Category: Opinions

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