter Turnout Reaches About 55 % in Myanmar’s 2025 General Elections
400. VIETNAM: Hanoi Adopts 100-Year Master Plan Resolution
401. INDONESIA: Cambodia Scam Crackdown Sheds Light on Indonesia’s Employment Gaps
402. INDONESIA: Forest Areas Cited in West Bandung Landslide
403. MYANMAR: Min Aung Hlaing shrugs off criticism as military-backed party dominates Myanmar vote
404. PHILIPPINES: Duterte’s ICC Confirmation of Charges Hearing Set for Feb. 23
405. VIETNAM Lacks System to Nurture its 1 Million Autistic Children
406. INDONESIA: Reform Team Weighs Placing Police Under Ministry
407. INDONESIA: Rescuers Recover More Bodies from West Java Landslide, With 72 Still Missing
408. MYANMAR: Final Round of Myanmar Vote Set to Seal Junta Ally’s Victory
409. SINGAPORE Steps Up AI Ambitions with S$1b Public Research Investment
410. VIETNAM: Halal Race Heats Up as Vietnam Advances Certification and Trade Plans
411. CAMBODIAN Urges UN to Monitor Thai Military Abuses
412. INDONESIA: IMF Expects Indonesia’s Economy to Grow 5.1% this Year
413. INDONESIA’S Free Meal Program to Exceed McDonald’s Global Output: Prabowo
414. MALAYSIA: Starting School at Six: How Malaysia Stacks Up Against its Neighbors
415. MYANMAR: IPCM Calls for Immediate Release of 27 Journalists and Stronger Media Safety Guarantees in Myanmar
416. INDONESIA Accepts Trump ‘Board of Peace’ Invite
417. INDONESIA Joins Global Coalition to Grow Carbon Markets
418. MALAYSIA: Judiciary Sets Up Dedicated High Court to Handle and Fast-Track Corruption Cases
419. MYANMAR’S Gold Haven Evaporates as Junta Caps Surging Price
420. LAOS On Track to Graduate from LDC Status This Year: UN
421. CAMBODIA: Over 400 Indonesians ‘Released’ by Cambodian Scam Networks: Ambassador
422. INDONESIA Revokes Permits of 28 Companies after Sumatra Disasters
423. INDONESIA: Govt Pledges Central Bank Independence as Rupiah Hits Record Low
424. MALAYSIA: ASEAN Will Not Certify Myanmar Election or Send Observers
425. SINGAPORE Encourages Using Old Banknotes, Digital Red Envelopes During Lunar New Year
426. INDONESIA: Local Governments Propose 60 New Transmigration Areas
427. INDONESIA: Prabowo Nominates Nephew Thomas Djiwandono for Bank Indonesia Deputy Governor
428. MYANMAR Scam Job Vacancies Surge Despite Junta ‘Crackdown’
429. PHILIPPINES-Marcos Bares Major Malampaya Gas Find
430. VIETNAM: Hundreds of Tons of Fake Dietary Supplements Produced at Hanoi Industrial Park Over Decade
431. CAMBODIA Protests Thai Occupation of Thmar Da Area
432. INDONESIANS Love ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ Services
433. MYANMAR: Joint Myanmar Resistance Offensive Intensifies Across Bago Region as Multiple Fronts collapse
434. VIETNAM Police Bust $532,000 Crypto Scam Imitating Nasdaq
435. INDONESIA: Foreign Investors Put $53 Billion into Indonesia in 2025, Singapore on Lead
436. INDONESIAN Military Rescue 18 Freeport Workers From Rebel Siege in Papua
437. MALAYSIA: Better Than Singapore? How Malaysia’s ‘Balanced Economy’ is Winning Over Global Businesses
438. SINGAPORE, Indonesia Join Forces to Tighten Pharmaceutical and Clinical Trial Oversight in Asean
439. MYANNMAR: ICJ Hearings Highlight Role of Religious Propaganda in Rohingya Genocide
440. CAMBODIA Braces for Prolonged Border Displacement Crisis
441. INDONESIA: Ten Years after Sarinah Attack, Indonesia’s Fight Against Terror Moves Online
442. INDONESIA: Sri Mulyani Joins Gates Foundation Governing Board
443. MYANMAR: Civilians Face Widening Displacement Crisis: Myanmar Witness
444. THAILAND: New Thai Government Must Choose Between ‘Short-Term Handouts’ and Long-Term Growth, Economists Warn
445. INDONESIA: PDI-P Stands With Voters Against Indirect Polls
446. INDONESIA to End Diesel Imports in 2026 as Balikpapan Refinery Comes Online
447. MALAYSIA: Transport Minister Outlines Plan to Turn Penang’s Swettenham Pier Seafront Into Walkable Commercial Hub
448. MYANMAR: Rohingya ‘Targeted for Destruction’ by Myanmar, ICJ Hears
449. THAILAND: Politics Addresses Tourism Roadblocks
450. INDONESIA: Community Sentences Introduced in New Penal Code
451. INDONESIA: KPK Charges Tax Officials, Consultant in Rp 75 Billion Mining Tax Case
452. MALAYSIA: Key Questions About Malaysia’s Proposed Two-Term PM Limit
453. MYANMAR: Low Turnout, Intimidation and Attacks Mark Phase 2 of Myanmar Junta’s Election
454. THAILAND: US Bans Seafood Imports from Vietnam, Opening Door for Thai Exporters
455. INDONESIA: Prabowo Embraces Criticism But New Penal Code Draws Free Speech Concerns 
456. INDONESIA: Prabowo Declares End to Rice Imports as Self-Sufficiency Reached
457. MALAYSIA: Citizenship Amendment for Children Born Overseas to Malaysian Mothers Set to Take Effect Mid-2026: Home Minister
458. MYANMAR: USDP Wins Majority of Seats in Rakhine, Chin on Back of Advance Ballots
459. PHILIPPINES: Philhealth to Grant General Amnesty for Non-Payers: Marcos
460. INDONESIA: Democrats Back Prabowo’s Plan to End Direct Regional Elections
461. INDONESIA to Launch Waste-to-Energy Projects in 34 Cities
462. MALAYSIA: Here’s Why Social Media Firms May Come to Love Malaysia’s New Online Safety Act
463. MYANMAR: Yangon Residents Forced to Hoist National Flags for Independence Day Under Threat of Massive Fines
464. SOUTHEAST ASIA’S Five Richest Billionaires Hold More Than $135B
465. CAMBODIA: Plea for Peace as Thousands Remain Displaced by Border Encroachment
466. INDONESIA: Indonesia Enacts New Criminal Code, Regulating Cohabitation and Banning Marxism
467. INDONESIA: Do-Or-Die Year for Prabowo’s Free Meals Rollout
468. MYANMAR Junta Says to Release Over 6,000 Prisoners in Annual Amnesty
469. THAILAND Accuses Cambodia of War Crimes 
470. INDONESIA: Palm Oil Expansion in Papua Raises Eyebrows
471. INDONESIA Invests $500 Million in Novotel Makkah Deal: Hajj Village
472. MALAYSIA: Why Malaysian Campuses Are a Hit with Students from China, Bangladesh, India
473. MYANMAR: Life interrupted–Myanmar Gen Z Struggle With Threats Post-Coup
474. THAILAND: China Sends Special Envoy to Thailand and Cambodia Again Today to Mediate Border clash
475. CAMBODIA ‘Hires US Lobbyists’ 
476. INDONESIA to Fight For Zero Tariffs on Palm Oil in This Week’s US Trade Talks
477. INDONESIA: Prabowo to Inaugurate Rp 1 Trillion Hospital During Papua Visit
478. INDONESIA: Prabowo to Inaugurate Rp 1 Trillion Hospital During Papua Visit
479. THAILAND: Second Army Area Destroys Casino Compound at Chong Sai Taku
480. SINGAPORE Court Dismisses Challenge to Mandatory Death Penalty
481. INDONESIA: Govt Plans Major Rebuild After Sumatra Floods Kill Over 1,000
482. INDONESIA- Aceh Urges Govt to Allow Entry of Humanitarian Aid from Malaysia
483. MYANMAR Junta Leader Signals Enduring Military Role in Politics After Elections
484. THAI-CAMBODIAN Border Clash Exposes Expanding Arms Pipeline
485. VIETNAM: Hanoi Plans $212M Emergency Projects Before 2026 Rains to Stop Flooding
486. INDONESIA: Aceh Turns to UN Agencies for Recovery While Jakarta Maintains No-Aid Stance
487. INDONESIA: Sumatra Flood Deaths Exceed 1,000 as Regions Extend Emergency Status
488. MYANMAR  Junta Hits Back at Criticism of Military-Run Poll
489. THAILAND: Landslide Hopes Could Reset Thailand’s Three-Bloc Politics
490. INDONESIA: Danantara Signs Pact for Joint Investments in Jordan
491. INDONESIA: Two Firms Seek Licensing to Operate Crypto Exchanges in Indonesia
492. MYANMAR: Junta Forms Anti-Scam Body Amid Growing Evidence of Its Own Complicity
493. REGIONAL: 3 Southeast Asian Billionaires Makes Forbes Asia’s Philanthropy Heroes List
494. INDONESIA: Putin Meets Prabowo to Discuss Military and Energy Ties, Wheat Exports
495. INDONESIA: First-Ever Sling Load LPG Delivery Speeds Aid to Isolated Aceh Region
496. MALAYSIA: 15 Permanent Relief Centers Under Construction Nationwide for Flood Victims: NADMA
497. MYANMAR: Nationwide ‘Silent Strike’ Observed in Myanmar on International Human Rights Day
498. VIETNAM: Hanoi Prepares Charging Ztations, Subsidies Before Restricting Gasoline Motorbikes in 2026
499. INDONESIA: Death Strikes Stranded Evacuees in Isolated Sumatra Shelters
500. INDONESIA Halts Timber Transport Following Flood Debris Scandal
501. MALAYSIA: Preventing Corruption: Projek SAMA Urges New Law to Define ‘Political Donations’ and Stop Bribery Among Malaysian Politicians
502. MYANMARhttps://asiaviews.net/indonesia-halts-timber-transport-following-flood-debris-scandal/: As Myanmar Economy Sinks, Junta Grabs Lifeline From Europe’s Last Dictator
503. THAILAND Rejects Tariff Pressure in Push to End Cambodia Border Conflict: Sihasak
504. CAMBODIA–Thailand Military Comparison: Budgets, Personnel and Firepower
505. INDONESIA: Calls Grow for Indonesia to Accept Foreign Disaster aid
506. INDONESIA: Elephants Step In Where Machines Can’t in Aceh Flood Cleanup
507. MYANMAR Junta Boss Says Military Will Remain in Politics Until EAOs ‘Disappear’
508. VIETNAM: AI Xominates Vietnam’s 2025 Zearch Frends: Google report
509. INDONESIA  Launches Airborne Survey to Hunt New Oil and Gas in Sulawesi
510. INDONESIA: Nowhere is Safe: Women Remain Vulnerable to Violence Across All Spaces
511. MALAYSIA: PM Tells Works Ministry to Crack Down on Project Delays, Demands Accountability From Contractors
512. MYANMAR: PEC Demands Release of All Media Professionals Before Myanmar Polls
513. THAILAND: Second Army Area Warns Government Offices of Possible Cambodian Attacks
514. INDONESIA Won’t Phase Out Fossil Fuels: Hashim
515. INDONESIA: Eight Firms Called in as Deforestation Linked to Sumatra Disaster
516. MALAYSIA Passes Historic Anti-Bullying Bill 2025 to Protect Children, Set Up Tribunal
517. VIETNAM Plans Roadmap to Zero Hospital Fees and Free Annual Checkups for All Citizens
518. INDONESIA: Northern Sumatra Leaders Raise White Flag Amid Deadly Floods
519. INDONESIA: Why Floods in Sumatra Kill More People Than in Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines
520. MALAYSIA: Hunt Resumes: MH370 Search Back in Southern Indian Ocean from Dec 30: Transport Ministry
521. MYANMAR: Free Burma Rangers Training People in Burma to Save Lives in War
522. MYANMAR: Free Burma Rangers Training People in Burma to Save Lives in War
523. VIETNAM: HCMC Plans Vehicle Low-Emission Zones With Cash Fines for Violation
524. INDONESIA: Prabowo Vows Direct Aid for Flood-Hit Sumatra
525. INDONESIA: Local Demand Keeps RI Factories Humming as Exports Lose Steam
526. MYANMAR: Rights Groups Slam US Move to End Protected Status for Myanmar Nationals
527. SINGAPORE Says Local Doctors Make Up Over 90pc of its Workforce, Malaysians a Small Minority
528. VIETNAMESE Students in Australia Face Declining Employment Rates, Lower Salaries
529. INDONESIA: Pressure Mounts on Govt to Declare National Emergency in Sumatra
530. INDONESIA: Death Toll from Sumatra Floods and Landslides Tops 300
531. MYANMAR: UN Fears Mass-Electronic Surveillance During Myanmar Vote
532. SINGAPORE: In Singapore, a Hidden Crisis of Youth Homelessness
533. VIETNAM Offers ‘Best Conditions’ for Overseas Experts to Return and Lead Key Projects: Deputy PM
534. CAMBODIA: Education Minister Calls for Renewed School Ban on Energy Drinks to Fight Diabetes
535. INDONESIA: Northern Sumatra Floods Death Toll Rises to 84
536. INDONESIA: Trade Pact, Gold, Palm Oil: Indonesia Aims $4.2 Billion Export to UAE
537. MYANMAR: Farming Collapses Across Myingyan District as Conflict Deepens
538. THAI Hotel Chain RoomQuest Becomes World’s First Fully AI-Automated Hospitality Group
539. INDONESIA: Industry Wants Clarity on Indonesia’s ‘Haj Village’ in Mecca
540. INDONESIA: National Internship Program Hits 62,000 Participants in Second Wave
541. MYANMAR: KNU Raid on DKBA-Controlled Area Uncovers 2,000 Scam Workers, 733 Foreign Nationals Arrested
542. SINGAPORE Blocks TikTok and Meta Accounts of Australian Linked to Radicalization
543. THAILAND: Thailand Must Adopt New Laws to Meet Soaring AI and Data Center Demand: Business Leaders
544. INDONESIA: TNI Expansion Plan Raises Fear of Overreach
545. INDONESIA: Apindo Urges Government to Reinstate Predictable Minimum Wage Formula
546. MALAYSIA: Smart Upgrades and Quick Cash: How the Booming Used Phone Market is Fueling Malaysians’ Lifestyles
547. MYANMAR: Tensions Remain High Around Lashio After Handover to Junta
548. THAILAND – Immigration Police Target Visitors Making Multiple Visa Runs 
549. INDONESIA: Lively Libraries, Bookshops Defy ‘Myth’ of Low Reading Interest
550. INDONESIA: Indonesia to Allocate State Land to 1 Million Poor Households by 2026
551. MALAYSIA: Non-Consensual Sexual Content Now Top Online Threat to Malaysian Children: Unicef
552. MYANMAR: Leading Scholar Urges Thailand to Support Karen, Karenni Autonomy in Myanmar
553. SINGAPORE Charts Green Course for Methanol Marine Fuel
554. INDONESIA: Govt to Close Some 1,400 Illegal Gold Mines in Halimun Salak National Park
555. INDONESIA: G20 Declaration Gives Voice to Poor Nations, Indonesia Says Amid US Boycott
556. MALAYSIA is Neutral, Not Nosy: Putrajaya Rejects Accusations of Siding in Thai-Cambodia Dispute
557. MYANMAR: Junta Seeks SCO Lifeline in Moscow After Crashing Economy
558. VIETNAM: How Regional Discrimination Still Divides Vietnamese PeopleINDONESIA: More Than 1,000 Evacuated Following Massive Mt. Semeru Eruption
559. MALAYSIA: Anwar Calls on Youth in Malaysia and Africa to Shed ‘Colonial Mentality’
560. VIETNAM: 41 Dead, More Than 52,000 Homes Submerged as Historic Flooding Batters Central Vietnam
561. VIETNAM: 41 Dead, More Than 52,000 Homes Submerged as Historic Flooding Batters Central Vietnam
562. INDONESIA: ADB Approves $470m Loan to Accelerate RI’s Clean Energy Shift
563. INDONESIA: Microplastics Detected in Air Across 18 Major Cities in Indonesia: Study
564. INDONESIA’S $7.4 Billion Balikpapan Refinery to Start Full Operations in December 2025
565. MYANMAR Junta Chief Accuses Karen Armed Groups of Fueling Instability, Linking Them to Cyber
566. SINGAPORE: Record Haul of Rhino Horns Worth RM3.6m Seized at Singapore’s Changi Airport
567. INDONESIA: Batam Customs Uncovers New Ways to Smuggle Drugs From Malaysia
568. INDONESIA Uncovers Online Plot to Turn Children Against Pancasila, Join Militancy
569. MYANMAR: USDP Chair Claims Over 1,000 Party Members Killed Since Myanmar’s Military Takeover
570. THAILAND-MALAYSIA: Journalist Indicted in Thailand for Allegedly Defaming Malaysian Government 
571. VIETNAM: Facebook Removes 5.4 Million Scam, Fraud Posts in Vietnam
572. INDONESIA: Civil Groups Demand Halt to Criminal Procedure Law Revision
573. INDONESIA: Jakarta Is Sinking: Sea Levels Now Higher Than the City’s Coastline
574. INDONESIA to Receive Repatriated Artifacts From US
575. MYANMAR Junta Chief Awards Top Honorary Medals to Business Tycoons Linked to Junta
576. SINGAPORE: Lee Kuan Yew’s Son Files Last-Minute Objection Against Singapore’s Plan to Preserve Family Home as Heritage Site
577. INDONESIA: Non-UN Gaza Mission Risks Breaching International Law
578. INDONESIA: Vale Indonesia Achieves Best ESG Score in Company History, Ranks Among World’s 15 Best
579. MYANMAR: Targeted US Actions on Scam Centers Point to a New Burma Policy Favoring the Resistance
580. THAI Businesses Attacked by Spyware Over 21,000 Times in Six Months Amid Regional Surge
581. INDONESIA: Australia, Indonesia Agree to Sign New Security Treaty
582. INDONESIA: BI Expands QRIS Links to Seven Countries to Reduce Dollar Reliance
583. MALAYSIA: Langkawi Boat Tragedy Reflects Wider Regional Humanitarian Crisis: Home Minister
584. MYANMAR: Holding Myanmar Elections Next Month ‘Unfathomable’: UN Rights Chief
585. REGIONAl: Air Pollution Could Cost Southeast Asia Nearly $600B by 2050: Study
586. INDONESIA: Prabowo Honors Soeharto, Raising Fears of Authoritarian Resurgence
587. INDONESIA Mulls Repaying Whoosh Debt With Seized Corruption Funds
588. SINGAPORE: From 2026, Travelers Leaving Singapore By Air to Pay Extra S$1 to S$41.60 in Green Jet Fuel Levy: Authorities
589. MYANMAR Junta Touts Port Expansion, Trade Enforcement as Economic Pillars
590. THAILAND: Anti-Mining Network Demand Repeal of Thai-US Rare Earths MOU
591. INDONESIA: Police Arrest 27 Chinese Nationals in Online Scam Raid in Lampung
592. INDONESIA: Jakarta Deploys NaCl Cloud-Seeding to Curb Heavy Rainfall Risk
593. MALAYSIA: Not citizenship — What India’s Expanded OCI Actually Offers Sixth-Gen Indian Malaysians
594. MYANMAR: Blood Money Campaign Raises Concerns About New Gas Projects in Myanmar
595. THAILAND: Daytime Drinking Could Be Fined $300 in Thailand Under New Law
596. INDONESIA to Resume Shrimp Exports to US After CS-137 Contamination Scare
597. INDONESIA: Creative Economy Adds $90 Billion to Indonesia’s GDP as Investment and Exports Surge
598. MYANMAR’S UN Envoy Denounces Junta’s Digital Represion
599. THAILAND: Bank of Thailand to Launch New Credit Guarantee Mechanism to Support SME Loans
600. VIETNAM: Markets, Factories and Homes Devastated as Typhoon Kalmaegi Lashes Vietnam’s Central Region
601. CAMBODIA: Shifting Goalposts: Thailand Links Release of Cambodian Soldiers to Ta Krabei Temple Claims
602. INDONESIA: Prabowo Inaugurates $3.9 Billion Lotte Chemical Plant in Cilegon
603. INDONESIA: Culture Minister Submits Soeharto, Gus Dur for National Hero Recognition
604. MALAYSIAN Passport Climbs to 3rd Globally with Visa-Free Access to 174 Countries
605. MYANMAR: Nearly 2,000 People Arrested For Criticizing Myanmar’s Junta on Social Media
606. INDONESIA: Jakarta Targets 24 Hospitals Across Six Papua Provinces to Bridge Health Gaps
607. INDONESIA Plans Major Rail Expansion Outside Java Under Prabowo’s Infrastructure Push
608. MALAYSIA on Track to Achieve AI Nation Status by 2030, with 2026 as Turning Point: Gobind
609. MYANMAR: Bermuda and Cayman Islands Must Take Action Against Oil Companies for Suspected Myanmar Sanctions Breaches After JFM Legal Submission
610. PHILIPPINES: ‘Tino’ Flooding Kills over 40, Strands Thousands in Central Philippines
611. INDONESIA: Opposition Grows Over National Hero Title for Soeharto
612. INDONESIA: Prabowo Urges APEC to Tackle Online Gambling and Transnational Crime
613. MALAYSIA: Foreign Worker Numbers in Malaysia fall 13pc to 2.13 Million as Government Steps up Efforts to Reduce Dependence
614. Myanmar Junta, Russia Sign Mutual Visa Exemption Agreement
615. THAILAND: Google to Offer One-Year Free Google-AI Pro Access to 3 Million Thai students
616. INDONESIA: Opposition Grows Over National Hero Title for Soeharto
617. INDONESIA: Prabowo Urges APEC to Tackle Online Gambling and Transnational Crime
618. MALAYSIA: Foreign Worker Numbers in Malaysia fall 13pc to 2.13 Million as Government Steps up Efforts to Reduce Dependence
619. Myanmar Junta, Russia Sign Mutual Visa Exemption Agreement
620. THAILAND: Google to Offer One-Year Free Google-AI Pro Access to 3 Million Thai students
621. INDONESIA: $12b Boost to Banks Lifts Corporate Loans as SMEs Lag
622. INDONESIA’S Digital Economy Among World’s Fastest Thanks to QRIS
623. MALAYSIA: ASEAN Defense Ministers Approve Record Number of initiatives in ‘peaceful’ two-hour meeting
624. Myanmar’s Generals Step into Politics as Newly Minted Civilians
625. THAILAND: Raid on Chiang Mai Luxury Villa Nets 20 Chinese Scammers
626. INDONESIA: Govt launches small hydropower plants across eastern regions
627. INDONESIA: “Am I Really Authoritarian?” Prabowo Says He Often Watches Podcasts Mocking Him
628. MALAYSIA: Some Countries Won’t Aid Malaysia’s MACC Hunt for Fugitives Over Caning Laws: Azam Baki
629. MYANMAR: Sending Observers Would Risk Legitimizing Myanmar Election: FM Sugiono
630. THAILAND: Xi Discusses Thailand-Cambodia Conflict with Trump, Emphasizes Peace Efforts
631. INDONESIA: Scientists Discover Critically Endangered Tapanuli Orangutans in New Location
632. INDONESIA: Accommodating the Dead: Jakarta Faces Grave Shortage Crisis
633. MALAYSIA: Trade Deal with Washington Sparks Outcry in Malaysia Over Sovereignty Concerns
634. MYANMAR: MOGE and PTTEP to Drill New Offshore Blocks in Mottama Gulf
635. PHILIPPINES: POGOs Now Illegal
636. INDONESIA: House Calls on Government to Investigate Massive Illegal Gold Mining Near Mandalika
637. INDONESIA: Cambodia Not a Safe Destination for Migrant Workers: Muhaimin
638. MALAYSIA: Putrajaya to Deploy Over 10,000 New Teachers Nationwide from November, Parliament told
639. MYANMAR: ASEAN Not Sending Monitors to Myanmar Junta’s Election: Sources
640. VIETNAM: Over 1,000 MM Rainfall in Hue Shatters Vietnam’s All-Time Record, Sends Ravaging Floods Across Region
641. CAMBODIA, THAILAND Sign Historic Peace Declaration in Kuala Lumpur
642. INDONESIA: Land Conversion Puts Self-Sufficiency At Risk
643. MYANMAR: Open Letter to U.S. President Donald Trump
644. THAILAND: Year-Long Funeral Starts for Thailand’s Former Queen Sirikit 
645. TIMOR LESTE, Asia’s Youngest Nation, Becomes ASEAN’s 11th Member
646. INDONESIA: Prabowo’s ‘Indonesia Incorporated Vision Faces Test of Market Trust
647. INDONESIA: Over 100 Indonesians Flee Cambodia Cybercrime Rings, But Not All Want to Return
648. MALAYSIA: Anwar and Trump Set to Witness Malaysia’s Peace Deal for Thailand-Cambodia at ASEAN Summit
649. MYANMAR: Min Aung Hlaing’s Attendance at ASEAN Summit Uncertain After His Name Deleted From Malaysian Media Report
650. THAI Aromatic Coconut Industry in Crisis as Vietnamese Rivals Seize China Market
651. INDONESIA: Prabowo-Gibran Administration Gets Low Scores
652. INDONESIA: Police Monitoring Spread of Radical Groups in Batam
653. Prabowo Wants to Start $5.4b Waste-to-Energy Drive Soon so Bali Remains a Tourist Favorite
654. SINGAPORE Novels to Hit Bookshelves Across Southeast Asia Under Landmark S$3b Publishing Pact
655. Myanmar Regime Bans Election Campaign Rallies
656. INDONESIA: Forest Under Threat as Corporations, Military Gain Power under Prabowo
657. INDONESIA: Pertamina to Buy Oil from Indonesia’s Traditional Wells: Bahlil
658. INDONESIA: Prabowo’s Populist Policies ‘Disconnected’ from People’s Needs
659. MYANMAR: BHRN Says Myanmar Faces New Wave of Hate Speech targeting Muslims
660. Vietnam’s AI Talent Pool Needs to Grow 10-Fold to Lure Global Investors: Executive
661. Cambodian SMEs Call for Indonesian Investment Amid Growing Boycott of Thai Goods
662. INDONESIA: In first Year, Prabowo Tightens Grip, Redraws Political Map
663. INDONESIA: Prabowo Calls Free Meal Initiative a 99.99% Success Despite Setbacks
664. MALAYSIA Receives Global Zero Waste Special Citation Award in Istanbul
665. MYANMAR: Delusions of Grandeur
666. INDONESIA: Three Australians Face Death Penalty Over Bali Shooting
667. INDONESIA: Prabowo Launches 165 Free Boarding Schools to Break Indonesia’s Cycle of Poverty
668. MALAYSIA: Home Ministry Explains How Scam Syndicates Still Lure Malaysians Into Modern Slavery
669. MYANMAR: Why So Many Young People Work Voluntarily in Myanmar’s Scam Compounds
670. SINGAPORE Ties to Alleged Cambodian Scam Ring Under Spotlight 
671. INDONESIA Allows Foreigners to Take Leadership Roles at State Enterprises
672. INDONESIA Allows Resumption of International Carbon Trade After Four Years
673. MYANMAR: Forum 2000 Conference Reminds Audience of Aung San Suu Kyi’s Plight and Hosts Call from 2025 Nobel Peace Laureate
674. THAILAND: Second Army Area Postpones RBC talks indefinitely as Cambodia Fails to Submit Weapons and Landmine Plan
675. VIETNAM: Hanoi Company Injects Chemicals Into Buffalo Meat to Sell as Wagyu Beef
676. INDONESIA: Government Denies Prabowo Ever Intended to Visit Israel
677. INDONESIA Surpasses 2025 Oil Production Goal Amid New Exploration Push
678. MYANMAR Ethnic Organizations condemn military junta for destroying NCA
679. THAILAND, CAMBODIA to Sign Ceasefire at ASEAN Summit, Malaysia: Minister
680. VIETNAM inaugurates World’s 2nd Largest Waste-to-Energy Plant in Hanoi
681. CAMBODIA: CAPFISH Lays Groundwork for Cambodia’s First-Ever Fish Exports to EU
682. INDONESIA: Productivity Among Lowest in Region, Govt Launches National Push
683. INDONESIA: Jakarta Court Upholds Ex-Minister, Gojek Cofounder Nadiem Makarim’s Graft Status
684. MYANMAR Scam Cities Booming Despite Crackdown–Using Musk’s Starlink
685. THAILAND Launches 24-Hour E-WorkPermit Platform for Foreign Workers
686. INDONESIA: Militarization, Crackdown Fears Overshadow Cyber Security Bill
687. INDONESIA: Prabowo to Join Trump-Led Gaza Summit in Egypt
688. MYANMAR: Burma War: The Junta’s Arms Pipeline and How to Stop It
689. THAI Army Defends Psych-Ops Along Cambodian Border
690. SINGAPORE Becomes Launchpad for Chinese Food Chains Escaping Price Wars in China, Intensifying Competition and Driving up Rents
691. INDONESIA: Efficiency, Coordination at Risk as Government Expands Further
692. INDONESIA Issues Tsunami Warning After 7.6-Magnitude Quake Strikes North Sulawesi
693. MALAYSIA to Send Observers to Myanmar’s Long-Delayed Elections: Military Govt
694. MYANMAR: Thousands of Myanmar IDPs in Banmauk Face Food Crisis Amid Clashes Between SNA and Resistance Forces
695. THAI Influenza Cases Surge Past 700,000 With 61 Deaths
696. INDONESIA: Health Scare Taints Indonesia’s Export Reputation
697. INDONESIA: Why Indonesia’s ‘Golden Generation’ Could Stall Economic Growth
698. Myanmar Junta Accused of ‘Famine Warfare’ as Hunger Grips Karenni State
699. THAI Giant CP Group Targets Zero Food Waste by 2030
700. VIETNAM: 30,000 Troops in Vietnam Race to Rescue Families After Record Floods
701. INDONESIA: E-Waste Containers to be Reexported to the US: Batam Customs Office
702. INDONESIA: North Kalimantan to Get New Bridges After Residents Prefer Traveling to Malaysia
703. MALAYSIA, India Agree on Regional Standards to Protect Gig, Platform Workers
704. MYANMAR: HURFOM Report Exposes Rising Violence Against Women and Children in Southeastern Myanmar
705. SINGAPORE’S Digital Economy Reaches Nearly 20% of GDP, Creates 214,000 Tech jobs
706. INDONESIA: World Bank Pledges $800 Million for Indonesian Villages: Govt
707. INDONESIA: Breaking the Silence: Deaf Lawyers Make Judicial History in Indonesia
708. MALAYSIA: The Khairul Aming Effect: More Young Malaysians Choosing Business Over Salaried Jobs
709. MYANMAR: Buddhist Monk Accused of Kidnapping Men for Myanmar Military Service
710. THAI Army Presents Discovery of 200 Landmines to ASEAN Observers
711. INDONESIA: Govt Rushes to Clean Up Cesium-137 Spill in Banten
712. INDONESIA: Meteor Falls Into Java Sea, Sparks Bright Fireball and Loud Boom Over Cirebon
713. MYANMAR Airstrikes and Internet Blackouts Hit 123 Townships, Leaving Civilians Vulnerable
714. THAILAND: Highways Department asks Google Maps to Update Routes After Viral “lost” Incident
715. VIETNAM: 30 Hours of Isolation in the Heart of Hanoi Floods
716. INDONESIA: Government Confirms Widespread Radioactive Contamination at Banten Industrial Hub
717. INDONESIA’S Palm Oil Export Soars 35% to Over $16 Billion
718. MALAYSIA Sends Rescue Team With K9 Units to Philippines After Deadly Quake
719. MYANMNAR: Election Watchdog Warns Myanmar Junta’s Planned Polls Lack Credibility
720. THAILAND: Myanmar Refugees Now Allowed to Work in Thailand
721. INDONESIA: ‘Red terror’ Continues to Haunt Indonesia
722. INDONESIA: Legendary Shoe Brand Bata Stops Daily Footwear Manufacturing in Indonesia
723. MALAYSIA Launches New Digital ‘Posting Swap’ Platform for Nurses Amid Brain Drain
724. MYANMAR: China Sentences 16 Myanmar-Linked Gang Members to Death
725. PHILIPPINES: Cebu Shaken: Deadly Quake Kills 26 As Search Ongoing
726. CAMBODIA: Thai Eviction Signs in Border Villages Draw Censure, Fury
727. INDONESIA: Calls Grow for Meaningful Reform in Election LawRevision
728. INDONESIA: From Wartegs to Hotels, Jakarta Faces Resistance Over Smoking Rules
729. MYANMAR’S  AA Urges Dhaka to Probe Border Officers Backing Rohingya Militants
730. SINGAPORE’S Population Hits 6.11m, Driven by Rise in Non-Residents and Migrant Workers
731. INDONESIA: Golden Visa Investment hits Rp 48 Trillion: Govt
732. INDONESIA Deploys Nutrition Experts After Mass Food Poisoning in Free Meal Program
733. MALAYSIA Wraps Up Successful Asean Economic Ministers’ Meeting, Emphasizes Inclusive Growth
734. MYANMAR: Preservation Over Destruction: Why Myanmar’s Revolution—and Its Neighbors
735. THAILAND’S Ageing Society Threatens Fiscal Collapse and Drags Down Economy
736. INDONESIA: Prabowo, Megawati Ties in Question After Cabinet Reshuffle
737. INDONESIA to Disband SOEs Ministry Amid Danantara Expansion
738. MYANMAR:: Mosque’s Reopening Reflects Thawing Interfaith Ties in Rakhine Under AA
739. THAILAND Native ‘Ayam Bangkok’ Chickens Fetch Premium Prices in Indonesia
740. SINGAPORE Gives Meta Sept 30 Deadline to Curb Facebook Scams Impersonating Govt Officials
741. INDONESIA: Prabowo Pushes Two-State Solution, Multilateralism in Debut UNGA Speech
742. INDONESIA: What is Sumitronomics? Indonesia’s Blueprint to 8% Growth
743. MYANMAR: Rights Group Warns US Aid Cuts Could Kill 200,000 in Myanmar
744. SINGAPORE to Introduce QR-Coded Halal Certificate from Oct 1, Replacing Physical Versions by March 2026
745. THAILAND: Foreign Investment in EEC Exceeds 660 Billion Baht: BOI
746. INDONESIA: Prabowo Offers 20,000 Troops for Post-War Gaza
747. INDONESIA Halts 190 Mining Concessions for Breaching Environmental Rules
748. MYANMAR: AA Chief Accuses Bangladesh Officials of Inciting Rohingya Insurgent Attacks
749. THAILAND: Chinese Flock to Vietnam Due to Thailand Safety Fears
750. VIETNAM: Vingroup Establishes 3rd Robotics Company
751. INDONESIA: Prabowo Gives Nusantara Certainty With New Regulation
752. INDONESIA: Govt Orders Evaluation After 5,000 Poisonings Cases in Free Nutritious Meals Program
753. MYANMAR Junta Eases Election Rules to Keep Parties in Race
754. PHILIPPINES: Super Typhoon Ragasa barrels through northern Philippines, triggers alerts across Asia
755. THAILAND: IMF advises Thailand to reinstate 60% debt ceiling
756. INDONESIA: Policy Gaps, Crackdowns Squeeze Rice Millers as Prices Soar
757. INDONESIA Mulls Reallocating Unspent Free Meal Program Money
758. MALAYSIA: Malaysian Bar brings free legal advice and public services to KL Sentral with first-ever MyBar Carnival 2025
759. MYANMAR: Clashes on Myanmar–Thailand border Mark Nine Months of Fighting, Casualties Mount on Both Sides
761. PHILIPPINES: Tens of Thousands Join Anti-Corruption Protests in Metro Manila
762. INDONESIA Revises 2026 Budget Following Appointment of New Finance Minister
763. INDONESIA: Bali Shuts Down Russian-Owned Factory Built on Protected Mangrove Land
764. MALAYSIA to Exempt Some Palestinian Farm and Food Products From Customs Duties:Tengku Zafrul
765. MYANMAR: OCHA details severe humanitarian access constraints across Myanmar
766. THAILAND: Transnational Illegal Logging Network Busted in Nong Khai
767. INDONESIA: Reshuffle Sees Prabowo, Allies Close Ranks
768. INDONESIA: Medan Reaffirms Humanitarian Support for Refugees
769. MYANMAR Junta’s Election Commission Excludes Key Southern Rakhine Areas from No-Election List Ahead of December Polls
770. THAILAND: B10,000 Fine for Drinking in Pubs After Hours
771. VIETNAM Ranked 5th Best Country for Expats in 2025
772. INDONESIA: Constitutional Court to Rule on Challenges to Military Law
773. INDONESIA: Energy Minister Tells Shell, BP, Vivo to Rely on Pertamina for Fuel Supply
774. MALAYSIA: Enough for 12 Million Users: Cops Seize 3.6 Tons of Ecstasy Worth Almost RM600m in Kepong, Dataran Templer
775. MYANMAR: Ruling Generals, Ministers to Dominate Myanmar Military’s Proxy Party Candidate List
776. INDONESIA Rolls Out $1 Billion Stimulus to Boost Jobs and Consumption
777. INDONESIA: Jakarta’s ‘Invisible’ Lives: Undocumented Coastal Children
778. Myanmar Citizens Fear More Harassment, Violence as Election Nears
779. THAI Banks Pledge Urgent Action to Unblock Accounts Amid Fraudulent Transfer Crisis
780. VIETNAM: Southeast Asian Languages to be Increasingly Taught in Vietnamese Schools
781. INDONESIA Sees $869M Outflow After Cabinet Reshuffle
782. INDONESIA: Bali Takes Massive Economic Hit from Worst Flooding in Years
783. MALAYSIA: Anwar Joins World Islamic Leaders at Doha Summit on Gaza Crisis, to Voice Malaysia’s Stand Tonight
784. MYANMAR: UNICEF Condemns Deadly Attack on Rakhine School
785. THAILAND: DES Urges Calm Amid Locked Bank Accounts
786. INDONESIA: Prabowo to Set Up Commission for Police Reform
787. INDONESIA: Social Media as Town Square, Battleground in Indonesia’s Protests
788. MYANMAR: Democracy as a Cage: Myanmar Junta’s Election Gambit and the Opposition’s Self
789. THAILAND: Reopening Border Needs Military, Local Input: Bhumjaithai Deputy Leader
790. VIETNAM: Cyberattack Signs Detected at Vietnam’s National Credit Database
791. INDONESIA: Sjafrie’s New Post Shows Prabowo’s Reliance on Military Figures
792. INDONESIA: At Least Nine Dead, Two Missing After Severe Floods Sweep Across Bali
793. MYANMAR: Chinese Technology Company Helps Track the Location of Over 33 Million Myanmar Internet Users in Real-time
794. THAILAND: Shinawatras in Legal Crossfire: Father’s Case Ends, Daughter Faces 5 More
795. INDONESIA: Power Consolidation In Motion Behind Cabinet Shake-up
796. INDONESIA: Papua Police Arrest Four Chinese Nationals Over Illegal Gold Mining
797. MALAYSIA: Dr Mahathir Under Scrutiny: MACC Teams Up with UK Anti-Graft Agency to Track Alleged Assets Overseas
798. MYANMAR: Junta-Allied Karen Warlords Hit by US Sanctions Over Myanmar’s Scam City
799. THAILAND and INDONESIA Trail ASEAN as Political Instability Stifles Growth
800. INDONESIA: Sri Mulyani Left Cabinet After Weeklong Unrest in Indonesia In a Major Reshuffle
801. INDONESIA: Sri Mulyani’s Successor Told to Tax the Superrich, Restructure Debt
802. MYANMAR: NLD Urges International Intervention for Medical Care and Release of Aung San Suu Kyi
803. THAILAND: Supreme Court Orders Thaksin to Return and Serve One-Year Jail
804. VIETNAM Emerges as Top Alternative to Thailand for Beach Holidays
805. INDONESIA: Five Suspended Lawmakers Face Ethics Probe
806. INDONESIA Records Over 4,000 Earthquakes in August: BMKG
807. MALAYSIA: Anti-Bullying Tribunal Bill to be Tabled in Parliament this October: Azalina
808. MYANMAR Ambassador Urges UNICEF to Act as Children Suffer under Junta Violence
809. THAILAND: Royal Command Appoints Anutin Charnvirakul as Prime Minister of Thailand
810. CAMBODIA: Foreign Ministry Decries Thai Eviction Plans for Cambodian Villagers
811. INDONESIA: Ex-Minister Nadiem Makarim Detained Over Chromebook Procurement Scandal
812. MYANMAR: UWSA Neutered: Myanmar’s Revolutionary Driving Force Derailed by China
813. SINGAPORE to Issue First Directive Under New Law, Orders Meta To Act on Scam Ad
814. INDONESIA: Unrest ‘Wake-Up Call’ for Prabowo to Address Public Grievances
815. INDONESIA: Gov’t Told to Be Transparent with Economic Data
816. MALAYSIA: Bahasa Malaysia-Based AI in the Works as Govt Pushes Digital Sovereignty Agenda
817. MYANMAR: Nine Parties to Run Nationwide in Myanmar’s Planned Election
818. VIETNAM: For Many Women in Vietnam, the New IVF rule is a Long-Awaited Lifeline
819. INDONESIA: Violent Crackdown on Protests Sparks Outcry
820. INDONESIA: Asset Forfeiture Law: A Way to Gain Public and Investors’ Trust
821. Myanmar Junta Boss Schedules Chengdu Meeting with Chinese Investors
822. THAILAND Pledges ‘Secure, Sustainable’ Energy Transition at Global Summit
823. VIETNAM: Hanoi Sets Record for National Day Holiday Visitors and Revenue
824. INDONESIA: Jakarta Regains Calm Under Heavy Security
825. INDONESIA: Starting Today, All Travelers to Indonesia Must File Declarations via New App
826. MALAYSIA: From Wage Regulation to Dispute Resolution: How the Gig Workers Bill Offers Safeguards for 1.2 Million Malaysians
827. MYANMAR: EuroCham and ‘MADE in Myanmar’ Seek to Support Myanmar Workers’ rights
828. THAILAND: New city Plan Exposes Ban Nong Chan Land Grab at Thai-Cambodian Border
829. INDONESIA: Prabowo Calls for Severe Response to Protests
830. INDONESIA: Businesses on Edge About Political Stability as Protests Turn Chaotic
831. MYANMAR: NUG Defense Ministry Reaffirms Ban on Child Soldiers in People’s Defense Force
832. SINGAPORE Govt Plans New Platform to Unite its Malay-Muslim Groups as younger Voices Grow Louder
833. VIETNAM: State Treasury has Disbursed Over $200M as National Day Cash Gifts
834. INDONESIA Presses Islamic Nations to Stop Israel’s Expansionist Agenda
835. INDONESIA: Central–Regional Divide Widens in Indonesia’s 2026 Spending Plan
836. MALAYSIA: Fighting Entrenched Corruption Remains Toughest Challenge After Three Years in Govt: Anwar
837. MYANMAR: Rohingya Crisis Should Be Resolved Together: Yunus
838. THAILAND Accuses Cambodia of Using ‘Human Shields’ on Border
839. INDONESIA Urges EU to Lift Biodiesel Import Curbs After WTO Panel Backs Jakarta
840. INDONESIA: New Agency to Assert State Control Over Minerals Vital for Defense
841. MALAYSIA: Education Act Update Underway to Strengthen School Discipline in Crackdown on Bullying Cases: Minister
842. MYANMAR Junta Propaganda Vehicle Joins China-Led Media Bloc
843. THAILAND Becomes Regional Leader in Energy Transition: ABB Study
844. INDONESIA: Prabowo Banks on Danantara to Balance Budget
845. INDONESIA Shuts Down Banten Waste Plant Over Hazardous Imports
846. MYANMAR: Rohingya Refugees Must Wait for Justice Before Returning: UN Investigator
847. THAILAND to host Asia’s largest gaming event in October 2025
848. SINGAPORE Workplaces Struggle to Stamp Out Vaping Despite National Ban
849. INDONESIA: Bekasi Quake Shakes Jakarta Into Preparedness Debate
850. INDONESIA: Breaking: Deputy Manpower Minister Caught in Anti-Graft Sting
851. MALAYSIA: Parliamentary Group Drafting Hate Speech Guidelines to Reflect Malaysia’s Diversity
852. MYANMAR: Under Chinese Pressure, Myanmar’s UWSP Cuts Off Support to Allied Ethnic Armies
853. THAILAND: Thai Government Approves Major Digital Strategy
854. INDONESIA: Govt in Crisis-Control Mode Over Tax Hike
855. INDONESIA Targets Shadow Economy to Lift $145 Billion in 2026 Tax Revenue
856. MALAYSIA: What Iman Research’s Study Reveals About Young Malays’ Attitudes Towards a Plural and More Economically Just Malaysia
857. MYANMAR: Junta Abruptly Closes Thai-Myanmar Trade Bridge to Cut Off Rebel Funding
858. PHILIPPINES: Cockfighting Livestreams Thrive in Philippines Despite Ban and Murders
859. INDONESIA: Political Parties Divided Over Court Ruling on Direct Regional Elections
860. INDONESIA Shuts 1,800 Fraudulent Lenders and Investment Schemes
861. MYANMAR: Death Toll from Myanmar Junta Airstrike on Mawchi Climbs to 31
862. PHILIPPINES Spends Billions on Flood Projects, But Disasters Keep Killing
863. Cambodia Setting Sights on Muslim Tourist Market
864. INDONESIA’S  Shrinking Middle Class Threatens Growth, Consumption
865. INDONESIA: Religious Affairs Ministry Vows Crackdown on Intolerance
866. MYANMAR: Widespread Absenteeism and Dismissals Reported in Myanmar Junta’s Electric Power Ministry
867. SINGAPORE to Classify Vaping as Drug Offense, PM Wong Says
868. INDONESIA: ‘Life is Plastic’: US is Biggest Buyer of Indonesian Toys
869. MALAYSIA and ASEAN Push for Transparency in Myanmar’s Election Plans and Rohingya Crisis During Sept 19 Visit: Tok Mat
870. MYANMAR: International IDEA Calls for Global Rejection of Myanmar Junta’s Elections
871. THAILAND Gives Stranded Cambodian Workers 6-Month Work Permit Extension
872. INDONESIA: Bali Waste Cycle Aims to Scale Up to Make Recycling Profitable
873. INDONESIA: Incentives Needed for Mining Sector to Cut Emissions
874. THAILAND: Government Given Failing Grade on Corruption
875. THAILAND’S Tourism Boom Continues with 20 Million Visitors and THB937 Billion Revenue
876. CAMBODIA: Assessment reveals extensive damage to Preah Vihear
877. INDONESIA: Renewed Plan to Reinstate New Order-Style State Guidelines Draws Flak
878. INDONESIACould Raise $5 Billion by Taxing Its 50 Wealthiest Citizens, Study Says
879. MYANMAR Region Sees ‘Dramatic’ Hunger Rise After Aid Cutbacks
880. Singapore is Now World’s Second-Richest Country, Far Ahead of its Southeast Asian Neighbors
881. INDONESIA: Delay Triggers Fresh Demands to Scrap History Rewrite
882. INDONESIA: Shaky Regulations, Finances Stall Coal Miners’ Transition to ‘Green’ Investment
883. INDONESIA: Jakarta Governor Signs Sister City Agreement with Kuala Lumpur
884. MYANMAR: AA Rejects Junta’s Planned Election in Rakhine
885. THAILAND: Cambodia Crisis Hits Thai Brands, Disrupts Logistics and Halts Ad Spending
886. INDONESIA Revives Deputy Commander Role After 25 Years, Promotes Elite Force Chiefs to Three-Star Rank
887. INDONESIA:  Bali Immigration Forms a Special Task Force to Crack Down on Unruly Tourists
888. MYANMAR: Nine Killed and 28 Injured in Hpakant as Myanmar Military Shelling Hits civilian Areas
889. VIETNAM: Inside the world of Vietnamese Crypto Investigators Tackling Billion-Dollar Hacks
890. SINGAPORE at Increased Risk of Chikungunya as Cases Double in 2025, Health Agency Warns
891. INDONESIA Readies Island Medical Facility for 2,000 Wounded Gazans
892. INDONESIA: More Than Half a Million Social Assistance Recipients Suspected of Online Gambling
893. Myanmar Junta Hires US Lobby Firm in Bid to Boost Ties With Washington
894. THAILAND and CAMBODIA Sign 13-Point Ceasefire Agreement 
895. VIETNAM to Identify, Focus on 3 Strategic Technology Products
896. INDONESIA Unfreezes 122 Million Dormant Accounts as Online Gambling Transactions Near $60 Billion
897. INDONESIA: US Agrees to Grant 0% Tariff on Indonesian Copper: Minister
898. MYANMAR Junta Launches Street Phone Checks as Cybersecurity Law Takes Effect
899. THAILAND: Health Ministry Estimates 146 Million Baht Damage, Plans Lawsuit Against Cambodia
900. VIETNAM Installs First Domestically Owned International Internet Cable
901. INDONESIA Has $129 Billion to Spend — And Just Six Months to Do It
902. INDONESIA Readies Gaza Rice Delivery as Israeli Attacks Persist
903. MYANMAR: Press Freedom Concerns Raised after Myanmar Military-Linked Press Council Signs MOU With Thai Press Body
904. PHILIPPINES: Marcos Suspends Rice Importation for 60 Days
905. THAILAND: ‘Economic Animal’ in Luxury Leather
906. INDONESIA: Pardons Cast Doubt Over Prabowo’s Anticorruption Commitment
907. INDONESIA Kicks Off Health Screening for 58 Million Students Nationwide
908. MALAYSIA: Manga With a Malaysian Soul: How Rise Production Blends Local Folklore with Japanese Style and Modern Storytelling
909. MYANMAR Junta Ramps Up Rhetoric Against Timor Leste
910. THAILAND and Cambodia Begin Crucial Border Talks in Malaysia
911. VIETNAM targets domestic semiconductor chip production by 2027: PM
912. CAMBODIA: ASEAN Interim Observer En Route to Monitor Border Ceasefire
913. INDONESIA: Danantara Unveils Sweeping Reforms for SOE Executive Bonuses, Incentives
914. INDONESIA: RI Manufacturers See Tough Times Ahead as Higher US Tariffs Kick In
915. MYANMAR: European Anti-Jamming Tech Found in Myanmar Military Drones, CAR Report Reveals
916. THAI CEOs Unveil Survival Strategies as Trump Tariffs Threaten Economic Growth
917. INDONESIA: Mining Industry Leaders Highlight Challenges to Reaching Net Zero Emissions
918. INDONESIA Struggles with Regulatory, Infrastructure Gaps in AI Adoption
919. MYANMAR Regime Sets More Traps to Guarantee Election Win
920. SINGAPORE: Terror Threat to Singapore Remains High Amid AI Risks, Rising youth Radicalization: Home Affairs Report
921. THAI Cyber Agency Rushes to Bolster Media Defenses Against Escalating Threats
922. REGION: Thailand and Cambodia Agree to Ceasefire After Five Days of Border Clash
923. INDONESIA to Slash Middle East Oil Imports in Favor of $15B US Energy Deal
924. MALAYSIA: Anwar Hails Asean Diplomacy as Cambodia, Thailand Agree to Ceasefire After Malaysia Meet
925. 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
926. THAI Army Accuses Cambodia of Breaking Truce
927. CAMBODIA: Mine Action Authority Warn of ‘Cruel Shadow’ of Thai Cluster
928. INDONESIA Welcomes France’s Recognition of Palestine
929. INDONESIA: Poverty Rate Falls Nationwide — Except in Papua and Maluku
930. MYANMAR Rights Group Demands Chinese Sanctions
931. THAI Delegation to Hold Urgent Talks with Cambodia in Malaysia on July 28
932. CAMBODIA-Thailand Exchange Fire Along Border, Civilians Killed
933. INDONESIA-US Trade Deal Possible Threat to Data Sovereignty
934. MYANMAR Junta Looks for Foreign Energy Investment
935. THAI Military Raises Concerns Over Hun Sen’s Role in Ordering Attacks on Thai Civilians
936. VIETNAM Urges Thailand, Cambodia to Refrain From Using Force
937. INDONESIA to Exempt US Companies from Local Content Requirement
938. INDONESIA: Layoffs Surge in Manufacturing, Retail, Govt Data Suggest
939. MYANMAR: Armed Groups Warn Myanmar Junta Election Staff
940. THAILAND: Countdown to US Tariff, 7 Thai Industries at risk, Millions of Jobs on the Line
941. VIETNAM: HCMC Unveils Ambitious Plan to Replace 400,000 Gasoline Motorbikes with EVs
942. INDONESIA: ASEAN Urged to Focus on People Amid Challenges
943. INDONESI Draws $58 Billion in H1 Investment, Fueled by Downstream Expansion
944. MALAYSIA: Swiped into routine: How China-inspired apps redefine Malaysian daily life
945. MYANMAR- Thailand Lodges Protest After Suspected Myanmar Junta Drone Found in Tak
946. VIETNAM Ranks 6th Globally in AI Openness
947. INDONESIA Exporters Seek to Split Tariffs with US Buyers to Ensure Demand
948. INDONESIA: Polytron Starts Mass Production of Electric Vehicles in West Java
949. MYANMAR: Conjuring an Election Illusion in War-Torn Shan
950. THAI Foreign Ministry Condemns Cambodia over Landmine Incident, Urges Accountability
951. VIETNAM: 300 Rescuers Join Overnight Search for Victims of Capsized Ha Long Bay Cruise Boat
952. INDONESIA: Bali Emerges as Major Hot Spot for Transnational Drug Trafficking: BNN
953. INDONESIA: Foreign Hospitals Cleared to Operate in Indonesia as Prabowo Targets Healthcare Upgrade
954. MYANMAR: Arakan Rohingya National Council (ARNC) Formed to Reclaim Identity and Seek Justice
955. SINGAPORE Ranks Among World’s Top Cities for Tech Talent
956. THAILAND: Chinese Tourist Numbers Plummet, Malaysia Overtakes Thailand in ASEAN Race
957. INDONESIA to Pay 19% US Tariffs in Exchange for Full Market Access, Boeing Jets
958. INDONESIA: Jakarta Governor Makes Historic Debut at UN Forum on Sustainable Development
959. MALAYSIA: Freedom of Information Act to be tabled by year end to boost transparency: Anwar
960. MYANMAR and Russian Regimes Push Indian Trade Corridor to Bypass Western Sanctions
961. VIETNAM: 59 Vietnamese Arrested in Laos Over Large-Scale Scam Syndicate
962. CAMBODIA to Enforce Military Conscription Law in 2026
963. INDONESIA: BPJS Kesehatan Proves Equal Healthcare Access Is Possible Across Indonesia
964. INDONESIA: Starlink Pauses New Customer Sign-Ups in Indonesia
965. MYANMAR: Burma’s Cyber Scam Centers: A Global Security Crisis, Now Targeting Americans
966. THAILAND: Temple Donation Loopholes Spark Concern Over Corruption and Money Laundering Risks
967. INDONESIA: EU Grants Indonesia Multi-Entry Schengen Visa as Landmark Trade Deal Nears Completion
968. INDONESIA: Free Boarding Schools for Poor Children to Open Across Indonesia Next Week
969. MALAYSIA Acts to Avoid US Sanctions Amid EScalating Global AI Chip War
970. MYANMAR: Hundreds of Myanmar Troops, Civilians Flee Across Thai Border from Karen State
971. THAILAND: US Blocks AI Chip Access to China, Warning Sign for Thailand, Malaysia
972. Cambodia expresses concern over construction of Angkor Wat replica in Thailand
973. NDONESIA: US Tariff Threatens 70,000 Textile Jobs in Indonesia
974. MYANMAR- A Atrike Leader Urges Urgent Reforms Within NUG to Sustain the Revolution
975. SINGAPOREANS Cross Border in Droves for Malaysian Durian Tours, All-You-Can-Eat Buffets
976. INDONESIA: Pertamina Inks MoUs with Exxon, Chevron to Sweeten Indonesia’s Tariff Offer
977. INDONESIA: Prabowo Assigns Gibran to Spearhead Papua Development, Rights Efforts
978. MYANMAR: Trump Tariff Letter to Myanmar Junta Raises Eyebrows, Risks Lending Legitimacy
979. VIETNAMESE Content Creators Earn Thousands of Dollars Monthly from AI-Generated Faceless Videos
980. INDONESIA: US Maintains Tariff Threat Despite Indonesian Concessions
981. INDONESIA: Trump Tariffs May Slow Indonesia’s Economy by 0.5%, Economist Warns
982. MALAYSIA: ASEAN Hits Back at Trump’s ‘Counterproductive’ Trade Tactics, Warns of Regional Instability
983. MYANMAR: Timor Leste Hits Back at Myanmar Junta’s Objection to ASEAN Membership
984. THAILAND Hit with Steep US Tariffs as Trump Escalates Trade Stance
985. INDONESIA: BRICS Revives Bandung Spirit to Unite Global South
986. INDONESIA to Send 10,000 Tons of Rice Aid to Palestine, Set Up Joint Investment Zone
987. MALAYSIA: Southeast Asia’s Most-Visited Destination Among Countries With Highest Tourism Growth
988. MALAYSIA: How Much Onions Do Malaysians Eat and Why is it Biting into our National Coffers?
989. MYANMAR People Skeptical of Junta’s Promises of Election, Peace
990. Cambodia-Thailand Border Dispute Resolutions Hinge on Agreements Stipulated in Franco-Siam Treaties
991. INDONESIA: Serving at Sea, PIS and DoctorSHARE Bring Hospital Ship to Serve Remote Communities in Papua
992. INDONESIA: Widening Deficit Spurs Calls to Curb Major Spending
993. MALAYSIA : Pay Up or Lose your Assets: Errant Ex-Husbands Face Seizures, Frozen Income Under Selangor’s Proposed Crackdown on ‘Nafkah’ Dodgers
994. MYANMAR: Making Connections in Myanmar’s Fractured State
995. CAMBODIA: Hun Sen Orders Halt to Strategic Imports from Thailand, Citing National Security concerns
996. Malaysia: ‘Some Starting in Primary school’: Hannah Yeoh, Says Synthetic Drug Addiction Now a Cabinet Concern
997. MYANMAR: Indonesian ‘Influencer’ Given 7-year Myanmar Prison Sentence
998. THAILAND: Public Outrage as South Korean Taxi Driver Suggests Thai Tourist ‘Pay with Body’
999. INDONESIA: Govt Targets 15,000 Barrels per Day from Community Oil Wells
1000. INDONESIA Hopes to Join BRICS-Backed New Development Bank
1001. INDONESIA: Women’s Growing Role in Drug Trade Raises Concerns in Indonesia
1002. MYANMAR – Dying in Jail, Myanmar’s Political Prisoners a ‘Stain on ASEAN’s Conscience’
1003. SINGAPORE Hits Record High in Renewable Energy Consumption
1004. INDONESIA: Preventive Strikes Keep Indonesia Free of Terror Attacks Since 2023: Police Chief
1005. INDONESIA: Raja Ampat’s Nickel Mining May Threaten Endangered Papuan Blue Orchid
1006. MALAYSIA-Standard Chartered Sued for US$2.7B Over Role in 1MDB Scandal
1007. MYANMAR: Federal and State Parliaments Express Grave Concern Over Health Crisis Facing Myanmar’s Political Prisoners
1008. THAILAND-Constitutional Court Suspends Paetongtarn as PM Because of Hun Sen’s Clip
1009. INDONESIA to Relax Import Rules as US Tariff Deadline Nears
1010. INDONESIA Police Deploys Robots for Crime-Fighting and Rescue
1011. INDONESIA: China to Keep Anti-Dumping Steel Duties on Indonesia, EU and South Korea
1012. MYANMAR: Helping Myanmar Garment Workers Get a Fair Deal?
1013. THAILAND: Thousands of Thai Cannabis Shops Face Closure Under New Regulations
1014. INDONESIA: Separate National, Local Elections Starting 2029: Constitutional Court
1015. INDONESIA Begins Construction of $5.9 Billion Mega EV Battery Hub With China’s CATL Consortium
1016. MALAYSIA: Ganja on the Rise: Melaka and Cheras are New Drug Hotspots, Anti-Narcotics Data Shows
1017. MYANMAR: Mizoram Chief Minister warns of strict action against lawbreaking Myanmar refugees
1018. VIETNAM Issues Plan to Attract Top AI Talents
1019. INDONESIA: Govt, House Staunch Defense Opens Court Battle on TNI Law
1020. INDONESIA Stock Exchange Surpasses 950 Listed Companies, Profit Soars
1021. MALAYSIA: Armed Forces Make History With Promotion of First Malaysian Chinese Three-Star General
1022. MYANMAR: Malaysian Crackdown on Undocumented Migrant Workers Spurs Fear Among Myanmar Nationals
1023. MYANMAR Junta Arrests State-Controlled MRTV Employee Over Aung San Suu Kyi Birthday Tribute
1024. THAILAND Reclassifies Cannabis Bud as a Controlled Herb, Restricts Sales and Advertising
1025. INDONESIA: House Shelves Gibran Impeachment Petition
1026. INDONESIA: Gov’t Rolls Out 2025 Wage Subsidy to Support Up to 17 Million Workers
1027. MALAYSIA: Anwar Backs Students’ Right to Protest, Tells MoHE and UMS to Protect Academic Freedom
1028. MYANMAR: Shan State Takes Center Stage in Myanmar Junta’s Election Push
1029. VIETNAM Designates Da Nang as Nation’s Inaugural Free Trade Zone
1030. CAMBODIA: UN Expert Highlights Growing Synthetic Drug Threat in Cambodia
1031. INDONESIA: Jokowi’s Health Draws Attention During Birthday Celebration
1032. INDONESIA: Pertamina Says It Has Enough Fuel Supplies as Iran Threatens to Block Hormuz
1033. Myanmar Junta Scrambles for Chinese Energy Investment as Lights Go Out
1034. THAI Fuel Exports to Cambodia Worth Nearly 48 Billion Baht in 2024
1035. INDONESIA Predicted to Grow Just 4.5 Pct This Year if Israel-Iran War Doesn’t Stop
1036. INDONESIA: Forestry Ministry to Strengthen Enforcement at Tesso Nilo National Park
1037. MALAYSIA: The Vanilla Farm That’s Saving LIves: Inside Malaysia’s Revolutionary ‘Halfway Farm’ for Former Death Row Inmates
1038. MYANMAR: Satellite Images Reveal Alarming Rare Earth Mining Expansion in Myanmar’s UWSA Territory
1039. INDONESIA: Papua Primary Target in Battle to Eradicate Malaria Nationwide
1040. INDONESIA: 19 Suitcases of Cash Used to Buy Private Jet in Papua Corruption Case, KPK Says
1041. MALAYSIA: ‘It’s Not Just Women’: Govt to Boost Fertility Rate With Inclusive Solutions: Minister
1042. MYANMAR Junta Attacks to Reclaim KIA’s Jade and Rare Earth Strongholds
1043. VIETNAM: E-Cigarette Users Could Face Fines of $120-200
1044. CAMBODIA Firmly Rejects Thailand’s Unilateral Map in Border Talks
1045. INDONESIA: Culture Minister’s Denial of Mass Rape in 1998 Riots Sparks Outrage
1046. MALAYSIA: ‘We ate one egg between five’: Malaysian Haj pilgrims detail nightmare journey to Mecca after alleged scam
1047. MYANMAR Junta Forces Recapture Kataingti Camp in Karen State After Months
1048. THAILAND Ranks Lowest in ASEAN for Business Innovation: World Bank
1049. CAMBODIA: All TV stations, Cinemas must stop broadcasting Thai films
1050. INDONESIA: Tension grows between North Sumatra, Aceh over disputed border
1051. MALAYSIA Named Top Muslim-Friendly Travel Destination for 10th Straight Year
1052. NUG Confirms Construction of Two Bomb-Proof Underground Hospitals in Myanmar
1053. THAILAND: Bangkok Reveals Smart Traffic Signals Reduce cCngestion Buy up to 41%
1054. CAMBODIA: Legal Groundwork Underway to Take Border Dispute to ICJ
1055. INDONESIA Opens $12.3 Billion in Infrastructure Projects to Global Investors
1056. INDONESIA: Magelang Demands Eight Times Increase in Borobudur Visitor Limit
1057. MYANMAR: How the Myanmar Military’s Propaganda Efforts Have Evolved Over the Decades
1058. SINGAPORE: Jetstar Asia Closure: 4 Key Things Travelers Need to Know
1059. Cambodian leaders condemn politicians for disseminating fake news on social media
1060. INDONESIA: Govt is Redefining Poverty Line After Two Decades: DEN
1061. INDONESIA Revokes Mining Permits of Four Companies in Raja Ampat
1062. MYANMAR: PNO Orders Over 6,000 Residents to Relocate in Southern Shan State
1063. VIETNAM: Qualcomm Launches New AI R&D Center in Vietnam
1064. INDONESIA Ignores Its Middle Class in Latest Economic Stimuli: Analyst
1065. INDONESIA: Controversial Discipline Program Sends “Unruly” Students to Army Facility in Bandung
1066. MYANMAR Junta Boss Thanks Protector China on 75th Anniversary of Ties
1067. THAILAND: Foreign Ministry Affirms Measures to Cut Electricity, Internet to Cambodia Remain
1068. CAMBODIA: Thailand Likely to Face Substantial Economic Losses without Cambodia’s 1.2 Million Migrant Workers in the Country
1069. INDONESIA: Three Nickel Mining Firms Accused of Environmental Damage in Raja Ampat
1070. INDONESIA Faces Brain Drain as Skilled Graduates Leave for Jobs Abroad
1071. MYANMAR: Aung San Suu Kyi: Enduring Relevance, Manipulation, and the Battle for Myanmar’s Future
1072. Thai Economy: NESDC Warns of SME Job Losses and Graduate Unemployment Crisis
1073. CAMBODIA: Anonymous Wildlife Crime Reporting Tool Launched in Cambodia
1074. INDONESIA: BI Revises Down Its Target for Sharia Financing Growth in Indonesia
1075. INDONESIA: Australian Government Issues Travel Advisory for Indonesia, Especially Bali
1076. SINGAPORE: Global Anti-Scam Blitz: 106 Nabbed, S$7.7m Seized in Singapore; Malaysia among seven countries in joint operation
1077. MYANMAR Farmers Lose Crops in Monsoon Flooding
1078. INDONESIA: Suspected Papua Rebels Kill Two Church Builders at Project Site
1079. MYANMAR: Burma Research Institute Urges Continued US Aid Amid Mounting Crisis in Myanmar
1080. THAILAND: Urgent Action After Myanmar Cargo Ship Runs Aground Near Surin Islands, Damaging Coral Reefs and Threatening Marine Life
1081. INDONESIA: Plan to Increase State Funding for Political parties brings calls for caution
1082. INDONESIA Faces $46 Billion Infrastructure Funding Gap Through 2029
1083. MALAYSIA: Federal Govt Unveils Kota Madani Township in Putrajaya — a 10,000-Home, High-Density Hub Powered By AI
1084. MYANMAR: Thousands of Children in Myanmar’s Earthquake Zone Have No Schools to go to For New School Year: Save the Children
1085. VIETNAM: Apple Removes 9,600 Vietnamese Apps from App Store
1086. INDONESIA: Prabowo Vows to Clean House Amid Calls for Reshuffle
1087. INDONESIA: Prabowo Alleges Foreign-Funded NGOs Aim to Divide Indonesia
1088. MYANMAR: Junta Troops Massing to Reclaim Myanmar’s China-Backed Pipelines
1089. SINGAPORE Woman Gets just S$1 in Divorce, But Ex Loses Bigger Share Over Misconduct
1090. THAI Entertainment Boom Forecast to Top THB 601 Billion Revenue
1091. 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
1092. INDONESIA: Thousands of Indonesian Pilgrims Barred from Hajj as Saudi Halts Special Visa Issuance
1093. MALAYSIA: How Malaysia’s Discount Store Boom Minted its Newest Billionaire Lee Kar Whatt
1094. MYANMAR: Karen Offensive Seizes a Dozen Junta Bases Along Myanmar-Thai Border
1095. THAILAND: Bangkok Tops Global List as Best City for Remote Work
1096. CAMBODIA Faces Alarming Measles Surge Amid Regional Outbreak
1097. INDONESIA: Dalio’s Reported Exit Sparks Questions Over Danantara’s Game Plan
1098. INDONESIA Seeks New Study Destinations for Students Affected by US Visa Suspension
1099. MYANMAR: UN Warns of ‘Catastrophic’ Human Rghts Crisis in Myanmar
1100. THAILAND: Bangkok Gears Up for Thailand’s Largest Ever Pride Parade
1101. INDONESIA: Indonesia Open to Ties with Israel if It Recognizes Palestine: Prabowo
1102. INDONESIA: Court Orders Govt to Provide Free Basic Education in All Schools
1103. MALAYSIA: Even Closed-Door LGBTQ-Friendly Events ‘Against Societal norms’, Urges cops to probe and act: Religious Affairs Minister
1104. MYANMAR: Yadaya-How Myanmar’s Junta Boss Hopes to Hex His Way to Presidency
1105. THAILAND: Rising Demand Fuels Growth of international Schools in Thailand
1106. INDONESIA: Prabowo’s Papua New Guinea ASEAN Membership Pitch Likely Serves Jakarta’s Interests
1107. INDONESIA: Landmark Ruling: State Must Help Fund Private Elementary Schooling
1108. MYANMAR: JFM Releases List of ASEAN Companies Supporting the Myanmar Junta with Taxes, Jet Fuel, and Eechnology
1109. THAILAND: Safety Concerns and Structural Issues Hinder Chinese Travel to Thailand
1110. VIETNAM: Legislature Weighs on Abolishing Death Penalty for Drug Trafficking
1111. CAMBODIA- Civil Society Urges End To Victim-Blaming In Rape Cases
1112. INDONESIA: New History Book to Highlight Past Presidents’ Achievements: Culture Minister
1113. INDONESIA to Prioritize Jamu and Natural Medicines in Health Sector Transformation
1114. MYANMAR: ASEAN Urged to Prioritize Human Rights in Burma
1115. VIETNAM to Export Renewable Energy to Malaysia, Singapore via Submarine Cables
1116. INDONESIA: Govt’s Energy Deregulation Vow Draws Global Giants
1117. INDONESIA: Critical Op-Ed Retraction Tests Freedom of Expression
1118. SINGAPORE: AI Use in Singapore Classrooms Outpaces Policy, Raising Concerns Among Educators
1119. MALAYSIA: Why Malaysians Spend More on Groceries Than Anyone Else in Southeast Asia
1120. MYANMAR: UNHCR Updates Show Ongoing Challenges for Displaced Individuals Following Myanmar Earthquake
1121. INDONESIA: TNI General Appointment as Customs Office Head Raises Question
1122. INDONESIA: Japanese Carmakers Look Elsewhere, as RI Bioethanol Lags Behind
1123. MYANMAR: India Asked to Probe Myanmar Rebel Deaths
1124. SINGAPORE University Tops Asia for Ultra-Wealthy Alumni, Beating China’s Tsinghua
1125. THAI Gemstone Exports Face Uncertainty Amid U.S. Tariff Hike, Risk Losing Ground to Vietnam and Sri Lanka
1126. Cambodia, Hollywood Studio in Deal to Boost Creative Economy
1127. INDONESIA: House Speaker Puan Warns Government Against Whitewashing History
1128. INDONESIA Aims to Cut Poverty Rate Below 7.5 Pct by 2026
1129. MYANMAR: We Can’t Help You, Myanmar Junta Tells Striking Workers at Adidas Factory
1130. VIETNAM Hit Hardest by Brute-Force Cyberattacks in Southeast Asia
1131. INDONESIA: Over 28,000 Accounts Blocked in Crackdown on Online Gambling: PPATK
1132. INDONESIA: Rescue Teams Search for 19 People After Landslide at Gold Mine in Papua
1133. MYANMAR Political Parties Fear Mass Boycott of Junta’s Election
1134. PHILIPPINES: Marcos Willing to Reconcile with Dutertes
1135. THAILAND: Bangkok–Kuala Lumpur Direct Train Service To Resume This Year
1136. INDONESIA: Prabowo: No Second Term If I Fail the First
1137. INDONESIA: Hotels Demand Crackdown On Unlicensed Rentals in Bali
1138. MYANMAR Junta likely to Form New ‘Interim Government’ in July Ahead of Year-End Elections
1139. SINGAPORE: Made-in-Singapore antibody test for multiple viruses now used worldwide
1140. THAILAND Among Top 10 Nations with Significant LGBTQI+ Population
1141. CAMBODIA: GDCE Cracks Whip Over Illegal Durian Imports
1142. INDONESIA: Critics Slam Prabowo’s Smart Screens as Misplaced Education Priority
1143. INDONESIA: Judge Transfers Fall Short in Tackling Judiciary Corruption
1144. MYANMAR: Three Japanese Firms Ditch Myanmar Port Project
1145. Thailand Tourism Crisis Brews As Foreign Arrivals Continue to Declin
1146. INDONESIA: Concern Grows Over Project to Rewrite History
1147. INDONESIA: Will Nickel Be Indonesia’s Trump Card?
1148. INDONESIA: Lawmaker Warns of $1 Billion Deficit in National Health Insurance Due to Inactive Members
1149. THAILAND: Power Struggles Put Thai PM in Political Crosshairs
1150. PHILIPPINES: 29 kg of Meth Disguised As Durian Seized in Philippine Drug Bust
1151. INDONESIA’s Top Islamic Body Rejects Proposal to Legalize Casinos
1152. INDONESIA: Jakarta Police crack down on thuggery, street brawls
1153. MYANMAR: 12 ASEAN Billionaires Fueling Myanmar Junta Terror Campaign: JFM
1154. PHILIPPINES: Vote and Vanish? Study Says Civic Engagement Drops After Elections
1155. VIETNAM’s Major Cities Push Ahead with Electric Bus Revolution
1156. INDONESIA: West Java to Provide Mental Health Services in All ‘Puskesmas’ Amid High Depression Rate
1157. INDONESIA Ranks Top 3 in ASEAN Competitiveness, So Why Are Investors Still Hesitant?
1158. MALAYSIA Must Use ASEAN Chair to Grow Halal Exports into 600 Million-Strong Regional Market: Zahid
1159. MYANMAR’S Ethnic Karen Face Food Shortages Amid Aid Cuts to Camps on Thai Border
1160. THAILAND On Track to Become Global Leader in Future Food: Experts
1161. INDONESIA to Cultivate 300,000 Hectares of Sugar Palm to Power Bioethanol Push
1162. INDONESIA: Police, Military to Crack Down on Rogue Mass Organizations
1163. 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
1164. INDONESIA: SOEs Law Raises Graft Oversight Concerns
1165. INDONESIA to Halt Refined Fuel Imports from Singapore
1166. MALAYSIA: Sixteen Foreigners, Including Children, Rescued from Forced Labor in Raids Across KL and Selangor
1167. MYANMAR: Mansat Villagers Urge TNLA to Address Unlawful Silicon Mining, Environmental and Social Harms
1168. VIETNAM Has ‘Significant’ Demand for US Goods: Trade Minister
1169. INDONESIA: Politics Creep into Military Ranks
1170. INDONESIA: Government Forms Anti-Extortion Task Force
1171. MALAYSIA: RM10,000 fine for TikTok post on racial, religious sensitivities, says MCMC
1172. MYANMAR Junta Calls New Ceasefire After Quake
1173. THAILAND: Southern Insurgency Escalates, Govt to Crackdown on Militant Leaders
1174. INDONESIA: ‘I’m In Charge’, Says Prabowo
1175. INDONESIA: Garuda Indonesia Grounds 15 Planes Over Maintenance, Financial Issues
1176. MALAYSIAN Travelers Can Soon Stay in China Visa-Free For Up to 90 Days Under New Five-Year Deal
1177. MYANMAR: US Imposes Sanctions on Myanmar Border Militia Over Cyber Scams
1178. SINGAPORE: Tech Billionaire Bill Gates’ Philanthropic Foundation to Set Up Office in Singapore
1179. INDONESIA: Miners Slam Chinese Smelters for Buying Bauxite Below Benchmark Price
1180. INDONESIA Annual Q1 GDP Growth Slowest in More Than Three Years
1181. SINGAPORE: Sexist, Racist Abuse of Women Candidates in Singapore GE2025 Draws Backlash From Gender Equality NGO
1182. MYANMAR: Sex-Based Violence Against Women and Girls in Myanmar
1183. VIETNAM: Thousands of Vietnamese Workers Scramble for High
1184. CAMBODIA: Troops Withdraw From Ancient Temple After Thai-Cambodian Talks
1185. INDONESIA: Impeachment Call, Abortive Reshuffle Hint at Internal TNI Tension
1186. INDONESIA: Beyond Statistics: Establishing a Poverty Line That Reflects True Hardship
1187. MYANMAR: Over 60 Villages Displaced in Bago’s Minhla Township Amid Junta Raids and Shelling
1188. THAILAND to Launch CB Disaster Notification System by Mid-July
1189. MYANMAR: Junta Boss Issues Labor Day Plea as Workers Desert Myanmar
1190. INDONESIA: Jokowi Faces Storm of Lawsuits Six months After Stepping Down
1191. INDONESIA: Foreign Investment up 12% yoy in First Quarter
1192. MALAYSIA Facing Severe Brain Drain with 1.86 Million Already Gone: Digital Minister
1193. MYANMAR Heritage Falls Victim to Quake
1194. VIETNAM Forecast to Become Second-Largest Economy in Southeast Asia by 2036
1195. INDONESIA Moves Toward Lifting Saudi Labor Ban Under New Safeguards
1196. INDONESIA: Indorama to Invest $2B in US as Tariff Talks Go On
1197. MALAYSIA and VIETNAM Vow Continued Humanitarian Aid for Myanmar Citizens: PM Anwar
1198. MYANMAR Marks Month of Misery Since Historic Quake
1199. THAILAND to Launch Delivery Drone Trials in Bangkok This Year
1200. CAMBODIA On Track to be Malaria-Free by September
1201. INDONESIA: LG Departure Marks Rude Awakening for Indonesia’s Nickel Downstream Dream
1202. INDONESIA: Free Meal Program Faces Hurdles on Food Safety, Funds Management
1203. MYANMAR Junta Builds a Surveillance State: report
1204. VIETNAM: World Bank forecasts Vietnam GDP growth at 5.8% in 2025
1205. INDONESIA: Govt Sticks to 5 Percent Growth Target Despite IMF’s Downward Revision
1206. INDONESIA: US Criticism of QRIS Baseless, Says Indonesian Economist
1207. MALAYSIA Indonesia to Explore Large-Scale Plantation Projects in Kalimantan and South Papua
1208. MYANMAR: ND-Burma Condemns Myanmar Junta’s Forced Enlistment of Women
1209. VIETNAM: US Representatives will Attend Vietnam’s National Reunification Anniversary: Foreign Ministry
1210. INDONESIA’S Largest Muslim Group Defends Halal Rules Against US Criticism
1211. INDONESIA’S Food Plan Risks ‘World’s Largest Deforestation
1212. MYANMAR Junta Troops Re-Enter Lashio as MNDAA Withdraws; Uncertainty Grows Among Locals
1213. THAILAND Cracks Down on Foreigners Using Student Visas to Work Illegally
1214. INDONESIA: Proposal to Name Soeharto National Hero Draws Opposition
1215. INDONESIA: Govt Vows to Trade with China as Usual Despite US-China Trade War
1216. MYANMAR: Women and Girls in Myanmar Face Deadly Dual crises following earthquake
1217. Thailand’s Central Bank Pushes for Inclusive Digital Finance in ASEAN
1218. VIETNAM: VinFast Delivers 400 e-Vehicles to Indonesian Dealers, Consumers
1219. INDONESIA: TNI Presence On Campus Stokes Fears of Shrinking Civic Space
1220. MALAYSIA Among Four Countries Hit by New US Solar Import Duties
1221. MYANMAR: Kim Aris Concludes U.S. Tour With Renewed Call to Action for Aung San Suu Kyi and Myanmar People
1222. PHILIPPINES: Law Signed Requiring Immediate, Proper Burial of Muslim Cadavers
1223. VIETNAM: Northern Region Sees Sharp Rise in Forest Fires in Early 2025
1224. CAMBODIA: Remembering the ‘Fall of Phnom Penh’ 50 years ago
1225. INDONESIA Weighs US Arms Purchases to Curb Tariff Threat: Bloomberg
1226. INDONESIA Aims to Halt Rice Imports in 2025 as Self-Sufficiency Improves
1227. MALAYSIA to Teach Thai, Khmer and Vietnamese as Elective Languages in Schools to Boost ASEAN Ties: Fadhlina
1228. MYANMAR: New Year Honors List: A Who’s Who of Genocide, Sanctions, and Misrule
1229. CAMBODIA: April 17, 1975: A Day of Long-Lasting Memories
1230. INDONESIA: Top US, Indonesian Diplomats Discuss Tariffs, Defense in Meeting
1231. INDONESIA: Trump’s Tariff Moves Push Indonesians Toward Gold and Real Estate
1232. MYANMAR’S Pushback Against Chinese Influence: Social Media and Street Protests
1233. THAILAND: Thaksin Meets Anwar, Myanmar Junta Leader at Bangkok Hotel Amid Tight Security
1234. INDONESIA: Two More Indonesian Geoparks Get UNESCO Recognition
1235. INDONESIAN Consulate Warns Against Unofficial Hajj Routes for 2025
1236. MALAYSIA: Rare Diseases in Malaysia: the Hidden Crisis Few are Talking About
1237. MYANMAR Junta Chief to Meet ASEAN Chair After Years of Being Kept AT a Distance
1238. PHILIPPINES-Security Tightened vs Kidnaps
1239. VIETNAM’S Largest City to Test 47,000 Public School Teachers for English Proficiency
1240. CAMBODIA: At Least 80,000 Indonesians are Working Illegally in Cambodia
1241. INDONESIA: Australia Asks Indonesia About Russian Request to Base Aircraft in Papua
1242. INDONESIA Hosts 100 Foreign Investors Amid Rising US-China Trade Tensions
1243. MALAYSIA PM says to Meet MYANMAR Junta Chief Over Quake Relief
1244. VIETNAM, CHINA Ink Pivotal Agreements on Railway, Road Cooperation
1245. INDONESIAN Embassy Urges Students in US to be Cautious Amid Visa Concerns
1246. INDONESIAN Embassy Urges Students in US to be Cautious Amid Visa Concerns
1247. MYANMAR Quake Victims Mark New Year Camped in Ruins
1248. SINGAPORE Slashes 2025 Growth Forecast to as Low as 0% Amid US-China Tariff War and Global Slowdown Fears
1249. THAILAND: BOT to Hold Financial institutions Liable for Call Center Scam Losses
1250. INDONESIA: Calls Mount for Transparency in KUHAP Law Revision
1251. INDONESIA Eyes Global Rice Export Market with Projected 12 Million Ton Surplus
1252. MYANMAR: India Rethinks Myanmar Policy Amid Border Shifts and Rising Tensions
1253. THAILAND Seeks Extradition of Former Buddhism Office Chief from US
1254. VIETNAM Administrative Overhaul: Planned Mergers to Reduce 63 Cities and provinces to 34
1255. INDONESIA: ‘We Are Not Trying to Displace Palestinians’: Indonesia on Gaza Evacuation Plan
1256. MYANMAR: Earthquake Destroyed 50,000 Houses in Central Myanmar: Junta
1257. THAILAND: BMA Outlines New Educational Guidelines for Disaster and Globalization Resilience
1258. VIETNAM-High School Students Create Semi-Automatic Durian Shelling Machine
1259. INDONESIA: Prabowo Says Revival of Military ‘Dwifungsi’ Nonsense
1260. INDONESIA-EU Seek Each Other’s Markets as Trump Tariffs Take Effect
1261. MYANMAR: Local Expertise Key to Earthquake Relief Amid Conflict in Myanmar, Report Advises
1262. THAILAND: Coffee Crisis Looms as Court Halts Nescafé Production in Thailand
1263. VIETNAM May Allow Dual Citizenship Under Amended Law
1264. INDONESIA: Prabowo Slams ‘Dark Indonesia’ Narrative, Warns of Nazi-Style Propaganda Tactics
1265. MYANMAR Suspends Tourist Visas After Quake
1266. THAILAND Plans to Restore Trade Balance with US: Finance Minister
1267. SINGAPORE: Crypto Ownership Climbs in Singapore, Gen Z and millennials lead shift: survey
1268. INDONESIA: President Prabowo to Distribute 1,000 Owls to Combat Rat Pests in Majalengka
1269. MYANMAR Junta Orders Earthquake Rescue Teams to Seek Prior Permission For Operations
1270. THAILAND Joins ASEAN Effort to Aid Myanmar Quake Victims
1271. VIETNAM Asks US to Delay New Tariffs by At Least 45 Days
1272. CAMBODIA is Open to Negotiation With US Over Tariff Hike, Offers to slash Import Duties
1273. INDONESIA: Prabowo Connects with World Leaders Amid Concerns Over US Tariffs
1274. INDONESIA Seeks to Negotiate with US over Trump’s New Tariffs
1275. MYANMAR: Rain Complicates Recovery in Quake-Hit Myanmar as Death Toll Tises
1276. VIETNAM: ‘US is Vietnam’s Largest Export Market, But There Are Other Buyers’: PM
1277. CAMBODIA Tops List of New Trump Tariffs, 49%
1278. INDONESIA Sends Medical Team and Relief Supplies to Earthquake-Hit Myanmar
1279. MALAYSIA: Trump Announces Tariffs on All Countries, including Malaysia at 24pc
1280. MYANMAR Quake Toll Passes 2,700 as Hopes of Rescue Fade
1281. THAILAND: Trump Tax Plan Targets Thailand as “Non-Reciprocal” Trading Partner
1282. INDONESIA: House Vows Openness, Public Participation in Police Law Revision
1283. INDONESIA: New TNI Law Could Bring Economic Consequences
1284. MYANMAR’https://asiaviews.net/indonesia-house-vows-openness-public-participation-in-police-law-revision/S Bloodiest Armed Forces Day
1285. SINGAPORE: Haze Returns to Singapore As Regional Hot Spot Activity Intensifies
1286. VIETNAM Approves 5-year Pilot Plan of Elon Musk’s Starlink Satellite Internet
1287. CAMBODIA: Cambodia Ranks Lowest in ASEAN Education
1288. INDONESIA Joins BRICS-Backed New Development Bank
1289. INDONESIA: Rupiah Hits Lowest Level Since 1998 Crisis Amid US Tariff Fears, Fiscal Concerns
1290. MYANMAR Junta’s Lottery Intensifies Conscription in Mandalay
1291. VIETNAM: Japan Turns to Vietnam, Indonesia to Tackle Truck Driver Shortage
1292. CAMBODIA: Nearly 1,000 Job Scam Cases Involving Indonesians Reported
1293. INDONESIA: Overlapping Responsibilities Loom Over Revised TNI Law
1294. INDONESIA: Flights Cancelled, Thousands Evacuated After East Flores Volcano Eruption
1295. INDONESIA: China’s Largest Coffee Chain Luckin Coffee Establishes Exclusive Coconut Island in Indonesia
1296. MYANMAR Junta Banks on Solar Miracle as Yangon Sinks Back into Darkness
1297. INDONESIA: ‘RIP Reform’: Democracy Advocates Sound Alarm Over Return of New Order
1298. INDONESIA: Papua Militias Kill Female Teacher, Injure Six: Authorities
1299. MYANMAR: UK Condemns Myanmar military’s escalating violence at UN Human Rights Council
1300. THAILAND: Censure Debate: PM Accused of Prioritizing Family, Allies Over Nation
1301. VIETNAM: Why Foreign Entrepreneurs Are Choosing Vietnam for Their Startups
1302. INDONESIA: Protection for Journalist Safety Remains Weak in Indonesia: Survey
1303. INDONESIA: Thai Ambassador Leads Business Delegation to Nusantara to Explore Investment Opportunities
1304. MYANMAR  Junta Arming Grassroots Militias to Control Urban Centers
1305. THAILAND to Propose Wat Arun’s Stupa as  World Heritage Site
1306. VIETNAM Enters Mobile Internet Speed Global Top 20 for First Time
1307. INDONESIA: Government Earmarks Rp 20 Trillion to Rescue Labor-Intensive Industries
1308. INDONESIA: Prabowo Instructs Minister to Begin Giant Seawall Project
1309. MALAYSIA: World Happiness Report: Like income, Malaysia stuck in middle
1310. MYANMAR: Scam Centers ‘Alive and Kicking’ in Shan State
1311. VIETNAM: People Queue Up for Hours to Buy Gold as Prices Surpass $3,900 For the First Time
1312. INDONESIA’S Stock Market Plunges While Others Shine
1313. INDONESIA: Sri Mulyani Reassures Investors on Prudent Budget Management as Stock Market Slumps
1314. MALAYSIA: ‘What Is Accepting 15 people?’: Malaysia to take in Palestinian Fighters Freed by Israel: Foreign Minister
1315. MYANMAR: Militants Killed Dozens of Rohingya Refugees Last Year: Watchdog
1316. SINGAPORE: First Solar-Powered Electric Boats to Ply Singapore River Next Month
1317. INDONESIA: TNI Law Revision Crosses Democratic Red Line
1318. INDONESIA’S  Business Sector Struggles Against Organized Extortion
1319. MALAYSIA: PM Anwar: Foreign State Immunity Act key to boosting investor confidence, protecting national security
1320. MYANMAR: Forcibly Displaced to Surge by 6.7 Million in 2025-2026: Aid Group
1321. VIETNAM: Asia’s Most Prestigious University Launches Exchange Program for Vietnamese Students
1322. INDONESIA to Lift Ban on Sending Workers to Saudi, Expecting 600,000 Jobs
1323. INDONESIA: Civil Groups Criticize Military Involvement in Drug Enforcement
1324. MYANMAR: WFP to Cut Food Aid to 1 Million People in Myanmar
1325. THAILAND Ranks 3rd in the World for QR Code Usage
1326. VIETNAM: UN Confirms Vietnam’s Deposit of Chart, Geographical Coordinates of Points for Baseline in Gulf of Tonkin
1327. INDONESIA: State Revenue Nosedives in January and February
1328. INDONESIA: Prabowo Considers Isolated Island Prison for Corruption Convicts
1329. MYANMAR: Aung San Suu Kyi’s Son Begins U.S. Tour to Urge International Action on Myanmar Crisis
1330. THAI Businesses Lead Asia’s Green Tech Surge: Alibaba report
1331. VIETNAM: VinFast Plans 100,000 EV Charging Stations in Indonesia
1332. INDONESIA: Dark Cloud Hangs Over RI Economy Amid Declining Confidence in Fiscal Policy
1333. INDONESIA: Foreign Investors Dump Indonesian Stocks, JCI Plummets as BBRI and GOTO Take Heavy Hit
1334. INDONESIA’S  Anti-Graft Law Allows Death Penalty, but Will It Ever Be Enforced?
1335. MYANMAR: What We Know About the Myanmar Junta’s Promise of Elections
1336. PHILIPPINE Armed Forces, Police On Alert After Ex-President Duterte Arrest, Transfer to The Hague
1337. INDONESIA: Outcry Against Nepotism, Cronyism in Government
1338. INDONESIA: East Java Police Foil Arms Smuggling to Papua’s Armed Group
1339. MYANMAR: UN Reinstates Aid to Rohingya Refugees in Indonesia: Official
1340. PHILIPPINES: Sara Duterte Flies to the Netherlands to Help Father in ICC Case
1341. VIETNAM: Singaporean Businesses Seek to Invest More in Vietnam’s Renewable Energy, Industrial parks
1342. CAMBODIA: Buddha Statue Body Found After Head was Uncovered in 1927
1343. INDONESIA: New Cars on the Block as Chinese Brands Extend Turf War to Indonesia
1344. INDONESIA May Allocate Up to Rp 5 Trillion for Free Boarding Schools for Underprivileged Students
1345. MALAYSIA: End of Cheap Palm oil? Malaysia, Indonesia Face Supply Crunch as Biodiesel Demand Surges
1346. MYANMAR: Chinese-Run Online Money Laundering Continues in DKBA-Controlled Areas of Myanmar Despite Crackdown
1347. INDONESIA: Govt Delays Monthly Budget Data Relay, as Experts Warn Likely Revenue Drop
1348. INDONESIA: KPK Flags Irregularities in Indonesia’s $4 Billion Free Meal Program
1349. MYANMAR: Karen BGF to Repatriate Approximately 1,500 Chinese Nationals Involved in Online Fraud
1350. THAILAND: Malaysians Urged Delaying Non-Essential Trips to Southern Thailand
1351. VIETNAM Aims to Make English Second Language For All Students by 2035
1352. INDONESIA: Tepid Middle-Class Growth Casts Doubt on Economic Ambitions
1353. INDONESIA: Police Foil Attempt to Smuggle 127 Illegal Workers Disguised as Umrah Pilgrims
1354. INDONESIA: Chinese and German Investors Eye Indonesian Bamboo Cultivation
1355. MYANMAR: Rohingya Food Aid to be Halved From Next Month: UN
1356. THAILAND: Chinese Business Wave Takes Over Sampheng and Pratunam
1357. INDONESIA: Prabowo Consolidates Ranks, Orders More Populist Policies
1358. INDONESIA: Factories Struggle as Indonesia Faces Industrial Challenges in 2025
1359. MALAYSIA: CCTV Now Mandatory in New Housing Projects Across Federal Territories: Minister
1360. MYANMAR: Putin Hails Myanmar Ties as Junta Chief Visits Moscow
1361. VIETNAM Considers Waiving Visas for Select Countries, Billionaires
1362. INDONESIA: Authorities Scramble to Contain Greater Jakarta Floods
1363. INDONESIA: Nusantara Authority Now Fully Works in New Capital
1364. MALAYSIA: Mocking Other Religions Is Against Islam, Jakim warns as Era FM Hosts Taken Off-Air Over Thaipusam Clip
1365. MYANMAR: Pressure on Thailand Grows as 200 Myanmar Deportees Fed into Junta War Machine
1366. THAILAND Eyes Health Industry As its Next Economic Powerhouse
1367. CAMBODIA: Ministry’s Report Sees Major Decline in Infectious Diseases
1368. INDONESIA: Govt Mulls Merging Pertamina Subsidiaries After Fuel Import Scandal
1369. INDONESIA: Deflation and Layoffs Weaken Indonesia’s Ramadan
1370. MYANMAR: ‘Made in China’: Inside the Myanmar Junta’s Intensifying Drone Offensive
1371. VIETNAM Considers Relaxing Its Two-Child Policy Amid Declining Birth Rate
1372. INDONESIA: Government Banks on Students to Preserve Indonesia’s Native Languages
1373. INDONESIA: Erick Thohir to Transfer $909 Billion in SOE Assets to Danantara
1374. MALAYSIA: From Trash to Treasure: What is Malaysia Doing With its Waste?
1375. MYANMAR: Min Aung Hlaing to Visit Russia
1376. VIETNAMESE Ethnic Couple Adapting to New Life After Spending 90 Years Living in Caves
1377. REGION: Whales and marine mammals thrive in Southeast Asia’s rich waters
1378. INDONESIA: Distrust in Danantara Sparks Online Calls to Switch Banks
1379. INDONESIA Has the Potential to Become a Key Player in the Global Halal Industry
1380. MYANMAR: Food Running Out for 100,000 Myanmar Refugees After US Aid Freeze
1381. VIETNAMESE Citizens Among 7,000 Rescued from Myanmar scam networks
1382. INDONESIA: Prabowo Inaugurates Indonesia’s First Bullion Bank
1383. INDONESIA, Malaysia to Form Special Team for Prisoner Exchange
1384. MYANMAR Embassy Urged to Assist Stranded Migrant Workers After Thai Authorities Shut Down AAC office
1385. THAILAND Issues Warning About ‘Zombie cCgarettes’ Amid RIsing Popularity in Bangkok
1386. INDONESIA Agrees to Terms with Apple to Lift iPhone Sales Ban
1387. INDONESIA: Danantara May Crowd Out Private Investment
1388. MYANMAR Junta Leads Global Regimes in Digital Repression
1389. SINGAPORE Sees Record Surge in Cybercrime, S$1.1b Lost to Scams in 2024
1390. INDONESIA: Pertamina Patra Niaga CEO, Six Others Arrested in $11 Billion Corruption Scandal
1391. INDONESIA: Media Violence Still Rampant in Indonesia, Latest Index Shows
1392. MYANMAR Junta Inks Deal With Russia to Kickstart Dawei SEZ Project
1393. PHILIPPINES: The Schools that made a stand for ‘People Power’
1394. VIETNAM Police Bust $78.5M Cross-Border Money-Laundering Ring
1395. CAMBODIA: 65M Year-Old Fossil Site Unearthed in Koh Kong
1396. Indonesia Seeks to Repatriate 270 Citizens Rescued from Online Scam Centers in Myanmar
1397. INDONESIAN Bus Driver To Be fFrst To Work Under New Japan Visa Status
1398. MALAYSIA, Indonesia, Vietnam and Thailand Become Partner Countries of BRICS
1399. MYANMAR: Over 15 Million People in Myanmar Face Acute Food Insecurity:UNOCHA
1400. INDONESIA: KPK is Sure Jakarta Will Meet Deadline For Extraditing Fugitive from Singapore
1401. Toyota Eyes Making Indonesia Manufacturing Hub for Global South: Hashim
1402. MALAYSIA: Starbucks’ Malaysian Franchise Holder Berjaya Foods Sees Revenue Slashed by Almost Half Last Year Amid Pro-Palestine Boycott
1403. MYANMAR: AAC Office Handling Migrant Worker Affairs Shut Down by Thai Authorities
1404. THAILAND: Internal Security Agency Increases Monitoring of Foreigners
1405. CAMBODIA Announces Implementation of Euro 5 Fuel Standards From This Year
1406. INDONESIA: TNI Law Revision Raises ‘Dwifungsi’ Fears
1407. INDONESIA: 37 Orangutans Rescued in East Kalimantan Amid Rising Human-Wildlife Conflicts
1408. MALAYSIA Plans Special ASEAN-US Summit to Reinforce Neutrality: Foreign Minister
1409. MYANMNAR: Junta Passes Law Allowing Chinese Security Firms to Operate in Myanmar
1410. INDONESIA: Prabowo Sees Major Protests Early in Presidency
1411. INDONESIA: Dewi Soekarno Renounces Indonesian Citizenship, Enters Japan’s Political Race
1412. MALAYSIA: Citizenship for Malaysian Mums’ Kids: Family Frontiers, Govt Look Into Settling Case before Federal Court’s March 10 Hearing
1413. MYANMAR: Human Rights Myanmar Submission to UN on Abuses Against Persons with Disabilities in Myanmar
1414. THAILAND’S Economic Struggle: Can Former Asian Tiger Regain Its Roar?
1415. REGIONAL: Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand Boost Local Currency Transaction Framework
1416. INDONESIA: Prabowo’s Permanent Coalition Proposal Draws Mixed Responses
1417. INDONESIA’S Parliament to Approve Revised Mining Law
1418. Myanmar Junta Criticizes Argentina Arrest Warrant
1419. VIETNAM: How Vietnamese Entrepreneur Utilizes AI to Teach English to 50 Million Learners Worldwide
1420. INDONESIAN Researchers Discover Potential Cancer-Fighting Plant in Orangutan Diet Study
1421. INDONESIA: Investors Bleed Trillions to Rampant CSO Extortion in Industrial Zones
1422. MALAYSIA: Medical Tourism: Who Else Is In The Race With Malaysia?
1423. MYANMAR: Thailand Deports 10 to China Linked to Actor Cyber-Fraud Case in Myanmar
1424. VIETNAMESE Students in Australia Secure $2.8M Investment in Instant credit Card Payment App
1425. INDONESIA, Turkey Greenlight Drone, Warship Construction in RI
1426. INDONESIA: Over 4,200 Indonesians Marked for Deportation from the US
1427. INDONESIA: Concern As Orangutan Seen Roaming Kalimantan Coal site
1428. MALAYSIANS Advised to Avoid Thailand’s Narathiwat Fishing Villages Flagged as Drug Hotspots
1429. MYANMAR: IEC to Implement Interstate Pass Cards for Security and Oversight in Karenni State
1430. INDONESIA: Prabowo, Erdogan Reaffirm Support for Palestinian State
1431. INDONESIA: Thousands of Christians in Papua Handwrite Bible Verses, Set National Record
1432. MALAYSIA: Government Proposes Allowing UNHCR Refugees to Work in Malaysia legally
1433. MYANMAR: Fuel Shortages in Myawaddy Lead to More Border Crossings and Black-Market sales
1434. SINGAPORE Conducts Joint Exercise with Malaysia, Indonesia For Better Response to Oil Spills
1435. INDONESIA: OJK Launches Indonesia Anti-Scam Center to Combat Fraud
1436. INDONESIA: Prabowo’s Efficiency Measures Exclude Defense Ministry and Police
1437. MYANMAR: Cut Off Myanmar Junta’s Financial Lifelines: Experts
1438. SINGAPORE: Be ‘Psychologically Prepared’ for a Terror Attack, Singaporeans Told Amid Rising Arrests of Radicals
1439. VIETNAM-China railway to Create $4.4B Construction Market
1440. INDONESIA Maintains Distance From BRICS De-Dollarization Concept Amid Trump’s Threats
1441. INDONESIA: Prabowo’s Free Meal Program Should Focus on Regions with High Stunting Rate
1442. MALAYSIAN: Singapore to Deport Iranian, Malaysian Husband PR Over Travel Agency Accused of Facilitating Entry of Terrorist Suspects
1443. MYANMAR: Trump Cuts Hit Thai Refugee Camps on Myanmar Border
1444. THAILAND: Influencer Wave Sweeps Thailand as Millions Seek Digital Spotlight
1445. CAMBODIA: Hit by US Aid Crunch, Demining Struggles to Continue
1446. INDONESIA: BNI Provides Business Loans for Indonesian Diaspora
1447. INDONESIA: Rohingya Refugee Influx Raises Concern for Conflict
1448. MALAYSIA: Melaka Cops Bust International Job Scam Call Center, Arrest Nine Including Three Chinese Nationals Targeting Caribbean Victims
1449. 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
1450. INDONESIA: Prabowo Hints at First Reshuffle for Underperforming Ministers
1451. INDONESIA to Build Three Solar Power Plants
1452. MALAYSIA: Home Minister Confirms 22 Immigration Officers Questioned in Medical Visa Probe
1453. MYANMAR: Singapore Urges Employers to Shun Migrants from Myanmar
1454. THAILAND: Thai Cyber Police Cut Internet Signals Feeding Myanmar Scammer Gangs
1455. INDONESIA ‘Strongly Rejects’ Trump’s Gaza Takeover Plan
1456. INDONESIAN Army to Establish Five New Regional Commands
1457. MALAYSIA: Guidelines for Muslims at Non-Muslim Events: Islamic Afairs Minister Says Talks ongoing, Aims to Prevent Religious Conflicts
1458. MYANMAR: NUG Discloses Over 1,000 Healthcare Facilities Established Across 190 Townships in Myanmar
1459. PHILIPPINES: Sara Impeached by House
1460. CAMBODIA: PLHIV Face Significant Setbacks After Suspension of USAID Funding
1461. INDONESIA: Govt Walks Back Subsidized LPG Policy After Backlash
1462. INDONESIA to Implement B50 Palm Oil Biodiesel Mandate Next Year
1463. MYANMAR: Singapore Remains Biggest Foreign Investor in Myanmar
1464. INDONESIA Wavering on Climate Commitments Amid Global Uncertainty
1465. INDONESIA: Prabowo Orders Army to Work on Food Security
1466. MYANMAR Junta Restricts Overseas Employment for Conscription-Eligible Men
1467. PHILIPPINES Declares Food Security Emergency to Tame Soaring Rice Prices
1468. SINGAPORE: Trust Between Racial Groups in Singapore Grows, But Stereotyping Rises: IPS
1469. INDONESIA Secures UAE Partnership in Key Sectors, Including $50M Reforestation Grant
1470. MALAYSIA: Low Demand Forces Malaysia’s Manufacturers Into Steepest price Cuts in Decade Ahead of Global Trade War
1471. MYANMAR AId Groups Struggle With Freeze as UN Warns of ‘Staggering’ Hunger
1472. THAILAND’S Border and Cross-Border Trade in 2024 Reaches Record High
1473. INDONESIA Launches New Credit Scheme for labor-intensive industries
1474. INDONESIA: Most of Indonesia’s Oil Consumption Supplied by Singapore
1475. MYANMAR: Travelers Face 5 Million Kyat ‘Facilitation Fees’ to Depart Yangon Airport
1476. SINGAPORE: National University of Singapore to Open Acacia College, First Residential College Focused on AI
1477. THAILAND: How Did So Many Thai Farmers End Up Held Hostage by Hamas?
1478. INDONESIA: Prabowo Expands Military’s Role in Test of Fragile Democracy
1479. INDONESIA: Police Uncover International Love Scam Operation in Jakarta
1480. Myanmar Junta Registering Women Ahead of Possible Conscription
1481. SINGAPORE Mandates App Stores to Block Underage Access to Adult Content
1482. THAILAND: BOI Approves TikTok’s $3.76 Billion Data Center Investment
1483. INDONESIA: KPK Makes Headway in Another Stalled Case After Fugitive Arrest in Singapore
1484. INDONESIA: Insects and Worms May Feature in Indonesia’s Nutritious Meal Program
1485. MALAYSIA: Chinese New Villages to shine as tourism gems for Visit Malaysia 2026
1486. MYANMAR: UK Warns Against Travel To Parts of Myanmar Amidst Escalating Conflict
1487. THAILAND: Rainmaking Mission Extended as Bangkok Air Quality Improves Slightly
1488. INDONESIA Fines Google for Monopolistic, Unfair Practices in Play Services
1489. INDONESIA: Privacy Breach? Teachers in West Java High School Require Students to Take Pregnancy Tests
1490. MYANMAR: NUG to Intensify Revolution in Myanmar During 2025 With Ethnic Allies and International Support
1491. THAILAND: Nearly 200 Bangkok Schools Close over air pollution
1492. VIETNAM: Over 56% of Japanese Firms Looking to Expand Investment in Vietnam: Survey
1493. INDONESIA: Prabowo Lauds Cabinet’s Performance At Three-Month Mark
1494. INDONESIA: ExxonMobil to Invest Up to $15 Billion in Indonesian Carbon Storage, Petrochemical
1495. MYANMAR Junta Says It Has Deported Over 50,000 Scam Center Workers to China
1496. THAILAND: What Next After Same Sex Marriage in Thailand?
1497. ‘VIETNAM Poised to Become Financial Hub like Switzerland, Singapore’: Analyst
1498. CAMBODIA: Khmer Language Gets AI-Infusion
1499. INDONESIA: Prabowo Vows No More Fuel Imports By End Of His Presidency
1500. INDONESIA to Require Commodity Exporters to Keep All Dollar Revenues in Local Banks
1501. MYANMAR Junta Blames Thailand, EAOs as China Urges Scam Crackdown
1502. THAILAND: Chinese Tourism to Thailand Faces Sharp Decline Amid Safety Concerns
1503. CAMBODIA: Government Allocates $150 M Credit Guarantee Mechanism to Protect Rice Farmers
1504. INDONESIA: Jakarta ‘Never Heard’ of Trump’s Plan to Relocate Gazans to Indonesia
1505. INDONESIA: Qatari Investor to Invest at Least $16 Billion in Indonesia’s Housing Projects
1506. MYANMAR: Junta Forcefully Recruits Youth and elderly for Military Service in Mandalay Region
1507. VIETNAM: Hanoi to Install 40,000 New Surveillance Cameras by 2030
1508. INDONESIA: Jakarta Governor’s Regulation on Polygamy Sparks Public Debate
1509. INDONESIA Plans to Offer Carbon Credit Certificates to Foreign Buyers Next Week
1510. MALAYSIA: PM Anwar to Champion ASEAN’s Agenda On Gllobal Stage at WEF 2025 in Davos
1511. MYANMAR: ASEAN tells Myanmar to Prioritize Ceasefire Over Elections
1512. THAILAND: Bangkok Named the World’s Second-Best City
1513. INDONESIA Welcomes Gaza Ceasefire Deal, Urges Reconstruction
1514. INDONESIA Officially Adopts 15% Global Minimum Tax
1515. MALAYSIA: What is Malaysia’s Biggest Risks As We Go into 2025? WEF Study says Economic Downturn Top of List
1516. MYANMAR Military Leader Blames Foreign Interference and Resistance Forces for Ongoing Unrest
1517. THAILAND to Sign Historic Free Trade Agreement with EFTA in Davo
1518. INDONESIA: Poverty in Indonesia Drops by 1.84 Million People Since 2023
1519. INDONESIA: Most Indonesians Still Unsure about Trump: Survey
1520. INDONESIA: Asia’s Most Beautiful Island Crowned World’s Best Culture Destination
1521. MYANMAR: Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Jailed for 19 Years by Myanmar Military
1522. CAMBODIA: REDD+ Community Forests Successfully Registered in Kampong Thom
1523. INDONESIA: Prabowo Forbids Building Houses On Rice Fields
1524. INDONESIA: DPR Plans In-Depth Review of Social Media Restrictions for Children
1525. MALAYSIA: PM Anwar Says Going Digital is Way Forward for Malaysia
1526. MYANMAR: Blood Money Campaign releases report critical of international support to Myanmar’s junta
1527. INDONESIA: President Prabowo Plans Military-Style Retreat For New Regional Heads
1528.  INDONESIA: Bali Police Bust International Online Prostitution Ring in Canggu, Arrest Two Russians
1529. MALAYSIA: Most Malaysians Bullish on 2025 Despite Seeing More taxes, Higher Inflation: Poll
1530. MYANMAR: Demand for Solar Spikes as Darkness Shrouds Junta-Ruled Myanmar
1531. SINGAPORE: ‘Stand Against Nativism and Xenophobia’: Lee Hsien Loong Tells Singaporeans to Help Immigrants, Foreign Workers integrate into society
1532. INDONESIA: Saudi Lets Indonesia Send 221,000 Hajj Pilgrims This Year
1533. INDONESIA: Floods Remain Biggest Threat in 2025: Disaster Agency
1534. MALAYSIA: Healthcare and Medical Tourism Could Be Next Biggest Economic Drivers in JS-SEZ: Johor exco
1535. MYANMAR Junta Cuts Filmmaker’s LIfe Sentence to 15 Years As Part of WIder Amnesty
1536. SINGAPORE’S Water Agency Issues Flood Alerts as Heavy Rainfall Surpasses Monthly Average
1537. INDONESIA: Businesses, Experts Expect Little Economic Benefit From Joining BRICS
1538. INDONESIA  Builds World’s Largest Refuse-Derived Fuel Facility
1539. INDONESIA to Send 425,000 Workers Abroad in 2025
1540. MYANMAR: Junta Minister Makes Surreal Pitch for War-Torn Myanmar as Global Tourism Destination
1541. THAILAND’S  ‘Dual Prime Minister’ Model is a Delicate Tight-Rope Walk
1542. INDONESIA to Inaugurate Six New Dams to Boost Food and Water Security in 2025
1543. INDONESIA: Papua Land is Never empty, it is a Source of Livelihood for Many
1544. MALAYSIA: Anwar Government Entering Minefield Amid Push for Crucial Economic Reforms, Fitch Unit Says
1545. MYANMAR: Russia Completes Delivery of Warplanes to Embattled Myanmar Junta
1546. VIETNAM Invests $665M Abroad in 2024
1547. CAMBODIA: Healing journey from Khmer Rouge: Confronting the past, building the future
1548. INDONESIA: Prabowo Needs Bureaucratic Reforms to Deliver his Economic Agenda
1549. INDONESIA: Government Drafts New Energy Subsidy Scheme
1550. MYANMAR: What’s in Store for Myanmar in 2025
1551. SINGAPORE Tables Bill to Bolster Ethnic Harmony, Hundreds of Groups to be Labelled ‘Race
1552. INDONESIA: Prabowo’s Plan to Boost Oil and Gas Production Faces Major Hurdles
1553. INDONESIA Launches Ambitious Free-Meal Program to Combat Stunting
1554. Myanmar Releases 151 Thai Prisoners, but Not Detained Fishing Crew
1555. SINGAPORE: Over 60% of Singaporean Households Have Claimed $220 Vouchers from Cost-of-Living Support Scheme
1556. VIETNAM: First Vietnamese Appointed Editor-in-Chief of World Leading Scientific Journal
1557. CAMBODIA Achieves 74% Drop in Malaria Cases in 2024
1558. INDONESIA: Nutritious Meal Program Begins with 190 Public Kitchens Across 26 Provinces
1559. INDONESIA: World Bank Projects Worsening RI Current Account Deficit
1560. MALAYSIA Turns Away 2 Boats with Nearly 300 Rohingya Refugees
1561. MYANMAR Spring Revolution Challenges for 2025
1562. VIETNAM Offers 50% Investment Subsidy to Attract Semiconductor and AI Investments
1563. INDONESIA: Constitutional Court Revokes Presidential Nomination Threshold
1564. INDONESIA: From Spotify to Google Play: Gov’t to Return Money From Miscalculated VAT
1565. SINGAPORE Economy Grew 4pc in 2024, Advance Estimate Shows, Fastest Post-Pandemic Growth
1566. MYANMAR: UNICEF Report Says Myanmar Conflict has Displaced Nearly 1.3 Million Children by End of 2024
1567. MYANMAR Enforces Cybersecurity Law Effective January 1
1568. INDONESIA: Fraud, Alleged Illegal Levying Raise Questions About Free Meals Program’s Implementation
1569. INDONESIA: Prabowo Wants More Palm Oil Plantations, Says Not to Fear Deforestation
1570. MYANMAR: Chin Brotherhood Alliance Marks First Anniversary, Reports 1,000 Battles and Heavy losses
1571. PHILIPPINES: 24,000 Foreign Workers Exit Philippines After Online Gambling Ban
1572. THAILAND: Trump’s Policies Could Inflict THB160-billion Loss on Thailand
1573. INDONESIA: Politically Charged Year Comes to a Close
1574. INDONESIA: Bali Police: US Citizens Top List of Foreign Offenders in Bali
1575. MALAYSIA: New laws, New Weekend: What Other Changes for Malaysia can You Expect in 2025 Starting Tomorrow?
1576. MYANMAR Garment Workers in Chinese Factories Face Exploitation and Harsh Conditions
1577. SINGAPORE Sentences Malaysia Syndicate ‘COO’ to 28 Years in Landmark Drug Money-Laundering Case
1578. CAMBODIA- King Pardons 13 Filipino Women Jailed Over Surrogacy
1579. INDONESIA: 2024 a Year of Shrinking Indonesian Middle Class
1580. INDONESIA: N. Sumatra Authorities Detain Bangladeshi National for Smuggling Compatriots
1581. MALAYSIA: Pharmacists Sound Alarm as Rising Ozempic Misuse For Weight-Loss Causes Shortages for Diabetes Patients in Malaysia
1582. MYANMAR: China’s Plunder of Myanmar’s Rare Earth Wealth Threatens Global Security
1583. INDONESIA: Siren Rings as Aceh Mourners Mark 20 Years After Deadly Tsunami
1584. INDONESIA: 20 Years After the Wave: Building Resilient Coastal Futures
1585. MALAYSIAN Detainee Farik Amin Details Torture at Guantanamo
1586. MYANMAR: Christians Slam Cardinal Bo’s Ties to Myanmar Junta Boss
1587. VIETNAM Developing Punishments For Vaping After Ban
1588. INDONESIA: Silent night in Aceh as Indonesian Catholics hold modest Christmas mass amid Shariah law restrictions
1589. INDONESIA: Indonesia’s SOE Ministry Aims to Reduce State
1590. MALAYSIA: Terengganu’s First Public Caning for Khalwat: No Cameras Allowed as Cops Beef Up Security
1591. MYANMAR’S Garment Industry Unravelling Amid Chronic Labor Shortage
1592. VIETNAM: Sweeping Vietnam internet law comes into
1593. INDONESIA: National Police to Bring Home Ex-Jamaah Islamiyah Members From Syria, Philippines
1594. INDONESIA: Ukrainian Citizen Arrested in Thailand for Running Drug Lab in Bali
1595. MALAYSIA Among Nine Countries to Officially Become BRICS Partners from January 1, 2025: Kremlin
1596. MYANMAR: Junta Forces are Mobilizing in Central Myanmar amid Shan state Ceasefire: Rebels
1597. VIETNAM to Lead ASEAN in Economic Growth This Year: HSBC
1598. INDONESIA: Closure of National Gallery Exhibition Sparks Censorship Concerns
1599. INDONESIA: Thousands of Ex-Jemaah Islamiyah Militants Abandon Radicalism and Pledge Allegiance to Nation
1600. MYANMAR: Food Shortage Leads to Religious Conversion in Myanmar’s Naga area
1601. THAILAND Respects Malaysia’s Decision to Close Illegal Border Bases
1602. VIETNAM: Job Firms Struggle to Hire Guest Workers for Japan Due to Illegal Recruitment Practices
1603. INDONESIA: Prabowo’s plan to pardon ‘corrupters’ raises eyebrows
1604. INDONESIA: Police Uncover Counterfeit Money Syndicate Operating in Islamic University Building
1605. MALAYSIA: WhatsApp, TikTok, YouTube Among Platforms Required to Obtain Licenses Under New Licensing Rules: Fahmi
1606. MYANMAR: UN Slams Aid Abuse After ‘Rice Bunkers’ Found at Myanmar Junta Base
1607. VIETNAM: Relaxed Visa Policies Lead to Increase in illegal Foreign Workers: reports
1608. CAMBODIA: WWF report highlights discovery of new species in Greater Mekong region
1609. INDONESIA: Police Form New Team on Trafficking, Violence Against Women, Children
1610. INDONESIA: Germany Forgives Indonesia’s $78 Million Debt to Fight HIV, Tuberculosis
1611. MALAYSIA: Almost Two-Thirds of Malaysians Hold Favorable Views of China, Malay Perception Improves Significantly: Survey
1612. MYANMAR: ‘Bullet’ Says All Political Parties Must Back Myanmar Military
1613. INDONESIA: Stable Economy Boosts Capital Inflows But Global Pressure Remains: World Bank
1614. INDONESIA Issues 471 Golden Visas, Attracting $558 Million Investment in 2024
1615. INDONESIA: Japan to Establish Nursing Care Programs in Indonesia to Recruit Southeast Asian Workers
1616. MYANMAR: UN Envoy Demands International Action to Arrest Myanmar Junta Boss
1617. SINGAPORE: New Private Home Sales Hit Highest Level in More than 11 Years in November
1618. CAMBODIA: PM Orders Crackdown on Fraudsters Who Exploit Govt Projects
1619. INDONESIA to Build First Nuclear Power Plant in Bangka Belitung
1620. INDONESIA: Thousands of Indonesians Moving to Cambodia for Gambling Jobs/Antara: Foreign Ministry
1621. MALAYSIA: How Much Do Malaysians Need to Retire Comfortably?
1622. MYANMAR Junta Projects Economic Growth Rate at 3.8%
1623. INDONESIA: Indonesia’s Renewable Energy Plans May Put Forests at Risk
1624. INDONESIA: Dozen Vietnamese Nationals Arrested for Alleged Prostitution
1625. INDONESIA: Indef Compares Indonesia’s Illegal Cigarette Crisis to Latin America’s Narcotics Battle
1626. MYANMAR Opium Harvest Drops First Time Since Coup: UN
1627. SINGAPORE Reports Sharp Rise in Arrests for Harboring, Hiring Illegal Immigrants
1628. INDONESIA Identifies 29 Potential Nuclear Power Plant Sites
1629. INDONESIA Plans to Build Oil Reserve Facility Near Singapore to Reduce Imports
1630. MYANMAR-Global Campaign Protests China’s Support for Myanmar Junta
1631. PHILIPPINES: Scam Farms Change Tactics to Avoid Philippine Crackdown
1632. THAILAND: Cabinet Approves New Laws for 15% Minimum Corporate Tax
1633. CAMBODIA-PM Reveals Plans to Establish National Social Security Fund Family Package
1634. INDONESIA: Police Unveil New Antigraft Corps
1635. INDONESIA to Have Another Vaccine Producer in Near Future
1636. MALAYSIA: PM Anwar Urges Muslim Nations to Collaborate with Russia Amid Growing Western Islamophobia
1637. MYANMAR’S KIA Sends Delegation to China for Talks
1638. INDONESIA: Indian Firms Eye Investment in Indonesia’s Pharma Sector, Ambassador Says
1639. INDONESIAN Mining Sector Improving ESG Scores
1640. MYANMAR: AA Takes Complete Control of Myanmar-Bangladesh Border After Seizing Maungdaw
1641. VIETNAM: Australian National University Allows Direct Ddmission From All Vietnamese High Schools
1642. CAMBODIA Unveils Innovative Packaging Center Boost Food Industry
1643. INDONESIA: Prabowo Needs $900 Billion Investment for His 8 Pct Growth Dream
1644. INDONESIA: Diageo Expands Factory in Bali, Strengthens Indonesia As Southeast Asia Supply hub
1645. MYANMAR: Global Protests Expose China’s Complicity in Myanmar Junta Abuse
1646. VIETNAM: HCMC Offers $120 Reward for Women Having Two Children Before 35
1647. INDONESIA: King Coal Rules as Indonesia Sends Mixed Messages on Energy Transition
1648. INDONESIA: Gov’t to Enforce 12% VAT on January 1 Despite Public Opposition
1649. MALAYSIA Inquiry Proposes Criminal Probe into Mahathir Over Disputed Islets
1650. MYANMAR Junta Swells Arrest Log for Online Criticism
1651. SINGAPORE Among Preferred Destinations For Billionaires, With 47 in the Country
1652. CAMBODIA: Transparency Sought in Cambodia Talks
1653. INDONESIA: Lawmaker Urges Indonesia to Set Up Cultural Centers Overseas
1654. INDONESIA: Indonesia Announces Construction of Basilica in New Capital Nusantara
1655. MYANMAR: KIA Advances in Kachin State, Captures Junta Outposts
1656. INDONESIA: Baznas Plans to Build Mosques, Schools and Hospitals in Gaza
1657. INDONESIA Seeks to Curb $62 Billion in Online Gambling Funds Flowing Abroad
1658. MALAYSIA: Sabah to Table Cabinet Papers to End Child Marriages in Native Communities, Says Deputy CM
1659. MYANMAR Junta Boss Says He Promised Chinese, ASEAN Leaders to Hold ‘Fair Election’
1660. THAILAND: With a Score of 20, Thailand Ranks Low in Global ‘Parenthood’ Ratings
1661. INDONESIA: Migrant Workers Protection Minister Says Demand High For Indonesian Staff
1662. INDONESIA: Unlocking Geothermal Energy: Financial Risks and Community Pushback Slow Progress
1663. MYANMAR: Bangkok Seeks Answers After Thai Fishing Boats Attacked by Myanmar Vessels
1664. SINGAPORE: Fall in Positive attitudes towards people with disabilities in the workplace: MSF report
1665. VIETNAM: Lawyers warn of deportation risk for Vietnamese in US when Trump returns
1666. INDONESIA: Massive Costs, Reforms Await Prabowo Full Coal Phase Out Plan
1667. INDONESIA: Gov’t Plans to Establish State Revenue Ministry Headed by Abimanyu: Hashim
1668. MYANMAR: Caught Between Thailand and a Wa Place; Taking Chinese Lessons in Power
1669. THAILAND: Japanese Electronic Component Maker to Invest 62Bn More in Thailand
1670. VIETNAM: Lawmakers Approve Vietnam Airlines’ $870M Share Issuance Plan
1671. INDONESIA: A Step Closer to Partner with UAE on Papua Food Estate
1672. INDONESIAN  Government Aims to Return FOreign Prisoners By January
1673. MALAYSIA: PM Anwar Slams Exploitation of Race, Religion, Urges Love, Unity To Counter Hate-Driven rhetoric
1674. MYANMAR: Thai Legislation Threatens Exiles from Myanmar: Rights Groups
1675. SINGAPORE Businessman Tried for $1.1B Investment Scam, Spent Proceeds on Porsche, Rolls
1676. CAMBODIA: Govt Keen to Downplay Thai-Cambodian Sea Spat
1677. INDONESIA Can Benefit from US-China Trade War Amid Trump’s Tariff Threats
1678. INDONESIA: Govt to Allocate 8 million Ha of Land to Support Free meals, Reach Food Self-Sufficiency
1679. MYANMAR: Rakhine’s Banking System Collapses as Myanmar State Teeters on Precipice
1680. VIETNAM: Ethnic Minorities Flee Poverty for Opportunities in Southern factories
1681. INDONESIA Balks at Apple’s $100m Investment Plan, Seeks Better Deal
1682. INDONESIA: Bali’s Hidden Crisis: Paradise Island Records Highest Suicide Rate in Indonesia
1683. MYANMAR: ICC Prosecutor Seeks Arrest Warrant for Myanmar Junta Chief Min Aung Hlaing
1684. MYANMAR Migrant Workers May Soon Be Sent to Russia, Recruitment Agencies Say
1685. PHILIPPINES: Palace Denounces Duterte Coup | November 27, 2024
1686. INDONESIA: US Invests $67 Billion in Indonesia, But Local Content Rules Remain A Challenge
1687. INDONESIA: North Sumatra Digs Out as Flooding, Landslide Death Toll Hits 20
1688. MYANMAR: Junta’s Budget Estimate for FY 2024-25 is at Record-High at Over 40 Trillion Kyats
1689. THAILAND: Thailand Losing Battle for Japanese Investment: Lessons from Vietnam
1690. INDONESIA Agrees to Transfer Remaining Bali Nine to Australia
1691. INDONESIA: JCI Struggles as Foreign Investors Pull Funds, US Stocks Hit Record Highs
1692. MYANMAR- Urban Guerrilla Groups Target Military-Controlled Offices in Yangon
1693. THAILAND: Foreigners Take Ownership of Condos Worth 18.571bn in 3rd Quarter
1694. VIETNAM Neds $11B To Meet Increasing EV Charging Needs: World Bank
1695. CAMBODIA: PM Halts Issuance of Licenses for Domestic Beer Production, Permits Export-Only Licensing
1696. INDONESIA: Many Foreign-Owned Businesses in Bali Are Rulebreakers, Luhut Says
1697. INDONESIA: In Conservative Aceh, Sole Woman-Run Cafe Morning Mama Challenges Traditional Norms to Create Safe Space for Others
1698. MYANMAR: UK Permanent Secretary to the UN issues statement in support of the embattled Myanmar people
1699. PHILIPPINES: World’s Largest Solar Farm Rises in NEcija
1700. INDONESIA: Baznas Plans to Build Mosques, Schools and Hospitals in Gaza
1701. INDONESIA Seeks to Curb $62 Billion in Online Gambling Funds Flowing Abroad
1702. MALAYSIA: Sabah to Table Cabinet Papers to End Child Marriages in Native Communities, Says Deputy CM
1703. MYANMAR Junta Boss Says He Promised Chinese, ASEAN Leaders to Hold ‘Fair Election’
1704. THAILAND: With a Score of 20, Thailand Ranks Low in Global ‘Parenthood’ Ratings
1705. INDONESIA: New Government Education Reform Plans Met with Cautious Optimism
1706. INDONESIA: Prabowo’s Directive Halts Major Infrastructure Projects
1707. MALAYSIA: Cops Can Now Freeze, Seize Mule Bank Accounts to Prevent Scam Victims’ Money From Being Withdrawn
1708. MYANMAR JUNTA Can Order Migrant Workers Home To Fight, Agency says
1709. SINGAPORE Oil Tycoon OK Lim Sentenced to Nearly 18 Years for Cheating HSBC Out of Millions of Dollars
1710. INDONESIA Digital Economy Shows Double-Digit Growth, Yet Funding Still Subdued
1711. INDONESIA: Banyuwangi Police Raid Illegal Dog Farm with Supplies from Bali
1712. MALAYSIA: PM Anwar, Brazil’s Lula Advocate Reforms in International Governance for a Fairer world
1713. MYANMAR: KIO Temporarily Closes China-Myanmar Border Gates Amid Tensions
1714. PHILIPPINES: 1.2M Flee As Pepito Pummels Luzon
1715. CAMBODIA: National Committee Established to Provide Land for Landless
1716. INDONESIA: All New Cabinet Members Told to Disclose Their Wealth
1717. INDONESIA: Hotel Industry Raises Concern Over Nickel Mine in Raja Ampat
1718. MYANMAR: Central Bank of Myanmar sells foreign exchange continuously
1719. THAILAND: Federation of Thai Industries Concerned at Trump’s Reshoring Policy
1720. INDONESIA: Government to Build 1,100 New Houses for Lewotobi Displaced
1721. INDONESIA: Bali Eyes Medical Tourism Boom
1722. MALAYSIA’S Allure for Foreign Digital Nomads: RM87.9m in Annual Spending Driven By Fast Internet, Affordable Lifestyle
1723. MYANMAR Junta Chief Homes in on Chinese Drones as Resistance-Buster
1724. VIETNAM: New Zealand to Offer Scholarships to Vietnamese University Students for the First Time
1725. INDONESIA Says It Has No Overlapping South China Sea Claims with China
1726. KFC Indonesia Closes Dozens of Outlets and Lays Off 2,274 Workers amid Heavy Losses and Boycott Calls
1727. INDONESIAN Elementary, Middle Schoolers to Learn AI and Coding
1728. MALAYSIA Ready to Provide Vinancial Aid to Lebanon for Victims of Israeli Attacks: PM Anwar
1729. MYANMAR: Int’l Labor Watchdog to Take Action Against Myanmar Junta
1730. VIETNAM: Japan to Share Entry Costs, Ease Job-Changing Restrictions for Vietnamese Workers
1731. CAMBODIA: Foreign Media Claims that ‘Biden Administration Backed Organizations Plotting Color Revolution in Cambodia’
1732. INDONESIA: Why Indonesian Universities Trail ASEAN Neighbors in Global Rankings?
1733. INDONESIA: RI Businesses Fear Deluge of Chinese Goods After Trump Takes Office
1734. 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
1735. MYANMAR: Activists Warn of Risks as Junta Leader Seeks Chinese Investment in Myanmar’s Agriculture
1736. INDONESIA Ranks 77th in Global Hunger Levels
1737. INDONESIA: Prabowo Introduces New Intelligence Agency under Finance Minister
1738. MYANMAR Junta Seals Bloody Pact With China in Kunming
1739. PHILIPPINES: Marcos Signs Landmark Laws Defining PH Territorial Waters
1740. VIETNAM Busts Ring Trading 1,000 Modified Guns Online
1741. INDONESIA: Prabowo Congratulates Trump on Election Win
1742. INDONESIA: Middle-Class Spending Key to Fixing GDP Growth: Economic Council
1743. MALAYSIA: Is it a Crime for a Malaysian to be a Mercenary in an Overseas War? 
1744. Myanmar Junta Foils Drone Attack on Min Aung Hlaing
1745. VIETNAMESE Students Turning Australian Degrees into High Salaries
1746. INDONESIA: Prabowo Inks Regulation to Cancel Debts of Farmers, Fishermen
1747. INDONESIA: Immigration Minister Mulls Requiring One-Year Bank Statement for Indonesians Traveling Overseas
1748. MALAYSIA, SINGAPORE to Jointly Propose Chingay for UNESCO Cultural Heritage lLst in 2025
1749. MYANMAR Refugees in Manipur Prison Urgently Need Medical Aid, Families Report
1750. VIETNAM: Asia’s Most Powerful Passports in 2024
1751. CAMBODIA: Seven Filipinos Return Home From Job Scams in Cambodia
1752. INDONESIA: Ministry to Inspect Skyrocketing Fees in Fourism Spots Amid Protests
1753. INDONESIA: Communication Minister Suspends 11 Employees for Facilitating Online Gambling
1754. MALAYSIA: War on Deepfakes: What Malaysia Can Learn From the Rest of the World
1755. MYANMAR: Japan to Recruit 1,400 Myanmar Workers
1756. INDONESIA: Gov’t Says $6.3 Billion Energy Subsidies Go to The Rich Instead
1757. INDONESIA: Court Orders Lawmakers To Draft New Manpower Law
1758. MYANMAR: Thai Police Rescue Human Trafficking Victims Forced to Work in Online Scam Centers in Myanmar
1759. THAILAND Ranks Among the Top 4 Countries Most At Risk of FLooding
1760. VIETNAM Province Launches $1.7M Restoration as 1,000-Year-Old Champa Towers on Brink of Collapse
1761. INDONESIA: Govt Allocates $8.8 Billion For Food Security in 2025
1762. INDONESIA: New Tourism Minister Targets High-Quality Tourists by Promoting Five Super Priority Destinations
1763. MALAYSIA: PM Anwar Tells UPNM: No Tolerance Towards Bullying and Thuggery in Educational Institutions, No More Slap on Wrist for Perpetrators
1764. MYANMAR: Ninety Rohingya Left ‘Stranded’ on Indonesia Beach
1765. PHILIPPINES Requests Companies to Pay for Plastic Waste Treatment
1766. INDONESIA: 1 Million Apartments Won’t Solve Urban Housing Crisis
1767. INDONESIA: 19 Australian Companies To Invest in Indonesia’s Tech Sector
1768. MALAYSIA: Family in Perlis Tightlipped On Viral News of Malaysian Citizen Turned ‘Mercenary’ Fighting Ukraine-Russia war
1769. MYANMAR: Intensifying Strikes on Civilians Spark New Sanctions Against Myanmar Junta
1770. THAILAND, Laos and Myanmar Launch Haze Control Initiative
1771. INDONESIA: Forcing Prabowo’s 8% Growth ‘Risks Economy Overheating’
1772. INDONESIA: Bali Gov’t Seeks Dutch Support to Preserve Local Cultural Heritage
1773. MYANMAR: Local Aid Workers Dying in Silence, Red Cross Warns
1774. SINGAPORE Trials Autonomous Vehicles On Public Roads for Cargo Transportation
1775. THAILAND: Eco-Friendly Disaster Products to be Produced in Thailand
1776. INDONESIA: Companies From Four Nations to Invest in Indonesia’s Dairy Farming: Minister
1777. INDONESIA: Majority of Indonesians Confident in Prabowo’s Leadership
1778. MALAYSIA: Health Ministry Tightens Imported Food Inspections After Reports of Excess Pesticide in Shine Muscat Grapes
1779. MYANMAR: China’s Export Ban is Causing Shortages of Medicine, Fuel And Food in Myanmar
1780. THAILAND: Internet Access in Thailand Surges to 21.7 Million Households in 2024
1781. INDONESIA: Prabowo Wants New ‘Political Capital’ Ready in Four Years: Minister
1782. INDONESIA: From Adorable to Authoritative: Prabowo Embraces Military Leadership Post-Election
1783. MYANMAR: Farmers Face Major Losses As Heavy Rains Devastate Rice Fields in Yangon and Ayeyarwady Regions
1784. PHILIPPINES: At Least 126 Dead and Missing in Massive Flooding and Landslides in Philippines
1785. THAILAND: Transport Ministry Pushes For Six New Airports
1786. INDONESIA Named BRICS Partner as Prabowo’s Top Diplomat Makes Overseas Debut
1787. INDONESIA: Prabowo to Instill Discipline In Cabinet At Three-day Bootcamp
1788. MALAYSIA: Fair $arnings: Where Roes Malaysia’s Minimum Wage of RM1,700 Stand  Compared to Other Countries?
1789. MYANMAR: China Strongly Condemns Bomb Blast at Mandalay Consulate
1790. THAILAND Charts Bold Course In AI Development, Emphasizing Ethics and Innovation
1791. Indonesia:New senior minister eyes Papua to achieve food self-sufficiency
1792. INDONESIA: Aceh Police Foil Smuggling Attempt of 216 Rohingya Refugees
1793. MYANMAR: China’s Diplomatic Missions Have Troubled History in Myanmar
1794. SINGAPORE Strikes Back: Govt Blocks 10 Fake Websites Linked to Foreign Information Warfare Against Country
1795. THAILAND: Six Thai Destinations Recognized For Efforts in Sustainable Tourism
1796. INDONESIA: Prabowo Presents Largest Cabinet In Decades
1797. INDONESIA: Chief Economic Minister Airlangga Announces 100-Day Plan: Energy, Food Sovereignty, and Investment Growth
1798. MYANMAR: Who Bombed the Chinese Consulate in Myanmar’s Mandalay?
1799. THAILAND: Seven Major Thai Banks Report Record-Breaking Revenues
1800. VIETNAM: 4,000-Year-Old Cemetery Unearthed in Hanoi
1801. INDONESIA: Prabowo Pledges Self-Reliant Future In His Inaugural Speech
1802. INDONESIA: Prabowo Subianto Inaugurated as Indonesia’s Eighth President
1803. MALAYSIA: Home Ministry Mulls Review of Migrant Labor Quota as Foreign Workers Near 15Pc Limit
1804. MYANMAR: Thousands Flood Shwedagon Pagoda To Pray For End to Conflict And Floods
1805. VIETNAM: How Rural Life in Vietnam’s Southern Cape is Attracting Global Tourists
1806. REGIONAL: Five Southeast Asian Nations Agree to Share Aviation Safety Data
1807. INDONESIA Fires up LFP Manufacturing Despite Lack of Lithium Reserves
1808. MYANMAR Military Steps Up Conscription of Would-Be Migrant Workers
1809. MYANMAR  Junta Signs $250,000 Development Deal with India Amid Criticism
1810. THAILAND Creates Favorable Condition for Cross-Border Tourism
1811. CAMBODIA Launches Largest Ever Power-Generation Facility
1812. INDONESIA: Years Later, Tourism Still Below Pre-Pandemic Level
1813. MYANMAR Tied With China for Worst Internet Freedom
1814. SINGAPORE Only Southeast Asian City Named Among World’s 10 Best For Food
1815. TIMOR LESTE Fights New Battles 25 years After Independence Vote
1816. INDONESIA: Nearly 500 ‘Golden Visa’ Applications Since Launch: Immigration Office
1817. INDONESIA Maintains 53-Month Trade Surplus Streak Despite Export Decline
1818. MYANMAR Junta Charges Hundreds for Scamming on Chinese Border
1819. PHILIPPINES: Prolonged Eruptions Detected at Taal Volcano
1820. VIETNAM: Unusual Weather to Hamper Economic Activities in Southeast Asia
1821. Cambodia Cracks Down on Surrogacy: Thirteen Filipino Women Facing Prison
1822. INDONESIA: State Budget Drives Education Equality, Toll Infrastructure Improvement in the Past Decade
1823. INDONESIA: Three French Citizens Deported from Aceh for Alleged Involvement in Local Election Campaign
1824. MALAYSIA: Under PM Anwar, Malaysia Climbs Lowy’s Power Index to be Fourth Most Influential in Region
1825. MYANMAR: MNDAA Restricts Members From Foreign Travel Amid Concerns Over Foreign Intervention
1826. INDONESIA: Tech Giants Prefer Malaysia For Data Centers: RI Govt Minister
1827. INDONESIA Remains ‘Light Years’ From Even Development Across the Regions
1828. MYANMAR Junta Steps Up Airstrikes as It Loses Ground to Resistance
1829. PHILIPPINES: Marcos Challenges China Over Clashes
1830. SINGAPORE: In What Could Be a Singapore Record, Court Awards Finance Veteran US$2.4M For Wrongful Dismissal After Two-Year Legal Battle
1831. INDONESIA: Prabowo Aims to End Indonesia’s Reliance on Food Imports Within Four Years
1832. INDONESIA: Govt Offers Three Seaports to Foreign, Domestic investors
1833. MYANMAR CDM Political Prisoners in Monywa Prison Coerced to Submit Petitions
1834. SINGAPORE’S Changi No Longer World’s Best Airport: Condé Nast Traveler
1835. THAILAND: Fortune Names 14 Thais Among 100 Most Powerful Women in Asia
1836. INDONESIA to Emphasize ASEAN Centrality at Laos Summits
1837. INDONESIA: New Ministries May Need Three Years to Become Effective, Warns Researcher
1838. MYANMAR Civil Society Urges ASEAN to Stop Working With the Military Junta and Support Establishment of a Federal Democracy
1839. THAILAND: Ministry of Energy prepares to handle Middle East conflicts
1840. CAMBODIA: Ancient Timber: 250 Million Year-Old Fossil Unearthed in Banteay Meanchey
1841. INDONESIA: Declining Middle Class Contributes to Indonesia’s Deflation: Experts
1842. INDONESIA: Prabowo Plans to Build, Renovate 3 Million Homes Annually
1843. MYANMAR Flood Victims Say Little Relief Has Reached Villages after Typhoon Yagi
1844. THAILAND: Over a Quarter of Thais Targeted By Scams Over Past Year
1845. INDONESIA: Govt Pushes Foreign MSME Owners in Bali To Scale Up
1846. INDONESIA: Scientists Reassert Wolbachia’s Minimum Risk For Dengue Control
1847. MALAYSIA: ‘You May Grow Up in London, But You Live in Malaysia’: PM Anwar Slams ‘Elites’ For Shunning Malay Language for English
1848. MYANMAR: MSF Highlights Struggle of Myanmar Rohingya Refugees in Malaysia
1849. SINGAPORE: Thousands Gather to Witness Final Horse Races at Singapore Turf Club
1850. INDONESIA: Jokowi on Farewell Tour in Final Weeks of Presidency
1851. INDONESIA: Illicit Waste Burning Reaches Alarming Rate of 48% Indonesian Households
1852. MALAYSIA: Scam Epidemic: Malaysians Lose US$12.8b Annually, Equivalent to 3pc of GDP, Amid Rising AI Threats
1853. MYANMAR: Chin Groups Attack Myanmar Junta Census Operation
1854. THAILAND Leads Southeast Asia in mobile Banking Application Usage
1855. Cambodian Journalist Mech Dara Arrested on Incitement Charges
1856. INDONESIA: Teachers’ Mental Health In Focus After Fatal School Assaults
1857. INDONESIA: Mood Improves Among Indonesian Manufacturers
1858. MALAYSIA: Informal Status of Migrant Workers May Put Them At Risk of Abuse: ASEAN Gender Outlook 2024
1859. MYANMAR Faces Critical Humanitarian Crisis as Floods Devastate over 1 Million Lives
1860. INDONESIA: Jokowi’s Sea Toll: A Decade of Connecting Indonesia and Reducing Price Disparities
1861. INDONESIA: Immigration Officers to Carry Firearms Following Duty-Related Death
1862. MYANMAR: Yangon to Get 4-Hour Power Rotations, Industrial Zones 8 Hours Daily
1863. Myanmar: The Trouble With Elections
1864. VIETNAM Rises in Asia Power Ranking With Bigger Diplomatic influence
1865. CAMBODIA: Severe Flooding Devastates Crops Across 7 Provinces
1866. INDONESIA: First-Timers Make Up Majority of House Members
1867. INDONESIA: Prabowo to Build 2 Million Houses in Villages Annually
1868. MYANMAR: Armed Groups Snub Myanmar Junta ‘Peace’ Offer
1869. THAILAND: 70th Bangkok Gems Fair Hits $100M in Orders, Boosting Global Trade Hub Status
1870. INDONESIA: Sea Sand Exports: Singapore Gains, Indonesia Loses
1871. INDONESIA: Prabowo Warns of World War III Risk, Reaffirms Indonesia’s Non-Aligned Stance
1872. MYANMAR: IIMM Says the Military Council’s Secretive Executions Amount to Grave International Crimes
1873. SINGAPORE: Hong Kong dethrones Singapore as Asia-Pacific’s top financial center
1874. THAILAND: Majority of Thais Don’t Intend To Go Off meat During Annual Vegetarian Festival
1875. INDONESIA: Dynasties, Lack of Opposition Paint Bleak House Picture
1876. INDONESIA: Jokowi Launches Various Projects by Private Investors in Nusantara
1877. MALAYSIA: No Smoking, kids! Minors Smoking Now a Crime, While Selling Cigarettes to Minors Could Land You in Jail
1878. MYANMAR: Fuel Shortage Returns in Yangon
1879. PHILIPPINES: US Missile to Remain in PH
1880. INDONESIA: Miracle Needed For RI To Become Advanced Economy by 2045: World Bank
1881. INDONESIA: Retno Marsudi Urges Respect for Women’s Rights in Afghanistan
1882. 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
1883. MYANMAR: Japan Downgrades Diplomatic Ties With Myanmar Junta
1884. THAILAND’S  Halal industry Drives 335M Baht in Trade, Aiming for ASEAN Hub
1885. INDONESIA to Launch Cyber Force as Fourth Branch of Military
1886. INDONESIA: North Sumatra Unveils World’s Tallest Christ Statue
1887. MYANMAR: NUG Minister Accuses Myanmar Junta of Obstructing Aid to Flood Victims at UN Meeting
1888. SINGAPORE: More Singaporean Deaths Than Births Possible By First Half of 2030s: Prime Minister’s Office
1889. THAILAND: Over 190,000 Myanmar Workers Arrested in Thailand’s Crackdown on Illegal Labor
1890. CAMBODIA Formally Withdraws From CLV-DTA Agreement
1891. INDONESIA: Relief as New Zealand Pilot Freed from Captivity in Papua
1892. INDONESIA Far Short of 2024 Renewable Energy Target
1893. THAILAND Pushing For Talks With Concerned Parties in MYANMAR to Repair Key Asian Highway
1894. VIETNAM’S Billionaire Proposes English Education for Entire Population
1895. INDONESIA Welcomes UN Resolution to End Israel’s Unlawful Occupation
1896. INDONESIA: Bali to Get Autonomous Transit System to Ease Congestion: Minister
1897. MYANMAR: International Cross-Border Response to Typhoon Yagi Urgently Needed in Myanmar
1898. SINGAPORE: MHA Survey Finds Growing Support Among Singapore Residents for Death Penalty in Most Serious Crimes
1899. THAILAND: New Project Aims to Create a Database of Facilities in Thailand
1900. CAMBODIA: Controversy Over Cambodia’s Journalism Charter Following UN Criticism
1901. INDONESIA: Virgin Australia Becomes 1st Foreign Airline to Use Pertamina’s Sustainable Fuel
1902. INDONESIA: Visitors Flock to Nusantara As New City Opens to Public
1903. MALAYSIA: Confinement Centers for Muslim Mothers in Malaysia? Yes, And They Are Highly in Demand
1904. MYANMAR: India Plans to Provide Electricity to Myanmar’s Chin and Rakhine States
1905. INDONESIA: RI Eyes Former Mining Land For Solar Power Plants
1906. INDONESIA: Luhut Attracts Ray Dalio and Porsche Family to Establish Family Offices in Bali
1907. MALAYSIA: Malaysia Freezes Almost 100 Bank Accounts in Child Abuse Case
1908. Myanmar Flooding Death Toll Jumps to 226
1909. INDONESIA: Election Rivalries at Play in Kadin Chair’s Ouster
1910. INDONESIA: Govt to Launch New Study on Authenticity of Borobudur’s ‘Chattra’
1911. MALAYSIA: On Malaysia Day, PM Anwar Vows Uplifting Rural and Impoverished Areas a Priority of His Administration
1912. Myanmar’s NUG Urges Public to Boycott Military Council’s Population Census
1913. THAILAND: Statue Removed to Museum After residents blame it for Mae Sai floods
1914. INDONESIA: Jet Aircraft Carrying Passengers Lands for First Time at Nusantara Airport
1915. INDONESIAN Military Inducts 500 Civilians into the Army to Bolster Nusantara’s Security
1916. MALAYSIA: ‘Unimaginable Horror’: UNICEF Calls for Urgent Long-Term Support After Mass Child Abuse Allegations at Welfare Homes Uncovered
1917. Myanmar Junta Intensifies Airstrikes on Civilian Areas following Threats by Min Aung Hlaing
1918. SINGAPORE: Pope Francis Arrives in Singapore for Final Leg of Asia
1919. INDONESIA: Prabowo Consolidates Power As Presidency looms
1920. INDONESIA: Biomass Export Boom Brings Risks of Deforestation
1921. MYANMAR: Karen Human Rights Group Condemns Ongoing Attacks On Education in Myanmar
1922. PH Most ‘At-Risk’ From Calamities
1923. Thailand Courts Bollywood With Film Fest in Mumbai
1924. CAMBODIA: No Agenda Behind China’s Donation of Two Warships to Cambodia
1925. INDONESIA: Gig Economy Threatens RI’s Human Capital Growth
1926. INDONESIA: Prabowo’s Free Meal Program Targets 15 Million Students in 2025
1927. MALAYSIA: Wealthy Chinese Youth Flock to Malaysia’s MM2H Scheme After Requirement Changes
1928. MYANMAR: Nicholas Koumjian Warns of Increasingly Frequent and Brutal War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity in Myanmar
1929. INDONESIA: Bali Proposes Two-Year Moratorium On Hotel, Nightclub Construction
1930. INDONESIA: Jokowi Works from New Capital Tomorrow Until Retirement
1931. MALAYSIA: Foreign Ministry Monitors Reports of Foreign Naval Vessels in Malaysia’s Exclusive Economic Zone in South China Sea
1932. MYANMAR: Thai Ministry Shuts Down Six Schools for Burmese Students
1933. SINGAPORE Refuses Higher Percentage of Travelers Since Launching Automated Immigration Lanes
1934. INDONESIA: Activists Revive Calls to Revoke Discriminatory Policies After Pope’s Visit
1935. INDONESIA: Long-Awaited Asset Forfeiture Law Delayed Again
1936. MYANMAR: The UN Security Council’s Astonishing Silence on Myanmar Atrocities: Akshaya Kumar, Human Rights Watch
1937. THAILAND: Fast-Growing Thai Halal Industry Poised For Big Leap in 2025
1938. VIETNAM: Typhoon Yagi Kills 4, leaves 78 Injured in Northern Vietnam
1939. INDONESIA: Now A Step Closer to Exporting Electricity to Singapore
1940. INDONESIA: GoTo Exits Vietnam Amid Push To Pursue Profitability
1941. Myanmar Junta Lures Trishaw Drivers Into Militias With Incentives
1942. THAILAND: New Surin Elephant Museum is a Primer on the World of this Pachyderm
1943. VIETNAM: Passenger bus route linking Ha Long and China’s Nanning City launched
1944. INDONESIA: The Pope Urges Indonesia to Live Up to Its Promise of ‘Harmony in Diversity’
1945. INDONESIA: TNI Ordered to Create Cyber Force
1946. MALAYSIA: PM Anwar Advocates For Deeper Islamic and Halal Industry Ties with Russia
1947. MYANMAR: Military Council Leader Announces Nationwide Census in Myanmar Amid Uncertainty
1948. THAILAND’S $13B Digital handout Scheme to Include Cash Payments: PM
1949. CAMBODIA: Growing Safeguards: Govt Encouraging More People to Settle in Border Areas
1950. INDONESIA: Southeast Asia’s Largest Economy To Reform Tourism on Bali
1951. INDONESIA: Government to Investigate Alleged Indonesian Gang Causing Disturbances in Japan
1952. MYANMAR: Yangon Reinstates Curfew Amid Growing Tensions and Reports of Forced Recruitment
1953. THAI Banks Suspend 34,000 Accounts Linked to Scammers
1954. INDONESIA: Philippine Detains Over 160 people, Including 70 Indonesians, Over Suspected Cybercrime Operation
1955. INDONESIA: 21 Foreign Citizens Win Contest Using Indonesian at FHI
1956. MALAYSIA: International Schools in Malaysia See Enrolment from East Asia Soar, Particularly From China
1957. MYANMAR: China Discusses Military Training with Myanmar Junta
1958. INDONESIA: Growing Paper, Plastic Scrap Imports Aggravate Waste Problem
1959. INDONESIA: Jakarta Sees Massive Ojek Protest but Many Drivers Continue Working
1960. MYANMAR Junta Reportedly Conducts Forced Conscription of Civilians in Pathein to Meet Military Quotas
1961. SINGAPORE: TODAY to Merge With CNA, Become Digital Long-Form Weekend Magazine
1962. VIETNAM: Over 800,000 Exposed Surveillance Cameras in Vietnam Spark Privacy Concerns
1963. CAMBODIA: Tik Tok Shuts Down Account For Falsehoods About Cambodia
1964. INDONESIA: All-Women Candidates to Contest East Java Gubernatorial Election
1965. INDONESIA: Govt Orders Nearly 2,000 Doses of Mpox Vaccine from Denmark
1966. MYANMAR Military Set to Lose Rakhine State to Ethnic Armed Group
1967. VIETNAM: HCMC Police Dismantle Baby Trafficking Ring Across 32 Localities
1968. INDONESIA: IDX Admits Employees Implicated in IPO Bribery Case
1969. INDONESIA: Indomie Factory in Nigeria Favors Cheaper Malaysian Palm Oil
1970. MYANMAR: Experts Sound Alarm on New Rohingya Crackdown in Myanmar
1971. SINGAPORE: One in Two People in Singapore Targeted By Fake Job Scams
1972. THAILAND: Harley-Davidson to move production of selected models to Thailand
1973. INDONESIA: President Jokowi to Host State Reception for Papal Visit
1974. INDONESIA: EU Embargo on Indonesian Palm Oil a Blessing in Disguise, Prabowo says
1975. MALAYSIA: Taliban Says Keen For Good Relations with Malaysia, Wants Help for Afghanistan in Higher Education System
1976. MYANMAR Junta Imposes Travel Restrictions for Wa, Palaung (Ta’ang), and Kokang Communities
1977. THAILAND: Museum in Southern Thailand is a Treasure Trove of Malay Heritage
1978. INDONESIA: Musicians Sound ‘Emergency Warning’ Over Regional Race Saga
1979. INDONESIA Prepares 1.5 Million Hectares for Dairy Farming and Cow Imports to Support Prabowo’s Program
1980. MYANMAR: Foreign Direct Investment in Myanmar Still Falling This Fiscal Year
1981. SINGAPORE Beats Jakarta, Manila In Ranking of Best Cities for Workcations
1982. THAILAND: Harvesting filming locations as Thailand’s soft power
1983. INDONESIA: Gov’t to Retire 13 Coal-Fired Power Plants
1984. INDONESIA and Australia Seal Treaty-Level Defense Pact
1985. MALAYSIA: PM Anwar Eyes BRICS’ Membership to Boost Malaysia’s Economic Diplomacy and Strategic Partnerships
1986. MYANMAR’S Junta Is Funding Its War Through Forex Scams, Economists Say
1987. THAILAND: First Case of Mpox Clade 1b Detected in Thailand
1988. INDONESIA: Refugees In Limbo After Eviction Notice From Jakarta Administration
1989. INDONESIA: Expert Warns Against Flood of Imported Petrochemicals from UAE
1990. MALAYSIA: PuTERA35, The Anwar Govt’s Plan To Uplift Bumiputera And Close The Economic Gap By 2035
1991. MYANMAR: Over 4,900 Battles Affecting 67% of Myanmar Recorded Since 2021 Coup
1992. VIETNAMESE Noodle Dishes Recognized as National Cultural Heritage
1993. INDONESIA: Government Prepares 12 Laboratories to Detex Mpox
1994. INDONESIA: Nusantara Hosts First-Ever Independence Day Celebration
1995. MALAYSIA: Digital divinity: Oldest Hindu Temple in Johor Takes Prayer Requests, Payments Online
1996. THAI KIng Pardons Ex-PM Thaksin in Birthday Amnesty
1997. INDONESIA: Up to 45 Million Indonesians At Risk of Hunger: Home Ministry
1998. ASEAN Holds Meeting on Human Trafficking Prevention
1999. MALAYSIA a Key Link in Smuggling of Indonesian labor, Jakarta Says
2000. MYANMAR: UN Reports Increased Brutality in Myanmar Conflict, Urges ASEAN to Act
2001. THAILAND’S Paetongtarn Shinawatra Wins Parliamentary Backing To Become New PM
2002. INDONESIA: Google Vows to Redact Fraudulent Maps Business Data
2003. INDONESIA: Govt Pushes For Clean Tech In Fertilizer Production
2004. Myanmar is Running Out of Power; Post-Coup Blackouts Intensify
2005. THAILAND: PM Srettha Shown The Door as Constitutional Court Rules Against Him
2006. VIETNAM Legislators Propose Making Trading Fetuses a Human Trafficking Crime
2007. INDONESIA: Activists Urge KPK Selection Committee To Oust Problematic Candidates
2008. INDONESIA: Google Takes Action Against Widespread Hotel Account Hacks in Indonesia
2009. MALAYSIA: Federal Police Exposes Job Scam Offering Over RM6,000 A Month For Fake Google Reviews
2010. MYANMAR: Junta Controls Fewer Than 100 of Myanmar’s 350 Towns: NUG
2011. THAILAND: New Guidelines For So-Called ‘Green Industry’ Introduced
2012. ASEAN Eyes Nuclear Energy, But Airs Safety Concerns
2013. INDONESIA Eases Import Rules For Solar Power Projects
2014. INDONESIA’S $15b Food Security Budget Fails to Improve Agricultural Sector, Says Expert
2015. MALAYSIA: All You Need To Know About Dark Tourism and Why Malaysia Should Capitalize on it
2016. MYANMAR: Floods, Starvation, and Violence in Myanmar’s Badlands: NGO Report
2017. CAMBODIA: Police Increasing Pressure on Int’l Human Trafficking Gangs
2018. INDONESIA: Government Ramps up Preparation For First Independence Day in Nusantara
2019. INDONESIA and Australia Deepen Ties in Electric Vehicle Supply Chain and Research
2020. MYANMAR: Nearly 50 Former Myanmar Military Officers Recalled to Active Duty
2021. SINGAPORE Hangs Prisoner In Second Execution In Days
2022. VIETNAM: Foreign Businesses Step Up Investment, Recruitment in Vietnam Amid Global Shift
2023. INDONESIA ‘Needs To’ Develop its Quaternary Education Amid Technological Advancement
2024. INDONESIA Extends Safeguard Tariffs to Protect Struggling Textile Industry
2025. MALAYSIA Leads Asia with 31.4pc Female Board Members in Top 100 Publicly Listed Companies: SC Data
2026. MYANMAR’S Junta Has Tightened Its Conscription Noose at Airports
2027. VIETNAM: Finance Ministry Proposes Lower Income Tax Rate for Micro, Small enterprises
2028. INDONESIA: OJK Reports Foreign Acquisition of Six Indonesian Multifinance Firms
2029. INDONESIA: Journalist Association Condemns Alleged Intimidation of Tempo Journalist
2030. MALAYSIA: How Does Bangladesh in Turmoil affect Malaysia, One Of Its top 10 Trade Partners
2031. MYANMAR Military Claims It Withdrew ‘For Fafety of People’
2032. THAILAND: Charter Court Dissolves Move Forward, Bans Execs For 10 years
2033. CAMBODIA: UNESCO to Investigate Alleged Rights Abuses at Angkor Wat
2034. INDONESIA: Disaster Agency Stockpiles Food in Central Papua Over Famine Concerns
2035. INDONESIA to Export Green Power to Singapore by 2028
2036. MYANMAR: NGO Calls on ASEAN to Engage with Myanmar’s Resistance Government
2037. THAILAND’S Pattaya Aims to Become Family-Friendly Destination Instead of Sex Tourism Hub
2038. INDONESIA: Government Imposes Sricter Tobacco Control Amid Unchecked Youth Smoking
2039. INDONESIA: PLN Looks to Trial Carbon Capture at Four Coal-Fired Plants
2040. MYANMAR: Desperate Myanmar Junta Seeks Russian Intervention Against Armed Resistance
2041. SINGAPORE: Most Singaporean Youths Satisfied With Life; 2 in 5 Have Never Been in a Relationship: IPS-NYC Study
2042. INDONESIA: Former VP Jusuf Kalla attends Hamas leader’s funeral, calls for end to Gaza war
2043. INDONESIA: Rights Groups Hail Safe Abortion Rule, Urge More Details
2044. MYANMAR: War in Myanmar Heartlands Silences Mount Popa Volcano Shrine
2045. PHILIPPINES: Yulo Gifts PH With 2nd Gold
2046. VIETNAM: Unusual Rains Over 2 Months Cause Devastating Floods in Northern Vietnam
2047. Cambodia-Laos-Thailand Combat Cross-Border Corruption-KhmerTimes
2048. INDONESIA: President Jokowi Condemns ‘Intolerable’ Killing of Hamas Leader
2049. INDONESIA: Police Arrest Terror Suspect Targeting Places of Worship in East Java
2050. INDONESIA: Police Arrest Terror Suspect Targeting Places of Worship in East Java
2051. MALAYSIA’S New License for Social Media Platforms and Messenger Apps
2052. INDONESIA: Surfing the Slowing Global Economy: How Has Indonesia Fared So Far?
2053. THAILAND: 86 Communities Sign Up For First Batch of Agricultural Drones Project
2054. 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
2055. THAILAND: 86 Communities Sign Up For First Batch of Agricultural Drones Project
2056. VIETNAM: Australian Veterans’ 20-Year Search Uncovers Mass Grave of Vietnamese Soldiers
2057. CAMBODIA: Indian Govt Issues ‘Cyber Slavery’ Advisory to Overseas Travelers Heading to Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos and Hong Kong
2058. INDONESIA: South Korea Overtakes US, Japan in FDI to Indonesia
2059. INDONESIA’S  Sea Nomads Turn to Jobs on Land
2060. MYANMAR: NUG Wants to Collaborate with Thai Government Over Migrant Worker Issues
2061. THAILAND: Thai PM Srettha to Meet Anwar in Southern Province to Discuss Border Security
2062. INDONESIA: ‘No Transition Without Transmission’ as RI Calls Donors to Fund Grid
2063. INDONESIA: Govt Aims to Reduce Airfares by 10 Percent by October
2064. MALAYSIA: Sabah’s Place in Malaysia Undisputed, Says Foreign Ministry in Response to Social Media Claims
2065. MYANMAR’S  United Wa State Army Moves Into Strategic Northern Town of Lashio
2066. VIETNAM: Mobile Internet Subscriptions in Vietnam Surpass 90% of Population For First Time
2067. CAMBODIA HIV/AIDS Response Ranks First in Region: UNAIDS
2068. INDONESIA: Jokowi to Receive FAO Award for Food Security: Minister
2069. INDONESIA Launches New Phase of Industrial Park in Bid to Lure Investors Away From China
2070. MALAYSIA Brain Drain And Who’s Benefitting From It
2071. MYANMAR: Burma Human Rights Network calls on U.S. Congress for Myanmar Acts
2072. INDONESIA: Golden Visa Only For ‘Good Quality Travelers’: Jokowi
2073. INDONESIA: Thousands of East Java Children Seek Therapy for Online Gaming Addiction
2074. MYANMAR: Thai Central Bank to Investigate Myanmar Weapons Payments
2075. SINGAPORE: Terrorism Threat Elevated Since Renewed Israel-Palestine Conflict; Singapore Also Affected: ISD
2076. THAI Passport Holders Now Have Visa-Free Access to 82 Countries
2077. INDONESIA: Govt Denies Buying Russian Oil But Leaves Door Open
2078. INDONESIA: Jakarta’s Air Quality Index Hits Hazardous Levels, Second Only to Kinshasa
2079. MALAYSIA: Meta’s Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp Most Compliant with Malaysian Laws, X the Worst Offender: Fahmi
2080. MYANMAR’S Second-Largest City Overwhelmed by Third Wave of War Refugees
2081. THAILAND: Majority of Thai People Use AI In Their Daily Lives For its Convenience: Study
2082. CAMBODIA: Senate President Hun Sen Denies Allegations of Khmer Territory Integration into Vietnam
2083. INDONESIA: Jokowi Celebrates Children’s Day in Papua to Symbolize Educational Justice
2084. INDONESIA: Heavy Reliance on Exports to China Could Hurt Indonesia’s Trade: Analyst
2085. MALAYSIA: Education Ministry Says No Exemptions Over Ban Against School donations From Tobacco, Alcohol Sponsors
2086. MYANMAR Junta Generals Barred From ASEAN Meet as Civilian Deaths Exceed 5,400
2087. INDONESIA: New Tracking System to Prevent Fraud in Nickel, Tin Mining
2088. INDONESIA Tests B40 Biodiesel on Trains, Aims to Cut Fuel Imports by $9 Billion
2089. MALAYSIA: One in Three Malaysian Teens Overweight or Obese: deputy health minister, as study reveals alarming spike
2090. MYANMAR Alliance Agrees to Extend Ceasefire With Junta in Shan State
2091. THAILAND: Srettha Urges Businesses to Cash In On Fast-Growing Pet Industry
2092. INDONESIA Calls For End to ‘Illegal’ Israeli Occupation of Palestine
2093. INDONESIA: Regional Administrations Criticized for ‘Embedded Sexism’
2094. MYANMAR: Rising Civilian Casualties, Communications Cut, Amidst Fierce fFghting in Mandalay
2095. PHILIPPINES, China Reach Deal on Ayungin Missions
2096. THAILAND: ‘Pet Economy’ On the Rise
2097. INDONESIA: Jokowi Under Fire for Granting Nearly 200-Year Land Permits in Nusantara
2098. INDONESIA: Foreign Investors Interested in Jakarta LRT Expansion: Jakpro
2099. MALAYSIA to Review All Water Deals with Singapore Since 1962: DPM Fadillah
2100. Myanmar Junta Bolsters Security in Mandalay as Clashes Intensif
2101. VIETNAM: Southeast Asia’s Largest Wastewater Plant Halfway Done in HCMC
2102. INDONESIA: South Korea Mulls Visa-Free Entry for Indonesia
2103. INDONESIA: Missed Construction Targets Put Capital Relocation Plan in Limbo
2104. MALAYSIA’S Path to Silver-Haired Nation Sparks Gold Rush in Senior Care Centers
2105. MYANMAR Temple City of Bagan Pines For Tourists As Conflict Rages
2106. THAILAND: Visa Waiver Extension Affecting 93 Nations To Be Signed Monday
2107. INDONESIA: Gaza War Not Religious: Foreign Minister
2108. INDONESIA: Government Websites Penetrated by Gambling Games in Apparent Revenge Hacking
2109. MYANMAR Junta Bans Two Ethnic Parties From Election
2110. PHILIPPINES: SC wants Congress to Pass Dynasty Law
2111. SINGAPORE Has Over 333,000 Millionaires: Report
2112. INDONESIA: Preparations Pick Up For Pope’s Busy Visit to Indonesia
2113. INDONESIA: Raja Ampat Tourism Marred by Alleged Mass Extortion
2114. THAILAND Promotes Aspirations to Become Medical Hub
2115. VIETNAM Considers Scrapping Two-CHild Birth Limit Amid Falling Birth Rates
2116. INDONESIA: Excess Spending, Tax Shortfall to Drive Deficit Far Beyond Budget Plan
2117. INDONESIA: US Forgives Indonesia’s $35 Million Debt for Coral Reef Conservation
2118. MALAYSIA: Ahead of Budget 2025, PM Anwar says eradicating cartels and monopolies top of list to alleviate cost of living woes
2119. MYANMAR: Junta Plunges Myanmar Into Economic Turmoil
2120. VIETNAM: Ministry Seeking Heavier Penalties For Fetus Gender Selection
2121. INDONESIA: Local Governments Spend More on Meetings and Travel Than Actual Programs: Tito
2122. INDONESIA: Nearly 200 Child Marriage Applications Filed in Probolinggo in Early 2024
2123. MYANMAR: Tens of Thousands Flee as Myanmar Junta Buckles in Northern Shan Capital
2124. SINGAPORE: Grasshoppers and Superworms Among 16 Insect Species Approved as Food in Singapore
2125. VIETNAM: The Most Affordable Country For Expats: survey
2126. CAMBODIA: Japan, Cambodia Commit to Work Together For a Mine-Free world
2127. INDONESIA: Eight Foreign Nationals Arrested in South Jakarta Dollar Counterfeit Raid
2128. INDONESIA Tees off on Golf Tourism as Singapore Courses Dwindle
2129. MYANMAR: Ongoing Diarrhea Outbreak in Southern Chin State, Urgent Medical Assistance Sought
2130. VIETNAM: Only 25% of Vietnamese Firms Have Website
2131. INDONESIA Lags in Early Childhood Education
2132. INDONESIA Launches ASEAN’s First EV Battery Cell Plant
2133. MYANMAR: BNI Condemns Five-Year Prison Sentence for DMG Reporter and Staff Member
2134. SINGAPORE Ranks Priciest City in Asia
2135. CAMBODIA: Ten Mother Nature ‘Activists’ Handed Lengthy Prison Terms
2136. INDONESIA: Jokowi’s Momentum to Restore Religious Harmony, As Promised
2137. INDONESIA: Hyundai’s Flying Taxi to Begin Test Flights in Indonesia’s New Capital This July
2138. MALAYSIA: Top among 35 countries for rosy view of Russia and Putin: Pew Center Poll
2139. MYANMAR  Banks Face Fines For Exceeding Home Mortgage Cap
2140. INDONESIA: Businesses Hold Back On Geothermal Projects As PLN Return Deemed Unattractive
2141. INDONESIA’S Poverty Rate Drops to 25.22 Million in March 2024: BPS
2142. MALAYSIA Can’t Ratify Anti-Torture Convention Due to Country’s Caning Laws: Saifuddin Nasution
2143. MYANMAR: Crime and Punishment in Myanmar
2144. Philippines’ Dependency On Coal-Fired Power Surpasses Indonesia, China
2145. INDONESIA: Calls Mount For Communication Minister’s Resignation Over Cyberattack
2146. INDONESIA: Japanese Joint Venture to Build Waste-to-Energy Plant in W. Java
2147. MALAYSIA: Melaka, Indonesia to Seek UNESCO Recognition For Spice Route Voyage: State Exco
2148. MYANMAR: Australian and US sanctions on Myanmar Banks Proving Effective, Yet Critical Gaps Remain: MCN
2149. THAILAND: 13 Industries See Surge in Factory Openings Despite Economic Downturn
2150. CAMBODIA: Official Raises Concern Over Kingdom’s Ageing Population
2151. INDONESIA: Freeport Launches World’s Largest Single-Line Copper Smelter in Indonesia
2152. MALAYSIA: Survey Shows Surge in Malaysians’ Trust in Govt, Reflecting Growing Confidence in Stability of Anwar Administration
2153. MYANMAR: Thai Banks Linked to Atrocities in Myanmar, UN Report Finds
2154. INDONESIA: Anti-Money Laundering Agency PPATK Detects 7,000 Gambling Transactions Linked to House Members
2155. INDONESIA: Anti-Money Laundering Agency PPATK Detects 7,000 Gambling Transactions Linked to House Members
2156. INDONESIA: Chinese Textile Giant to Invest in Indonesia Amid Mass Layoffs
2157. MYANMAR: Junta Starts Selling Subsidized Rice in Yangon
2158. VIETNAM: How China’s Insatiable Demand is Changing Durian Industry in Southeast Asia
2159. INDONESIA: Diaspora, Mixed Children Laud Govt’s Permanent Visa Plan
2160. INDONESIA: World Bank Upgrades Indonesia’s GDP Growth to 5.1 Percent
2161. MYANMAR: Rising Drug Prices and Shortages Hit Major Myanmar Cities
2162. VIETNAM: 4 Vietnamese Accused of Cyberattacks in US, Causing $71M in Damages
2163. CAMBODIA Now Has Her Own Social Media App
2164. INDONESIA Enacts Revised Village Law, Extending Social Security to Village Chiefs and Officials
2165. INDONESIA: Jakarta Celebrates Another Year As Capital City
2166. MYANMAR Regime Admits Killing Monk
2167. THAILAND: The long journey of the Equal Marriage Law
2168. INDONESIA: Online Gambling War: Task Force Probes Fraudulent Bank Accounts, Payments At Mini Marts
2169. INDONESIA: 165 Indonesians Facing Death Sentence in Foreign Countries, Mostly Malaysia
2170. MALAYSIA, China Agree to Extend Visa Exemption To Strengthen Bilateral Ties, According to Joint Statement
2171. MYANMAR: Flower Phobia Strikes Myanmar’s Ruling Junta Again, Dozens Arrested
2172. VIETNAM: Southern province to form 27,000 ha marine conservation site
2173. INDONESIA: Copper, Jewelry Buoy RI Exports Amid Weakness in Coal, CPO
2174. INDONESIA: Revote Ruling Offers Hope for Women’s Representation
2175. MALAYSIA Scores 5.8 Out of 10 in Human Rights Index for 2024
2176. MYANMAR: As She Turns 79 in Prison, ‘The Lady’ Remains a Symbol of Hope and Resilience in Myanmar
2177. PHILIPPINES : Sara Quits Marcos Cabinet
2178. INDONESIA: Pope To Stop By Istiqlal Mosque During First-Ever Indonesia Visit
2179. INDONESIA: Information Ministry Threatens to Shut Down X Over Adult Content
2180. MALAYSIA Falls to 34th In IMD World Competitiveness Ranking, Now Below Thailand and Indonesia
2181. MYANMAR: Anti-Rohingya Hate Speech and Attacks on Rohingya Civilians On Rise
2182. SINGAPORE StudentsTop Pisa Study On Creative Thinking, Despite Not Thinking of Themselves As Creative
2183. INDONESIA: Minister Wants Indonesia to Copy India’s Approach to Dual Citizenship
2184. INDONESIA: Govt Vows to Crack Down on ‘Blood Sucking’ Online Gambling
2185. MYANMAR’S Rakhine Spiraling Into Hunger as 50% Drop in Rice Harvest Predicted
2186. PHILIPPINES: ‘Ramming and Towing’: Philippines Says China Disrupted Mission to Ayungin Shoal
2187. SINGAPORE English Teachers Part of Volunteer Program for Disadvantaged Communities, not Malaysian Schools: Anwar
2188. THAILAND: Four Key Cases Poised to Reshape Thailand’s Political Landscape
2189. CAMBODIA: International aid decline raises concerns for Cambodia’s economic stability
2190. INDONESIA: Jakarta’s Air Quality Among Worst in the World, Residents Advised to Wear Masks Outdoors
2191. INDONESIA: Prabowo’s Gaza diplomacy
2192. MYANMAR Junta Boss Orders Another Purge of Military Top Brass
2193. VIETNAM Achieves Record Presence In World’s Most Influential University Rankings
2194. INDONESIA: Police Most Reported to Komnas HAM Over Human Rights Violations
2195. INDONESIA: President Jokowi’s 1-Ton Cow Worth Rp 100M to be Sacrificed for Eid al-Adha
2196. MALAYSIA: PM Anwar, Wong Discuss Placing Singaporean Teachers in Malaysia
2197. MYANMAR: World Bank Paints Its Grimmest Picture Yet For Myanmar’s Future
2198. VIETNAM: Factories in southern Vietnam struggle to hire workers
2199. CAMBODIA: Bush Meat Still on the ‘Unwritten’ Menu Despite Joint eEforts to Curb Poaching
2200. INDONESIA Calls for Lasting Peace in Gaza Following US-Sponsored Resolution
2201. INDONESIA Leads in Fiscal Deficit Reduction Among Pandemic-Hit Nations: Sri Mulyani
2202. MYANMAR: NUG Protests Myanmar Junta’s Internet Shutdowns
2203. SINGAPORE Offers S$13,500 to SQ321 Passengers Who Suffered ‘Minor Injuries’
2204. INDONESIA: Presidents Past and Present to Gather for Independence Day in Jakarta and Nusantara
2205. INDONESIAN Consumers Less Confident About the Economy: BI
2206. THAI Economy Expected to Improve From July-Dec But Concerns Remain
2207. VIETNAM: Businesses Adapt as Gen Z Shapes Workplace Dynamics
2208. CAMBODIA: Ministry to Establish 250 Model Villages, Boosting Economic Growth
2209. INDONESIA: Skills Mismatch, Tech Disconnect: Why 10 Million Gen-Z Indonesians Sit Around
2210. INDONESIA: ‘OPM’ Label Reinstated, TNI Ready to Act in Papua: General Maruli
2211. MYANMAR: Russia Approves Moves to Build Nuclear Plant in Myanmar
2212. VIETNAM: Saltwater Intrusion Threatens to Wipe Durian, Rambutan Off Vietnam’s Mekong Delta
2213. INDONESIA Condemns Israeli Bill Labeling UNRWA Terror Group
2214. INDONESIA: Know Before You Fly: A Guide to Drone Laws in Indonesia
2215. MALAYSIA Evicts 500 Sea Nomads in Crackdown on Migrants: activists
2216. MYANMAR: Growing Rebellion-Myanmar’s Youth Flock to Armed Resistance, Rejecting Junta Conscription
2217. THAILAND: Govt Mulls ‘Retirement Lottery’ to Promote Saving Habits For Would-Be Seniors
2218. INDONESIA: ‘All Eyes on Papua’ Movement Gains Momentum Online
2219. INDONESIA: Jokowi to Start Working from Nusantara in July, Confirms Project on Track to Investors
2220. INDONESIA: New Law Paves Way For Longer Maternity Leave
2221. MYANMAR’S Multibillion-Dollar Jade Trade ‘Crashing’ as China Clamps Down
2222. PHILIPPINES: China Remains ‘Greatest’ Threat to PH: Survey
2223. INDONESIA Targets Cement Industry Decarbonization by 2050
2224. INDONESIA: Jokowi Looks To Steady IKN Authority Ship, Claims Big Investment Coming
2225. MALAYSIA: Importance of Human Rights Aligns With Concept of Malaysia Madani: PM Anwar
2226. MYANMAR Junta Arrests Thai Condo Buyers, Realtors as Currency Crashes
2227. THAILAND Targets To Get 1 Million Dropouts Back To School
2228. INDONESIA Won’t Normalize Israeli Ties: FM Retno
2229. INDONESIA: Foreign Tourists Spend Less Money in Indonesia:BPS
2230. MALAYSIA Needs to Prioritize Investments In Silver Economy to Enable Active, Healthy Ageing: PM Anwar
2231. MYANMAR: Charity Ride From Singapore to Bangkok Raises Funds for Myanmar Refugee Clinic
2232. THAILAND Lagging Behind in Skills and Digital Know-How: NESDC
2233. INDONESIA: National Police Arrests ‘Most Wanted’ Thai Fugitive
2234. INDONESIA: High Flyer in Some Subjects, Nadiem Fails to Make Grade in Basic Course Work
2235. MALAYSIA: Penang Expects to Reap ‘Durian Runtuh’ Revenue of RM1b Due to Three-Month Season This year
2236. MYANMAR Junta Orders All Security Personnel to Frontline as Losses Mount in Hard-Hit Regional Commands
2237. INDONESIA: Too Many Holidays Spell Bad News for Indonesia’s Productivity
2238. MALAYSIA: From Menace to Miracle: How ‘Padi Angin’ May Solve Future Rice Scarcity in Malaysia
2239. MYANMAR: Illegal Entry Arrests Surge in Thailand Amid Forced Military Conscription in Myanmar
2240. THAILAND: Long Arm of Law Finds ‘Boss Paeng’ in Indonesia
2241. CAMBODIA: KR Survivors Share Stories At First ‘Future’ Conference
2242. INDONESIA: Health Ministry Reports Decrease in Teen Smoking but Rise in E-Cigarette Use
2243. MALAYSIA: Come Clean On Those Currently Facing Gallows in Malaysia, Amnesty International tells Putrajaya
2244. MYANMAR: Rohingya Forced to Fight Alongside Myanmar Army Tormentors
2245. THAILAND to Indict Influential Former Premier Thaksin Over Royal Insult
2246. INDONESIA Thanks Spain, Ireland, and Norway for Recognizing Palestinian State
2247. INDONESIA: Government Turns to Community Early Warning System to Mitigate Marapi Lahars
2248. MALAYSIA to Train, Upskill 60,000 Engineers, Allocate RM25b in Fiscal SUpport for National Semiconductor Strategy: PM Anwar
2249. MYANMAR Junta Fires Key Economics Minister From Its Cabinet
2250. VIETNAM: Southeast Asian Destinations Among World’s ‘Most Boring’ Tourist Attractions
2251. INDONESIA: Chinese-Owned Firm to Build Cement Plant in Aceh Despite Moratorium
2252. INDONESIA: Generative AI Can Save Indonesia’s Failing Rural Banks: Google
2253. INDONESIA Plans To Open Air Routes Connecting Regional Buddhist Centers
2254. MALAYSIA: At Global Forum, PM Anwar Touts Islamic Economy’s Potential to Rival ‘Unbridled’ Capitalism
2255. MYANMAR’S Military Blocks Escape Routes in Thandwe as Rakhine War Intensifies
2256. INDONESIA: More Dynasties in the Making in November Regional Head Elections
2257. INDONESIA: Reform Undone: Activists Lament Shrinking Civic Space, Unresolved Rights Abuse
2258. MYANMAR: UN Investigators Probing Mass Displacement in Myanmar
2259. MYANMAR: Putao town in Kachin State, under blockade for over two months is now facing severe food and fuel shortages with skyrocketing commodity prices
2260. VIETNAM Resort Properties Attractive to Foreign Investors
2261. INDONESIA:  State-Owned Enterprises Under Scrutiny for Corruption Allegations
2262. INDONESIA: Jakarta to Build City’s First Waste-To-Energy Plant
2263. MALAYSIA to Leverage on ASEAN to Tackle Regional Issues: PM Anwar
2264. MYANMAR: 194 Organizations Say Rohingya Must No Longer Be Exploited For Military and Political Gain
2265. MYANMAR Ditched as Global Beauty Pageant Host Over War
2266. INDONESIA: Battery Subscription Scheme Could Remove Roadblock to EV Adoption
2267. INDONESIA: Lifelong Visa for Indonesian Diaspora Can Be a Major Breakthrough
2268. MALAYSIA: Experts Call for Eearly-Years STEM Education to Address Critical engineering labor Shortage in Malaysia
2269. MYANMAR Junta Sentences Activist to 74 Years Prison for Leading Protests
2270. PHILIPPINES: While ICC Looms, House Panel Probes Duterte’s Drug war Killings For the First Time
2271. CAMBODIA: The Genocide Convention and Cambodia: Lessons Fom the Past, Prevention For the Future
2272. INDONESIA Demands Starlink’s Network Operation Center Within Borders to Protect National Sovereignty
2273. INDONESIA: Bali to Become Family Office Hub:Luhut
2274. Boundaries on 3R Issues: PM Anwar
2275. MYANMAR Shoppers Report Hyperinflation as Kyat Plunges Past 4,000/Dollar
2276. INDONESIA Wants N. Zealand to Close WTO Dispute on Food Import Restrictions
2277. INDONESIA: Steep Costs, Red Tape Deter Independent Regional Candidates
2278. MYANMAR: Conscription Crisis: Myanmar’s Military is Recruiting Young Men at Gunpoint
2279. VIETNAM: Hogwarts Hanoi: Vietnam school inspired by Harry Potter
2280. REGIONAL: Brain Drain Whittles Away at Developing Countries While Policies Fumble
2281. INDONESIA: Why Javanese Symbolism is Intertwined With Indonesian Politics
2282. INDONESIA: ‘I Will Be Myself’: Prabowo on Leadership Style
2283. MALAYSIA: Two In Five Malaysians Not Getting Enough Sleep, With Survey Showing Obesity On the Rise But Diabetes Going Down
2284. MYANMAR: Governments Issue Joint Statement in Support of Rohingya Refugees
2285. THAILAND: Climate Change Could Force Thailand to Relocate Capital Bangkok
2286. INDONESIA Maintains Trade Surplus Despite Plunging Exports
2287. INDONESIA: Medan Mall Shut Down for Dodging Rp 250B Tax
2288. MALAYSIA: Foreigners Married to Malaysians Can Use Spouse’s Name for Business: Johor Exco
2289. MYANMAR: Karen Information Center Director Wins International Journalism Award
2290. SINGAPORE: British Expat Launches ‘SinglePore’ In-Person Dating Event; Big Response Crashes Website
2291. INDONESIA: Designing the Future of Indonesia’s Food Systems
2292. INDONESIA: Jokowi, Elon Musk to Launch Starlink Services in Indonesia
2293. MALAYSIA: Meeting with Hamas May Cause Anxiety But Malaysia Trying to Help in Peace Effort: PM Anwar:
2294. MYANMAR Junta Plans October National Census
2295. INDONESIA: Opposition Grows to Broadcasting Bill that Threatens Press Freedom
2296. INDONESIA: Ukrainians, Russian Face Death Over Bali Drug Lab: Police
2297. MYANMAR Civil War Delays Development Assistance From Thailand
2298. SINGAPORE: Handing Over Singapore In Good order: The legacy of Lee Hsien Loong
2299. VIETNAM: Mysterious ‘Floating’ Lake Discovered in Central Vietnam
2300. CAMBODIA: Ministry Questions TIA Report on Money-Laundering Risks
2301. INDONESIA: Prabowo Reiterates ‘Asian Way’ to Defuse Tension
2302. INDONESIA: May Riot Victims Seek Closure From Incoming Govt
2303. MYANMAR: IOM’s Chief Announces Funding for Rohingya Refugees on Bangladesh Visit
2304. SINGAPORE: ‘I’ve Been Scammed’: PM Lee on How He Himself Was Victim of an Online Scam
2305. INDONESIA: Structural Problems Blight Agriculture As Key Sector For Employment
2306. MALAYSIA: Education Minister: Upholding Malay, English Languages Must Go Hand-in-Hand
2307. MALAYSIA Plans To Introduce ‘Orangutan Diplomacy’
2308. MYANMAR Junta Rebuffs Hun Sen’s Request to Meet Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
2309. THAILAND: PM Clamps Down on Cannabis For Recreational Use
2310. CAMBODIA: Hun Sen Requests Video Meeting With Aung San Suu Kyi
2311. INDONESIA Sees Hottest April in 40 years
2312. INDONESIA: Bata Shoe Factory Shuts Down After 30 Years
2313. MYANMAR: Over 3 million ow displaced in Myanmar: UN
2314. VIETNAM: Digital Content Exporters Open Foreign Offices To Avoid Tax
2315. INDONESIA Hopes to Lead Global Green Aluminum Market with UAE
2316. MYANMAR: AAPP: Myanmar Junta Killed 223 Females This Year
2317. THAILAND: Heatwave Escalates Water War in Thailand’s North
2318. INDONESIA: Unresolved Conflicts May Hinder Prabowo’s Plan to Form Presidents’ Club
2319. INDONESIAN Muslim Cleric Reaffirms Ban on Interfaith Marriage
2320. MYANMAR: Chin Alliances Clash Over Territory Liberated From Myanmar Junta
2321. SINGAPORE:  Migrant Workers in S’pore Left in Limbo After Paying Large Sums to Agency Promising Jobs in Poland
2322. VIETNAM:  Rail Route Connects China, Laos, Thailand, Malaysia
2323. INDONESIA: Schools, Universities Prone To Corruption: KPK Survey
2324. INDONESIA: Sumatran Orangutan’s Use of Medicinal Plant to Treat Wound Intrigues Scientists
2325. MYANMAR: US Commission Slams Myanmar’s Religious Freedom
2326. VIETNAM Posts Over $10B in Four-Month Tourism Revenue
2327. VIETNAM to Produce Enough Rice for 8 Million Tons Exports
2328. INDONESIA May Offer Dual Citizenship to Attract Overseas Workers: Minister
2329. INDONESIA: Ministry Unveils New Funding Initiative For Climate-Resilient Health System
2330. MALAYSIA: PM Anwar: Govt Can Take Criticism But Will Not Compromise on 3R Sentiments
2331. MYANMAR: EU Extends Myanmar Junta Sanctions for Another Year
2332. VIETNAM Welcomes over 6 Million Int’l Visitors in Four Months
2333. INDONESIA: Magnitude 6.5 Earthquake Strikes off Java Island: Authorities
2334. INDONESIA: PDI-P Could Become Sole Opposition to Prabowo Coalition
2335. INDONESIA: Political Dynasticism Rampant in Newly Elected House Lawmakers
2336. MYANMAR: India Needs to Protect its Strategic Stakes in ‘Unstable’ Myanmar
2337. PHILIPPINES- Heat wave in Southeast Asia closes schools, triggers health alerts
2338. REGIONAL: Women in SE Asia Gaining Representation in Boardrooms: Report
2339. CAMBODIA: Pailin Farmer Hits On Solution To Excess Mangoes
2340. INDONESIA: US Returns Antiquities to Indonesia Amid Probe into Trafficking Networks
2341. INDONESIA: Creative Industry Workers Worry AI Is After Their Jobs
2342. MALAYSIA Adopts a Balanced Foreign Policy, Stands Clear of Provocations: PM Anwar
2343. MYANMAR: Network of ASEAN Parliamentarians Says Only Myanmar is Locking up Lawmakers
2344. INDONESIA: House of Old Men: 2024 Election Sees Lowest Number of Young Lawmakers ​​​
2345. INDONESIA: Job Creation Law Eases Business Licensing to Propel Growth
2346. MALAYSIA: UM Apologizes For Hosting Pro-Israel Professor, Lambasts Him for Claiming Malaysia Unsafe for Travelers
2347. MYANMAR: Thailand Warns Myanmar’s Rivals Against Using Its Soil For Harm: Minister
2348. THAILAND: 30 Died From Heatstroke in Thailand so Far in 2024 as South-east Asia Bakes
2349. CAMBODIA: Ending a Scourge: PM Pushes For Final Steps to Eradicate Malaria in Cambodia
2350. INDONESIA in Dire Need of Specialist Doctors: Jokowi
2351. 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
2352. MYANMAR: US Think-Tank Sounds Alarm as Scam Centers Mushroom on Myanmar-Thai Border
2353. SINGAPORE Red Cross Sends 9 Volunteers to Egypt for Gaza Relief Work, S$815,000 Worth of Aid
2354. INDONESIA: Dengue Deaths Spike Almost Threefold Compared to Last Year
2355. INDONESIA: Inter-Province Migration Costs Jakarta Trillions of Rupiah
2356. MALAYSIA Seeing Sharp Increase In Ageing Population: Nanta
2357. MYANMAR: UN’s Türk Sounds Alarm Amid Rising Tensions in Rakhine
2358. INDONESIA: Court Rulings Seal Prabowo Win
2359. INDONESIA: Clashes Between TNI, OPM Continue in Papua Amid Rising Tension
2360. MALAYSIA Poised to Become Powerhouse In Clean, Renewable Energy: Industry Players
2361. MYANMAR: As Losses Mount, Myanmar’s Junta Tightens Its Embrace of Russia
2362. CAMBODIA: Chinese Police Complete Repatriation Of Over 680 Gambling, Scam Suspects from Cambodia
2363. INDONESIA: Authorities Call For Vigilance Amid Heightened Volcanic Activity
2364. MALAYSIA Aims To Be In Top 20 Countries in Global Startup Ecosystem Index by 2030: PM Anwar
2365. MYANMAR Junta Using Rohingya Recruits to Sow Ethnic Hatred: Activists
2366. VIETNAM: Three Vietnam Locales Among World’s ‘Best Walking cities’
2367. ASEAN Says ‘Deeply Concerned’ Over Escalating Myanmar Violence
2368. INDONESIA: Trust in Constitutional Court Rises Ahead Of Ruling On Election Disputes: LSI Survey
2369. MYANMAR: New Year, Old Tactic: Myanmar Junta’s Amnesty Skips Political Prisoners
2370. SINGAPORE:  24-Year-Old Maps Singapore Toilets With Bidets on Google, Earning Rave Reviews From Netizens
2371. THAILAND: NIA Launches New Platform to Boost Thai Agricultural Startups with Deep Tech
2372. INDONESIA: Apple Mulls Building First Production Facility in Indonesia
2373. INDONESIA: Jokowi Raises Concerns Over Money Laundering Using Crypto Assets
2374. MALAYSIA: Single Mother is First Woman Khalwat Offender to be Whipped in Terengganu
2375. MYANMAR: Burmese Activist Maung Zarni Nominated For the Nobel Peace Prize
2376. VIETNAM Needs $30B Investment For Universal Clean Water Access
2377. INDONESIA: Minister Launches 500,000 Hectares of Farming Land in S Papua
2378. INDONESIA: Young People in Indonesia Put Off Marriage
2379. MALAYSIA: Biggest Renter Group in Malaysia are Millennials: Study
2380. MYANMAR: Aung San Suu Kyi And Former President Win Myint Reportedly Moved to House Arrest in Naypyidaw
2381. VIETNAM: Draft Law Restricting Journalists’ Courtroom Rights Meets Opposition
2382. INDONESIA: Mideast Escalation Could Pose Major Economic Risk to RI
2383. INDONESIA: Komnas HAM Criticizes Government Handling of Tensions in Papua
2384. MYANMAR: Over 1,000 Rohingya, Including Children, Abducted in Violation of Conscription Law
2385. PHILIPPINES-Marcos Rules Out New Bases for US
2386. SINGAPORE: Lawrence Wong to Take Over From Lee Hsien Loong As Prime Minister on May 15: PMO
2387. CAMBODIA’S Alternative Medicine to Hit $64.03 Million in 2024
2388. INDONESIA Poised to Lead Booming Halal Cosmetics Market
2389. INDONESIA: Papua Rebel Leader Says Captured New Zealand Pilot Won’t Be Released
2390. MYANMAR Democracy Icon Suu Kyi Believed Held in Solitary Confinement in Naypyidaw Prison
2391. VIETNAM: Schengen-Like Visa for Southeast Asia Will Boost Foreign Arrivals to Vietnam
2392. INDONESIA: Government Denies Israeli Reports On Normalizing Ties
2393. INDONESIA: Prabowo Collaborates with King of Jordan to Drop Indonesian Relief Supplies to Gaza
2394. MYANMAR Junta Slams UN’s ‘One-Sided’ Human Rights Claims
2395. SINGAPORE Wants to INsulate and Protect the Local Jewish Community From the Impacts of the War in Gaza: Shanmugam
2396. VIETNAM: Van Thinh Phat Chairwoman Truong My Lan Sentenced to Death in $27B Scam
2397. ASEAN Tourists Prefer Thailand Over Indonesia: Study
2398. Indonesia’s Economy to Grow 5.2 Pct in 2024, 2025: Report
2399. MALAYSIA: Meta, TikTok Pledge Online Safety Measures for Children Using Social Media: Fahmi
2400. MYANMAR: Reluctant Exiles: Another ‘Life or Death’ Exodus From Myanmar
2401. VIETNAM: Thailand Aims to Boost Durian Exports to China, Reclaiming lead from Vietnam
2402. CAMBODIA: 69-Year Old Phnom Penh Madam Detained For Underage Prostitution
2403. INDONESIA: Govt Urged To Tighten, Stop Granting Mining Licenses On Small Islands
2404. INDONESIA: 2 Papuan Rebel Leaders Killed in Shootout
2405. MYANMAR: Australia’s Ex-Foreign Minister Named UN Myanmar Envoy
2406. VIETNAM Firms Face Highest Local Cyberthreats in Southeast Asia: Kaspersky
2407. INDONESIA: Police Uncover Crystal and Liquid Meth Production House Linked to Hong Kong Ring
2408. INDONESIA: PLN Mulls Importing LNG Amid Likely Shortfall in Local Gas Supply
2409. MALAYSIA: Prabowo, Anwar Discuss Direction to Strengthen Malaysia-Indonesia Ties
2410. MYANMAR Junta Deputy Defense Minister Interrogated Over Online Scams
2411. THAILAND: Google Lunches Security Feature to Protect Thailand Users From Scams
2412. INDONESIA: Lack of Clean Power May Jeopardize Indonesia’s Downstream Dream
2413. INDONESIA: Brunei and Laos Join Regional Payment Connectivity
2414. MALAYSIA: Putrajaya Must Calm ‘Allah’ Socks Storm Before Tensions Erupt: Extremism Experts
2415. MYANMAR: BHRN Calls On International Community to Help Muslims in Myanmar
2416. THAILAND: National Anti-Corruption Commission Initiates An Anti-Corruption Education Curriculum to Educate Thai Children and Instill Integrity Value in Thai society
2417. INDONESIA: Hyundai Ends Indonesia Aluminium Deal After Climate Campaign By K-Pop Fans
2418. INDONESIA: Aceh Authorities Detain Four Suspects in Rohingya Refugee Smuggling Case
2419. MALAYSIA Probes Links Between Detained Man and Israeli Crime Group
2420. MYANMAR Junta Scrambling to Hang on to Pearl of Economic Partnership With China
2421. VIETNAM Has 6 Billionaires in Forbes Global Rich List
2422. INDONESIA: Gov’t Revokes Over 2,000 Mining Licenses
2423. INDONESIA: Court Summons 4 Jokowi Ministers to Testify in Presidential Election Dispute Trial
2424. INDONESIA: As El Nino Bites, Indonesians Struggle with Record-High Rice Prices
2425. MYANMAR Military Loses Historic Outpost on Road to China in Kachin State
2426. SINGAPORE: 5 Takeaways From Survey of Southeast Asians, Including Singapore Being Top Choice of Regional Country for Relocation
2427. INDONESIA: Pope Francis to Visit Indonesia in September: Minister
2428. INDONESIA Gears Up for Another Colossal Elections
2429. MYANMAR: KNU Grateful For Aid Sent by Thai Government Through Myanmar Red Cross
2430. SINGAPORE: Dengue Cases Soar, Doubling in First Quarter of 2024; 7 Deaths Reported
2431. CAMBODIA: Chetra Urges Preservation of Tonle Sap
2432. INDONESIA’S Business Environment Ranking Slips As Others Improve
2433. INDONESIA: Untapped Muslim Donations Could Reach Rp180 Trillion Annually
2434. MYANMAR: India Urged to Stop Embracing War Criminals in Myanmar
2435. THAILAND Equal Marriage Bill a Victory for LGBTQA+ All Over the World:Pita
2436. INDONESIA Calls for Immediate Cease-Fire in Gaza After UN Vote
2437. INDONESIA Moves Closer to Next World Cup Qualifying Round with 3-0 Win in Vietnam
2438. MALAYSIA: New SOPs Introduced To Prrevent Child Abuse Cases at Daycare Centers: Nancy Shukri
2439. MYANMAR: UK Government Raps Myanmar Junta on Armed Forces Day Over Its Brutality
2440. S’PORE-Flagged Vessel Had ‘Momentary Loss of Propulsion’ Just Before Hitting Baltimore Bridge: MPA
2441. INDONESIA: 13 Soldiers Held Over Alleged Torture of Papuan
2442. INDONESIA: Jakarta Police Capture Portuguese Nationals Involved in Liquid Cocaine Trafficking Operation
2443. MYANMAR: A Chronicle of Collapse: How the Tide Turned Against Myanmar’s Once Mighty Military
2444. PHILIPPINES: Drug War Restarts in Davao
2445. VIETNAM: Central Vietnam Province Gets Its Own Red Sea
2446. INDONESIA: Constitutional Court Rules Defamation Clause ‘Conditionally Unconstitutional’
2447. INDONESIA Takes Over Airspace Management in Riau Islands and Natuna from Singapore
2448. MYANMAR: Chinese Town Deports 200 Myanmar Migrant Workers Each Day
2449. SINGAPORE: Govt Tells Israeli Embassy to Remove Facebook Post That Was an ‘Astonishing Attempt to Rewrite History’, says Shanmugam
2450. THAILAND: An Entrepreneur Scores a Win in Europe With Her Low Glycemic Flour
2451. INDONESIA: Failed Election Candidates Place Hopes in Court Proceedings
2452. INDONESIA: New Import Rules Hoped to Save Ailing Textile Industry
2453. MALAYSIA: ‘Allah’ Socks Issue: Sabahan Sentenced to Six Months of Jail for Insulting Islam on Facebook
2454. MYANMAR is Main Beneficiary of Chinese Fund: Ambassador
2455. THAI Scientists Breed Coral in Labs to Restore Degraded Reefs
2456. INDONESIA Among the Unhappiest Countries in Southeast Asia: Study
2457. INDONESIA: Prabowo Declared as Elected President After Final Vote Count
2458. MYANMAR Court-Ordered Auction of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s Home Fails to Draw Bids
2459. SINGAPORE Completes First Humanitarian Aid Airdrop into Gaza
2460. VIETNAM: Vo Van Thuong Leaves Position as Vietnam President
2461. INDONESIA Braces For Wildfires Ahead of Dry Season
2462. INDONESIA: $11.6 Billion Invested in Indonesia’s Smelters
2463. MYANMAR’S Women Bear the Cost of the Junta’s Coup
2464. THAILAND: Rural Doctor Society Claims Identities of 2.2 Million Thais on Sale in ‘Dark Web’
2465. VIETNAM: Pakistani, Iranian Men Pose As Interpol To Extort Tourists in Hanoi
2466. INDONESIA Accused of Avoiding Human Rights Issues
2467. INDONESIA: Government Considers Student Loan Scheme for Low-Income Families
2468. MALAYSIA: High Court Strikes Out Woman’s Bid to Declare Herself as Non-Muslim
2469. In MYANMAR, Citizen Journalism is Connecting News to Its Revolutionary Roots
2470. INDONESIA: KPU Races to Finish Vote Tally
2471. INDONESIA: Russia Alleges 10 Indonesians Fighting as mercenaries in Ukraine
2472. INDONESIA: Jakarta Police Seize 2,500 LSD Sheets from Germany
2473. Myanmar’s UN Ambassador Calls for Security Council Action to Halt Conscription
2474. CAMBODIA: First Khmer-Speaking Robot Introduced-KhmerTimes
2475. INDONESIA: Draft Policy Draws Flak for Allowing Military, Police Hold Civil Posts
2476. INDONESIA Needs 350 More Aircraft to Make Airfare More Affordable
2477. MALAYSIA: Proposed Amendment on Citizenship Laws Goes Against Founding Fathers’ Intentions, Nazir Razak Tells Putrajaya
2478. MYANMAR Junta Cuts Communications in Around 80 Myanmar’s Townships: Report
2479. INDONESIA: EU Deforestation Regulation Seen to Complicate RI Biodiesel Exports
2480. INDONESIA: Thirst for ‘Swiftnomics’: Indonesia Eyes Partnering with Singapore on Concerts
2481. newspapers to strengthen mastery of Malay language among students
2482. MYANMAR: Japan Announces Extra US$ 37 Million In Aid to Myanmar
2483. SINGAPORE: Singapore Endorses Communique on Tackling Scams at Inaugural Global Fraud Summit
2484. INDONESIA: Extreme Weather Looms Over Indonesia
2485. INDONESIA: 2024 Presidential Election Results: Prabowo-Gibran Secures Victory in Jakarta
2486. MYANMAR: China Tightens Access For Myanmar Migrant Workers Entering From Shan State
2487. SINGAPORE: Over Half in S’pore Say Society, Technology Changing Too Fast, and In Ways That Don’t Benefit Them: Survey
2488. INDONESIA: Civil Society Piles Pressure On Parties To Launch House Probe
2489. INDONESIA: Batik Air Grounds Pilots Following Alleged In-Flight Napping
2490. MALAYSIA Charts Better Score In Latest Pew Religious Restriction Index, Driven By Drop in Govt Curbs
2491. MYANMAR General Arrested for Retreating as Ethnic Alliance Overran Northern Shan State
2492. THAILAND: Crackdown On ‘Mule’ Accounts Aims to Impact Call-Center Gangs
2493. INDONESIA: Why Carbon Utilization Key To Indonesia’s Decarbonization
2494. INDONESIA: 18 Dead, 5 Missing After Indonesia Floods, Landslide
2495. MALAYSIA: PM Anwar: Sarawak to Become Major Renewable Energy Hub in SE Asia
2496. MYANMAR: AA Joins KIA Attacks on Myanmar Junta in Kachin State, While Fighting in Rakhine
2497. VIETNAMESE Tech TAlents Find Homeland Has Appealing Career Prospects
2498. INDONESIA: Cooking Up Opportunities: Used Cooking Oil Can Be a ‘Sizzling Success’ for Indonesia
2499. INDONESIA Aiming for 80 Percent Middle Class Population in 2045: Bappenas
2500. MALAYSIA: A Decade After MH370: Hopes of a New search to End All Speculation
2501. MYANMAR: Besieged Junta Troops Launch ‘Scorched Earth’ Attacks in Myanmar Jade Hub
2502. PHILIPPINES: 3,600 Ex-Rebels, Mostly in Mindanao, Await Amnesty as Senate Backs Marcos’ Initiative
2503. INDONESIA: Prabowo Sets Ambitious 8 Pct Economic Growth Target for Indonesia
2504. MALAYSIA Among Top Five Most Improved in Increasing Legal Gender Equality, But Still Lags Behind Regional Neighbors: World Bank Report
2505. MYANMAR: Number of Townships Placed Under Martial Law by Myanmar Junta Rises to 61
2506. SINGAPORE: Govt Mulls Publicizing Litterbugs’ Photos to Identify Them As Part of ‘Targeted’ Response to Rise in Cases
2507. THAILAND: Wealthy Myanmar Citizens Buy Thai Property to Seek Refuge From Civil War
2508. INDONESIA: Teachers’ Groups Oppose Using Operational Assistance Fund to Provide Free Lunches
2509. INDONESIA: Prabowo Looks Certain to Protect Status Quo for Political Stability
2510. MALAYSIA: PM Anwar ‘Happy to Reopen’ MH370 Search If Compelling Evidence Found
2511. MYANMAR: ‘No Breakthrough’ in Fresh Talks Between Myanmar’s Brotherhood Alliance and Junta
2512. VIETNAM: Carbon Credit trade could bring Vietnam $200M per year
2513. CAMBODIA: Shiva Reborn: 10th Century Statue Takes Shape
2514. INDONESIA: Poll Body in Hot Water After String of Tech Failures
2515. INDONESIA: President Jokowi Takes a Stand Against Bullying at PGRI Congress
2516. MALAYSIAN Graduates are Overqualified and Underpaid: Khazanah Research Institute Report
2517. MYANMAR: Arakan Army Exposes Myanmar’s Naval Weaknesses
2518. INDONESIA: Government Trials Free Meal Program at Tangerang School
2519. INDONESIA: Jokowi Promotes Prabowo to TNI Honorary General
2520. MYANMAR Junta Captives Confess to Rakhine Executions
2521. SINGAPORE: New Anti-scam Portal to be Launched; MHA Calls out Meta for ‘Consistently Pushing Back’ on Efforts to Tackle Scams
2522. THAILAND: Zero Baht Stores: How ‘Grandpa Garbage’ Turned Waste into Sustainable Communities
2523. INDONESIA: Govt Doubles Funds for Oil Palm Replanting
2524. INDONESIA Losing Out on Foreign Tourists To Its Neighbors: Sandiaga
2525. MYANMAR: Aid Received by Myanmar in 2023 Insufficient According to Analysis
2526. SINGAPORE: Restaurant in Singapore Offers ‘Divorce’ Booking Option With Treats for Celebration
2527. THAILAND: Chaiwat Insists 2,900 Rai Under Dispute is Protected Forest, Cannot Be ‘Buffer Zone’
2528. CAMBODIA: Troubled Phnom Penh ‘Beer Bus’ Rebrands as ‘Eco-Friendly Exploration’
2529. INDONESIA: World Bank Urges Fiscal Caution for Indonesia’s Free Lunch Program in 2025
2530. INDONESIA: Inclusive Marriage Registry Plan for KUAs Meets With Questions, Calls for Dialogue
2531. MALAYSIA: Most Malaysians Agree With New National Service Scheme, Think It Will Be Positive: Survey
2532. MYANMAR: Myanmar Junta Calls on Students to Join University Corps
2533. INDONESIA Most Networked Nation in Southeast Asia Amid Geopolitical Race
2534. INDONESIA: Government to Relocate 6,000 Civil Servants to Nusantara in July
2535. MALAYSIA now ranks number one globally for 5G consistency score: Fahmi
2536. MYANMAR: Legal Aid Network Raps Myanmar Junta’s Conscription Drive
2537. VIETNAM Risks Losing Regional Tourism Race Without Visa Waivers: Experts
2538. CAMBODIA ex-PM Hun Sen Returns to Frontline Politics for Senate Seat
2539. INDONESIA: Luhut says China Ready to Fork Over for Cutlery Factory
2540. MYANMAR: Ta’ang Towns Promised Civilian Administration
2541. VIETNAM: Scrap Dealer Builds $2.85M Gold-Plated Castle in Central Vietnam
2542. CAMBODIA: Prime Minister Explains Hun Many’s Promotion to DPM
2543. INDONESIA: Jokowi Unveils Biggest Port in Eastern Indonesia
2544. INDONESIA Decries ‘Geopolitical Nightmare’ Ahead of ICJ Appeal
2545. MYANMAR: Thai Police Round Up Myanmar Citizens Fleeing Conscription
2546. VIETNAM To See Largest Expansion in Wealth Growth Over The Next Decade
2547. INDONESIA: Fitch, Moody’s Raise Concerns About Fiscal Policy Under Prabowo leadership
2548. INDONESIA: Prabowo’s School Meal Program to Cost $7.7 Billion in First Year
2549. MYANMAR: Pa-O Militia Backs Myanmar Junta Conscription by Forcibly Recruiting Civilians
2550. SINGAPORE: Malaysian Govt Study Warns of ‘Brain Drain’, Finds 3 in 4 M’sians Living, Working in S’pore Skilled or Semi-skilled
2551. THAILAND: What Thailand Must Do To Improve its Democracy Index Ranking
2552. INDONESIA: Jokowi signs regulation requiring Google, Meta to pay for news
2553. INDONESIA Says Women’s Rights Advocacy Should Remain a Priority in Afghanistan
2554. MALAYSIA: Police and State Islamic Authorities will Investigate Man Who Claims to be Prophet Muhammad’s Descendant: Home Minister
2555. MYANMAR:  Global ESG Investment Advisory Firms Accused of Aiding Myanmar Junta
2556. VIETNAM to send 125,000 Laborers Abroad in 2024
2557. CAMBODIA To Install Hundreds of Wildlife Cameras in an EFfort to Restore its Tiger Population
2558. INDONESIA: Jokowi Inaugurates 26 Military Hospitals Across Indonesia
2559. MYANMAR: 3 Myanmar Brigadier Generals Sentenced To Death For Surrendering Town
2560. VIETNAM’S VinFast to Establish EV Assembly Plant in Indonesia This Year
2561. INDONESIA: Doctors Blame Late Detection as Cancer Deaths in Indonesia Near 243,000
2562. INDONESIA: Prabowo Faces Policy Scrutiny After Free-Market Comments
2563. MYANMAR: Thailand’s Proposed Fishing Law Leaves Burmese Workers Vulnerable
2564. SINGAPORE: Air Ticket Prices To Go Up as Singapore Mandates Sustainable Fuel for Departing Flights from 2026
2565. THAILAND: Group Opposed to Thaksin’s Parole Vows to Seek NACC Investigation
2566. INDONESIA: Prabowo On Track To Succeed Jokowi
2567. INDONESIA: From Floods to Love Hearts
2568. MYANMAR: Restrictions Imposed on Domestic Air Travel in Myanmar
2569. THAILAND: Govt Launches New Medical Coverage Scheme for Tourists
2570. VIETNAMESE Spend $3.8M Daily on Online Food Orders
2571. INDONESIA: Tale of Two cities: Religious Tolerance in Bekasi & Depok
2572. INDONESIA to Address International Court Hearing on Israel Next Week
2573. MALAYSIA: Tourism Minister Urges Malaysians to Reject Racism to Achieve Strong Unity
2574. MYANMAR: Thailand to Open Humanitarian Center to Deliver Aid to Myanmar in One Month
2575. SINGAPORE Builds AI Model to ‘Represent’ Southeast Asians
2576. INDONESIA’S 2024 Cybersecurity Challenge: Rising Threats and Human Risks
2577. INDONESIA: New Energy Rule Discourages Rooftop Solar Systems: Users
2578. INDONESIA: Prabowo Reaffirms Continuation of Jokowi’s Programs
2579. MALAYSIA: Sharia Punishments in Malaysia Determined by Govt, No Question of Any Challenge Against Islamic Laws: IKIM
2580. MYANMAR Junta Enforces Military Service Law Following Battlefield Losses
2581. INDONESIA: Government Targets Completion of 41 National Strategic Projects by 2024, Removes 12
2582. MYANMAR’S Depleted Military Takes Aim at Professors, Students to Beef Up
2583. PHILIPPINES: Marcos Rejects Calls for Independent Mindanao After Duterte’s Remarks
2584. SINGAPORE: Median Monthly Household Income Rises to S$10,869 in 2023, a Real Increase of 2.8%
2585. INDONESIA’S Leading Banks Thrive in Post-Pandemic Recovery
2586. INDONESIA: KPU Found Guilty of Ethics Breach in Handling of Gibran VP Bid
2587. MYANMAR: Nine UN Security Council Members Call on Junta to End Attacks on Civilians
2588. THAILAND Confident Aid Effort Will Lead to Myanmar Crisis Dialogue
2589. INDONESIA: Anies to Uphold FPI, HTI Bans
2590. INDONESIA: Ship Captain Arrested for Transporting Migrant Workers from Malaysia
2591. MALAYSIA’S Pardons Board Announces Decision to Cut Najib’s Jail Term from 12 to 6 Years
2592. MYANMAR: 41 Rohingya Refugees Arrested After Fleeing Malaysian Detention Center
2593. VIETNAM: South Australia Halts Central Vietnam Students’ Admittance Amid Disappearances
2594. INDONESIAN Academia Calls for Electoral Integrity
2595. INDONESIA’S Manufacturing PMI Beats Other ASEAN Countries
2596. MALAYSIA: Stats Dept 2023 Report Shows Cancer Fourth Leading cCuse of death in Malaysia: Health Minister
2597. MYANMAR: 900 Myanmar Medics Detained Since 2021 Coup: Swiss Report
2598. SINGAPORE: Muslims Will Be Allowed to Eat Lab-Grown Meat If  It’s From Halal Animal Cells, Free From Non-Halal Ingredients: Mufti
2599. CAMBODIA: Soothsayers Barred From Social Media aEtivities
2600. INDONESIA: TNI Deploys 400,000 Soldiers to Safeguard the 2024 Election
2601. INDONESIA to Import Chinese Trains for Aging Commuter Line
2602. MYANMAR: Junta Prepared to Extend Myanmar’s State of Emergency Again in August
2603. VIETNAM: Thousands of Vietnamese queue for Korean jobs
2604. INDONESIA: Dynasty in the Making’ as President Jokowi Shadow Hangs Over General Elections
2605. INDONESIA: Singkawang Retains Title as Indonesia’s Most Tolerant City
2606. MALAYSIA Ranks 57th in Global Corruption Perception Index, Trails Singapore in ASEAN
2607. MYANMAR: Momeik Incinerated as Myanmar Junta Reoccupies Shan Town
2608. PHILIPPINES: CNN Philippines to Close Due to Financial Losses
2609. ASEAN Foreign Ministers Back ‘Myanmar-Owned and Led’ Solution to Crisis
2610. INDONESIA: South Korean Native Vies for House seat
2611. INDONESIA: Sustainable Infrastructure Will Remain as Top Priority under New President: Sri Mulyani
2612. MYANMAR Sends Official to First ASEAN Meeting in More Than Two Years
2613. SINGAPORE: Women Aged 21 to 49 More Likely Than Male Peers to Accept Being Single, Married Without Children: IPS poll
2614. INDONESIA Aims to Attract 1,000 Investors with ‘Golden Visa’ Program
2615. INDONESIA: Jokowi Gets Red Mark in Agrarian Dispute Resolution
2616. MYANMAR: Both Junta and Resistance Digging In as Third Myanmar Coup Anniversary Approaches
2617. THAILAND: Most Thais Believe Country in Economic Crisis That Needs Urgent Attention: Poll
2618. Vietnamese Make Up Largest Percentage of Japan’s Foreign Workforce
2619. INDONESIA: Rohingya Refugees Flee Aceh Shelter Amid Tensions With Locals
2620. INDONESIA Walks Out During Israel’s UN Security Council Speech
2621. MALAYSIA: At UPR Review, Malaysia Stands Firm on its Treatment of Refugees
2622. MYANMAR’S Supreme Court Orders Sale of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s Home
2623. VIETNAM Condemns Fabricated Report by Human Rights Watch
2624. INDONESIA: More Indonesians Smoking, Bucking Global Trend
2625. INDONESIA Seeks EU Trade Deal to Compete Against Vietnamese Footwear
2626. MALAYSIA to Launch Inquiry Into Cases Involving Disputed Singapore Strait Islets
2627. MYANMAR’S  Military Has Turned a Strategic Town in Sagaing Region Into a ‘Graveyard’
2628. THAILAND Must Get Out of Comfort Zone Amid Global Polycrises: CEOs
2629. INDONESIA Needs to Quadruple Sugar Output by 2030 for Self-Fufficiency, Ethanol
2630. INDONESIA: Demands from China, India to Boost Indonesia’s Coal Production
2631. MALAYSIA Demands Accountability for Israel’s Violations of International Law: Foreign Minister
2632. MYANMAR: Defeated Myanmar Junta Generals Given Death Sentences
2633. THAILAND Rolls out New VAT Refund for Foreign Tourists
2634. INDONESIA to Defend Skeptical Stance on Digital Goods Tax Moratorium at WTO
2635. INDONESIA: Special Buses for Students with Disabilities Begin Operations in Jakarta
2636. MALAYSIA’s Regressive Citizenship Amendments Risk Giving ‘Little Napoleons’ Power to Decide Who Gets To Be a Malaysian: Lawyer
2637. MYANMAR: India Plans to Fence Off Myanmar Frontier
2638. VIETNAM: First Homemade Radar Satellite to Go into Space Next Year
2639. INDONESIA: Prabowo Says Indonesia’s Future Lies in Kalimantan
2640. INDONESIA Eyes More Hydro-Floating Solar Hybrid Projects in 2024
2641. MYANMAR Named Second-Biggest Jailer of Journalists
2642. THAILAND: Muay Thai Takes the US by Storm, with 1,724 Centers, $1.25 Billion Industry
2643. VIETNAM: PM Requests Review of Labor Export Companies
2644. INDONESIA to Abandon 23% Renewable Energy Target
2645. INDONESIA’S Tourism to Fall Behind Thailand if Entertainment Tax Goes Up: Apindo
2646. MYANMAR: Another 278 Myanmar Junta Troops Flee to India
2647. SINGAPORE: EV Fast Chargers to be Set Up in HDB Neighborhood and town centers
2648. VIETNAM: Health Ministry Warns of Covid, Flu Surges Amid Tet travel, weather
2649. INDONESIA: Prabowo, Ganjar, Anies Offer Diverse Anti-Graft Strategies
2650. INDONESIA: Jakarta’s Global Graffic Ranking Improves, But Congestion Worsens
2651. MALAYSIA: Immigration D-G says 220 Undocumented Migrant Hotspots Detected Nationwide
2652. MYANMAR: Thailand Mulls Providing Humanitarian Aid to Victims of War in Myanmar: Report
2653. VIETNAM: US Terrorist Group Coaxes People Into Deadly Attacks in Vietnam: Prosecutors
2654. INDONESIA: President Jokowi Breaks Ground on Rp 940 Billion Mosque Project in Nusantara
2655. INDONESIA: KPK Seeks FBI Assistance in Investigating SAP’s Bribery Allegations
2656. MALAYSIA: Two Malaysian Detainees at Guantanamo Bay Plead Guilty to Conspiring in 2002 Bali Bombing
2657. MYANMAR: Female Prisoners Subjected to Humiliating Strip Searches in Corridors
2658. VIETNAM: Hanoi Man Suffers Roundworm Attacks Passed From Dog
2659. INDONESIA Targets 15 Oil and Gas Projects Going Onstream in 2024
2660. INDONESIA Narrowly Misses Target of 100% Electrification Rate
2661. INDONESIA: Vietnam to Surpass Indonesia if We Do Nothing: Jokowi
2662. MYANMAR  Military Bows to Powerful Ethnic Army, Gives it More Towns Near China Border
2663. VIETNAM: 290 Kg of Cocaine Washed Ashore in Central Vietnam
2664. INDONESIA: Candidates to Pledge Commitment On Graft Eradication
2665. INDONESIA: Police in West Papua Urge Vigilance as 53 Inmates Escape from Sorong Prison
2666. MYANMAR’S Dictator is Facing Calls to Resign From Some of His Most Ardent Supporters
2667. SINGAPOREANS Less Happy Today Than 5 Years Ago, But Those With More Balanced View of LIfe Generally More Satisfied: NUS Survey
2668. VIETNAM Upholds ‘One China’ Policy After Taiwan Election
2669. INDONESIA: Prabowo Revives Plan to Build Giant Seawall Across Java Coastline
2670. INDONESIA: Communication and Information Ministry Removes 810,000 Online Gambling Content in 2023
2671. MALAYSIAN Drug Kingpin Arrested in Laos Deported to Thailand, Authorities Working to Seize Remaining Ill-Gotten Gains
2672. MYANMAR: Captured Myanmar Brigadier General Urges Junta Boss to Stop Committing War Crimes
2673. SINGAPORE Passport Ranked World’s Most Powerful in 2024, Tied With 5 Other Countries
2674. INDONESIA: Police Extend Cartenz Peace Operation in Papua Through 2024
2675. INDONESIA: PLN Transforms Electric Poles into EV Charging Stations
2676. MALAYSIA: Fahmi: Spreading Fake News is a Crime, Agong is in Malaysia
2677. MYANMAR: Over 1,000 Myanmar Migrants Detained in Malaysia Crackdown
2678. SINGAPORE Looking to Hire Auxiliary Police from China, India, the Philippines, Myanmar as Taiwan Recruits Dwindle: Shanmugam
2679. INDONESIA: Unlocking Indonesia’s Supply Chain Opporst Asia-tunity in Energized Southea
2680. INDONESIA to Send Record-Breaking 241,000 Pilgrims for 2024 Hajj Season
2681. Myanmar Junta Unleashes Fury on Indonesia After MP Calls For Int’l Isolation, Rohingya Rights
2682. SINGAPORE: Films at Upcoming Palestine Film Festival Allowed As They Do Not Promote Violence Against Any Group: Shanmugam
2683. THAILAND Set to Surpass 2023 Rice Export Target as November Figures Surge
2684. INDONESIA, Taiwan Prepare Migrant Fisher Protection Pact
2685. INDONESIA’S Foreign Policy is Not Transactional: Minister
2686. MALAYSIA: Protecting Malaysian Kids Online From Sexual Exploitation: Govt Explores Measures to Safeguard Against Overseas Predators
2687. MYANMAR: Notorious Myanmar Arms Broker Convicted of Cash Smuggling in Singapore
2688. INDONESIA: Presidential Candidates Eye More Tax on the Rich, Digital Firms to Raise Revenue
2689. INDONESIA Faces Dilemma on Rohingya Refugees
2690. MALAYSIA: Make No mistake, Downloading And Viewing ‘Child Porn’ is a Crime in Malaysia — Here’s What the Numbers Tell Us
2691. MYANMAR Junta Moves to Retake Major Shan State Camp
2692. SINGAPORE: ‘The Urgency Has Gone Up’: SIngapore Government Agencies React To Findings of Third Climate Change Study
2693. INDONESIA: Waves of Lay-Offs Sweep Indonesia’s Export-Oriented Industries in 2023
2694. INDONESIA Confident About Winning EU Lawsuit on Palm Oil Biofuel
2695. MALAYSIA: Global Pharmaceutical Firm Roche Selects Malaysia as Site for First-in-Human Clinical Trial on Experimental Immuno Suppressant Drug
2696. SINGAPORE: What is a ‘Cyber Kidnapping’ Scam, and How Can You Protect Yourself Against it?
2697. MYANMAR Resistance Set to Expand Fighting in Mandalay After Seizing Strategic Junta Outpost
2698. CAMBODIA: New Minimum Wage in Effect, Up $4 Per Month
2699. INDONESIA: Presidential Candidates Venture Into TikTok To Win Over Young Voters
2700. INDONESIA: Bali Senator Sparks Islamophobic Controversy Over Comments on Airport Staff Attire
2701. MYANMAR Junta Threatens Nonstop Bombing of Towns Seized by Ethnic Groups
2702. VIETNAMESE Workers’ Average Income Grows 6.9% in 2023
2703. ASEAN FDI Hits All-Time High as EV Investment Skyrockets
2704. MYANMAR: Spring Revolution News for 1 January 2024
2705. SINGAPORE’S Economy Grew 1.2% in 2023; External Environment ‘Less Favorable’ to Security, Prosperity For Some Years To Come: PM Lee
2706. VIETNAM: India, Cambodia are Vietnam’s Fastest Growing Tourism Markets
2707. INDONESIA: Govt Confirms New COVID-19 Subvariant Ahead of Year-End Holidays
2708. INDONESIA’S Pertamina to Invest $900 Million in Algeria: Minister
2709. MALAYSIANNS Who Made Their Mark in the International Film Industry in 2023
2710. MYANMAR Junta Accused of Starving and Arresting Civilians in Rakhine State ‘to Instill Fear’
2711. VIETNAM: Tourism Race Heats Up as Asian Countries Rush to Simplify Visa Requirements
2712. INDONESIA: Constitutional Court Finally Forms Permanent Ethics Council
2713. INDONESIA: No Need to Go Abroad: Jokowi Wants People to Seek Healthcare in New Capital
2714. MALAYSIA: Fahmi: Govt ban on Israeli-owned ships entering country clear signal Malaysia does not recognise Israel
2715. SINGAPORE to Step Up Enforcement Against Vapes at Changi Airport and Other Checkpoints
2716. THAILAND: Survey Finds That 50% of Thais of Working Age Cannot Afford to Retire
2717. INDONESIA: Nickel Plan Sidelined as Govt Pushes EV Market With New Incentives
2718. INDONESIA: North Maluku Governor Arrested 13 Days Prior to Retirement
2719. MALAYSIA: Bumiputera Population Estimated at 21.3 Million This Year
2720. MYANMAR Stands on Humanitarian ‘Precipice’, UN Warns
2721. SINGAPORE: Will Global Supply Chains Be Disrupted By Ship Attacks in the Red Sea and is Singapore Affected?
2722. ASEAN: Japan to Provide $1b for ASEAN’s Regional EV Ecosystem
2723. INDONESIA: Spending Discrepancy in Jakarta: Land of the Rich, Home of the Poor
2724. MALAYSIA: Health Ministry Rules out Return of MCO as Covid-19 Cases Rise, TRIIS reinstated
2725. MYANMAR: Number of Civilians Fleeing War in Myanmar Doubled to 660,000 in One Month: UN
2726. Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia Eye Seamless Tourism: Srettha
2727. CAMBODIA: Endangered Dholes Discovered at Mondulkiri Wildlife Conservancy
2728. INDONESIA: KPU Puts Health As Priority When Recruiting Poll Workers
2729. INDONESIA: India Proposes Local Currency Use in Trade with Indonesia
2730. MYANMAR: Few Places in Myanmar Still Safe for Junta Boss to Visit
2731. VIETNAM: Hanoi Aims to Increase Per Capita Green Space Five-Fold
2732. INDONESIA: Soekarno-Hatta Airport to Reimpose Health Protocols Amid Rising COVID-19 Trend
2733. INDONESIA’S Economic Growth Earns Praise from Global Economists: Enggartiasto
2734. MALAYSIA: Meta, TikTok Report Jump in Malaysia Govt Requests to Remove Content in 2023
2735. MYANMAR’S Spring Revolution Must Open Two New Fronts to Oust Junta
2736. INDONESIA’S Deforestation Rate Off Target For 2030 Climate Goal
2737. INDONESIA: Anies Wants to Discontinue New Capital Nusantara Project
2738. MALAYSIA: Health Ministry Calls For Masks Again As Malaysia’s Covid-19 Cases Nearly Double to 13,000 In a Week
2739. MYANMAR: China Says ‘Positive’ Peace Talks Held Over North Myanmar Conflict
2740. INDONESIA: Ministry Urges Complete COVID-19 Vaccination Ahead of Holiday Season
2741. ‘INDONESIA Imprisoned More Graft Convicts than any Other Nation’: Jokowi
2742. MYANMAR’S Growth to Fall to 1 Percent: World Bank
2743. MYANMAR Overtakes Afghanistan as World’s Biggest Opium Producer: UN
2744. PHILIPPINES: 65 Provinces Face Severe Drought
2745. INDONESIA: Presidential Candidates Ready for First Debate
2746. INDONESIA: Barito Dethrones BCA as Indonesia’s Biggest Listed Company
2747. MALAYSIA: CIJ: Surge in Anti-LGBT Hate Speech Since 1975 Incident at Good Vibes
2748. MYANMAR-Thailand to Form Joint Task Force to Cope With War Refugees
2749. SINGAPORE Suspends Poultry Imports From Regions in Japan, US and Other Countries Hit by Bird Flu Outbreak
2750. CAMBODIA: LGBT Community Proposes Marital Equality Discussions
2751. INDONESIA: Prabowo to Push for Indonesian-Made Cars If He Wins Election
2752. INDONESIA: President Jokowi Prioritizes 4 Cities as New Growth Drivers
2753. MYANMAR Regime Stops Fuel Supplies to Yangon Factories
2754. PHILIPPINES: Most Filipinos Oppose Divorce
2755. INDONESIA: Jakarta Reports Infections Linked to ‘Mystery Pneumonia’
2756. INDONESIA: 11 Bodies Recovered after Marapi Eruption, and 12 Climbers Still Missing
2757. MYANMAR: Full Civilian Rule Restored in First Large Town Seized by Myanmar Resistance: NUG
2758. SINGAPORE: Fewer Young People in Singapore Donating Blood Even as Demand Rises From Ageing Population: Red Cross
2759. THAILAND: Work-Life Balance and Flexibility Top Priorities for Thai Employees: Survey
2760. INDONESIA’S Call for Support in COP28 Shows ‘No New’ Commitment
2761. INDONESIA and UAE Collaborate to Combat Money Laundering
2762. MYANMAR: ASEAN Urged to Stop Calling For ‘Inclusive Talks’ Between Myanmar Junta and Its Victims
2763. PHILIPPINES:11 Dead, Scores Hurt in MSU Bombing
2764. THAILAND: Police to Investigate Bribery Allegations Reported by German media
2765. INDONESIA Heightens Monitoring in Response to ‘Mysterious Pneumonia’ Outbreak in China
2766. INDONESIA Calls for Palestine’s Full UN Membership
2767. MYANMAR Junta Chief Says ‘Foreign Experts’ Helping in Offensive Against Military
2768. MYANMAR: Fighting In Over 200 Townships Since Myanmar Coup
2769. INDONESIA: Indonesia EV Battery Industry in Limbo Amid Uncertain Roadmap, Rule
2770. INDONESIA: Anak Krakatau Continues to Erupt on Tuesday
2771. MYANMAR: Exodus: Tens of Thousands Flee as Myanmar Junta Troops Face Last Stand in Kokang
2772. MYANMAR: Gangs, Extortion in Bangladesh Camps Driving Rohingya Sea Exodus
2773. SINGAPORE: Shanmugam Seeks Court Order Requiring TikTok to Name Users Who Posted ‘False, Baseless’ Claims of Extra-Marital Affair
2774. INDONESIA: President Jokowi Highlights Importance of Religion at R20 Summit
2775. INDONESIA: Presidential Candidates On The Move Ahead of Official Campaign Season
2776. MALAYSIA: Education Minister Apologizes Over Vanning of Tamil Songs at Carnival in Penang
2777. MYANMAR: Rohingya Resettlements From Bangladesh Increase While Myanmar Instability Grows
2778. THAILAND: Chinese Nationals Begging in Bangkok Not Victims of Trafficking: Immigration Chief
2779. INDONESIA: State-Owned Enterprises Yield Rp 74 Trillion in Dividends
2780. INDONESIAN Police, Fishers Start Patrols to Stop Rohingya Boats
2781. MALAYSIA: In China, Court Begins Hearing Malaysia Airlines’ Flight MH370 Compensation Claims From Passengers’ Families
2782. MYANMAR Junta to Prosecute Satellite Internet Users
2783. INDONESIA: KPK Marches On As Leader Fights Graft Charges
2784. INDONESIA: President Jokowi Inaugurates Two Airports in Papua
2785. MYANMAR: Battle For Control of Myanmar State Capital Escalating at ‘Alarming Rate’
2786. VIETNAMESE in Myanmar Relocated to Safe Zones: ministry
2787. INDONESIA Welcomes Temporary Truce in Gaza, Seeks Lasting Solution
2788. INDONESIA: Amended Law Allows Gov’t to Freeze Bank Accounts in Online Gambling Crackdown
2789. MALAYSIA, VIETNAM Electronics Face Closer US Scrutiny Over China-Forced Labor
2790. MYANMAR: Doctors Without Borders Calls for Patient and Healthcare Worker Safety in Myanmar Conflict Areas
2791. VIETNAM: Task Force Curbing Traffic of Newborns to China
2792. INDONESIA: Regional Economic Integration Underpins Indonesia’s Transformation-JakartaPost-Nov 22, 2023
2793. INDONESIANS See US, China As the Right Economic Partners for ASEAN
2794. MALAYSIA: Bomb Threats Hit Several International Schools in Malaysia
2795. MYANMAR: Junta Completes Stranglehold on Myanmar Media With Law Change
2796. THAILAND: LGBTQ Couples in Thailand to Soon Have Equal Legal Rights in Marriage
2797. INDONESIA Sends $2 Million worth of Humanitarian Supplies to Palestine
2798. INDONESIA: Disapora Welcomes New visa, But Not the Cost
2799. MALAYSIA: Average Salary in Malaysia to Increase 5.1pc in 2024: Mercer Survey
2800. MYANMAR: Operation 1027 is Creating a New Political Template for Myanmar’s Future
2801. CAMBODIA to Become First Asian Host of Mine Summit
2802. INDONESIA Opts for Less Ambitious Option Than Early Coal Retirement
2803. INDONESIA: About 250 Rohingya Refugees in Aceh Sent Back to Sea
2804. MALAYSIA: Becoming a Malaysian Officially: Five things You Need to Know About the ‘Good Character’ Test
2805. MYANMAR: Humbled Regime Helpless as China Demands Border Security; Hiding the Scale of Defeat; and More
2806. INDONESIA Healthtech Industry Faces Fresh Challenges Despite Past Growths
2807. INDONESIA: House to Form Committee to Watch Police Ahead of Elections
2808. MALAYSIA, VIETNAM Agree to Address Illegal Fishing, Discuss South China Sea Issue During Bilateral Meeting in San Francisco
2809. MYANMAR: 5 European Nations, Canada Seek to Join Genocide Case against Myanmar at Top UN Court
2810. THAILAND: Hamas Tells govt Negotiators Thai Hostages Will Be Freed During Ceasefire
2811. INDONESIA: Civil Groups Vow Close Scrutiny of 2024 Race
2812. INDONESIA: Gunung Padang Could Be the World’s Oldest Pyramid: Study
2813. MALAYSIA: Google, Malaysian Govt Announce Strategic Collaboration To Create Skill Opportunities for 300,000 by 2026
2814. MYANMAR: Nine Towns Occupied by Myanmar Military for Decades Lost to Resistance in Days
2815. SINGAPORE: All Adult Singaporeans To Receive up to S$800 in Assurance Package Support in December
2816. INDONESIA: Competitive Three-Horse Race to Succeed Jokowi is On
2817. INDONESIA, US to Develop Work Plan on Critical Minerals Deal
2818. MYANMAR: Almost 40 Myanmar Junta Positions Abandoned in Rakhine: Arakan Army
2819. PHILIPPINES: Why Court Allowed Leila de Lima to Post Bail
2820. THAILAND Welcomes 23 Million Tourists This Year with Malaysians Topping List
2821. INDONESIA: Presidential Candidates Divided on Jokowi’s Food Estate Policy
2822. INDONESIA: Gibran Cleared To Run Despite Controversy
2823. MALAYSIA: Why Aren’t More Malays Successful Despite NEP? Dr Mahathir Compares Culture to Centuries of ‘Wealth-Chasing’ by Chinese
2824. MALAYSIA: ‘Stalemate’: Malaysia Still Can’t Get Sirul Extradited from Australia Due to Death Penalty: Lawyers
2825. CHINA Offers Bounty for Myanmar Junta’s Scam Kingpin in Kokang
2826. INDONESIA: Jokowi Calls OIC to Unite Against Israel’s Atrocities in Gaza
2827. INDONESIA: Religious Figures, Activists Call for Dialogue to End Violence in Papua
2828. MYANMAR: Thousands Trapped Without Food and Medicine in Shan State
2829. THAILAND: Chinese Police to Patrol in Thailand to Boost Tourist Confidence
2830. VIETNAM: Healing Tourism Trend Prompts Service Suppliers to Become More Dynamic
2831. CAMBODIA Achieves Remarkable Rice Sales Exceeding $1.2 Billion
2832. INDONESIA: Jokowi Inaugurates Southeast Asia’s Largest Floating Solar Farm
2833. INDONESIA: TikTok Ramps Up Efforts To Fight Fake Election News
2834. MYANMAR: Brotherhood Alliance Vows to Spread Operation 1027 Across Myanmar
2835. VIETNAM Beckons DIaspora With Career Options
2836. INDONESIA’S Diplomacy Must Be Value-Led, Not Transactional: Anies
2837. INDONESIA Welcomes 22 Palestinian Students on Scholarships
2838. MYANMAR Junta Calls Up All Reservists as Resistance Offensive Spreads
2839. SINGAPORE: Religious Leaders’ Guidance On gGobal Conflicts Helped to Foster Harmony in Singapore: Shanmugam
2840. VIETNAM: US Adds Vietnam to Currency Monitoring List
2841. INDONESIA: Certification Headache for Indonesia’s Budding Carbon Market
2842. INDONESIA Should Revamp Foreign Policy Amid Global Challenges: Ganjar
2843. MALAYSIA: Recruitment Agencies Not Allowed to Outsource Hiring of Foreign Workers: HR Minister
2844. MYANMAR: Thousands Displaced by Fighting Need Food: Myanmar Volunteers
2845. VIETNAMESE  Boycott Snapchat Over China’s U-shaped Line
2846. INDONESIA: GDP Growth Falls Below 5 Percent for First Time Since Pandemic
2847. INDONESIA Joins Money Laundering Watchdog FATF
2848. MYANMAR: Thai Police Pledge to Rescue Trafficked Nationals From Myanmar
2849. SINGAPORE PRoposes New Laws for President, Ministers to Hold ROles in Foreign and Global organizations
2850. VIETNAM By Far the Biggest Market for South Korean Cars in Southeast Asia
2851. INDONESIA: New Law Allows Military’s Return to Civilian Positions
2852. INDONESIA: West Papua Tribe At Risk of Losing Homeland aAter Court Ruling: NGOs
2853. MALAYSIA: Health Experts Predict Diabetes Will Heavily Burden Malaysia’s Healthcare System in Future
2854. MYANMAR Ethnic Groups Seize More Junta Outposts in Northern Shan State
2855. PHILIPPINES: Radioman Killed While Broadcasting
2856. INDONESIA Unlikely To Boycott Pro-Israel Products
2857. INDONESIA, UAE to Launch Mangrove Research Center at COP28
2858. MYNMAR Military Says Lost Control of Strategic Border Town
2859. SINGAPORE Warns Foreigners Against Using Country to Further Political Causes Amid Israel-Hamas war
2860. VIETNAM Uncovers Oldest Human Remains
2861. CAMBODIA: UNESCO Formally List Battambang Gastronomy
2862. INDONESIAN Hospital in Gaza in its Last Hours Amid Israel’s Fuel Blockade
2863. INDONESIA: More Local Firms Start Developing Malls, Hospitals in Nusantara
2864. MALAYSIA: On Proposed ‘Regressive’ Citizenship Law Changes, Stateless Kids Still Have Legal Avenues to be Malays: Saifuddin Nasution
2865. MYANMAR: US Sanctions Myanmar Junta’s State Oil and Gas Company
2866. INDONESIA Doubts Myanmar is Close to Inclusive National Dialogue
2867. INDONESIA: Government to introduce superior tuber varieties to address famine in Papua
2868. INDONESIA: 200,000 Hectares of Palm Plantations to be Made Forests: Government
2869. MALAYSIA: PM Anwar Says Allowed 100pc Foreign-Owned Tesla, Starlink To Operate in Malaysia for National Good
2870. MYANMAR: Chinese Security Minister Meets Myanmar Junta Chief as Border Violence Grows
2871. INDONESIA: At Least 45 Suspected Militants Arrested in October
2872. INDONESIA: Remote Working for Jakarta Public Employees Fails to Tackle Pollution
2873. MALAYSIA: Sold An Illusion, Group Says Some Nepalis Find Bitter Reality Once in Malaysia
2874. MYNMAR Military Caught Off Guard by Ethnic Alliance’s Northern Offensive
2875. THAILAND To Lift Deep South Emergency by 2027: Defense Minister
2876. INDONESIA: 2024 Elections Chance to ‘Rejuvenate Democracy’ in Southeast Asia
2877. INDONESIA Surpasses Target With 26 Gold Medals at Hangzhou Para Games
2878. MYANMAR’S Shan State Clashes Stretch Into Second Day
2879. SINGAPORE’S Vote In Favor of UN Resolution Shows Clear Stand on Israel-Hamas Conflict: Shanmugam
2880. VIETNAM: Google Offers 40,000 Scholarships to Support Vietnam’s digital transformation
2881. INDONESIA Slams Western ‘Bias’ Regarding Gaza Siege at Security Council
2882. INDONESIA: TikTok, YouTube, Meta Eye Indonesia E-commerce License: Sources
2883. MYANMAR Junta Gets an ‘F’ For Education as Schools Spiral into Chaos
2884. SINGAPORE: Sleep-Deprived, 2 in 3 S’poreans Planning Travel With Goal of Catching Up On Shut-Eye: Survey
2885. THAILAND: At Least 54 Thais Held Hostage by Hamas: Israeli government
2886. INDONESIA: Businesses Seek to Ensure Post-Election Continuity
2887. INDONESIA: We Are Open to All: Indonesia Denies Favoring Chinese Investment
2888. MALAYSIA: Using Bahasa Melayu in Govt Dept Correspondence Crucial to Safeguard its Position: Malay Students Federation
2889. MYANMAR: Daw Aung Suu Kyi in Limbo as Myanmar Resumes Prison Visits After Three-Year Ban
2890. MYANMAR Crackdown on Business Escalates, 16 More Executives Face Life in Prison
2891. CAMBODIA-Village Ends Logging, Plants Crops
2892. INDONESIA Can Sue EU over Protectionist Green Policy: Economist
2893. MALAYSIA: DAP Rep Calls on Malaysians to Buy Palestinian Products Like Olive Oil, Dates As Sign of Solidarity
2894. MYANMAR: Global Petition Ups Pressure on Singapore to Cut Myanmar Military’s Supply Line
2895. VIETNAM Reports First Monkeypox Death
2896. INDONESIA: Firms Want Direct 95-Year Land Rights In Nusantara As Uncertainty Persists
2897. INDONESIA: Indonesia’s Huge Geothermal Potential Catches Iceland’s Attention
2898. MALAYSIA: Poor Command of Bahasa Malaysia Among Reasons Why Senior Applicants Refused Citizenship:  Home Minister
2899. MYANMAR Regime Opens Larger Gems Emporium
2900. SINGAPORE: No Decision On Use Of Nuclear Energy Yet, Singapore to Keep Options Open
2901. INDONESIA: Prabowo Picks Jokowi’s Son Gibran as Running Mate
2902. INDONESIA: Cultural Diversity Takes Center Stage in Indonesia’s “Living Rooms”
2903. MYANMAR: Rohingya Lie at the Bottom of the Pile of World Aid Priorities
2904. MYANMAR Junta Allocates Land in Yangon for Russia to Build Orthodox Church
2905. VIETNAM: Vietnam to Sign Rice Trade Deals with Indonesia, Philippines
2906. INDONESIA: After Nearly A Decade, Jokowi Falls Short On Promise Of Energy Subsidy Reform
2907. INDONESIA: Ex-Papua Governor Lukas Enembe Sentenced to 8 Years for Corruption
2908. MYANMAR: German Firm Faces Legal Probe Over Myanmar Junta Supplies
2909. MYANMAR Junta Demands Expats Pay Tax Before Renewing Passports
2910. PHILIPPINES: Marcos Secures $4.26B Business Deals in Saudi Arabia-
2911. INDONESIA: Belt and Road Cooperation Must Not Complicate Countries’ Fiscal Conditions: Jokowi
2912. INDONESIA: European Firm Commits to Invest $2b in Indonesia’s Renewables
2913. MALAYSIA Proposes Upgrading 2002 ASEAN Pact To Address Haze Issue: Nik Nazmi
2914. MYANMAR: Junta Boss Trying to Sow Division in Myanmar’s Oldest Ethnic Armed Group
2915. THAILAND: Iranian Envoy in Thailand Says Effort Being Made to Free Thais Held Hostage by Hamas
2916. INDONESIA: Xi Wants to Expand Cooperation With Indonesia in Several Key Markets
2917. INDONESIA: 30.000 Coal Workers Could Lose Jobs as Indonesia Shifts to Clean Energy
2918. MALAYSIA: First Women’s Health Clinic Set Up At National Sports Medical Centre To Handle Female Athletes’ Health Issues: Hannah Yeoh
2919. MYANMAR: ASEAN Must Take Action Against Members Supporting Myanmar Junta
2920. MYANMAR: ‘Cyber Scammer’ Facing Arrest in China Linked to Drugs Trade in Myanmar
2921. INDONESIA: Constitutional Court Opens Door For Jokowi’s Son to Run in Presidential Poll
2922. INDONESIA: Jakarta Aims to Become Global City After Capital Relocation
2923. MALAYSIA: EPF: Budget 2024 Prioritizes Retirement Wellbeing, Secure Future For Malaysians
2924. MYANMAR: China Begins Surveys for Railway on Myanmar’s Indian Ocean
2925. PHILIPPINES: Canada Forges Agreement to Help Philippines Track Illegal Fishing vessels Using Satellite Technology
2926. INDONESIA: Constitutional Court Upholds Minimum Age for President, VP candidates
2927. INDONESIA: Missing Emission Cap Renders RI Carbon Exchange Less Effective: Experts
2928. INDONESIA Urges Norway to Accelerate $250 Million Clean Energy Investment
2929. MYANMAR Junta and Russia Discuss Building Gas Pipeline in Myanmar
2930. VIETNAM: Halal Tourism ‘Gold Mine’ For Vietnam To Tap Into
2931. INDONESIA Signs Tourism Decarbonization Road Map
2932. MYANMAR: Junta Orders Employment Agencies to Submit Lists of Myanmar Migrant Workers
2933. SINGAPORE: Pew Sudy Hails Singapore’s ‘Remarkable’ Religious Diversity and High Tolerance, Acceptance
2934. THAILAND: Two Thai Elephants Born Through Artificial Insemination
2935. INDONESIA: Island Nations Band Together To Face Existential Threat
2936. INDONESIA Reelected at UN Human Rights Council with Most Votes
2937. MALAYSIA: In A First For The Country, Public Finance and Fiscal Responsibility Act Passed in Dewan Rakyat
2938. MYANMAR: A Corrupt Business Empire Thrives Under the Junta
2939. THAILAND: Govt Eyes Community-Based Jobs For Workers Returning From Israel
2940. INDONESIA: Jokowi’s Administration Gets Red Mark On Graft Eradication
2941. INDONESIA Asks Philippines’s Help to Evacuate Citizens from War-Torn Gaza
2942. MALAYSIA: First Time Malaysian Trafficking Victims Found All The Way in South America: IGP
2943. MYANMAR  Troops Cut Power in Southern Sagaing, Force 10,000 to Flee
2944. THAILAND: YouTube remains top video platform in Thailand:  Survey
2945. INDONESIA To Evacuate Citizens from Gaza As Israel-Hamas War Worsens
2946. INDONESIA Hosts Inaugural Summit of Island States
2947. MALAYSIA: Indonesia, Thailand and China Agree To Trade With Malaysia Using Ringgit: PM Anwar
2948. MYANMAR: 29 Killed in Myanmar Junta Strike on Displaced Persons Camp
2949. THAILAND Postpones Regional Summit to Which Myanmar Junta Boss Invited
2950. INDONESIA Calls for End of Israel-Palestine Conflicts
2951. INDONESIA: Confidence In Collaborative Climate Response Weighed Down By Inaction
2952. MYANMAR Junta Rejects Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Appeal
2953. SINGAPORE Banks To Allow Customers To ‘Lock Up’ Funds in Latest Move To Guard Against Scams
2954. VIETNAMESE Citizens In Israel Remain Safe Amid Severe Conflict
2955. INDONESIA: Govt Orders E-Commerce Firms To Share Import Data With Customs Office
2956. INDONESIA: Govt Conducts First Biofuel-Powered Flight Test On Commercial Plane
2957. MYANMAR: Expressing Dissent Online Can Be Deadly In Myanmar: Freedom House
2958. THAILAND Needs An SMS Emergency Alert System
2959. VIETNAM: Vietjet To Launch 5 New Routes To Asia-Pacific Destinations
2960. INDONESIA: KPU Urges Political Parties To Withdraw Ex-Graft Convicts From Legislative Elections
2961. INDONESIA: Seeks Negotiations on Binding Rules on AI-Driven Weapons
2962. MALAYSIA: KL, Riyadh In Talks To Make Malaysia Preferred Transit Hub For Umrah Pilgrims: MOTAC
2963. MYANMAR Junta Boss’s Graft Purge Can’t Hide His Own Ill-Gotten Wealth
2964. VIETNAM’S Largest Rare Earth Mine To Open
2965. INDONESIA: Govt Goes All In To Extinguish Wildfires
2966. INDONESIA: House Passes Revised IKN Law To Future-Proof Nusantara Against Regime Change
2967. INDONESIA: Agriculture Minister Syahrul Abroad Amid Ongoing Corruption Probe
2968. MYANMAR: Expert Panel Issues Scathing Assessment of UN’s Handling of Myanmar Crisis
2969. SINGAPORE: New Inter-Ministerial Committee To Review And Strengthen Singapore’s Anti-Money Laundering Regime
2970. CAMBODIA: Guinness Recognize Giant Stingray
2971. INDONESIA: State Firms Accused Of Selling Arms To Myanmar Junta
2972. INDONESIA: Court Upholds Jobs Law As Labor Unions Stage Rallies
2973. MYANMAR’S Cash-Strapped Junta Hikes Taxes, Utilities Despite Surging Inflation
2974. VIETNAM: Mekong Delta Braces For Severe Drought, River salinity
2975. INDONESIA: PDI-P Touts Food Security As Election Priority
2976. INDONESIA: 77 Indonesians Could Be Spared Death Penalty in Malaysia
2977. MYANMAR: Dethroned NLD party marks 35th anniversary in Myanmar
2978. SINGAPORE’S Total Population Back Above Pre-Covid Levels, Rising 5% to 5.92 Million
2979. THAILAND: Toxic Smoke From Indonesia Drifts Towards Thailand
2980. INDONESIA: TIkTok Laments Social Media Commerce Ban
2981. INDONESIA, Malaysia Seek to Counter Negative Perception of Palm Oil in India
2982. MALAYSIA: Artist Of Banned Book Says ‘Monkey’ Remark Meant To Compliment Indonesian Maid’s Agility
2983. MYANMAR: Tracing Myanmar Junta’s Repeated Governing Body Shakeups Since Coup
2984. SINGAPOREAN Woman And Daughter Arrested in Manila Airport For Allegedly Smuggling 14kg of Cocaine Worth S$1.83m
2985. INDONESIA: Multiple Task Forces Make Little Dent On Jakarta Air Pollution
2986. INDONESIA’S Carbon Exchange Holds Rp 3,000t Potential: Jokowi
2987. MALAYSIA: No Harassment of LGBT Community Will Be Allowed: Anwar
2988. MALAYSIA Working To Bring Home 2 Suspected Terrorists Detained in Guantanamo Bay
2989. MYANMAR: As Resistance Drone Attacks Rise, Myanmar Junta Seeks Regional Help
2990. INDONESIA: Govt Efforts To Tackle Human Trafficking Not Enough: Activists
2991. INDONESIA: Use Buildings Idled By Capital Move To Make Jakarta ‘Livable’: ADB
2992. MALAYSIA Will Not Entertain Frivolous Claims By Any Party on Sabah: Foreign Minister
2993. MYANMAR: How Chinese-Run Mines Are Fueling the Myanmar Junta’s Terror Campaign
2994. VIETNAM Opposes China’s Ship Identification Stations in Paracel Islands
2995. INDONESIA Reiterates Call To Reform Global Financial System
2996. INDONESIA: Gov’t To Issue Regulation Banning Social Media Platforms from Running E-Commerce
2997. MYANMAR: Catch-22 For Rohingya Caught Up in Myanmar Citizenship Dilemma
2998. PHILIPPINES: China Installs Barrier in Bajo de Masinloc
2999. SINGAPORE: World War II Bomb Found in Bukit Timah, SAF to Carry Out On
3000. INDONESIA: Local Investors Kick-Start Commercial Projects in Nusantara
3001. INDONESIA Pledges to Protect Marine Biodiversity in High Seas
3002. MALAYSIA: PM Anwar: Despite Geopolitical Rivalry, US Remains Malaysia’s Top Investor
3003. MYANMAR: US Committed To Resolving The Crisis in Burma: Deputy Secretary of State
3004. PHILIPPINES Considers Banning TikTok For Security Workers To Block App From Cyberspying
3005. INDONESIA: What climate change? Study Finds Political Parties Lack Focus on Climate Issues
3006. INDONESIA Seeks to Strengthen Fragmented Global South in Weeklong UNGA
3007. INDONESIA: Elon Musk’s Starlink Makes Indonesian Presence Withyees: Minerist
3008. MALAYSIA’S Largest Renewable Energy Power Plant Commences Operation
3009. MYANMAR: Junta Shutters Myanmar Currency Exchanges in ‘Futile’ Bid to Prop Up Economy
3010. CAMBODIA Set To Celebrate Koh Ker UNESCO Listing
3011. INDONESIA: Govt To Proceed With Oil Exploration In Warim Block In Papua
3012. INDONESIAN Woman Jailed for Using Islamic Invocation Before Eating Pork
3013. MALAYSIA: Resorting to Racial Politics Is Easiest Way To Gain Malay Support: PKR Deputy President Rafizi
3014. MYANMAR Junta Seeks Chinese Help Acquiring Nuclear Technology
3015. INDONESIAN Nickel Reserves Could Be Depleted In 15 Years, Minister Warns
3016. INDONESIA: Antam Ordered to Pay Surabaya Businessman Rp 1 Trillion in 1 Ton Gold Dispute
3017. MALAYSIA: Customers in Malaysia Reportedly Told to Pay RM15,000 as Downpayment For Tesla Model 3
3018. MALAYSIA: Customers in Malaysia Reportedly Told to Pay RM15,000 as Downpayment For Tesla Model 3
3019. MYANMAR: UK Ad Cuts to Rohingya Now at 85%: NGO
3020. VIETNAMESE Earthworm Hunters Destroying Protective Forest Go Unpunished
3021. INDONESIA: Rights Groups Slam Jokowi For Spying Boast
3022. INDONESIAN Navy Thwarts People Smuggling Attempt to Malaysia in High-Speed Boat Chase
3023. INDONESIA: National Museum that Houses Pre-Historic Artifacts Ravaged by Fire
3024. MYANMAR: UN Expert Suggests ‘Collective Punishment’ To End Myanmar mMilitary’s War on the People
3025. THAILAND: Health Ministry Launches Swift Vaccine Project to Prevent Cervical Cancer
3026. INDONESIA: Jokowi Says Hyundai-LG’s EV Battery Plant in Indonesia is Southeast Asia’s Largest
3027. INDONESIA: Jokowi Says Hyundai-LG’s EV Battery Plant in Indonesia is Southeast Asia’s Largest
3028. MALAYSIA: Immigration Dept Cripples Pakistani Immigrant Syndicate in Kelantan
3029. MYANMAR: NLD Alarmed at Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Health Woes
3030. MYANMAR: Several ASEAN Air Force Chiefs Skip Myanmar Meeting
3031. INDONESIA: Fears of Abuse as Ministers Allowed To Campaign ‘On Leave’
3032. INDONESIA: 19 Regional Governments and 2 Companies Awarded for Impactful Development Initiatives
3033. MALAYSIA Determined To Get Back 1MDB Funds From Goldman Sachs: PM Anwar
3034. MYANMAR Junta Chief Woos Shan Militias Amid Troop Shortages
3035. THAILAND: Pita Named An Emerging Leader In TIME100 Next List
3036. INDONESIA Grapples With Fires As El Nino Peaks
3037. INDONESIA Looks Back on Tough East Asia Summit Negotiations
3038. MALAYSIA: In Malaysia, Survey Shows Muslims and Buddhists See Extremists From Their Own Faiths As Biggest Threats
3039. MYANMAR: Crimes Against Humanity Are Getting More ‘Brazen’ in Myanmar, UN Told
3040. PHILIPPINES: A Decade Later, Philippines Still Most Dangerous Country in Asia for Envi Defenders
3041. CAMBODIAN Rice Benefits From Global Security Woes
3042. INDONESIA: PLN’s Ambitious Renewables Target Lacks Govt Support
3043. MALAYSIA Is Latest in Asia To Tighten Grip on Key Minerals
3044. MYANMAR: Shamed By ASEAN, Myanmar’s Generals Try to Save Face
3045. VIETNAM: Bayer Launches Southeast Asia’s First ForwardFarm in Vietnam
3046. INDONESIA: Jokowi Reiterates Developing Nations Call For Help On Climate at G20
3047. INDONESIA: ASEAN Establishes New Troika to Find Solution on Myanmar Crisis
3048. MYANMAR: Education Under Attack in Myanmar, Ukraine and Other War Zones: NGO
3049. MYANMAR Has Been Running Out of Power Since the Coup: World Bank
3050. THAILAND Malaysia Mull Setting Up Joint Committee To Tackle Cross-Border Cybercrime
3051. INDONESIA: Proposed Govt Control Over Places Of Worship Draws Criticism
3052. INDONESIA: Police Deployed to Check Pollutant Level at Factories
3053. MALAYSIA: Suhakam To Work With Indonesian, Philippine Counterparts To Find Answers To Sabah’s Stateless Issue In Next Five Years
3054. MYANMAR Junta Losing War: East Timor’s President
3055. VIETNAM Rises As Potential Semiconductor Hub For Global Manufacturers
3056. INDONESIA: China Warns Against ‘New Cold War’ at ASEAN Summit
3057. INDONESIA: Police Arrest 42 Chinese Nationals Accused of Romance Scams
3058. MYANMAR: No Election Likely Before 2025: Myanmar Junta Chief
3059. MYANMAR’S Suu Kyi Unwell, Back in Prison: NLD Members
3060. VIETNAM, Laos, Cambodia Agree To Operate ‘One Journey-Three Destinations’ Tours
3061. ASEAN Bars Myanmar From 2026 Chairmanship
3062. INDONESIA: OpenAI Chief Granted First ‘Golden Visa’
3063. INDONESIA Introduces De-Dollarization Task Force
3064. SINGAPORE: Rapper Subhas Nair Sentenced To Jail For Attempting To Promote Ill Will Between Races and Religions
3065. THAILAND: As New Cabinet Is Sworn In, Srettha Says ‘No Honeymoon Period’ For His Government
3066. INDONESIA: Calls Mount For ASEAN To Denounce ‘Ten-Dash Line’
3067. INDONESIA To Import 250,000 Tons Of Rice From Cambodia
3068. MYANMAR: Hong Kong Based V-Power Company Ceases Four Projects in Myanmar
3069. VIETNAM’S Mekong Delta, World’s Youngest River Basin, Might Be First One Gone
3070. INDONESIA: Regions Brace For Wildfire, Haze As Dry Season Peaks
3071. INDONESIA: W. Australia Offers to Make Indonesia’s EV Battery Dream Come True ​​​
3072. MALAYSIA: Dr Mahathir says racial issues caused by non-Malay parties, calls them ‘parti pendatang’: Report
3073. MYANMAR And Other Rice Exporting Countries Struggle To Maintain Normal Production
3074. SINGAPORE: Tharman Clinches Oresidency With Landslide Win, Pledges To Help Usher In ‘Future of Optimism and Solidarity’
3075. INDONESIA Open To ‘Kratom’ Opioid Exports Despite Proposed Local Ban
3076. INDONESIA: Challenges Abound Ahead Of ASEAN Summit In Jakarta
3077. MYANMAR’S Landmine Clearers Working With Pliers And Bare Hands
3078. PHILIPPINES Rejects China ’10-Dash’ Map
3079. SINGAPORE Holds First Contested Presidential Vote In Over A Decade
3080. INDONESIA: Political Dynasties, Graft Leniency Loom Over 2024 Elections
3081. INDONESIA: Jokowi Threatens to Shut Down Polluting Factories
3082. MYANMAR: Yangon Food Charities Swamped as Hunger Stalks Myanmar
3083. THAILAND: Activists Submit Petition With Over 212,000 Signatures, Seek Democratic Constitution
3084. VIETNAM: All Eyes On Agroecology As Vietnam Embarks on Food System Transformation Journey
3085. INDONESIA: Political Exiles Push For Guarantee Of Continued Nonjudicial Resolutions
3086. INDONESIA: Says Freedom of Expression Not Free Pass for Quran Desecration
3087. MALAYSIA: Beyond A ‘Band-Aid’: Why SIS Started Free Legal Advice For Muslims 20 years Ago And What’s Next
3088. MYANMAR: As Dollars Vanish, Myanmar Regime Boss Blames Cooking Oil, Greed and Sanctions
3089. THAILAND: MRT To Partially Power Blue, Purple Lines With Solar Energy
3090. INDONESIAN Protectionism May Stand In Way of ASEAN Digital Economy Pact
3091. INDONESIAN Muslims Advised against Multiple Hajj Pilgrimages
3092. MYANMAR: Seven Indian Companies Added To Myanmar ‘Dirty List’
3093. MYANMAR Vulnerable To Climate Emergencies, says NGO
3094. VIETNAM: Mekong Delta Province Coastline Devastated By Erosion
3095. CAMBODIA: NGOs Warn of ‘Sharp’ Decline in Breastfeeding
3096. INDONESIA Lifts Ban on Sending Domestic Workers to Middle East
3097. INDONESIA Inaugurates $2B LRT Trains to Reduce Jakarta’s Traffic
3098. MYANMAR Expels Top East Timor Diplomat
3099. THAILAND Running Out of Jobs For University Graduates: NESDC Report
3100. CAMBODIA: From Waste To Wealth: Cambodian Compost Mogul Turns Trash To Treasure
3101. INDONESIA: Jokowi Reignites ‘Bandung Spirit’ In Week-Long Africa Tour
3102. INDONESIA: Hyundai To Introduce New Electric Vehicle Model From Indonesian Plant
3103. MYANMAR: Singapore Called On to Stop Feeding Myanmar Junta’s War Machine
3104. PHILIPPINES: Marcos Pitches For Federalism
3105. INDONESIA: Pertamina Eyes Oil And Gas, Geothermal Expansion In Kenya
3106. INDONESIA: Partial Work-from-Home Policy Implemented in Greater Jakarta to Address Air Pollution
3107. MYANMAR: Buddhist Monks Condemn Myanmar Junta for Arrests Over ‘Blasphemous’ Movie
3108. PHILIPPINES: Chinese Ships Block PH Boats
3109. THAILAND: Srettha Gets Royal Endorsement As Prime Minister
3110. INDONESIA: Captive Power Casts Doubt On JETP Emissions Reduction Goal
3111. INDONESIA: Govt To Merge Three State-Owned Airlines
3112. INDONESIA’S Cellular Tariffs Among the Cheapest in SE Asia
3113. MYANMAR Will Get Sicker—Junta Shuts Another Hospital in Mandalay
3114. THAILAND: Thaksin Taken To Bangkok Remand Prison To Start Serving His Jail Terms
3115. INDONESIA: Jakarta Police Uncover Arms Trade Syndicate
3116. INDONESIA: Health Ministry To Set Up Independent Body To Probe Malpractice Claims
3117. MALAYSIA: Federal Court Allows Leave For Sisters In Islam’s Bid To Appeal Ruling Over Selangor Fatwa Declaring It As Deviant
3118. MYANMAR: Several Resistance Attacks Reported Near Myanmar Regime’s Nerve Center
3119. THAILAND’S Pheu Thai Launches PM Bid As Fugitive Figurehead Thaksin Eyes Return
3120. CAMBODIA-New Cultural Heritage Sites Identified In Protected Areas
3121. INDONESIA: Jokowi To Attend BRICS Summit in South Africa
3122. INDONESIA: Nearly 17,000 Central Government Employees to Relocate to Nusantara
3123. MYANMAR: H&M’s Forced Exit Leaves 42,000 Myanmar Workers Asking How They Will Eat
3124. THAILAND Now Has 36 Smart Cities In 25 Provinces
3125. INDONESIA: Jokowi Govt Sets Final $2.6b Tranche for Nusantara Next Year
3126. INDONESIA: Four More Provinces Ink Low-Carbon Development Deal With Bappenas
3127. MYANMAR: Leader of Sanctions-Hit Myanmar Junta Moans About ‘Weaponization’ of Dollar
3128. MYANMAR: In Myanmar Prisons, Showing Solidarity With Martyrs Leads to Solitary Confinement
3129. SINGAPORE: Police Warn Of New Android App Scam Targeting Users of TikTok, Dating Platforms-
3130. INDONESIA: Tesla To Sign Investment Deal In Indonesia Within Months: Luhut
3131. INDONESIA: Newly-Arrested Militant Plots Attacks on Police, Military Targets
3132. MYANMAR: Price Control Panel Fails to Stem Myanmar’s Growing Food Crisis
3133. MYANMAR Regime to Arm Civil Servants
3134. SINGAPORE: Some Employers Make Baseless ‘revenge accusations’ Against Maids To Punish Them For Leaving Job: Home Report
3135. INDONESIA: Government To Start Random Emission Tests As Poor Air Chokes Jakarta
3136. INDONESIA: Jokowi Mulls Work From Home Policy to Address Deteriorating Jakarta Air Quality
3137. MYANMAR: At Least 25 Missing After Myanmar Jade Mine Landslide
3138. THAILAND: Man, 36, Becomes First Patient To Die of Mpox in Thailand
3139. VIETNAM Issues e-Visa For All Countries
3140. INDONESIA: Jakarta Pollution Blamed For Respiratory Problems
3141. INDONESIA: Miss Universe Cuts Ties with Indonesian Organizer amid Sexual Harassment Allegations
3142. MYANMAR: Torture and Terror at Chinese-Run Cyber Scam Hubs in Myanmar
3143. VIETNAM: Big Wave of Internal Migration Hits Da Lat
3144. INDONESIA: Jakarta Hit By Major Pollution spike: Air quality monitor
3145. INDONESIA: Lecturer’s Curse of President Tests Limits of Free Speech
3146. INDONESIA: New Capital Nusantara is World’s Largest Project: Jokowi
3147. MYANMAR: Indian Minister of Home Affairs Blames Manipur Violence On Myanmar Refugees
3148. VIETNAM: Power Outages Cost Vietnam $1.4B: World Bank
3149. INDONESIA: ‘Missing Link’ in Indonesia’s Economic Development: INDEF
3150. INDONESIA: New Zealand Calls For Release of Pilot Kidnapped in Papua
3151. INDONESIA: 30 Miss Universe Indonesia Contestants Report Sexual Abuse: Lawyer
3152. MYANMAR: Prominent Activist Calls for Public Boycott of Myanmar Junta’s ‘Blood’ Products
3153. THAILAND To Grow Opium, Magic Mushrooms To Produce Morphine, Anti-Depressants
3154. INDONESIA’S Inequality Increases Slightly As Poverty Falls
3155. INDONESIA: Brain Drain: Calls Mount For Dual Citizenship In Indonesia
3156. INDONESIA: Populous Indonesia Defends Democracy Index That is Behind Malaysia
3157. MALAYSIA: PM Anwar: Turkiye’s President Erdogan Suggests Cooperation With Malaysia In Facing Islamophobia
3158. MYANMAR: Deadly Floods Displace Thousands in Three Myanmar Border States
3159. CAMBODIA Dismisses Human Rights Report
3160. INDONESIA: Experts Warn of Contagious Outbreaks, Health Problems As El Niño Returns
3161. INDONESIA’S Economic Growth Exceeds 5% for 7th Consecutive Quarter
3162. MYANMAR: US Closes Sanctions Window For Myanmar Junta Banks
3163. VIETNAM: Earthworm Electrocution Is Destroying The Environment For China Trade
3164. ASEAN: Timor-Leste Rethinks Its Accession Bid if ASEAN Cannot Handle Myanmar Issue
3165. INDONESIA- West Sumatra Administration Criticized For Stifling Protests
3166. MALAYSIA: Muslim Nationalism Challenges Anwar’s Multiethnic Government: Wong Chin Huat
3167. MYANMAR: Political Prisoners Tortured for Honoring Myanmar’s Martyrs’ Day
3168. VIETNAM: Export Demand Should Not Jeopardize Vietnam Food Security: Experts
3169. INDONESIA Initiates ASEAN Road Map For Digital Transformation Of Education Systems
3170. INDONESIA: Foreigners Only Need Passport to Buy House in Indonesia: Gov’t
3171. MALAYSIA: Woman Convert Fails To Get High Court Leave In Bid To Be Declared Christian After Divorcing Muslim Man
3172. MYANMAR: Singapore Urged to Stop Aiding War Crimes in Myanmar
3173. THAILAND: Chinese Investors Top BOI Investments Applications
3174. INDONESIA: Islamic School Leader Panji Gumilang Detained for Blasphemy, Hate Speech
3175. INDONESIA: Govt Plans to Revive Sanatoriums To Treat Tuberculosis
3176. MYANMAR: Junta’s Amnesty for Political Prisoners was Hostage Diplomacy: Myanmar Watchdog
3177. VIETNAM Continues ‘Four Nos’ Defense Policy
3178. VIETNAM: Culinary Tourism To Become National Strategic Product
3179. INDONESIA: Govt Unveils Ecotourism Concept For New Capital City
3180. INDONESIA: No LSD In Our Cattle, Canberra Insists After RI Halts Imports
3181. MYANMAR Regime Reduces Jailed Leaders’ Sentences Under Prisoner Amnesty
3182. SINGAPORE:  Man Charged With Running Unregistered Muslim Religious School, Teaching False Doctrine
3183. VIETNAMESE Consume Too Much Meat, Say Health Advocates
3184. INDONESIA: Government Orders Shipment of Aid to Drought-Hit Papua Region
3185. INDONESIA: Jokowi Seeks Chinese Investment in 5,000-Hectare Durian Plantation
3186. Myanmar Junta Extends State of Emergency for 6 More Months
3187. PHILIPPINES: 25 Dead, Over 2 million Affected from Typhoon Doksuri in Philippines
3188. VIETNAM: Russia to Issue E-Visas for Vietnamese Nationals
3189. NDONESIA’S Middle-Strength Passport Remains a Travel Barrier For Some
3190. INDONESIA Launches Its First CryIpto Bourse
3191. MALAYSIA: Customs Makes Biggest Drug Bust in Sabah, Seizes over 100Kg of Syabu Worth Around RM3M
3192. MYANMAR Jade Worth About US$4 Billion Exported to China in 2022
3193. THAILAND:  Police Prepare for Thaksin’s Return As August 10 Arrival Date Confirmed By Family
3194. INDONESIA’s Rice Reserve Not Sufficient To Weather El Niño Next Year
3195. ASEAN Predicted to Be Net Importer of Natural Gas by 2025
3196. MYANMAR’S Northern Alliance ‘Not Interested’ in Empty Peace Talks With Junta
3197. PHILIPPINES; China Eyes Military Exercises With PH
3198. SINGAPORE: No Zero-Tolerance Approach by PAP to Extramarital Affairs, Unlike Corruption and Criminal Conduct: DPM Wong
3199. CAMBODIA: An End To An Era as Hun Sen Passes Baton To Son Manet
3200. INDONESIA: JETP Could Help Drive Indonesia’s Geothermal Growth
3201. INDONESIA Says Taliban Representatives Visited ‘Informally’
3202. MYANMAR: Thai Beer Titan to Invest US$14M in Another Brewery in Myanmar
3203. PHILIPPINES: VIETNAM Builds More Facilities in Spratlys
3204. CAMBODIAN Election Draws Criticism
3205. INDONESIA: Social Media Monitoring Agency Could Curb Free Speech, Activists Warn
3206. INDONESIA Set to Launch Largest Solar Panel Industry in SE Asia
3207. MYANMAR Military May Move Suu Kyi to House Arrest
3208. SINGAPORE To Execute First Woman In Nearly 20 Years: Rights Groups
3209. INDONESIA: G20 Energy Proposal Costly, Not Feasible: RI
3210. INDONESIA Spends $3.8B on Fuel Subsidies in 1st Half of 2023
3211. MYANMAR: Number of IDPs in Myanmar Surges Almost 50,000 in Five Weeks
3212. SINGAPORE: Growing Concern With Youth Radicalism, Terrorism Threat to Singapore Remains High: ISD
3213. VIETNAM: Researchers Find Evidence of 2,000-year-old curry in Vietnam, the oldest in Southeast Asia
3214. CAMBODIA’S 2023 General Election Kicks Off
3215. INDONESIA: Power Struggle Grips Golkar Ahead of 2024 Polls
3216. INDONESIA: Gov’t Told to Close Illegal Railroad Crossings
3217. MALAYSIA: In Malaysia, More Muslim Parents Turning To Abducting Kids in Custody Wars: SIS Data
3218. MYANMAR: Whither Wa State? Myanmar’s Criminal Hub Spreads Wings Under Junta
3219. INDONESIA Must Push For Fairer Carbon Market: Activists
3220. INDONESIA: Gov’t Takes Down Over 11,000 Gambling Websites
3221. MALAYSIA Issues License to Elon Musk’s Starlink To Bring Internet Services To Remote Areas
3222. MYANMAR: Chin Schoolchildren Being Taught In Trenches Cecause of Airstrikes
3223. VIETNAM’S Last Wild Elephants On The Brink of Survival
3224. INDONESIA Strengthens Economic Diplomacy With Cabinet Reshuffle
3225. INDONESIA: No Authorization for Interfaith Marriages: Supreme Court
3226. Myanmar Regime Again Bars Daw Aung San Suu Kyi From Honoring Father on Martyrs’ Day
3227. SINGAPORE: Foreigners Need Approval To Buy Mixed Commercial and Residential Properties, Land in Singapore
3228. VIETNAM Passport Jumps 6 Places in Global Ranking
3229. INDONESIA: RI, EU Gear Up For Trade Clash
3230. INDONESIA: Tech Giants Pay Indonesia $886M in Digital Taxes in 3.5 Years
3231. MYANMAR: Political Prisoners in Constant Fear of Torture and Murder
3232. PHILIPPINES: ICC Junks PH Appeal On Drug War Probe
3233. VIETNAM: Google Maps Re-Displays Vietnamese Flag on Spratly Island
3234. INDONESIA: When Teachers Are The Bullies, Where Do Students Go?
3235. INDONESIA Trade Surplus for 38 Months in a Row
3236. MYANMAR Junta Condemns ASEAN for Ignoring ‘Peaceful Efforts to Restore Democracy’
3237. THAILAND: Coalition Decides to Propose Pita as its PM Candidate in Second Round
3238. VIETNAM’S Aging 100-million Population a Demographic Time Bomb
3239. CAMBODIA: Childhood Diabetes Up Amid Sugar Epidemic
3240. INDONESIA: Growing Informal Sector Signals Lack In Job Creation
3241. INDONESIA: PTPP, Adhi Karya Win $540M Railway Project in Philippines
3242. MYANMAR Junta Likely to Extend Military Rule Again
3243. THAILAND: Two-Wheeled Angels:Bangkok Launches First Fleet of Motorbike-ambulances
3244. ASEAN Struggles For Unity On Myanmar Conflict
3245. ASEAN, China Agree on South China Sea’s Code of Conduct Guidelines
3246. INDONESIA: Shrinking Domestic Industry May Dethrone RI As World’s No. 2 Rubber Exporter
3247. MYANMAR: Protect Rohingya From Armed Gangs: HRW
3248. THAILAND: Pita Fails in Bid to Become Prime Minister
3249. INDONESIA Wants to Double Lithium Pact with Australia to 120,000 Tons
3250. INDONESIA: LGBT Event in Indonesia Scrapped After Security Threats
3251. MYANMAR: Thai Foreign Minister Says Met Myanmar’s Suu Kyi
3252. SINGAPORE: Maid Agencies Find Various Ways to Sieve Out Underage Candidates, Even As MOM Sees Fewer Cases
3253. THAILAND: Thaksin Postpones Return Until Thailand’s Political Situation Settles Down
3254. INDONESIA: Bakamla Seizes Iranian Tanker Over Illicit Oil Transfer
3255. INDONESIA: Netherlands Returns Ancient Jewels, Temple Carvings to Indonesia
3256. MALAYSIA: PM Anwar Gives Final Warning To Those Playing Up 3R Issues
3257. MYANMAR Junta Condemned For Using ‘Prison Transfers’ as a Pretext For Murder
3258. PHILIPPINE Activists Fight Back on Online Theats Rise
3259. CAMBODIA: Manhunt Underway After Capital 103kg-Meth Bust
3260. INDONESIA: RI Property Giants to Build Malls, Offices In Nusantara Capital City
3261. INDONESIA: $3.5 Billion Jababeka Movieland Launched as Indonesian Answer to Hollywood
3262. MYANMAR: Singapore’s UOB Is Shutting Myanmar Junta Allied Airline’s Bank Accounts
3263. SINGAPORE: Millions Vie For Tickets to Taylor Swift’s Only Stop in Southeast Asia
3264. INDONESIA: Potable Tap Water Still a Pipe Dream, for Now
3265. INDONESIA: Political Row Undermines RI’S Second Chance as FIFA Host
3266. MALAYSIA: Counting Malaysia’s ‘Invisible’ People: How Many Born Here Cannot Be Citizens Despite Their Local Roots
3267. MYANMAR: Thailand’s Deportation of Undocumented Children Branded Cruel
3268. SINGAPORE Must Never Become a Welfare State, But It Can Be a ‘Welfare Society’: SM Tharman
3269. INDONESIA: Govt Steps Up Efforts To Curb Anthrax After Outbreak Kills 3 People
3270. INDONESIA: Robust Salt Industry Recipe to Cut Indonesia’s Deficit with Australia
3271. MYANMAR: UN Urges End to Arms, Currency Supplies to Myanmar Junta
3272. SINGAPORE: Police Warn of Resurgence of Concert Ticket Scam As At Least 462 Lose Over S$480,000 Since January
3273. VIETNAM: New Crocodile Newt Species Discovered in Vietnam
3274. INDONESIA: Government Rescues Nearly 2,000 Human Trafficking Victims
3275. INDONESIA: Safeguarding the Sunda Pangolin: RER’s Commitment to Wildlife Protection and Conservation
3276. MALAYSIA: More Malaysians Transitioning to Solar Power to Reduce Electricity Bills
3277. MYANMAR: Junta Orders Nightlife Shutdown as Narcotics Flood Myanmar
3278. VIETNAM RIses FOur Ranks in Global Peace Index
3279. CAMBODIA Bans Entry for All Meta Oversight Board Bembers
3280. INDONESIA: Victims, Families Urge Jokowi to Rewrite History on Rights Abuse
3281. INDONESIA: ‘No Big Deal’: Minister Reacts to Indonesian Rice Terraces Used in Philippine Tourism Promo
3282. MYANMAR Supreme Court to Hear President and Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Appeals
3283. VIETNAMESE People Turning Their Backs On Dog Meat
3284. INDONESIA: Jakarta Installs AI-Controlled Traffic Lights to Ease Congestion
3285. INDONESIA Reports Slower Deforestation Growth
3286. MYANMAR: Surprise? Myanmar Ranks Poorly in ‘Tourist-Friendly ’Ranking
3287. THAILAND-Foreign Investors Wary of Delay in Thai Govt Formation: FTI
3288. VIETNAM  Bans Barbie Movie for Featuring China’s Nine-Dash Line
3289. INDONESIA: After Recent Portfolio Sell-Offs, Is Traditional Retail Banking Dead in Indonesia?
3290. INDONESIA In Talks with 3 Unnamed Countries for OPEC-Like Nickel Cartel
3291. MYANMAR Junta War Crimes Rising: UN Report
3292. SINGAPORE Sees Highest Number of Suicides in Over 20 Years, With Most Cases Among Those in Their 20s: SOS
3293. TIMOR LESTE Independence Hero Xanana Gusmao Returns to Power
3294. INDONESIA: Reparations Program Gets Mixed Welcome
3295. INDONESIA’S  Learning Gap Spanning Two Decades: Minister
3296. MYANMAR: Medical Association Issues Urgent Global Appeal to Deliver Healthcare to Myanmar
3297. SINGAPORE: Growing Popularity of Adventure Tourism
3298. VIETNAM: Philippine Police Rescue More than 1,000 Alleged Trafficking Victims, Including Vietnamese
3299. INDONESIA: Reparations Program Gets Mixed Welcome
3300. INDONESIA’S  Learning Gap Spanning Two Decades: Minister
3301. MYANMAR: Medical Association Issues Urgent Global Appeal to Deliver Healthcare to Myanmar
3302. SINGAPORE: Growing Popularity of Adventure Tourism
3303. VIETNAM: Philippine Police Rescue More than 1,000 Alleged Trafficking Victims, Including Vietnamese
3304. INDONESIA: World Bank Sees Stagnant FDI, Slowdown in Growth for Indonesia
3305. INDONESIA to Reroute Palm Oil Export to Africa Following EUDR
3306. MYANMAR Junta Turns Thai-Sponsored Talks Into Propaganda Tool
3307. PHILLIPPINES- Kitchen Crisis: How some food prices soared under Marcos
3308. SINGAPORE: Air Purifiers Flying off the shelves as S’poreans brace themselves for haze; experts give tips on dealing with it
3309. SOUTHEAST ASIA at High Risk of Trans-boundary Haze: Report
3310. INDONESIA Moves ASEAN Military Drill Site Away From South China Sea
3311. MYANMAR: US Slaps Sanctions on Myanmar Junta Defense Ministry, Regime-Run Banks
3312. VIETNAM: Dak Lak Armed Group Connected to US-based Terrorists
3313. VIETNAM: Nearly 5,000 ChatGPT Accounts hacked in Vietnam
3314. INDONESIA Ranks Sixth Among Countries with Most Startups
3315. INDONESIA: Jakarta Lacks Myanmar Leverage: UN rapporteur
3316. MALAYSIA: Wisma Putra Clarifies Misperceptions Regarding Demarcation of Strait of Malacca and Sulawesi Sea
3317. MYANMAR: Arrests Follow ‘Flower Strike’ To Mark Detained Aung San Suu Kyi’s Bfrirthday
3318. SINGAPORE: High Risk of Severe Transboundary Haze in 2023, Public Advised To Be Prepared: Singapore institute
3319. INDONESIAN Businesses Call For Change in PLN’s Dominance to Hit Renewable Target
3320. INDONESIA Urges Regional Efforts for Clean Energy Transition
3321. MYANMAR: More Labor Union Leaders Arrested at Zara Factory in Myanmar
3322. PHILIPPINES: Filipino Women Highly Biased Against Own Gender: Study
3323. VIETNAM: Overseas Vietnamese Return Home For Retirement
3324. INDONESIA’S Satria-1 Successfully Launched Into Orbit
3325. INDONESIA: Coca-Cola Launches New rPET Bottles in Indonesian Market
3326. LAOS Seals MOU With Chinese Firm for Development of That Luang SEZ
3327. MYANMAR Junta Signs Wind Power, Direct Flights and Financial Deals With Russia
3328. THAILAND Defends Divisive Myanmar Junta Talks
3329. ASEAN Nixes Thai Informal Talks Idea on Myanmar
3330. CAMBODIAN  Riel to Expand Across Laos and Vietnam
3331. INDONESIA: Japan’s Emperor in Indonesia for First State Visit
3332. MALAYSIA Best-Performing Muslim-Majority Country in 2022’s Islamicity Index, But Long Way to Go On Human Rights
3333. MYANMAR  People’s Thoughts With Detained Daw Aung San Suu Kyi on 78th Birthday
3334. INDONESIA: MSMEs Account for 97% of Job Opportunities in Indonesia
3335. INDONESIA: Jakartans Find Worsening Air Pollution ‘Unbearable’
3336. MYANMAR Junta Sentences 730 Political Prisoners in Less Than Six Months
3337. PHILIPPINES: Media Landscape Remains ‘Largely Grim’ Despite Change In Leadership: Report
3338. VIETNAM All Set To Classify Covid As Common Disease

EXTRICATING NDONESIAN CHILDREN FROM ISIS INFLUENCE ABROAD

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

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