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  1. INDONESIA Maintains Trade Surplus Despite Plunging Exports
  2. INDONESIA: Medan Mall Shut Down for Dodging Rp 250B Tax
  3. MALAYSIA: Foreigners Married to Malaysians Can Use Spouse’s Name for Business: Johor Exco
  4. MYANMAR: Karen Information Center Director Wins International Journalism Award
  5. SINGAPORE: British Expat Launches ‘SinglePore’ In-Person Dating Event; Big Response Crashes Website
  6. INDONESIA: Designing the Future of Indonesia’s Food Systems
  7. INDONESIA: Jokowi, Elon Musk to Launch Starlink Services in Indonesia
  8. MALAYSIA: Meeting with Hamas May Cause Anxiety But Malaysia Trying to Help in Peace Effort: PM Anwar:
  9. MYANMAR Junta Plans October National Census
  10. INDONESIA: Opposition Grows to Broadcasting Bill that Threatens Press Freedom
  11. INDONESIA: Ukrainians, Russian Face Death Over Bali Drug Lab: Police
  12. MYANMAR Civil War Delays Development Assistance From Thailand
  13. SINGAPORE: Handing Over Singapore In Good order: The legacy of Lee Hsien Loong
  14. VIETNAM: Mysterious ‘Floating’ Lake Discovered in Central Vietnam
  15. CAMBODIA: Ministry Questions TIA Report on Money-Laundering Risks
  16. INDONESIA: Prabowo Reiterates ‘Asian Way’ to Defuse Tension
  17. INDONESIA: May Riot Victims Seek Closure From Incoming Govt
  18. MYANMAR: IOM’s Chief Announces Funding for Rohingya Refugees on Bangladesh Visit
  19. SINGAPORE: ‘I’ve Been Scammed’: PM Lee on How He Himself Was Victim of an Online Scam
  20. INDONESIA: Structural Problems Blight Agriculture As Key Sector For Employment
  21. MALAYSIA: Education Minister: Upholding Malay, English Languages Must Go Hand-in-Hand
  22. MALAYSIA Plans To Introduce ‘Orangutan Diplomacy’
  23. MYANMAR Junta Rebuffs Hun Sen’s Request to Meet Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
  24. THAILAND: PM Clamps Down on Cannabis For Recreational Use
  25. CAMBODIA: Hun Sen Requests Video Meeting With Aung San Suu Kyi
  26. INDONESIA Sees Hottest April in 40 years
  27. INDONESIA: Bata Shoe Factory Shuts Down After 30 Years
  28. MYANMAR: Over 3 million ow displaced in Myanmar: UN
  29. VIETNAM: Digital Content Exporters Open Foreign Offices To Avoid Tax
  30. INDONESIA Hopes to Lead Global Green Aluminum Market with UAE
  31. MYANMAR: AAPP: Myanmar Junta Killed 223 Females This Year
  32. THAILAND: Heatwave Escalates Water War in Thailand’s North
  33. INDONESIA: Unresolved Conflicts May Hinder Prabowo’s Plan to Form Presidents’ Club
  34. INDONESIAN Muslim Cleric Reaffirms Ban on Interfaith Marriage
  35. MYANMAR: Chin Alliances Clash Over Territory Liberated From Myanmar Junta
  36. SINGAPORE:  Migrant Workers in S’pore Left in Limbo After Paying Large Sums to Agency Promising Jobs in Poland
  37. VIETNAM:  Rail Route Connects China, Laos, Thailand, Malaysia
  38. INDONESIA: Schools, Universities Prone To Corruption: KPK Survey
  39. INDONESIA: Sumatran Orangutan’s Use of Medicinal Plant to Treat Wound Intrigues Scientists
  40. MYANMAR: US Commission Slams Myanmar’s Religious Freedom
  41. VIETNAM Posts Over $10B in Four-Month Tourism Revenue
  42. VIETNAM to Produce Enough Rice for 8 Million Tons Exports
  43. INDONESIA May Offer Dual Citizenship to Attract Overseas Workers: Minister
  44. INDONESIA: Ministry Unveils New Funding Initiative For Climate-Resilient Health System
  45. MALAYSIA: PM Anwar: Govt Can Take Criticism But Will Not Compromise on 3R Sentiments
  46. MYANMAR: EU Extends Myanmar Junta Sanctions for Another Year
  47. VIETNAM Welcomes over 6 Million Int’l Visitors in Four Months
  48. INDONESIA: Magnitude 6.5 Earthquake Strikes off Java Island: Authorities
  49. INDONESIA: PDI-P Could Become Sole Opposition to Prabowo Coalition
  50. INDONESIA: Political Dynasticism Rampant in Newly Elected House Lawmakers
  51. MYANMAR: India Needs to Protect its Strategic Stakes in ‘Unstable’ Myanmar
  52. PHILIPPINES- Heat wave in Southeast Asia closes schools, triggers health alerts
  53. REGIONAL: Women in SE Asia Gaining Representation in Boardrooms: Report
  54. CAMBODIA: Pailin Farmer Hits On Solution To Excess Mangoes
  55. INDONESIA: US Returns Antiquities to Indonesia Amid Probe into Trafficking Networks
  56. INDONESIA: Creative Industry Workers Worry AI Is After Their Jobs
  57. MALAYSIA Adopts a Balanced Foreign Policy, Stands Clear of Provocations: PM Anwar
  58. MYANMAR: Network of ASEAN Parliamentarians Says Only Myanmar is Locking up Lawmakers
  59. INDONESIA: House of Old Men: 2024 Election Sees Lowest Number of Young Lawmakers ​​​
  60. INDONESIA: Job Creation Law Eases Business Licensing to Propel Growth
  61. MALAYSIA: UM Apologizes For Hosting Pro-Israel Professor, Lambasts Him for Claiming Malaysia Unsafe for Travelers
  62. MYANMAR: Thailand Warns Myanmar’s Rivals Against Using Its Soil For Harm: Minister
  63. THAILAND: 30 Died From Heatstroke in Thailand so Far in 2024 as South-east Asia Bakes
  64. CAMBODIA: Ending a Scourge: PM Pushes For Final Steps to Eradicate Malaria in Cambodia
  65. INDONESIA in Dire Need of Specialist Doctors: Jokowi
  66. 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
  67. MYANMAR: US Think-Tank Sounds Alarm as Scam Centers Mushroom on Myanmar-Thai Border
  68. SINGAPORE Red Cross Sends 9 Volunteers to Egypt for Gaza Relief Work, S$815,000 Worth of Aid
  69. INDONESIA: Dengue Deaths Spike Almost Threefold Compared to Last Year
  70. INDONESIA: Inter-Province Migration Costs Jakarta Trillions of Rupiah
  71. MALAYSIA Seeing Sharp Increase In Ageing Population: Nanta
  72. MYANMAR: UN’s Türk Sounds Alarm Amid Rising Tensions in Rakhine
  73. INDONESIA: Court Rulings Seal Prabowo Win
  74. INDONESIA: Clashes Between TNI, OPM Continue in Papua Amid Rising Tension
  75. MALAYSIA Poised to Become Powerhouse In Clean, Renewable Energy: Industry Players
  76. MYANMAR: As Losses Mount, Myanmar’s Junta Tightens Its Embrace of Russia
  77. CAMBODIA: Chinese Police Complete Repatriation Of Over 680 Gambling, Scam Suspects from Cambodia
  78. INDONESIA: Authorities Call For Vigilance Amid Heightened Volcanic Activity
  79. MALAYSIA Aims To Be In Top 20 Countries in Global Startup Ecosystem Index by 2030: PM Anwar
  80. MYANMAR Junta Using Rohingya Recruits to Sow Ethnic Hatred: Activists
  81. VIETNAM: Three Vietnam Locales Among World’s ‘Best Walking cities’
  82. ASEAN Says ‘Deeply Concerned’ Over Escalating Myanmar Violence
  83. INDONESIA: Trust in Constitutional Court Rises Ahead Of Ruling On Election Disputes: LSI Survey
  84. MYANMAR: New Year, Old Tactic: Myanmar Junta’s Amnesty Skips Political Prisoners
  85. SINGAPORE:  24-Year-Old Maps Singapore Toilets With Bidets on Google, Earning Rave Reviews From Netizens
  86. THAILAND: NIA Launches New Platform to Boost Thai Agricultural Startups with Deep Tech
  87. INDONESIA: Apple Mulls Building First Production Facility in Indonesia
  88. INDONESIA: Jokowi Raises Concerns Over Money Laundering Using Crypto Assets
  89. MALAYSIA: Single Mother is First Woman Khalwat Offender to be Whipped in Terengganu
  90. MYANMAR: Burmese Activist Maung Zarni Nominated For the Nobel Peace Prize
  91. VIETNAM Needs $30B Investment For Universal Clean Water Access
  92. INDONESIA: Minister Launches 500,000 Hectares of Farming Land in S Papua
  93. INDONESIA: Young People in Indonesia Put Off Marriage
  94. MALAYSIA: Biggest Renter Group in Malaysia are Millennials: Study
  95. MYANMAR: Aung San Suu Kyi And Former President Win Myint Reportedly Moved to House Arrest in Naypyidaw
  96. VIETNAM: Draft Law Restricting Journalists’ Courtroom Rights Meets Opposition
  97. INDONESIA: Mideast Escalation Could Pose Major Economic Risk to RI
  98. INDONESIA: Komnas HAM Criticizes Government Handling of Tensions in Papua
  99. MYANMAR: Over 1,000 Rohingya, Including Children, Abducted in Violation of Conscription Law
  100. PHILIPPINES-Marcos Rules Out New Bases for US
  101. SINGAPORE: Lawrence Wong to Take Over From Lee Hsien Loong As Prime Minister on May 15: PMO
  102. CAMBODIA’S Alternative Medicine to Hit $64.03 Million in 2024
  103. INDONESIA Poised to Lead Booming Halal Cosmetics Market
  104. INDONESIA: Papua Rebel Leader Says Captured New Zealand Pilot Won’t Be Released
  105. MYANMAR Democracy Icon Suu Kyi Believed Held in Solitary Confinement in Naypyidaw Prison
  106. VIETNAM: Schengen-Like Visa for Southeast Asia Will Boost Foreign Arrivals to Vietnam
  107. INDONESIA: Government Denies Israeli Reports On Normalizing Ties
  108. INDONESIA: Prabowo Collaborates with King of Jordan to Drop Indonesian Relief Supplies to Gaza
  109. MYANMAR Junta Slams UN’s ‘One-Sided’ Human Rights Claims
  110. SINGAPORE Wants to INsulate and Protect the Local Jewish Community From the Impacts of the War in Gaza: Shanmugam
  111. VIETNAM: Van Thinh Phat Chairwoman Truong My Lan Sentenced to Death in $27B Scam
  112. ASEAN Tourists Prefer Thailand Over Indonesia: Study
  113. Indonesia’s Economy to Grow 5.2 Pct in 2024, 2025: Report
  114. MALAYSIA: Meta, TikTok Pledge Online Safety Measures for Children Using Social Media: Fahmi
  115. MYANMAR: Reluctant Exiles: Another ‘Life or Death’ Exodus From Myanmar
  116. VIETNAM: Thailand Aims to Boost Durian Exports to China, Reclaiming lead from Vietnam
  117. CAMBODIA: 69-Year Old Phnom Penh Madam Detained For Underage Prostitution
  118. INDONESIA: Govt Urged To Tighten, Stop Granting Mining Licenses On Small Islands
  119. INDONESIA: 2 Papuan Rebel Leaders Killed in Shootout
  120. MYANMAR: Australia’s Ex-Foreign Minister Named UN Myanmar Envoy
  121. VIETNAM Firms Face Highest Local Cyberthreats in Southeast Asia: Kaspersky
  122. INDONESIA: Police Uncover Crystal and Liquid Meth Production House Linked to Hong Kong Ring
  123. INDONESIA: PLN Mulls Importing LNG Amid Likely Shortfall in Local Gas Supply
  124. MALAYSIA: Prabowo, Anwar Discuss Direction to Strengthen Malaysia-Indonesia Ties
  125. MYANMAR Junta Deputy Defense Minister Interrogated Over Online Scams
  126. THAILAND: Google Lunches Security Feature to Protect Thailand Users From Scams
  127. INDONESIA: Lack of Clean Power May Jeopardize Indonesia’s Downstream Dream
  128. INDONESIA: Brunei and Laos Join Regional Payment Connectivity
  129. MALAYSIA: Putrajaya Must Calm ‘Allah’ Socks Storm Before Tensions Erupt: Extremism Experts
  130. MYANMAR: BHRN Calls On International Community to Help Muslims in Myanmar
  131. THAILAND: National Anti-Corruption Commission Initiates An Anti-Corruption Education Curriculum to Educate Thai Children and Instill Integrity Value in Thai society
  132. INDONESIA: Hyundai Ends Indonesia Aluminium Deal After Climate Campaign By K-Pop Fans
  133. INDONESIA: Aceh Authorities Detain Four Suspects in Rohingya Refugee Smuggling Case
  134. MALAYSIA Probes Links Between Detained Man and Israeli Crime Group
  135. MYANMAR Junta Scrambling to Hang on to Pearl of Economic Partnership With China
  136. VIETNAM Has 6 Billionaires in Forbes Global Rich List
  137. INDONESIA: Gov’t Revokes Over 2,000 Mining Licenses
  138. INDONESIA: Court Summons 4 Jokowi Ministers to Testify in Presidential Election Dispute Trial
  139. INDONESIA: As El Nino Bites, Indonesians Struggle with Record-High Rice Prices
  140. MYANMAR Military Loses Historic Outpost on Road to China in Kachin State
  141. SINGAPORE: 5 Takeaways From Survey of Southeast Asians, Including Singapore Being Top Choice of Regional Country for Relocation
  142. INDONESIA: Pope Francis to Visit Indonesia in September: Minister
  143. INDONESIA Gears Up for Another Colossal Elections
  144. MYANMAR: KNU Grateful For Aid Sent by Thai Government Through Myanmar Red Cross
  145. SINGAPORE: Dengue Cases Soar, Doubling in First Quarter of 2024; 7 Deaths Reported
  146. CAMBODIA: Chetra Urges Preservation of Tonle Sap
  147. INDONESIA’S Business Environment Ranking Slips As Others Improve
  148. INDONESIA: Untapped Muslim Donations Could Reach Rp180 Trillion Annually
  149. MYANMAR: India Urged to Stop Embracing War Criminals in Myanmar
  150. THAILAND Equal Marriage Bill a Victory for LGBTQA+ All Over the World:Pita
  151. INDONESIA Calls for Immediate Cease-Fire in Gaza After UN Vote
  152. INDONESIA Moves Closer to Next World Cup Qualifying Round with 3-0 Win in Vietnam
  153. MALAYSIA: New SOPs Introduced To Prrevent Child Abuse Cases at Daycare Centers: Nancy Shukri
  154. MYANMAR: UK Government Raps Myanmar Junta on Armed Forces Day Over Its Brutality
  155. S’PORE-Flagged Vessel Had ‘Momentary Loss of Propulsion’ Just Before Hitting Baltimore Bridge: MPA
  156. INDONESIA: 13 Soldiers Held Over Alleged Torture of Papuan
  157. INDONESIA: Jakarta Police Capture Portuguese Nationals Involved in Liquid Cocaine Trafficking Operation
  158. MYANMAR: A Chronicle of Collapse: How the Tide Turned Against Myanmar’s Once Mighty Military
  159. PHILIPPINES: Drug War Restarts in Davao
  160. VIETNAM: Central Vietnam Province Gets Its Own Red Sea
  161. INDONESIA: Constitutional Court Rules Defamation Clause ‘Conditionally Unconstitutional’
  162. INDONESIA Takes Over Airspace Management in Riau Islands and Natuna from Singapore
  163. MYANMAR: Chinese Town Deports 200 Myanmar Migrant Workers Each Day
  164. SINGAPORE: Govt Tells Israeli Embassy to Remove Facebook Post That Was an ‘Astonishing Attempt to Rewrite History’, says Shanmugam
  165. THAILAND: An Entrepreneur Scores a Win in Europe With Her Low Glycemic Flour
  166. INDONESIA: Failed Election Candidates Place Hopes in Court Proceedings
  167. INDONESIA: New Import Rules Hoped to Save Ailing Textile Industry
  168. MALAYSIA: ‘Allah’ Socks Issue: Sabahan Sentenced to Six Months of Jail for Insulting Islam on Facebook
  169. MYANMAR is Main Beneficiary of Chinese Fund: Ambassador
  170. THAI Scientists Breed Coral in Labs to Restore Degraded Reefs
  171. INDONESIA Among the Unhappiest Countries in Southeast Asia: Study
  172. INDONESIA: Prabowo Declared as Elected President After Final Vote Count
  173. MYANMAR Court-Ordered Auction of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s Home Fails to Draw Bids
  174. SINGAPORE Completes First Humanitarian Aid Airdrop into Gaza
  175. VIETNAM: Vo Van Thuong Leaves Position as Vietnam President
  176. INDONESIA Braces For Wildfires Ahead of Dry Season
  177. INDONESIA: $11.6 Billion Invested in Indonesia’s Smelters
  178. MYANMAR’S Women Bear the Cost of the Junta’s Coup
  179. THAILAND: Rural Doctor Society Claims Identities of 2.2 Million Thais on Sale in ‘Dark Web’
  180. VIETNAM: Pakistani, Iranian Men Pose As Interpol To Extort Tourists in Hanoi
  181. INDONESIA Accused of Avoiding Human Rights Issues
  182. INDONESIA: Government Considers Student Loan Scheme for Low-Income Families
  183. MALAYSIA: High Court Strikes Out Woman’s Bid to Declare Herself as Non-Muslim
  184. In MYANMAR, Citizen Journalism is Connecting News to Its Revolutionary Roots
  185. INDONESIA: KPU Races to Finish Vote Tally
  186. INDONESIA: Russia Alleges 10 Indonesians Fighting as mercenaries in Ukraine
  187. INDONESIA: Jakarta Police Seize 2,500 LSD Sheets from Germany
  188. Myanmar’s UN Ambassador Calls for Security Council Action to Halt Conscription
  189. CAMBODIA: First Khmer-Speaking Robot Introduced-KhmerTimes
  190. INDONESIA: Draft Policy Draws Flak for Allowing Military, Police Hold Civil Posts
  191. INDONESIA Needs 350 More Aircraft to Make Airfare More Affordable
  192. MALAYSIA: Proposed Amendment on Citizenship Laws Goes Against Founding Fathers’ Intentions, Nazir Razak Tells Putrajaya
  193. MYANMAR Junta Cuts Communications in Around 80 Myanmar’s Townships: Report
  194. INDONESIA: EU Deforestation Regulation Seen to Complicate RI Biodiesel Exports
  195. INDONESIA: Thirst for ‘Swiftnomics’: Indonesia Eyes Partnering with Singapore on Concerts
  196. newspapers to strengthen mastery of Malay language among students
  197. MYANMAR: Japan Announces Extra US$ 37 Million In Aid to Myanmar
  198. SINGAPORE: Singapore Endorses Communique on Tackling Scams at Inaugural Global Fraud Summit
  199. INDONESIA: Extreme Weather Looms Over Indonesia
  200. INDONESIA: 2024 Presidential Election Results: Prabowo-Gibran Secures Victory in Jakarta
  201. MYANMAR: China Tightens Access For Myanmar Migrant Workers Entering From Shan State
  202. SINGAPORE: Over Half in S’pore Say Society, Technology Changing Too Fast, and In Ways That Don’t Benefit Them: Survey
  203. INDONESIA: Civil Society Piles Pressure On Parties To Launch House Probe
  204. INDONESIA: Batik Air Grounds Pilots Following Alleged In-Flight Napping
  205. MALAYSIA Charts Better Score In Latest Pew Religious Restriction Index, Driven By Drop in Govt Curbs
  206. MYANMAR General Arrested for Retreating as Ethnic Alliance Overran Northern Shan State
  207. THAILAND: Crackdown On ‘Mule’ Accounts Aims to Impact Call-Center Gangs
  208. INDONESIA: Why Carbon Utilization Key To Indonesia’s Decarbonization
  209. INDONESIA: 18 Dead, 5 Missing After Indonesia Floods, Landslide
  210. MALAYSIA: PM Anwar: Sarawak to Become Major Renewable Energy Hub in SE Asia
  211. MYANMAR: AA Joins KIA Attacks on Myanmar Junta in Kachin State, While Fighting in Rakhine
  212. VIETNAMESE Tech TAlents Find Homeland Has Appealing Career Prospects
  213. INDONESIA: Cooking Up Opportunities: Used Cooking Oil Can Be a ‘Sizzling Success’ for Indonesia
  214. INDONESIA Aiming for 80 Percent Middle Class Population in 2045: Bappenas
  215. MALAYSIA: A Decade After MH370: Hopes of a New search to End All Speculation
  216. MYANMAR: Besieged Junta Troops Launch ‘Scorched Earth’ Attacks in Myanmar Jade Hub
  217. PHILIPPINES: 3,600 Ex-Rebels, Mostly in Mindanao, Await Amnesty as Senate Backs Marcos’ Initiative
  218. INDONESIA: Prabowo Sets Ambitious 8 Pct Economic Growth Target for Indonesia
  219. MALAYSIA Among Top Five Most Improved in Increasing Legal Gender Equality, But Still Lags Behind Regional Neighbors: World Bank Report
  220. MYANMAR: Number of Townships Placed Under Martial Law by Myanmar Junta Rises to 61
  221. SINGAPORE: Govt Mulls Publicizing Litterbugs’ Photos to Identify Them As Part of ‘Targeted’ Response to Rise in Cases
  222. THAILAND: Wealthy Myanmar Citizens Buy Thai Property to Seek Refuge From Civil War
  223. INDONESIA: Teachers’ Groups Oppose Using Operational Assistance Fund to Provide Free Lunches
  224. INDONESIA: Prabowo Looks Certain to Protect Status Quo for Political Stability
  225. MALAYSIA: PM Anwar ‘Happy to Reopen’ MH370 Search If Compelling Evidence Found
  226. MYANMAR: ‘No Breakthrough’ in Fresh Talks Between Myanmar’s Brotherhood Alliance and Junta
  227. VIETNAM: Carbon Credit trade could bring Vietnam $200M per year
  228. CAMBODIA: Shiva Reborn: 10th Century Statue Takes Shape
  229. INDONESIA: Poll Body in Hot Water After String of Tech Failures
  230. INDONESIA: President Jokowi Takes a Stand Against Bullying at PGRI Congress
  231. MALAYSIAN Graduates are Overqualified and Underpaid: Khazanah Research Institute Report
  232. MYANMAR: Arakan Army Exposes Myanmar’s Naval Weaknesses
  233. INDONESIA: Government Trials Free Meal Program at Tangerang School
  234. INDONESIA: Jokowi Promotes Prabowo to TNI Honorary General
  235. MYANMAR Junta Captives Confess to Rakhine Executions
  236. SINGAPORE: New Anti-scam Portal to be Launched; MHA Calls out Meta for ‘Consistently Pushing Back’ on Efforts to Tackle Scams
  237. THAILAND: Zero Baht Stores: How ‘Grandpa Garbage’ Turned Waste into Sustainable Communities
  238. INDONESIA: Govt Doubles Funds for Oil Palm Replanting
  239. INDONESIA Losing Out on Foreign Tourists To Its Neighbors: Sandiaga
  240. MYANMAR: Aid Received by Myanmar in 2023 Insufficient According to Analysis
  241. SINGAPORE: Restaurant in Singapore Offers ‘Divorce’ Booking Option With Treats for Celebration
  242. THAILAND: Chaiwat Insists 2,900 Rai Under Dispute is Protected Forest, Cannot Be ‘Buffer Zone’
  243. CAMBODIA: Troubled Phnom Penh ‘Beer Bus’ Rebrands as ‘Eco-Friendly Exploration’
  244. INDONESIA: World Bank Urges Fiscal Caution for Indonesia’s Free Lunch Program in 2025
  245. INDONESIA: Inclusive Marriage Registry Plan for KUAs Meets With Questions, Calls for Dialogue
  246. MALAYSIA: Most Malaysians Agree With New National Service Scheme, Think It Will Be Positive: Survey
  247. MYANMAR: Myanmar Junta Calls on Students to Join University Corps
  248. INDONESIA Most Networked Nation in Southeast Asia Amid Geopolitical Race
  249. INDONESIA: Government to Relocate 6,000 Civil Servants to Nusantara in July
  250. MALAYSIA now ranks number one globally for 5G consistency score: Fahmi
  251. MYANMAR: Legal Aid Network Raps Myanmar Junta’s Conscription Drive
  252. VIETNAM Risks Losing Regional Tourism Race Without Visa Waivers: Experts
  253. CAMBODIA ex-PM Hun Sen Returns to Frontline Politics for Senate Seat
  254. INDONESIA: Luhut says China Ready to Fork Over for Cutlery Factory
  255. MYANMAR: Ta’ang Towns Promised Civilian Administration
  256. VIETNAM: Scrap Dealer Builds $2.85M Gold-Plated Castle in Central Vietnam
  257. CAMBODIA: Prime Minister Explains Hun Many’s Promotion to DPM
  258. INDONESIA: Jokowi Unveils Biggest Port in Eastern Indonesia
  259. INDONESIA Decries ‘Geopolitical Nightmare’ Ahead of ICJ Appeal
  260. MYANMAR: Thai Police Round Up Myanmar Citizens Fleeing Conscription
  261. VIETNAM To See Largest Expansion in Wealth Growth Over The Next Decade
  262. INDONESIA: Fitch, Moody’s Raise Concerns About Fiscal Policy Under Prabowo leadership
  263. INDONESIA: Prabowo’s School Meal Program to Cost $7.7 Billion in First Year
  264. MYANMAR: Pa-O Militia Backs Myanmar Junta Conscription by Forcibly Recruiting Civilians
  265. SINGAPORE: Malaysian Govt Study Warns of ‘Brain Drain’, Finds 3 in 4 M’sians Living, Working in S’pore Skilled or Semi-skilled
  266. THAILAND: What Thailand Must Do To Improve its Democracy Index Ranking
  267. INDONESIA: Jokowi signs regulation requiring Google, Meta to pay for news
  268. INDONESIA Says Women’s Rights Advocacy Should Remain a Priority in Afghanistan
  269. MALAYSIA: Police and State Islamic Authorities will Investigate Man Who Claims to be Prophet Muhammad’s Descendant: Home Minister
  270. MYANMAR:  Global ESG Investment Advisory Firms Accused of Aiding Myanmar Junta
  271. VIETNAM to send 125,000 Laborers Abroad in 2024
  272. CAMBODIA To Install Hundreds of Wildlife Cameras in an EFfort to Restore its Tiger Population
  273. INDONESIA: Jokowi Inaugurates 26 Military Hospitals Across Indonesia
  274. MYANMAR: 3 Myanmar Brigadier Generals Sentenced To Death For Surrendering Town
  275. VIETNAM’S VinFast to Establish EV Assembly Plant in Indonesia This Year
  276. INDONESIA: Doctors Blame Late Detection as Cancer Deaths in Indonesia Near 243,000
  277. INDONESIA: Prabowo Faces Policy Scrutiny After Free-Market Comments
  278. MYANMAR: Thailand’s Proposed Fishing Law Leaves Burmese Workers Vulnerable
  279. SINGAPORE: Air Ticket Prices To Go Up as Singapore Mandates Sustainable Fuel for Departing Flights from 2026
  280. THAILAND: Group Opposed to Thaksin’s Parole Vows to Seek NACC Investigation
  281. INDONESIA: Prabowo On Track To Succeed Jokowi
  282. INDONESIA: From Floods to Love Hearts
  283. MYANMAR: Restrictions Imposed on Domestic Air Travel in Myanmar
  284. THAILAND: Govt Launches New Medical Coverage Scheme for Tourists
  285. VIETNAMESE Spend $3.8M Daily on Online Food Orders
  286. INDONESIA: Tale of Two cities: Religious Tolerance in Bekasi & Depok
  287. INDONESIA to Address International Court Hearing on Israel Next Week
  288. MALAYSIA: Tourism Minister Urges Malaysians to Reject Racism to Achieve Strong Unity
  289. MYANMAR: Thailand to Open Humanitarian Center to Deliver Aid to Myanmar in One Month
  290. SINGAPORE Builds AI Model to ‘Represent’ Southeast Asians
  291. INDONESIA’S 2024 Cybersecurity Challenge: Rising Threats and Human Risks
  292. INDONESIA: New Energy Rule Discourages Rooftop Solar Systems: Users
  293. INDONESIA: Prabowo Reaffirms Continuation of Jokowi’s Programs
  294. MALAYSIA: Sharia Punishments in Malaysia Determined by Govt, No Question of Any Challenge Against Islamic Laws: IKIM
  295. MYANMAR Junta Enforces Military Service Law Following Battlefield Losses
  296. INDONESIA: Government Targets Completion of 41 National Strategic Projects by 2024, Removes 12
  297. MYANMAR’S Depleted Military Takes Aim at Professors, Students to Beef Up
  298. PHILIPPINES: Marcos Rejects Calls for Independent Mindanao After Duterte’s Remarks
  299. SINGAPORE: Median Monthly Household Income Rises to S$10,869 in 2023, a Real Increase of 2.8%
  300. INDONESIA’S Leading Banks Thrive in Post-Pandemic Recovery
  301. INDONESIA: KPU Found Guilty of Ethics Breach in Handling of Gibran VP Bid
  302. MYANMAR: Nine UN Security Council Members Call on Junta to End Attacks on Civilians
  303. THAILAND Confident Aid Effort Will Lead to Myanmar Crisis Dialogue
  304. INDONESIA: Anies to Uphold FPI, HTI Bans
  305. INDONESIA: Ship Captain Arrested for Transporting Migrant Workers from Malaysia
  306. MALAYSIA’S Pardons Board Announces Decision to Cut Najib’s Jail Term from 12 to 6 Years
  307. MYANMAR: 41 Rohingya Refugees Arrested After Fleeing Malaysian Detention Center
  308. VIETNAM: South Australia Halts Central Vietnam Students’ Admittance Amid Disappearances
  309. INDONESIAN Academia Calls for Electoral Integrity
  310. INDONESIA’S Manufacturing PMI Beats Other ASEAN Countries
  311. MALAYSIA: Stats Dept 2023 Report Shows Cancer Fourth Leading cCuse of death in Malaysia: Health Minister
  312. MYANMAR: 900 Myanmar Medics Detained Since 2021 Coup: Swiss Report
  313. SINGAPORE: Muslims Will Be Allowed to Eat Lab-Grown Meat If  It’s From Halal Animal Cells, Free From Non-Halal Ingredients: Mufti
  314. CAMBODIA: Soothsayers Barred From Social Media aEtivities
  315. INDONESIA: TNI Deploys 400,000 Soldiers to Safeguard the 2024 Election
  316. INDONESIA to Import Chinese Trains for Aging Commuter Line
  317. MYANMAR: Junta Prepared to Extend Myanmar’s State of Emergency Again in August
  318. VIETNAM: Thousands of Vietnamese queue for Korean jobs
  319. INDONESIA: Dynasty in the Making’ as President Jokowi Shadow Hangs Over General Elections
  320. INDONESIA: Singkawang Retains Title as Indonesia’s Most Tolerant City
  321. MALAYSIA Ranks 57th in Global Corruption Perception Index, Trails Singapore in ASEAN
  322. MYANMAR: Momeik Incinerated as Myanmar Junta Reoccupies Shan Town
  323. PHILIPPINES: CNN Philippines to Close Due to Financial Losses
  324. ASEAN Foreign Ministers Back ‘Myanmar-Owned and Led’ Solution to Crisis
  325. INDONESIA: South Korean Native Vies for House seat
  326. INDONESIA: Sustainable Infrastructure Will Remain as Top Priority under New President: Sri Mulyani
  327. MYANMAR Sends Official to First ASEAN Meeting in More Than Two Years
  328. SINGAPORE: Women Aged 21 to 49 More Likely Than Male Peers to Accept Being Single, Married Without Children: IPS poll
  329. INDONESIA Aims to Attract 1,000 Investors with ‘Golden Visa’ Program
  330. INDONESIA: Jokowi Gets Red Mark in Agrarian Dispute Resolution
  331. MYANMAR: Both Junta and Resistance Digging In as Third Myanmar Coup Anniversary Approaches
  332. THAILAND: Most Thais Believe Country in Economic Crisis That Needs Urgent Attention: Poll
  333. Vietnamese Make Up Largest Percentage of Japan’s Foreign Workforce
  334. INDONESIA: Rohingya Refugees Flee Aceh Shelter Amid Tensions With Locals
  335. INDONESIA Walks Out During Israel’s UN Security Council Speech
  336. MALAYSIA: At UPR Review, Malaysia Stands Firm on its Treatment of Refugees
  337. MYANMAR’S Supreme Court Orders Sale of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s Home
  338. VIETNAM Condemns Fabricated Report by Human Rights Watch
  339. INDONESIA: More Indonesians Smoking, Bucking Global Trend
  340. INDONESIA Seeks EU Trade Deal to Compete Against Vietnamese Footwear
  341. MALAYSIA to Launch Inquiry Into Cases Involving Disputed Singapore Strait Islets
  342. MYANMAR’S  Military Has Turned a Strategic Town in Sagaing Region Into a ‘Graveyard’
  343. THAILAND Must Get Out of Comfort Zone Amid Global Polycrises: CEOs
  344. INDONESIA Needs to Quadruple Sugar Output by 2030 for Self-Fufficiency, Ethanol
  345. INDONESIA: Demands from China, India to Boost Indonesia’s Coal Production
  346. MALAYSIA Demands Accountability for Israel’s Violations of International Law: Foreign Minister
  347. MYANMAR: Defeated Myanmar Junta Generals Given Death Sentences
  348. THAILAND Rolls out New VAT Refund for Foreign Tourists
  349. INDONESIA to Defend Skeptical Stance on Digital Goods Tax Moratorium at WTO
  350. INDONESIA: Special Buses for Students with Disabilities Begin Operations in Jakarta
  351. MALAYSIA’s Regressive Citizenship Amendments Risk Giving ‘Little Napoleons’ Power to Decide Who Gets To Be a Malaysian: Lawyer
  352. MYANMAR: India Plans to Fence Off Myanmar Frontier
  353. VIETNAM: First Homemade Radar Satellite to Go into Space Next Year
  354. INDONESIA: Prabowo Says Indonesia’s Future Lies in Kalimantan
  355. INDONESIA Eyes More Hydro-Floating Solar Hybrid Projects in 2024
  356. MYANMAR Named Second-Biggest Jailer of Journalists
  357. THAILAND: Muay Thai Takes the US by Storm, with 1,724 Centers, $1.25 Billion Industry
  358. VIETNAM: PM Requests Review of Labor Export Companies
  359. INDONESIA to Abandon 23% Renewable Energy Target
  360. INDONESIA’S Tourism to Fall Behind Thailand if Entertainment Tax Goes Up: Apindo
  361. MYANMAR: Another 278 Myanmar Junta Troops Flee to India
  362. SINGAPORE: EV Fast Chargers to be Set Up in HDB Neighborhood and town centers
  363. VIETNAM: Health Ministry Warns of Covid, Flu Surges Amid Tet travel, weather
  364. INDONESIA: Prabowo, Ganjar, Anies Offer Diverse Anti-Graft Strategies
  365. INDONESIA: Jakarta’s Global Graffic Ranking Improves, But Congestion Worsens
  366. MALAYSIA: Immigration D-G says 220 Undocumented Migrant Hotspots Detected Nationwide
  367. MYANMAR: Thailand Mulls Providing Humanitarian Aid to Victims of War in Myanmar: Report
  368. VIETNAM: US Terrorist Group Coaxes People Into Deadly Attacks in Vietnam: Prosecutors
  369. INDONESIA: President Jokowi Breaks Ground on Rp 940 Billion Mosque Project in Nusantara
  370. INDONESIA: KPK Seeks FBI Assistance in Investigating SAP’s Bribery Allegations
  371. MALAYSIA: Two Malaysian Detainees at Guantanamo Bay Plead Guilty to Conspiring in 2002 Bali Bombing
  372. MYANMAR: Female Prisoners Subjected to Humiliating Strip Searches in Corridors
  373. VIETNAM: Hanoi Man Suffers Roundworm Attacks Passed From Dog
  374. INDONESIA Targets 15 Oil and Gas Projects Going Onstream in 2024
  375. INDONESIA Narrowly Misses Target of 100% Electrification Rate
  376. INDONESIA: Vietnam to Surpass Indonesia if We Do Nothing: Jokowi
  377. MYANMAR  Military Bows to Powerful Ethnic Army, Gives it More Towns Near China Border
  378. VIETNAM: 290 Kg of Cocaine Washed Ashore in Central Vietnam
  379. INDONESIA: Candidates to Pledge Commitment On Graft Eradication
  380. INDONESIA: Police in West Papua Urge Vigilance as 53 Inmates Escape from Sorong Prison
  381. MYANMAR’S Dictator is Facing Calls to Resign From Some of His Most Ardent Supporters
  382. SINGAPOREANS Less Happy Today Than 5 Years Ago, But Those With More Balanced View of LIfe Generally More Satisfied: NUS Survey
  383. VIETNAM Upholds ‘One China’ Policy After Taiwan Election
  384. INDONESIA: Prabowo Revives Plan to Build Giant Seawall Across Java Coastline
  385. INDONESIA: Communication and Information Ministry Removes 810,000 Online Gambling Content in 2023
  386. MALAYSIAN Drug Kingpin Arrested in Laos Deported to Thailand, Authorities Working to Seize Remaining Ill-Gotten Gains
  387. MYANMAR: Captured Myanmar Brigadier General Urges Junta Boss to Stop Committing War Crimes
  388. SINGAPORE Passport Ranked World’s Most Powerful in 2024, Tied With 5 Other Countries
  389. INDONESIA: Police Extend Cartenz Peace Operation in Papua Through 2024
  390. INDONESIA: PLN Transforms Electric Poles into EV Charging Stations
  391. MALAYSIA: Fahmi: Spreading Fake News is a Crime, Agong is in Malaysia
  392. MYANMAR: Over 1,000 Myanmar Migrants Detained in Malaysia Crackdown
  393. SINGAPORE Looking to Hire Auxiliary Police from China, India, the Philippines, Myanmar as Taiwan Recruits Dwindle: Shanmugam
  394. INDONESIA: Unlocking Indonesia’s Supply Chain Opporst Asia-tunity in Energized Southea
  395. INDONESIA to Send Record-Breaking 241,000 Pilgrims for 2024 Hajj Season
  396. Myanmar Junta Unleashes Fury on Indonesia After MP Calls For Int’l Isolation, Rohingya Rights
  397. SINGAPORE: Films at Upcoming Palestine Film Festival Allowed As They Do Not Promote Violence Against Any Group: Shanmugam
  398. THAILAND Set to Surpass 2023 Rice Export Target as November Figures Surge
  399. INDONESIA, Taiwan Prepare Migrant Fisher Protection Pact
  400. INDONESIA’S Foreign Policy is Not Transactional: Minister
  401. MALAYSIA: Protecting Malaysian Kids Online From Sexual Exploitation: Govt Explores Measures to Safeguard Against Overseas Predators
  402. MYANMAR: Notorious Myanmar Arms Broker Convicted of Cash Smuggling in Singapore
  403. INDONESIA: Presidential Candidates Eye More Tax on the Rich, Digital Firms to Raise Revenue
  404. INDONESIA Faces Dilemma on Rohingya Refugees
  405. MALAYSIA: Make No mistake, Downloading And Viewing ‘Child Porn’ is a Crime in Malaysia — Here’s What the Numbers Tell Us
  406. MYANMAR Junta Moves to Retake Major Shan State Camp
  407. SINGAPORE: ‘The Urgency Has Gone Up’: SIngapore Government Agencies React To Findings of Third Climate Change Study
  408. INDONESIA: Waves of Lay-Offs Sweep Indonesia’s Export-Oriented Industries in 2023
  409. INDONESIA Confident About Winning EU Lawsuit on Palm Oil Biofuel
  410. MALAYSIA: Global Pharmaceutical Firm Roche Selects Malaysia as Site for First-in-Human Clinical Trial on Experimental Immuno Suppressant Drug
  411. SINGAPORE: What is a ‘Cyber Kidnapping’ Scam, and How Can You Protect Yourself Against it?
  412. MYANMAR Resistance Set to Expand Fighting in Mandalay After Seizing Strategic Junta Outpost
  413. CAMBODIA: New Minimum Wage in Effect, Up $4 Per Month
  414. INDONESIA: Presidential Candidates Venture Into TikTok To Win Over Young Voters
  415. INDONESIA: Bali Senator Sparks Islamophobic Controversy Over Comments on Airport Staff Attire
  416. MYANMAR Junta Threatens Nonstop Bombing of Towns Seized by Ethnic Groups
  417. VIETNAMESE Workers’ Average Income Grows 6.9% in 2023
  418. ASEAN FDI Hits All-Time High as EV Investment Skyrockets
  419. MYANMAR: Spring Revolution News for 1 January 2024
  420. SINGAPORE’S Economy Grew 1.2% in 2023; External Environment ‘Less Favorable’ to Security, Prosperity For Some Years To Come: PM Lee
  421. VIETNAM: India, Cambodia are Vietnam’s Fastest Growing Tourism Markets
  422. INDONESIA: Govt Confirms New COVID-19 Subvariant Ahead of Year-End Holidays
  423. INDONESIA’S Pertamina to Invest $900 Million in Algeria: Minister
  424. MALAYSIANNS Who Made Their Mark in the International Film Industry in 2023
  425. MYANMAR Junta Accused of Starving and Arresting Civilians in Rakhine State ‘to Instill Fear’
  426. VIETNAM: Tourism Race Heats Up as Asian Countries Rush to Simplify Visa Requirements
  427. INDONESIA: Constitutional Court Finally Forms Permanent Ethics Council
  428. INDONESIA: No Need to Go Abroad: Jokowi Wants People to Seek Healthcare in New Capital
  429. MALAYSIA: Fahmi: Govt ban on Israeli-owned ships entering country clear signal Malaysia does not recognise Israel
  430. SINGAPORE to Step Up Enforcement Against Vapes at Changi Airport and Other Checkpoints
  431. THAILAND: Survey Finds That 50% of Thais of Working Age Cannot Afford to Retire
  432. INDONESIA: Nickel Plan Sidelined as Govt Pushes EV Market With New Incentives
  433. INDONESIA: North Maluku Governor Arrested 13 Days Prior to Retirement
  434. MALAYSIA: Bumiputera Population Estimated at 21.3 Million This Year
  435. MYANMAR Stands on Humanitarian ‘Precipice’, UN Warns
  436. SINGAPORE: Will Global Supply Chains Be Disrupted By Ship Attacks in the Red Sea and is Singapore Affected?
  437. ASEAN: Japan to Provide $1b for ASEAN’s Regional EV Ecosystem
  438. INDONESIA: Spending Discrepancy in Jakarta: Land of the Rich, Home of the Poor
  439. MALAYSIA: Health Ministry Rules out Return of MCO as Covid-19 Cases Rise, TRIIS reinstated
  440. MYANMAR: Number of Civilians Fleeing War in Myanmar Doubled to 660,000 in One Month: UN
  441. Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia Eye Seamless Tourism: Srettha
  442. CAMBODIA: Endangered Dholes Discovered at Mondulkiri Wildlife Conservancy
  443. INDONESIA: KPU Puts Health As Priority When Recruiting Poll Workers
  444. INDONESIA: India Proposes Local Currency Use in Trade with Indonesia
  445. MYANMAR: Few Places in Myanmar Still Safe for Junta Boss to Visit
  446. VIETNAM: Hanoi Aims to Increase Per Capita Green Space Five-Fold
  447. INDONESIA: Soekarno-Hatta Airport to Reimpose Health Protocols Amid Rising COVID-19 Trend
  448. INDONESIA’S Economic Growth Earns Praise from Global Economists: Enggartiasto
  449. MALAYSIA: Meta, TikTok Report Jump in Malaysia Govt Requests to Remove Content in 2023
  450. MYANMAR’S Spring Revolution Must Open Two New Fronts to Oust Junta
  451. INDONESIA’S Deforestation Rate Off Target For 2030 Climate Goal
  452. INDONESIA: Anies Wants to Discontinue New Capital Nusantara Project
  453. MALAYSIA: Health Ministry Calls For Masks Again As Malaysia’s Covid-19 Cases Nearly Double to 13,000 In a Week
  454. MYANMAR: China Says ‘Positive’ Peace Talks Held Over North Myanmar Conflict
  455. INDONESIA: Ministry Urges Complete COVID-19 Vaccination Ahead of Holiday Season
  456. ‘INDONESIA Imprisoned More Graft Convicts than any Other Nation’: Jokowi
  457. MYANMAR’S Growth to Fall to 1 Percent: World Bank
  458. MYANMAR Overtakes Afghanistan as World’s Biggest Opium Producer: UN
  459. PHILIPPINES: 65 Provinces Face Severe Drought
  460. INDONESIA: Presidential Candidates Ready for First Debate
  461. INDONESIA: Barito Dethrones BCA as Indonesia’s Biggest Listed Company
  462. MALAYSIA: CIJ: Surge in Anti-LGBT Hate Speech Since 1975 Incident at Good Vibes
  463. MYANMAR-Thailand to Form Joint Task Force to Cope With War Refugees
  464. SINGAPORE Suspends Poultry Imports From Regions in Japan, US and Other Countries Hit by Bird Flu Outbreak
  465. CAMBODIA: LGBT Community Proposes Marital Equality Discussions
  466. INDONESIA: Prabowo to Push for Indonesian-Made Cars If He Wins Election
  467. INDONESIA: President Jokowi Prioritizes 4 Cities as New Growth Drivers
  468. MYANMAR Regime Stops Fuel Supplies to Yangon Factories
  469. PHILIPPINES: Most Filipinos Oppose Divorce
  470. INDONESIA: Jakarta Reports Infections Linked to ‘Mystery Pneumonia’
  471. INDONESIA: 11 Bodies Recovered after Marapi Eruption, and 12 Climbers Still Missing
  472. MYANMAR: Full Civilian Rule Restored in First Large Town Seized by Myanmar Resistance: NUG
  473. SINGAPORE: Fewer Young People in Singapore Donating Blood Even as Demand Rises From Ageing Population: Red Cross
  474. THAILAND: Work-Life Balance and Flexibility Top Priorities for Thai Employees: Survey
  475. INDONESIA’S Call for Support in COP28 Shows ‘No New’ Commitment
  476. INDONESIA and UAE Collaborate to Combat Money Laundering
  477. MYANMAR: ASEAN Urged to Stop Calling For ‘Inclusive Talks’ Between Myanmar Junta and Its Victims
  478. PHILIPPINES:11 Dead, Scores Hurt in MSU Bombing
  479. THAILAND: Police to Investigate Bribery Allegations Reported by German media
  480. INDONESIA Heightens Monitoring in Response to ‘Mysterious Pneumonia’ Outbreak in China
  481. INDONESIA Calls for Palestine’s Full UN Membership
  482. MYANMAR Junta Chief Says ‘Foreign Experts’ Helping in Offensive Against Military
  483. MYANMAR: Fighting In Over 200 Townships Since Myanmar Coup
  484. INDONESIA: Indonesia EV Battery Industry in Limbo Amid Uncertain Roadmap, Rule
  485. INDONESIA: Anak Krakatau Continues to Erupt on Tuesday
  486. MYANMAR: Exodus: Tens of Thousands Flee as Myanmar Junta Troops Face Last Stand in Kokang
  487. MYANMAR: Gangs, Extortion in Bangladesh Camps Driving Rohingya Sea Exodus
  488. SINGAPORE: Shanmugam Seeks Court Order Requiring TikTok to Name Users Who Posted ‘False, Baseless’ Claims of Extra-Marital Affair
  489. INDONESIA: President Jokowi Highlights Importance of Religion at R20 Summit
  490. INDONESIA: Presidential Candidates On The Move Ahead of Official Campaign Season
  491. MALAYSIA: Education Minister Apologizes Over Vanning of Tamil Songs at Carnival in Penang
  492. MYANMAR: Rohingya Resettlements From Bangladesh Increase While Myanmar Instability Grows
  493. THAILAND: Chinese Nationals Begging in Bangkok Not Victims of Trafficking: Immigration Chief
  494. INDONESIA: State-Owned Enterprises Yield Rp 74 Trillion in Dividends
  495. INDONESIAN Police, Fishers Start Patrols to Stop Rohingya Boats
  496. MALAYSIA: In China, Court Begins Hearing Malaysia Airlines’ Flight MH370 Compensation Claims From Passengers’ Families
  497. MYANMAR Junta to Prosecute Satellite Internet Users
  498. INDONESIA: KPK Marches On As Leader Fights Graft Charges
  499. INDONESIA: President Jokowi Inaugurates Two Airports in Papua
  500. MYANMAR: Battle For Control of Myanmar State Capital Escalating at ‘Alarming Rate’
  501. VIETNAMESE in Myanmar Relocated to Safe Zones: ministry
  502. INDONESIA Welcomes Temporary Truce in Gaza, Seeks Lasting Solution
  503. INDONESIA: Amended Law Allows Gov’t to Freeze Bank Accounts in Online Gambling Crackdown
  504. MALAYSIA, VIETNAM Electronics Face Closer US Scrutiny Over China-Forced Labor
  505. MYANMAR: Doctors Without Borders Calls for Patient and Healthcare Worker Safety in Myanmar Conflict Areas
  506. VIETNAM: Task Force Curbing Traffic of Newborns to China
  507. INDONESIA: Regional Economic Integration Underpins Indonesia’s Transformation-JakartaPost-Nov 22, 2023
  508. INDONESIANS See US, China As the Right Economic Partners for ASEAN
  509. MALAYSIA: Bomb Threats Hit Several International Schools in Malaysia
  510. MYANMAR: Junta Completes Stranglehold on Myanmar Media With Law Change
  511. THAILAND: LGBTQ Couples in Thailand to Soon Have Equal Legal Rights in Marriage
  512. INDONESIA Sends $2 Million worth of Humanitarian Supplies to Palestine
  513. INDONESIA: Disapora Welcomes New visa, But Not the Cost
  514. MALAYSIA: Average Salary in Malaysia to Increase 5.1pc in 2024: Mercer Survey
  515. MYANMAR: Operation 1027 is Creating a New Political Template for Myanmar’s Future
  516. CAMBODIA to Become First Asian Host of Mine Summit
  517. INDONESIA Opts for Less Ambitious Option Than Early Coal Retirement
  518. INDONESIA: About 250 Rohingya Refugees in Aceh Sent Back to Sea
  519. MALAYSIA: Becoming a Malaysian Officially: Five things You Need to Know About the ‘Good Character’ Test
  520. MYANMAR: Humbled Regime Helpless as China Demands Border Security; Hiding the Scale of Defeat; and More
  521. INDONESIA Healthtech Industry Faces Fresh Challenges Despite Past Growths
  522. INDONESIA: House to Form Committee to Watch Police Ahead of Elections
  523. MALAYSIA, VIETNAM Agree to Address Illegal Fishing, Discuss South China Sea Issue During Bilateral Meeting in San Francisco
  524. MYANMAR: 5 European Nations, Canada Seek to Join Genocide Case against Myanmar at Top UN Court
  525. THAILAND: Hamas Tells govt Negotiators Thai Hostages Will Be Freed During Ceasefire
  526. INDONESIA: Civil Groups Vow Close Scrutiny of 2024 Race
  527. INDONESIA: Gunung Padang Could Be the World’s Oldest Pyramid: Study
  528. MALAYSIA: Google, Malaysian Govt Announce Strategic Collaboration To Create Skill Opportunities for 300,000 by 2026
  529. MYANMAR: Nine Towns Occupied by Myanmar Military for Decades Lost to Resistance in Days
  530. SINGAPORE: All Adult Singaporeans To Receive up to S$800 in Assurance Package Support in December
  531. INDONESIA: Competitive Three-Horse Race to Succeed Jokowi is On
  532. INDONESIA, US to Develop Work Plan on Critical Minerals Deal
  533. MYANMAR: Almost 40 Myanmar Junta Positions Abandoned in Rakhine: Arakan Army
  534. PHILIPPINES: Why Court Allowed Leila de Lima to Post Bail
  535. THAILAND Welcomes 23 Million Tourists This Year with Malaysians Topping List
  536. INDONESIA: Presidential Candidates Divided on Jokowi’s Food Estate Policy
  537. INDONESIA: Gibran Cleared To Run Despite Controversy
  538. MALAYSIA: Why Aren’t More Malays Successful Despite NEP? Dr Mahathir Compares Culture to Centuries of ‘Wealth-Chasing’ by Chinese
  539. MALAYSIA: ‘Stalemate’: Malaysia Still Can’t Get Sirul Extradited from Australia Due to Death Penalty: Lawyers
  540. CHINA Offers Bounty for Myanmar Junta’s Scam Kingpin in Kokang
  541. INDONESIA: Jokowi Calls OIC to Unite Against Israel’s Atrocities in Gaza
  542. INDONESIA: Religious Figures, Activists Call for Dialogue to End Violence in Papua
  543. MYANMAR: Thousands Trapped Without Food and Medicine in Shan State
  544. THAILAND: Chinese Police to Patrol in Thailand to Boost Tourist Confidence
  545. VIETNAM: Healing Tourism Trend Prompts Service Suppliers to Become More Dynamic
  546. CAMBODIA Achieves Remarkable Rice Sales Exceeding $1.2 Billion
  547. INDONESIA: Jokowi Inaugurates Southeast Asia’s Largest Floating Solar Farm
  548. INDONESIA: TikTok Ramps Up Efforts To Fight Fake Election News
  549. MYANMAR: Brotherhood Alliance Vows to Spread Operation 1027 Across Myanmar
  550. VIETNAM Beckons DIaspora With Career Options
  551. INDONESIA’S Diplomacy Must Be Value-Led, Not Transactional: Anies
  552. INDONESIA Welcomes 22 Palestinian Students on Scholarships
  553. MYANMAR Junta Calls Up All Reservists as Resistance Offensive Spreads
  554. SINGAPORE: Religious Leaders’ Guidance On gGobal Conflicts Helped to Foster Harmony in Singapore: Shanmugam
  555. VIETNAM: US Adds Vietnam to Currency Monitoring List
  556. INDONESIA: Certification Headache for Indonesia’s Budding Carbon Market
  557. INDONESIA Should Revamp Foreign Policy Amid Global Challenges: Ganjar
  558. MALAYSIA: Recruitment Agencies Not Allowed to Outsource Hiring of Foreign Workers: HR Minister
  559. MYANMAR: Thousands Displaced by Fighting Need Food: Myanmar Volunteers
  560. VIETNAMESE  Boycott Snapchat Over China’s U-shaped Line
  561. INDONESIA: GDP Growth Falls Below 5 Percent for First Time Since Pandemic
  562. INDONESIA Joins Money Laundering Watchdog FATF
  563. MYANMAR: Thai Police Pledge to Rescue Trafficked Nationals From Myanmar
  564. SINGAPORE PRoposes New Laws for President, Ministers to Hold ROles in Foreign and Global organizations
  565. VIETNAM By Far the Biggest Market for South Korean Cars in Southeast Asia
  566. INDONESIA: New Law Allows Military’s Return to Civilian Positions
  567. INDONESIA: West Papua Tribe At Risk of Losing Homeland aAter Court Ruling: NGOs
  568. MALAYSIA: Health Experts Predict Diabetes Will Heavily Burden Malaysia’s Healthcare System in Future
  569. MYANMAR Ethnic Groups Seize More Junta Outposts in Northern Shan State
  570. PHILIPPINES: Radioman Killed While Broadcasting
  571. INDONESIA Unlikely To Boycott Pro-Israel Products
  572. INDONESIA, UAE to Launch Mangrove Research Center at COP28
  573. MYNMAR Military Says Lost Control of Strategic Border Town
  574. SINGAPORE Warns Foreigners Against Using Country to Further Political Causes Amid Israel-Hamas war
  575. VIETNAM Uncovers Oldest Human Remains
  576. CAMBODIA: UNESCO Formally List Battambang Gastronomy
  577. INDONESIAN Hospital in Gaza in its Last Hours Amid Israel’s Fuel Blockade
  578. INDONESIA: More Local Firms Start Developing Malls, Hospitals in Nusantara
  579. MALAYSIA: On Proposed ‘Regressive’ Citizenship Law Changes, Stateless Kids Still Have Legal Avenues to be Malays: Saifuddin Nasution
  580. MYANMAR: US Sanctions Myanmar Junta’s State Oil and Gas Company
  581. INDONESIA Doubts Myanmar is Close to Inclusive National Dialogue
  582. INDONESIA: Government to introduce superior tuber varieties to address famine in Papua
  583. INDONESIA: 200,000 Hectares of Palm Plantations to be Made Forests: Government
  584. MALAYSIA: PM Anwar Says Allowed 100pc Foreign-Owned Tesla, Starlink To Operate in Malaysia for National Good
  585. MYANMAR: Chinese Security Minister Meets Myanmar Junta Chief as Border Violence Grows
  586. INDONESIA: At Least 45 Suspected Militants Arrested in October
  587. INDONESIA: Remote Working for Jakarta Public Employees Fails to Tackle Pollution
  588. MALAYSIA: Sold An Illusion, Group Says Some Nepalis Find Bitter Reality Once in Malaysia
  589. MYNMAR Military Caught Off Guard by Ethnic Alliance’s Northern Offensive
  590. THAILAND To Lift Deep South Emergency by 2027: Defense Minister
  591. INDONESIA: 2024 Elections Chance to ‘Rejuvenate Democracy’ in Southeast Asia
  592. INDONESIA Surpasses Target With 26 Gold Medals at Hangzhou Para Games
  593. MYANMAR’S Shan State Clashes Stretch Into Second Day
  594. SINGAPORE’S Vote In Favor of UN Resolution Shows Clear Stand on Israel-Hamas Conflict: Shanmugam
  595. VIETNAM: Google Offers 40,000 Scholarships to Support Vietnam’s digital transformation
  596. INDONESIA Slams Western ‘Bias’ Regarding Gaza Siege at Security Council
  597. INDONESIA: TikTok, YouTube, Meta Eye Indonesia E-commerce License: Sources
  598. MYANMAR Junta Gets an ‘F’ For Education as Schools Spiral into Chaos
  599. SINGAPORE: Sleep-Deprived, 2 in 3 S’poreans Planning Travel With Goal of Catching Up On Shut-Eye: Survey
  600. THAILAND: At Least 54 Thais Held Hostage by Hamas: Israeli government
  601. INDONESIA: Businesses Seek to Ensure Post-Election Continuity
  602. INDONESIA: We Are Open to All: Indonesia Denies Favoring Chinese Investment
  603. MALAYSIA: Using Bahasa Melayu in Govt Dept Correspondence Crucial to Safeguard its Position: Malay Students Federation
  604. MYANMAR: Daw Aung Suu Kyi in Limbo as Myanmar Resumes Prison Visits After Three-Year Ban
  605. MYANMAR Crackdown on Business Escalates, 16 More Executives Face Life in Prison
  606. CAMBODIA-Village Ends Logging, Plants Crops
  607. INDONESIA Can Sue EU over Protectionist Green Policy: Economist
  608. MALAYSIA: DAP Rep Calls on Malaysians to Buy Palestinian Products Like Olive Oil, Dates As Sign of Solidarity
  609. MYANMAR: Global Petition Ups Pressure on Singapore to Cut Myanmar Military’s Supply Line
  610. VIETNAM Reports First Monkeypox Death
  611. INDONESIA: Firms Want Direct 95-Year Land Rights In Nusantara As Uncertainty Persists
  612. INDONESIA: Indonesia’s Huge Geothermal Potential Catches Iceland’s Attention
  613. MALAYSIA: Poor Command of Bahasa Malaysia Among Reasons Why Senior Applicants Refused Citizenship:  Home Minister
  614. MYANMAR Regime Opens Larger Gems Emporium
  615. SINGAPORE: No Decision On Use Of Nuclear Energy Yet, Singapore to Keep Options Open
  616. INDONESIA: Prabowo Picks Jokowi’s Son Gibran as Running Mate
  617. INDONESIA: Cultural Diversity Takes Center Stage in Indonesia’s “Living Rooms”
  618. MYANMAR: Rohingya Lie at the Bottom of the Pile of World Aid Priorities
  619. MYANMAR Junta Allocates Land in Yangon for Russia to Build Orthodox Church
  620. VIETNAM: Vietnam to Sign Rice Trade Deals with Indonesia, Philippines
  621. INDONESIA: After Nearly A Decade, Jokowi Falls Short On Promise Of Energy Subsidy Reform
  622. INDONESIA: Ex-Papua Governor Lukas Enembe Sentenced to 8 Years for Corruption
  623. MYANMAR: German Firm Faces Legal Probe Over Myanmar Junta Supplies
  624. MYANMAR Junta Demands Expats Pay Tax Before Renewing Passports
  625. PHILIPPINES: Marcos Secures $4.26B Business Deals in Saudi Arabia-
  626. INDONESIA: Belt and Road Cooperation Must Not Complicate Countries’ Fiscal Conditions: Jokowi
  627. INDONESIA: European Firm Commits to Invest $2b in Indonesia’s Renewables
  628. MALAYSIA Proposes Upgrading 2002 ASEAN Pact To Address Haze Issue: Nik Nazmi
  629. MYANMAR: Junta Boss Trying to Sow Division in Myanmar’s Oldest Ethnic Armed Group
  630. THAILAND: Iranian Envoy in Thailand Says Effort Being Made to Free Thais Held Hostage by Hamas
  631. INDONESIA: Xi Wants to Expand Cooperation With Indonesia in Several Key Markets
  632. INDONESIA: 30.000 Coal Workers Could Lose Jobs as Indonesia Shifts to Clean Energy
  633. MALAYSIA: First Women’s Health Clinic Set Up At National Sports Medical Centre To Handle Female Athletes’ Health Issues: Hannah Yeoh
  634. MYANMAR: ASEAN Must Take Action Against Members Supporting Myanmar Junta
  635. MYANMAR: ‘Cyber Scammer’ Facing Arrest in China Linked to Drugs Trade in Myanmar
  636. INDONESIA: Constitutional Court Opens Door For Jokowi’s Son to Run in Presidential Poll
  637. INDONESIA: Jakarta Aims to Become Global City After Capital Relocation
  638. MALAYSIA: EPF: Budget 2024 Prioritizes Retirement Wellbeing, Secure Future For Malaysians
  639. MYANMAR: China Begins Surveys for Railway on Myanmar’s Indian Ocean
  640. PHILIPPINES: Canada Forges Agreement to Help Philippines Track Illegal Fishing vessels Using Satellite Technology
  641. INDONESIA: Constitutional Court Upholds Minimum Age for President, VP candidates
  642. INDONESIA: Missing Emission Cap Renders RI Carbon Exchange Less Effective: Experts
  643. INDONESIA Urges Norway to Accelerate $250 Million Clean Energy Investment
  644. MYANMAR Junta and Russia Discuss Building Gas Pipeline in Myanmar
  645. VIETNAM: Halal Tourism ‘Gold Mine’ For Vietnam To Tap Into
  646. INDONESIA Signs Tourism Decarbonization Road Map
  647. MYANMAR: Junta Orders Employment Agencies to Submit Lists of Myanmar Migrant Workers
  648. SINGAPORE: Pew Sudy Hails Singapore’s ‘Remarkable’ Religious Diversity and High Tolerance, Acceptance
  649. THAILAND: Two Thai Elephants Born Through Artificial Insemination
  650. INDONESIA: Island Nations Band Together To Face Existential Threat
  651. INDONESIA Reelected at UN Human Rights Council with Most Votes
  652. MALAYSIA: In A First For The Country, Public Finance and Fiscal Responsibility Act Passed in Dewan Rakyat
  653. MYANMAR: A Corrupt Business Empire Thrives Under the Junta
  654. THAILAND: Govt Eyes Community-Based Jobs For Workers Returning From Israel
  655. INDONESIA: Jokowi’s Administration Gets Red Mark On Graft Eradication
  656. INDONESIA Asks Philippines’s Help to Evacuate Citizens from War-Torn Gaza
  657. MALAYSIA: First Time Malaysian Trafficking Victims Found All The Way in South America: IGP
  658. MYANMAR  Troops Cut Power in Southern Sagaing, Force 10,000 to Flee
  659. THAILAND: YouTube remains top video platform in Thailand:  Survey
  660. INDONESIA To Evacuate Citizens from Gaza As Israel-Hamas War Worsens
  661. INDONESIA Hosts Inaugural Summit of Island States
  662. MALAYSIA: Indonesia, Thailand and China Agree To Trade With Malaysia Using Ringgit: PM Anwar
  663. MYANMAR: 29 Killed in Myanmar Junta Strike on Displaced Persons Camp
  664. THAILAND Postpones Regional Summit to Which Myanmar Junta Boss Invited
  665. INDONESIA Calls for End of Israel-Palestine Conflicts
  666. INDONESIA: Confidence In Collaborative Climate Response Weighed Down By Inaction
  667. MYANMAR Junta Rejects Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Appeal
  668. SINGAPORE Banks To Allow Customers To ‘Lock Up’ Funds in Latest Move To Guard Against Scams
  669. VIETNAMESE Citizens In Israel Remain Safe Amid Severe Conflict
  670. INDONESIA: Govt Orders E-Commerce Firms To Share Import Data With Customs Office
  671. INDONESIA: Govt Conducts First Biofuel-Powered Flight Test On Commercial Plane
  672. MYANMAR: Expressing Dissent Online Can Be Deadly In Myanmar: Freedom House
  673. THAILAND Needs An SMS Emergency Alert System
  674. VIETNAM: Vietjet To Launch 5 New Routes To Asia-Pacific Destinations
  675. INDONESIA: KPU Urges Political Parties To Withdraw Ex-Graft Convicts From Legislative Elections
  676. INDONESIA: Seeks Negotiations on Binding Rules on AI-Driven Weapons
  677. MALAYSIA: KL, Riyadh In Talks To Make Malaysia Preferred Transit Hub For Umrah Pilgrims: MOTAC
  678. MYANMAR Junta Boss’s Graft Purge Can’t Hide His Own Ill-Gotten Wealth
  679. VIETNAM’S Largest Rare Earth Mine To Open
  680. INDONESIA: Govt Goes All In To Extinguish Wildfires
  681. INDONESIA: House Passes Revised IKN Law To Future-Proof Nusantara Against Regime Change
  682. INDONESIA: Agriculture Minister Syahrul Abroad Amid Ongoing Corruption Probe
  683. MYANMAR: Expert Panel Issues Scathing Assessment of UN’s Handling of Myanmar Crisis
  684. SINGAPORE: New Inter-Ministerial Committee To Review And Strengthen Singapore’s Anti-Money Laundering Regime
  685. CAMBODIA: Guinness Recognize Giant Stingray
  686. INDONESIA: State Firms Accused Of Selling Arms To Myanmar Junta
  687. INDONESIA: Court Upholds Jobs Law As Labor Unions Stage Rallies
  688. MYANMAR’S Cash-Strapped Junta Hikes Taxes, Utilities Despite Surging Inflation
  689. VIETNAM: Mekong Delta Braces For Severe Drought, River salinity
  690. INDONESIA: PDI-P Touts Food Security As Election Priority
  691. INDONESIA: 77 Indonesians Could Be Spared Death Penalty in Malaysia
  692. MYANMAR: Dethroned NLD party marks 35th anniversary in Myanmar
  693. SINGAPORE’S Total Population Back Above Pre-Covid Levels, Rising 5% to 5.92 Million
  694. THAILAND: Toxic Smoke From Indonesia Drifts Towards Thailand
  695. INDONESIA: TIkTok Laments Social Media Commerce Ban
  696. INDONESIA, Malaysia Seek to Counter Negative Perception of Palm Oil in India
  697. MALAYSIA: Artist Of Banned Book Says ‘Monkey’ Remark Meant To Compliment Indonesian Maid’s Agility
  698. MYANMAR: Tracing Myanmar Junta’s Repeated Governing Body Shakeups Since Coup
  699. SINGAPOREAN Woman And Daughter Arrested in Manila Airport For Allegedly Smuggling 14kg of Cocaine Worth S$1.83m
  700. INDONESIA: Multiple Task Forces Make Little Dent On Jakarta Air Pollution
  701. INDONESIA’S Carbon Exchange Holds Rp 3,000t Potential: Jokowi
  702. MALAYSIA: No Harassment of LGBT Community Will Be Allowed: Anwar
  703. MALAYSIA Working To Bring Home 2 Suspected Terrorists Detained in Guantanamo Bay
  704. MYANMAR: As Resistance Drone Attacks Rise, Myanmar Junta Seeks Regional Help
  705. INDONESIA: Govt Efforts To Tackle Human Trafficking Not Enough: Activists
  706. INDONESIA: Use Buildings Idled By Capital Move To Make Jakarta ‘Livable’: ADB
  707. MALAYSIA Will Not Entertain Frivolous Claims By Any Party on Sabah: Foreign Minister
  708. MYANMAR: How Chinese-Run Mines Are Fueling the Myanmar Junta’s Terror Campaign
  709. VIETNAM Opposes China’s Ship Identification Stations in Paracel Islands
  710. INDONESIA Reiterates Call To Reform Global Financial System
  711. INDONESIA: Gov’t To Issue Regulation Banning Social Media Platforms from Running E-Commerce
  712. MYANMAR: Catch-22 For Rohingya Caught Up in Myanmar Citizenship Dilemma
  713. PHILIPPINES: China Installs Barrier in Bajo de Masinloc
  714. SINGAPORE: World War II Bomb Found in Bukit Timah, SAF to Carry Out On
  715. INDONESIA: Local Investors Kick-Start Commercial Projects in Nusantara
  716. INDONESIA Pledges to Protect Marine Biodiversity in High Seas
  717. MALAYSIA: PM Anwar: Despite Geopolitical Rivalry, US Remains Malaysia’s Top Investor
  718. MYANMAR: US Committed To Resolving The Crisis in Burma: Deputy Secretary of State
  719. PHILIPPINES Considers Banning TikTok For Security Workers To Block App From Cyberspying
  720. INDONESIA: What climate change? Study Finds Political Parties Lack Focus on Climate Issues
  721. INDONESIA Seeks to Strengthen Fragmented Global South in Weeklong UNGA
  722. INDONESIA: Elon Musk’s Starlink Makes Indonesian Presence Withyees: Minerist
  723. MALAYSIA’S Largest Renewable Energy Power Plant Commences Operation
  724. MYANMAR: Junta Shutters Myanmar Currency Exchanges in ‘Futile’ Bid to Prop Up Economy
  725. CAMBODIA Set To Celebrate Koh Ker UNESCO Listing
  726. INDONESIA: Govt To Proceed With Oil Exploration In Warim Block In Papua
  727. INDONESIAN Woman Jailed for Using Islamic Invocation Before Eating Pork
  728. MALAYSIA: Resorting to Racial Politics Is Easiest Way To Gain Malay Support: PKR Deputy President Rafizi
  729. MYANMAR Junta Seeks Chinese Help Acquiring Nuclear Technology
  730. INDONESIAN Nickel Reserves Could Be Depleted In 15 Years, Minister Warns
  731. INDONESIA: Antam Ordered to Pay Surabaya Businessman Rp 1 Trillion in 1 Ton Gold Dispute
  732. MALAYSIA: Customers in Malaysia Reportedly Told to Pay RM15,000 as Downpayment For Tesla Model 3
  733. MALAYSIA: Customers in Malaysia Reportedly Told to Pay RM15,000 as Downpayment For Tesla Model 3
  734. MYANMAR: UK Ad Cuts to Rohingya Now at 85%: NGO
  735. VIETNAMESE Earthworm Hunters Destroying Protective Forest Go Unpunished
  736. INDONESIA: Rights Groups Slam Jokowi For Spying Boast
  737. INDONESIAN Navy Thwarts People Smuggling Attempt to Malaysia in High-Speed Boat Chase
  738. INDONESIA: National Museum that Houses Pre-Historic Artifacts Ravaged by Fire
  739. MYANMAR: UN Expert Suggests ‘Collective Punishment’ To End Myanmar mMilitary’s War on the People
  740. THAILAND: Health Ministry Launches Swift Vaccine Project to Prevent Cervical Cancer
  741. INDONESIA: Jokowi Says Hyundai-LG’s EV Battery Plant in Indonesia is Southeast Asia’s Largest
  742. INDONESIA: Jokowi Says Hyundai-LG’s EV Battery Plant in Indonesia is Southeast Asia’s Largest
  743. MALAYSIA: Immigration Dept Cripples Pakistani Immigrant Syndicate in Kelantan
  744. MYANMAR: NLD Alarmed at Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Health Woes
  745. MYANMAR: Several ASEAN Air Force Chiefs Skip Myanmar Meeting
  746. INDONESIA: Fears of Abuse as Ministers Allowed To Campaign ‘On Leave’
  747. INDONESIA: 19 Regional Governments and 2 Companies Awarded for Impactful Development Initiatives
  748. MALAYSIA Determined To Get Back 1MDB Funds From Goldman Sachs: PM Anwar
  749. MYANMAR Junta Chief Woos Shan Militias Amid Troop Shortages
  750. THAILAND: Pita Named An Emerging Leader In TIME100 Next List
  751. INDONESIA Grapples With Fires As El Nino Peaks
  752. INDONESIA Looks Back on Tough East Asia Summit Negotiations
  753. MALAYSIA: In Malaysia, Survey Shows Muslims and Buddhists See Extremists From Their Own Faiths As Biggest Threats
  754. MYANMAR: Crimes Against Humanity Are Getting More ‘Brazen’ in Myanmar, UN Told
  755. PHILIPPINES: A Decade Later, Philippines Still Most Dangerous Country in Asia for Envi Defenders
  756. CAMBODIAN Rice Benefits From Global Security Woes
  757. INDONESIA: PLN’s Ambitious Renewables Target Lacks Govt Support
  758. MALAYSIA Is Latest in Asia To Tighten Grip on Key Minerals
  759. MYANMAR: Shamed By ASEAN, Myanmar’s Generals Try to Save Face
  760. VIETNAM: Bayer Launches Southeast Asia’s First ForwardFarm in Vietnam
  761. INDONESIA: Jokowi Reiterates Developing Nations Call For Help On Climate at G20
  762. INDONESIA: ASEAN Establishes New Troika to Find Solution on Myanmar Crisis
  763. MYANMAR: Education Under Attack in Myanmar, Ukraine and Other War Zones: NGO
  764. MYANMAR Has Been Running Out of Power Since the Coup: World Bank
  765. THAILAND Malaysia Mull Setting Up Joint Committee To Tackle Cross-Border Cybercrime
  766. INDONESIA: Proposed Govt Control Over Places Of Worship Draws Criticism
  767. INDONESIA: Police Deployed to Check Pollutant Level at Factories
  768. MALAYSIA: Suhakam To Work With Indonesian, Philippine Counterparts To Find Answers To Sabah’s Stateless Issue In Next Five Years
  769. MYANMAR Junta Losing War: East Timor’s President
  770. VIETNAM Rises As Potential Semiconductor Hub For Global Manufacturers
  771. INDONESIA: China Warns Against ‘New Cold War’ at ASEAN Summit
  772. INDONESIA: Police Arrest 42 Chinese Nationals Accused of Romance Scams
  773. MYANMAR: No Election Likely Before 2025: Myanmar Junta Chief
  774. MYANMAR’S Suu Kyi Unwell, Back in Prison: NLD Members
  775. VIETNAM, Laos, Cambodia Agree To Operate ‘One Journey-Three Destinations’ Tours
  776. ASEAN Bars Myanmar From 2026 Chairmanship
  777. INDONESIA: OpenAI Chief Granted First ‘Golden Visa’
  778. INDONESIA Introduces De-Dollarization Task Force
  779. SINGAPORE: Rapper Subhas Nair Sentenced To Jail For Attempting To Promote Ill Will Between Races and Religions
  780. THAILAND: As New Cabinet Is Sworn In, Srettha Says ‘No Honeymoon Period’ For His Government
  781. INDONESIA: Calls Mount For ASEAN To Denounce ‘Ten-Dash Line’
  782. INDONESIA To Import 250,000 Tons Of Rice From Cambodia
  783. MYANMAR: Hong Kong Based V-Power Company Ceases Four Projects in Myanmar
  784. VIETNAM’S Mekong Delta, World’s Youngest River Basin, Might Be First One Gone
  785. INDONESIA: Regions Brace For Wildfire, Haze As Dry Season Peaks
  786. INDONESIA: W. Australia Offers to Make Indonesia’s EV Battery Dream Come True ​​​
  787. MALAYSIA: Dr Mahathir says racial issues caused by non-Malay parties, calls them ‘parti pendatang’: Report
  788. MYANMAR And Other Rice Exporting Countries Struggle To Maintain Normal Production
  789. SINGAPORE: Tharman Clinches Oresidency With Landslide Win, Pledges To Help Usher In ‘Future of Optimism and Solidarity’
  790. INDONESIA Open To ‘Kratom’ Opioid Exports Despite Proposed Local Ban
  791. INDONESIA: Challenges Abound Ahead Of ASEAN Summit In Jakarta
  792. MYANMAR’S Landmine Clearers Working With Pliers And Bare Hands
  793. PHILIPPINES Rejects China ’10-Dash’ Map
  794. SINGAPORE Holds First Contested Presidential Vote In Over A Decade
  795. INDONESIA: Political Dynasties, Graft Leniency Loom Over 2024 Elections
  796. INDONESIA: Jokowi Threatens to Shut Down Polluting Factories
  797. MYANMAR: Yangon Food Charities Swamped as Hunger Stalks Myanmar
  798. THAILAND: Activists Submit Petition With Over 212,000 Signatures, Seek Democratic Constitution
  799. VIETNAM: All Eyes On Agroecology As Vietnam Embarks on Food System Transformation Journey
  800. INDONESIA: Political Exiles Push For Guarantee Of Continued Nonjudicial Resolutions
  801. INDONESIA: Says Freedom of Expression Not Free Pass for Quran Desecration
  802. MALAYSIA: Beyond A ‘Band-Aid’: Why SIS Started Free Legal Advice For Muslims 20 years Ago And What’s Next
  803. MYANMAR: As Dollars Vanish, Myanmar Regime Boss Blames Cooking Oil, Greed and Sanctions
  804. THAILAND: MRT To Partially Power Blue, Purple Lines With Solar Energy
  805. INDONESIAN Protectionism May Stand In Way of ASEAN Digital Economy Pact
  806. INDONESIAN Muslims Advised against Multiple Hajj Pilgrimages
  807. MYANMAR: Seven Indian Companies Added To Myanmar ‘Dirty List’
  808. MYANMAR Vulnerable To Climate Emergencies, says NGO
  809. VIETNAM: Mekong Delta Province Coastline Devastated By Erosion
  810. CAMBODIA: NGOs Warn of ‘Sharp’ Decline in Breastfeeding
  811. INDONESIA Lifts Ban on Sending Domestic Workers to Middle East
  812. INDONESIA Inaugurates $2B LRT Trains to Reduce Jakarta’s Traffic
  813. MYANMAR Expels Top East Timor Diplomat
  814. THAILAND Running Out of Jobs For University Graduates: NESDC Report
  815. CAMBODIA: From Waste To Wealth: Cambodian Compost Mogul Turns Trash To Treasure
  816. INDONESIA: Jokowi Reignites ‘Bandung Spirit’ In Week-Long Africa Tour
  817. INDONESIA: Hyundai To Introduce New Electric Vehicle Model From Indonesian Plant
  818. MYANMAR: Singapore Called On to Stop Feeding Myanmar Junta’s War Machine
  819. PHILIPPINES: Marcos Pitches For Federalism
  820. INDONESIA: Pertamina Eyes Oil And Gas, Geothermal Expansion In Kenya
  821. INDONESIA: Partial Work-from-Home Policy Implemented in Greater Jakarta to Address Air Pollution
  822. MYANMAR: Buddhist Monks Condemn Myanmar Junta for Arrests Over ‘Blasphemous’ Movie
  823. PHILIPPINES: Chinese Ships Block PH Boats
  824. THAILAND: Srettha Gets Royal Endorsement As Prime Minister
  825. INDONESIA: Captive Power Casts Doubt On JETP Emissions Reduction Goal
  826. INDONESIA: Govt To Merge Three State-Owned Airlines
  827. INDONESIA’S Cellular Tariffs Among the Cheapest in SE Asia
  828. MYANMAR Will Get Sicker—Junta Shuts Another Hospital in Mandalay
  829. THAILAND: Thaksin Taken To Bangkok Remand Prison To Start Serving His Jail Terms
  830. INDONESIA: Jakarta Police Uncover Arms Trade Syndicate
  831. INDONESIA: Health Ministry To Set Up Independent Body To Probe Malpractice Claims
  832. MALAYSIA: Federal Court Allows Leave For Sisters In Islam’s Bid To Appeal Ruling Over Selangor Fatwa Declaring It As Deviant
  833. MYANMAR: Several Resistance Attacks Reported Near Myanmar Regime’s Nerve Center
  834. THAILAND’S Pheu Thai Launches PM Bid As Fugitive Figurehead Thaksin Eyes Return
  835. CAMBODIA-New Cultural Heritage Sites Identified In Protected Areas
  836. INDONESIA: Jokowi To Attend BRICS Summit in South Africa
  837. INDONESIA: Nearly 17,000 Central Government Employees to Relocate to Nusantara
  838. MYANMAR: H&M’s Forced Exit Leaves 42,000 Myanmar Workers Asking How They Will Eat
  839. THAILAND Now Has 36 Smart Cities In 25 Provinces
  840. INDONESIA: Jokowi Govt Sets Final $2.6b Tranche for Nusantara Next Year
  841. INDONESIA: Four More Provinces Ink Low-Carbon Development Deal With Bappenas
  842. MYANMAR: Leader of Sanctions-Hit Myanmar Junta Moans About ‘Weaponization’ of Dollar
  843. MYANMAR: In Myanmar Prisons, Showing Solidarity With Martyrs Leads to Solitary Confinement
  844. SINGAPORE: Police Warn Of New Android App Scam Targeting Users of TikTok, Dating Platforms-
  845. INDONESIA: Tesla To Sign Investment Deal In Indonesia Within Months: Luhut
  846. INDONESIA: Newly-Arrested Militant Plots Attacks on Police, Military Targets
  847. MYANMAR: Price Control Panel Fails to Stem Myanmar’s Growing Food Crisis
  848. MYANMAR Regime to Arm Civil Servants
  849. SINGAPORE: Some Employers Make Baseless ‘revenge accusations’ Against Maids To Punish Them For Leaving Job: Home Report
  850. INDONESIA: Government To Start Random Emission Tests As Poor Air Chokes Jakarta
  851. INDONESIA: Jokowi Mulls Work From Home Policy to Address Deteriorating Jakarta Air Quality
  852. MYANMAR: At Least 25 Missing After Myanmar Jade Mine Landslide
  853. THAILAND: Man, 36, Becomes First Patient To Die of Mpox in Thailand
  854. VIETNAM Issues e-Visa For All Countries
  855. INDONESIA: Jakarta Pollution Blamed For Respiratory Problems
  856. INDONESIA: Miss Universe Cuts Ties with Indonesian Organizer amid Sexual Harassment Allegations
  857. MYANMAR: Torture and Terror at Chinese-Run Cyber Scam Hubs in Myanmar
  858. VIETNAM: Big Wave of Internal Migration Hits Da Lat
  859. INDONESIA: Jakarta Hit By Major Pollution spike: Air quality monitor
  860. INDONESIA: Lecturer’s Curse of President Tests Limits of Free Speech
  861. INDONESIA: New Capital Nusantara is World’s Largest Project: Jokowi
  862. MYANMAR: Indian Minister of Home Affairs Blames Manipur Violence On Myanmar Refugees
  863. VIETNAM: Power Outages Cost Vietnam $1.4B: World Bank
  864. INDONESIA: ‘Missing Link’ in Indonesia’s Economic Development: INDEF
  865. INDONESIA: New Zealand Calls For Release of Pilot Kidnapped in Papua
  866. INDONESIA: 30 Miss Universe Indonesia Contestants Report Sexual Abuse: Lawyer
  867. MYANMAR: Prominent Activist Calls for Public Boycott of Myanmar Junta’s ‘Blood’ Products
  868. THAILAND To Grow Opium, Magic Mushrooms To Produce Morphine, Anti-Depressants
  869. INDONESIA’S Inequality Increases Slightly As Poverty Falls
  870. INDONESIA: Brain Drain: Calls Mount For Dual Citizenship In Indonesia
  871. INDONESIA: Populous Indonesia Defends Democracy Index That is Behind Malaysia
  872. MALAYSIA: PM Anwar: Turkiye’s President Erdogan Suggests Cooperation With Malaysia In Facing Islamophobia
  873. MYANMAR: Deadly Floods Displace Thousands in Three Myanmar Border States
  874. CAMBODIA Dismisses Human Rights Report
  875. INDONESIA: Experts Warn of Contagious Outbreaks, Health Problems As El Niño Returns
  876. INDONESIA’S Economic Growth Exceeds 5% for 7th Consecutive Quarter
  877. MYANMAR: US Closes Sanctions Window For Myanmar Junta Banks
  878. VIETNAM: Earthworm Electrocution Is Destroying The Environment For China Trade
  879. ASEAN: Timor-Leste Rethinks Its Accession Bid if ASEAN Cannot Handle Myanmar Issue
  880. INDONESIA- West Sumatra Administration Criticized For Stifling Protests
  881. MALAYSIA: Muslim Nationalism Challenges Anwar’s Multiethnic Government: Wong Chin Huat
  882. MYANMAR: Political Prisoners Tortured for Honoring Myanmar’s Martyrs’ Day
  883. VIETNAM: Export Demand Should Not Jeopardize Vietnam Food Security: Experts
  884. INDONESIA Initiates ASEAN Road Map For Digital Transformation Of Education Systems
  885. INDONESIA: Foreigners Only Need Passport to Buy House in Indonesia: Gov’t
  886. MALAYSIA: Woman Convert Fails To Get High Court Leave In Bid To Be Declared Christian After Divorcing Muslim Man
  887. MYANMAR: Singapore Urged to Stop Aiding War Crimes in Myanmar
  888. THAILAND: Chinese Investors Top BOI Investments Applications
  889. INDONESIA: Islamic School Leader Panji Gumilang Detained for Blasphemy, Hate Speech
  890. INDONESIA: Govt Plans to Revive Sanatoriums To Treat Tuberculosis
  891. MYANMAR: Junta’s Amnesty for Political Prisoners was Hostage Diplomacy: Myanmar Watchdog
  892. VIETNAM Continues ‘Four Nos’ Defense Policy
  893. VIETNAM: Culinary Tourism To Become National Strategic Product
  894. INDONESIA: Govt Unveils Ecotourism Concept For New Capital City
  895. INDONESIA: No LSD In Our Cattle, Canberra Insists After RI Halts Imports
  896. MYANMAR Regime Reduces Jailed Leaders’ Sentences Under Prisoner Amnesty
  897. SINGAPORE:  Man Charged With Running Unregistered Muslim Religious School, Teaching False Doctrine
  898. VIETNAMESE Consume Too Much Meat, Say Health Advocates
  899. INDONESIA: Government Orders Shipment of Aid to Drought-Hit Papua Region
  900. INDONESIA: Jokowi Seeks Chinese Investment in 5,000-Hectare Durian Plantation
  901. Myanmar Junta Extends State of Emergency for 6 More Months
  902. PHILIPPINES: 25 Dead, Over 2 million Affected from Typhoon Doksuri in Philippines
  903. VIETNAM: Russia to Issue E-Visas for Vietnamese Nationals
  904. NDONESIA’S Middle-Strength Passport Remains a Travel Barrier For Some
  905. INDONESIA Launches Its First CryIpto Bourse
  906. MALAYSIA: Customs Makes Biggest Drug Bust in Sabah, Seizes over 100Kg of Syabu Worth Around RM3M
  907. MYANMAR Jade Worth About US$4 Billion Exported to China in 2022
  908. THAILAND:  Police Prepare for Thaksin’s Return As August 10 Arrival Date Confirmed By Family
  909. INDONESIA’s Rice Reserve Not Sufficient To Weather El Niño Next Year
  910. ASEAN Predicted to Be Net Importer of Natural Gas by 2025
  911. MYANMAR’S Northern Alliance ‘Not Interested’ in Empty Peace Talks With Junta
  912. PHILIPPINES; China Eyes Military Exercises With PH
  913. SINGAPORE: No Zero-Tolerance Approach by PAP to Extramarital Affairs, Unlike Corruption and Criminal Conduct: DPM Wong
  914. CAMBODIA: An End To An Era as Hun Sen Passes Baton To Son Manet
  915. INDONESIA: JETP Could Help Drive Indonesia’s Geothermal Growth
  916. INDONESIA Says Taliban Representatives Visited ‘Informally’
  917. MYANMAR: Thai Beer Titan to Invest US$14M in Another Brewery in Myanmar
  918. PHILIPPINES: VIETNAM Builds More Facilities in Spratlys
  919. CAMBODIAN Election Draws Criticism
  920. INDONESIA: Social Media Monitoring Agency Could Curb Free Speech, Activists Warn
  921. INDONESIA Set to Launch Largest Solar Panel Industry in SE Asia
  922. MYANMAR Military May Move Suu Kyi to House Arrest
  923. SINGAPORE To Execute First Woman In Nearly 20 Years: Rights Groups
  924. INDONESIA: G20 Energy Proposal Costly, Not Feasible: RI
  925. INDONESIA Spends $3.8B on Fuel Subsidies in 1st Half of 2023
  926. MYANMAR: Number of IDPs in Myanmar Surges Almost 50,000 in Five Weeks
  927. SINGAPORE: Growing Concern With Youth Radicalism, Terrorism Threat to Singapore Remains High: ISD
  928. VIETNAM: Researchers Find Evidence of 2,000-year-old curry in Vietnam, the oldest in Southeast Asia
  929. CAMBODIA’S 2023 General Election Kicks Off
  930. INDONESIA: Power Struggle Grips Golkar Ahead of 2024 Polls
  931. INDONESIA: Gov’t Told to Close Illegal Railroad Crossings
  932. MALAYSIA: In Malaysia, More Muslim Parents Turning To Abducting Kids in Custody Wars: SIS Data
  933. MYANMAR: Whither Wa State? Myanmar’s Criminal Hub Spreads Wings Under Junta
  934. INDONESIA Must Push For Fairer Carbon Market: Activists
  935. INDONESIA: Gov’t Takes Down Over 11,000 Gambling Websites
  936. MALAYSIA Issues License to Elon Musk’s Starlink To Bring Internet Services To Remote Areas
  937. MYANMAR: Chin Schoolchildren Being Taught In Trenches Cecause of Airstrikes
  938. VIETNAM’S Last Wild Elephants On The Brink of Survival
  939. INDONESIA Strengthens Economic Diplomacy With Cabinet Reshuffle
  940. INDONESIA: No Authorization for Interfaith Marriages: Supreme Court
  941. Myanmar Regime Again Bars Daw Aung San Suu Kyi From Honoring Father on Martyrs’ Day
  942. SINGAPORE: Foreigners Need Approval To Buy Mixed Commercial and Residential Properties, Land in Singapore
  943. VIETNAM Passport Jumps 6 Places in Global Ranking
  944. INDONESIA: RI, EU Gear Up For Trade Clash
  945. INDONESIA: Tech Giants Pay Indonesia $886M in Digital Taxes in 3.5 Years
  946. MYANMAR: Political Prisoners in Constant Fear of Torture and Murder
  947. PHILIPPINES: ICC Junks PH Appeal On Drug War Probe
  948. VIETNAM: Google Maps Re-Displays Vietnamese Flag on Spratly Island
  949. INDONESIA: When Teachers Are The Bullies, Where Do Students Go?
  950. INDONESIA Trade Surplus for 38 Months in a Row
  951. MYANMAR Junta Condemns ASEAN for Ignoring ‘Peaceful Efforts to Restore Democracy’
  952. THAILAND: Coalition Decides to Propose Pita as its PM Candidate in Second Round
  953. VIETNAM’S Aging 100-million Population a Demographic Time Bomb
  954. CAMBODIA: Childhood Diabetes Up Amid Sugar Epidemic
  955. INDONESIA: Growing Informal Sector Signals Lack In Job Creation
  956. INDONESIA: PTPP, Adhi Karya Win $540M Railway Project in Philippines
  957. MYANMAR Junta Likely to Extend Military Rule Again
  958. THAILAND: Two-Wheeled Angels:Bangkok Launches First Fleet of Motorbike-ambulances
  959. ASEAN Struggles For Unity On Myanmar Conflict
  960. ASEAN, China Agree on South China Sea’s Code of Conduct Guidelines
  961. INDONESIA: Shrinking Domestic Industry May Dethrone RI As World’s No. 2 Rubber Exporter
  962. MYANMAR: Protect Rohingya From Armed Gangs: HRW
  963. THAILAND: Pita Fails in Bid to Become Prime Minister
  964. INDONESIA Wants to Double Lithium Pact with Australia to 120,000 Tons
  965. INDONESIA: LGBT Event in Indonesia Scrapped After Security Threats
  966. MYANMAR: Thai Foreign Minister Says Met Myanmar’s Suu Kyi
  967. SINGAPORE: Maid Agencies Find Various Ways to Sieve Out Underage Candidates, Even As MOM Sees Fewer Cases
  968. THAILAND: Thaksin Postpones Return Until Thailand’s Political Situation Settles Down
  969. INDONESIA: Bakamla Seizes Iranian Tanker Over Illicit Oil Transfer
  970. INDONESIA: Netherlands Returns Ancient Jewels, Temple Carvings to Indonesia
  971. MALAYSIA: PM Anwar Gives Final Warning To Those Playing Up 3R Issues
  972. MYANMAR Junta Condemned For Using ‘Prison Transfers’ as a Pretext For Murder
  973. PHILIPPINE Activists Fight Back on Online Theats Rise
  974. CAMBODIA: Manhunt Underway After Capital 103kg-Meth Bust
  975. INDONESIA: RI Property Giants to Build Malls, Offices In Nusantara Capital City
  976. INDONESIA: $3.5 Billion Jababeka Movieland Launched as Indonesian Answer to Hollywood
  977. MYANMAR: Singapore’s UOB Is Shutting Myanmar Junta Allied Airline’s Bank Accounts
  978. SINGAPORE: Millions Vie For Tickets to Taylor Swift’s Only Stop in Southeast Asia
  979. INDONESIA: Potable Tap Water Still a Pipe Dream, for Now
  980. INDONESIA: Political Row Undermines RI’S Second Chance as FIFA Host
  981. MALAYSIA: Counting Malaysia’s ‘Invisible’ People: How Many Born Here Cannot Be Citizens Despite Their Local Roots
  982. MYANMAR: Thailand’s Deportation of Undocumented Children Branded Cruel
  983. SINGAPORE Must Never Become a Welfare State, But It Can Be a ‘Welfare Society’: SM Tharman
  984. INDONESIA: Govt Steps Up Efforts To Curb Anthrax After Outbreak Kills 3 People
  985. INDONESIA: Robust Salt Industry Recipe to Cut Indonesia’s Deficit with Australia
  986. MYANMAR: UN Urges End to Arms, Currency Supplies to Myanmar Junta
  987. SINGAPORE: Police Warn of Resurgence of Concert Ticket Scam As At Least 462 Lose Over S$480,000 Since January
  988. VIETNAM: New Crocodile Newt Species Discovered in Vietnam
  989. INDONESIA: Government Rescues Nearly 2,000 Human Trafficking Victims
  990. INDONESIA: Safeguarding the Sunda Pangolin: RER’s Commitment to Wildlife Protection and Conservation
  991. MALAYSIA: More Malaysians Transitioning to Solar Power to Reduce Electricity Bills
  992. MYANMAR: Junta Orders Nightlife Shutdown as Narcotics Flood Myanmar
  993. VIETNAM RIses FOur Ranks in Global Peace Index
  994. CAMBODIA Bans Entry for All Meta Oversight Board Bembers
  995. INDONESIA: Victims, Families Urge Jokowi to Rewrite History on Rights Abuse
  996. INDONESIA: ‘No Big Deal’: Minister Reacts to Indonesian Rice Terraces Used in Philippine Tourism Promo
  997. MYANMAR Supreme Court to Hear President and Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Appeals
  998. VIETNAMESE People Turning Their Backs On Dog Meat
  999. INDONESIA: Jakarta Installs AI-Controlled Traffic Lights to Ease Congestion
  1000. INDONESIA Reports Slower Deforestation Growth
  1001. MYANMAR: Surprise? Myanmar Ranks Poorly in ‘Tourist-Friendly ’Ranking
  1002. THAILAND-Foreign Investors Wary of Delay in Thai Govt Formation: FTI
  1003. VIETNAM  Bans Barbie Movie for Featuring China’s Nine-Dash Line
  1004. INDONESIA: After Recent Portfolio Sell-Offs, Is Traditional Retail Banking Dead in Indonesia?
  1005. INDONESIA In Talks with 3 Unnamed Countries for OPEC-Like Nickel Cartel
  1006. MYANMAR Junta War Crimes Rising: UN Report
  1007. SINGAPORE Sees Highest Number of Suicides in Over 20 Years, With Most Cases Among Those in Their 20s: SOS
  1008. TIMOR LESTE Independence Hero Xanana Gusmao Returns to Power
  1009. INDONESIA: Reparations Program Gets Mixed Welcome
  1010. INDONESIA’S  Learning Gap Spanning Two Decades: Minister
  1011. MYANMAR: Medical Association Issues Urgent Global Appeal to Deliver Healthcare to Myanmar
  1012. SINGAPORE: Growing Popularity of Adventure Tourism
  1013. VIETNAM: Philippine Police Rescue More than 1,000 Alleged Trafficking Victims, Including Vietnamese
  1014. INDONESIA: Reparations Program Gets Mixed Welcome
  1015. INDONESIA’S  Learning Gap Spanning Two Decades: Minister
  1016. MYANMAR: Medical Association Issues Urgent Global Appeal to Deliver Healthcare to Myanmar
  1017. SINGAPORE: Growing Popularity of Adventure Tourism
  1018. VIETNAM: Philippine Police Rescue More than 1,000 Alleged Trafficking Victims, Including Vietnamese
  1019. INDONESIA: World Bank Sees Stagnant FDI, Slowdown in Growth for Indonesia
  1020. INDONESIA to Reroute Palm Oil Export to Africa Following EUDR
  1021. MYANMAR Junta Turns Thai-Sponsored Talks Into Propaganda Tool
  1022. PHILLIPPINES- Kitchen Crisis: How some food prices soared under Marcos
  1023. SINGAPORE: Air Purifiers Flying off the shelves as S’poreans brace themselves for haze; experts give tips on dealing with it
  1024. SOUTHEAST ASIA at High Risk of Trans-boundary Haze: Report
  1025. INDONESIA Moves ASEAN Military Drill Site Away From South China Sea
  1026. MYANMAR: US Slaps Sanctions on Myanmar Junta Defense Ministry, Regime-Run Banks
  1027. VIETNAM: Dak Lak Armed Group Connected to US-based Terrorists
  1028. VIETNAM: Nearly 5,000 ChatGPT Accounts hacked in Vietnam
  1029. INDONESIA Ranks Sixth Among Countries with Most Startups
  1030. INDONESIA: Jakarta Lacks Myanmar Leverage: UN rapporteur
  1031. MALAYSIA: Wisma Putra Clarifies Misperceptions Regarding Demarcation of Strait of Malacca and Sulawesi Sea
  1032. MYANMAR: Arrests Follow ‘Flower Strike’ To Mark Detained Aung San Suu Kyi’s Bfrirthday
  1033. SINGAPORE: High Risk of Severe Transboundary Haze in 2023, Public Advised To Be Prepared: Singapore institute
  1034. INDONESIAN Businesses Call For Change in PLN’s Dominance to Hit Renewable Target
  1035. INDONESIA Urges Regional Efforts for Clean Energy Transition
  1036. MYANMAR: More Labor Union Leaders Arrested at Zara Factory in Myanmar
  1037. PHILIPPINES: Filipino Women Highly Biased Against Own Gender: Study
  1038. VIETNAM: Overseas Vietnamese Return Home For Retirement
  1039. INDONESIA’S Satria-1 Successfully Launched Into Orbit
  1040. INDONESIA: Coca-Cola Launches New rPET Bottles in Indonesian Market
  1041. LAOS Seals MOU With Chinese Firm for Development of That Luang SEZ
  1042. MYANMAR Junta Signs Wind Power, Direct Flights and Financial Deals With Russia
  1043. THAILAND Defends Divisive Myanmar Junta Talks
  1044. ASEAN Nixes Thai Informal Talks Idea on Myanmar
  1045. CAMBODIAN  Riel to Expand Across Laos and Vietnam
  1046. INDONESIA: Japan’s Emperor in Indonesia for First State Visit
  1047. MALAYSIA Best-Performing Muslim-Majority Country in 2022’s Islamicity Index, But Long Way to Go On Human Rights
  1048. MYANMAR  People’s Thoughts With Detained Daw Aung San Suu Kyi on 78th Birthday
  1049. INDONESIA: MSMEs Account for 97% of Job Opportunities in Indonesia
  1050. INDONESIA: Jakartans Find Worsening Air Pollution ‘Unbearable’
  1051. MYANMAR Junta Sentences 730 Political Prisoners in Less Than Six Months
  1052. PHILIPPINES: Media Landscape Remains ‘Largely Grim’ Despite Change In Leadership: Report
  1053. VIETNAM All Set To Classify Covid As Common Disease

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EXTRICATING NDONESIAN CHILDREN FROM ISIS INFLUENCE ABROAD

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

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