By Rochelle Kopp
The Japan Times-June 12
The nation’s successful management of the pandemic has become a point of pride for many Japanese.
IS JAPAN’S LOW COVID-19 DEATH RATE DUE TO A ‘HIGHER CULTURAL LEVEL’?
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- MALAYSIA: Protecting Malaysian Kids Online From Sexual Exploitation: Govt Explores Measures to Safeguard Against Overseas Predators
- MYANMAR: Notorious Myanmar Arms Broker Convicted of Cash Smuggling in Singapore
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- INDONESIA Faces Dilemma on Rohingya Refugees
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- MYANMAR Junta Moves to Retake Major Shan State Camp
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- MYANMAR Resistance Set to Expand Fighting in Mandalay After Seizing Strategic Junta Outpost
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- MALAYSIANNS Who Made Their Mark in the International Film Industry in 2023
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- VIETNAM: Tourism Race Heats Up as Asian Countries Rush to Simplify Visa Requirements
- INDONESIA: Constitutional Court Finally Forms Permanent Ethics Council
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- MALAYSIA: Fahmi: Govt ban on Israeli-owned ships entering country clear signal Malaysia does not recognise Israel
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- INDONESIA: Nickel Plan Sidelined as Govt Pushes EV Market With New Incentives
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- ASEAN: Japan to Provide $1b for ASEAN’s Regional EV Ecosystem
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- MALAYSIA: Health Ministry Rules out Return of MCO as Covid-19 Cases Rise, TRIIS reinstated
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- Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia Eye Seamless Tourism: Srettha
- CAMBODIA: Endangered Dholes Discovered at Mondulkiri Wildlife Conservancy
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- INDONESIA: India Proposes Local Currency Use in Trade with Indonesia
- MYANMAR: Few Places in Myanmar Still Safe for Junta Boss to Visit
- VIETNAM: Hanoi Aims to Increase Per Capita Green Space Five-Fold
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- MALAYSIA: Meta, TikTok Report Jump in Malaysia Govt Requests to Remove Content in 2023
- MYANMAR’S Spring Revolution Must Open Two New Fronts to Oust Junta
- INDONESIA’S Deforestation Rate Off Target For 2030 Climate Goal
- INDONESIA: Anies Wants to Discontinue New Capital Nusantara Project
- MALAYSIA: Health Ministry Calls For Masks Again As Malaysia’s Covid-19 Cases Nearly Double to 13,000 In a Week
- MYANMAR: China Says ‘Positive’ Peace Talks Held Over North Myanmar Conflict
- INDONESIA: Ministry Urges Complete COVID-19 Vaccination Ahead of Holiday Season
- ‘INDONESIA Imprisoned More Graft Convicts than any Other Nation’: Jokowi
- MYANMAR’S Growth to Fall to 1 Percent: World Bank
- MYANMAR Overtakes Afghanistan as World’s Biggest Opium Producer: UN
- PHILIPPINES: 65 Provinces Face Severe Drought
- INDONESIA: Presidential Candidates Ready for First Debate
- INDONESIA: Barito Dethrones BCA as Indonesia’s Biggest Listed Company
- MALAYSIA: CIJ: Surge in Anti-LGBT Hate Speech Since 1975 Incident at Good Vibes
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- CAMBODIA: LGBT Community Proposes Marital Equality Discussions
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- INDONESIA: President Jokowi Prioritizes 4 Cities as New Growth Drivers
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- PHILIPPINES: Most Filipinos Oppose Divorce
- INDONESIA: Jakarta Reports Infections Linked to ‘Mystery Pneumonia’
- INDONESIA: 11 Bodies Recovered after Marapi Eruption, and 12 Climbers Still Missing
- MYANMAR: Full Civilian Rule Restored in First Large Town Seized by Myanmar Resistance: NUG
- SINGAPORE: Fewer Young People in Singapore Donating Blood Even as Demand Rises From Ageing Population: Red Cross
- THAILAND: Work-Life Balance and Flexibility Top Priorities for Thai Employees: Survey
- INDONESIA’S Call for Support in COP28 Shows ‘No New’ Commitment
- INDONESIA and UAE Collaborate to Combat Money Laundering
- MYANMAR: ASEAN Urged to Stop Calling For ‘Inclusive Talks’ Between Myanmar Junta and Its Victims
- PHILIPPINES:11 Dead, Scores Hurt in MSU Bombing
- THAILAND: Police to Investigate Bribery Allegations Reported by German media
- INDONESIA Heightens Monitoring in Response to ‘Mysterious Pneumonia’ Outbreak in China
- INDONESIA Calls for Palestine’s Full UN Membership
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- MYANMAR: Fighting In Over 200 Townships Since Myanmar Coup
- INDONESIA: Indonesia EV Battery Industry in Limbo Amid Uncertain Roadmap, Rule
- INDONESIA: Anak Krakatau Continues to Erupt on Tuesday
- MYANMAR: Exodus: Tens of Thousands Flee as Myanmar Junta Troops Face Last Stand in Kokang
- MYANMAR: Gangs, Extortion in Bangladesh Camps Driving Rohingya Sea Exodus
- SINGAPORE: Shanmugam Seeks Court Order Requiring TikTok to Name Users Who Posted ‘False, Baseless’ Claims of Extra-Marital Affair
- INDONESIA: President Jokowi Highlights Importance of Religion at R20 Summit
- INDONESIA: Presidential Candidates On The Move Ahead of Official Campaign Season
- MALAYSIA: Education Minister Apologizes Over Vanning of Tamil Songs at Carnival in Penang
- MYANMAR: Rohingya Resettlements From Bangladesh Increase While Myanmar Instability Grows
- THAILAND: Chinese Nationals Begging in Bangkok Not Victims of Trafficking: Immigration Chief
- INDONESIA: State-Owned Enterprises Yield Rp 74 Trillion in Dividends
- INDONESIAN Police, Fishers Start Patrols to Stop Rohingya Boats
- MALAYSIA: In China, Court Begins Hearing Malaysia Airlines’ Flight MH370 Compensation Claims From Passengers’ Families
- MYANMAR Junta to Prosecute Satellite Internet Users
- INDONESIA: KPK Marches On As Leader Fights Graft Charges
- INDONESIA: President Jokowi Inaugurates Two Airports in Papua
- MYANMAR: Battle For Control of Myanmar State Capital Escalating at ‘Alarming Rate’
- VIETNAMESE in Myanmar Relocated to Safe Zones: ministry
- INDONESIA Welcomes Temporary Truce in Gaza, Seeks Lasting Solution
- INDONESIA: Amended Law Allows Gov’t to Freeze Bank Accounts in Online Gambling Crackdown
- MALAYSIA, VIETNAM Electronics Face Closer US Scrutiny Over China-Forced Labor
- MYANMAR: Doctors Without Borders Calls for Patient and Healthcare Worker Safety in Myanmar Conflict Areas
- VIETNAM: Task Force Curbing Traffic of Newborns to China
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- INDONESIANS See US, China As the Right Economic Partners for ASEAN
- MALAYSIA: Bomb Threats Hit Several International Schools in Malaysia
- MYANMAR: Junta Completes Stranglehold on Myanmar Media With Law Change
- THAILAND: LGBTQ Couples in Thailand to Soon Have Equal Legal Rights in Marriage
- INDONESIA Sends $2 Million worth of Humanitarian Supplies to Palestine
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- MALAYSIA: Average Salary in Malaysia to Increase 5.1pc in 2024: Mercer Survey
- MYANMAR: Operation 1027 is Creating a New Political Template for Myanmar’s Future
- CAMBODIA to Become First Asian Host of Mine Summit
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- INDONESIA: About 250 Rohingya Refugees in Aceh Sent Back to Sea
- MALAYSIA: Becoming a Malaysian Officially: Five things You Need to Know About the ‘Good Character’ Test
- MYANMAR: Humbled Regime Helpless as China Demands Border Security; Hiding the Scale of Defeat; and More
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- INDONESIA: House to Form Committee to Watch Police Ahead of Elections
- MALAYSIA, VIETNAM Agree to Address Illegal Fishing, Discuss South China Sea Issue During Bilateral Meeting in San Francisco
- MYANMAR: 5 European Nations, Canada Seek to Join Genocide Case against Myanmar at Top UN Court
- THAILAND: Hamas Tells govt Negotiators Thai Hostages Will Be Freed During Ceasefire
- INDONESIA: Civil Groups Vow Close Scrutiny of 2024 Race
- INDONESIA: Gunung Padang Could Be the World’s Oldest Pyramid: Study
- MALAYSIA: Google, Malaysian Govt Announce Strategic Collaboration To Create Skill Opportunities for 300,000 by 2026
- MYANMAR: Nine Towns Occupied by Myanmar Military for Decades Lost to Resistance in Days
- SINGAPORE: All Adult Singaporeans To Receive up to S$800 in Assurance Package Support in December
- INDONESIA: Competitive Three-Horse Race to Succeed Jokowi is On
- INDONESIA, US to Develop Work Plan on Critical Minerals Deal
- MYANMAR: Almost 40 Myanmar Junta Positions Abandoned in Rakhine: Arakan Army
- PHILIPPINES: Why Court Allowed Leila de Lima to Post Bail
- THAILAND Welcomes 23 Million Tourists This Year with Malaysians Topping List
- INDONESIA: Presidential Candidates Divided on Jokowi’s Food Estate Policy
- INDONESIA: Gibran Cleared To Run Despite Controversy
- MALAYSIA: Why Aren’t More Malays Successful Despite NEP? Dr Mahathir Compares Culture to Centuries of ‘Wealth-Chasing’ by Chinese
- MALAYSIA: ‘Stalemate’: Malaysia Still Can’t Get Sirul Extradited from Australia Due to Death Penalty: Lawyers
- CHINA Offers Bounty for Myanmar Junta’s Scam Kingpin in Kokang
- INDONESIA: Jokowi Calls OIC to Unite Against Israel’s Atrocities in Gaza
- INDONESIA: Religious Figures, Activists Call for Dialogue to End Violence in Papua
- MYANMAR: Thousands Trapped Without Food and Medicine in Shan State
- THAILAND: Chinese Police to Patrol in Thailand to Boost Tourist Confidence
- VIETNAM: Healing Tourism Trend Prompts Service Suppliers to Become More Dynamic
- CAMBODIA Achieves Remarkable Rice Sales Exceeding $1.2 Billion
- INDONESIA: Jokowi Inaugurates Southeast Asia’s Largest Floating Solar Farm
- INDONESIA: TikTok Ramps Up Efforts To Fight Fake Election News
- MYANMAR: Brotherhood Alliance Vows to Spread Operation 1027 Across Myanmar
- VIETNAM Beckons DIaspora With Career Options
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- INDONESIA Welcomes 22 Palestinian Students on Scholarships
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- SINGAPORE: Religious Leaders’ Guidance On gGobal Conflicts Helped to Foster Harmony in Singapore: Shanmugam
- VIETNAM: US Adds Vietnam to Currency Monitoring List
- INDONESIA: Certification Headache for Indonesia’s Budding Carbon Market
- INDONESIA Should Revamp Foreign Policy Amid Global Challenges: Ganjar
- MALAYSIA: Recruitment Agencies Not Allowed to Outsource Hiring of Foreign Workers: HR Minister
- MYANMAR: Thousands Displaced by Fighting Need Food: Myanmar Volunteers
- VIETNAMESE Boycott Snapchat Over China’s U-shaped Line
- INDONESIA: GDP Growth Falls Below 5 Percent for First Time Since Pandemic
- INDONESIA Joins Money Laundering Watchdog FATF
- MYANMAR: Thai Police Pledge to Rescue Trafficked Nationals From Myanmar
- SINGAPORE PRoposes New Laws for President, Ministers to Hold ROles in Foreign and Global organizations
- VIETNAM By Far the Biggest Market for South Korean Cars in Southeast Asia
- INDONESIA: New Law Allows Military’s Return to Civilian Positions
- INDONESIA: West Papua Tribe At Risk of Losing Homeland aAter Court Ruling: NGOs
- MALAYSIA: Health Experts Predict Diabetes Will Heavily Burden Malaysia’s Healthcare System in Future
- MYANMAR Ethnic Groups Seize More Junta Outposts in Northern Shan State
- PHILIPPINES: Radioman Killed While Broadcasting
- INDONESIA Unlikely To Boycott Pro-Israel Products
- INDONESIA, UAE to Launch Mangrove Research Center at COP28
- MYNMAR Military Says Lost Control of Strategic Border Town
- SINGAPORE Warns Foreigners Against Using Country to Further Political Causes Amid Israel-Hamas war
- VIETNAM Uncovers Oldest Human Remains
- CAMBODIA: UNESCO Formally List Battambang Gastronomy
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- INDONESIA: More Local Firms Start Developing Malls, Hospitals in Nusantara
- MALAYSIA: On Proposed ‘Regressive’ Citizenship Law Changes, Stateless Kids Still Have Legal Avenues to be Malays: Saifuddin Nasution
- MYANMAR: US Sanctions Myanmar Junta’s State Oil and Gas Company
- INDONESIA Doubts Myanmar is Close to Inclusive National Dialogue
- INDONESIA: Government to introduce superior tuber varieties to address famine in Papua
- INDONESIA: 200,000 Hectares of Palm Plantations to be Made Forests: Government
- MALAYSIA: PM Anwar Says Allowed 100pc Foreign-Owned Tesla, Starlink To Operate in Malaysia for National Good
- MYANMAR: Chinese Security Minister Meets Myanmar Junta Chief as Border Violence Grows
- INDONESIA: At Least 45 Suspected Militants Arrested in October
- INDONESIA: Remote Working for Jakarta Public Employees Fails to Tackle Pollution
- MALAYSIA: Sold An Illusion, Group Says Some Nepalis Find Bitter Reality Once in Malaysia
- MYNMAR Military Caught Off Guard by Ethnic Alliance’s Northern Offensive
- THAILAND To Lift Deep South Emergency by 2027: Defense Minister
- INDONESIA: 2024 Elections Chance to ‘Rejuvenate Democracy’ in Southeast Asia
- INDONESIA Surpasses Target With 26 Gold Medals at Hangzhou Para Games
- MYANMAR’S Shan State Clashes Stretch Into Second Day
- SINGAPORE’S Vote In Favor of UN Resolution Shows Clear Stand on Israel-Hamas Conflict: Shanmugam
- VIETNAM: Google Offers 40,000 Scholarships to Support Vietnam’s digital transformation
- INDONESIA Slams Western ‘Bias’ Regarding Gaza Siege at Security Council
- INDONESIA: TikTok, YouTube, Meta Eye Indonesia E-commerce License: Sources
- MYANMAR Junta Gets an ‘F’ For Education as Schools Spiral into Chaos
- SINGAPORE: Sleep-Deprived, 2 in 3 S’poreans Planning Travel With Goal of Catching Up On Shut-Eye: Survey
- THAILAND: At Least 54 Thais Held Hostage by Hamas: Israeli government
- INDONESIA: Businesses Seek to Ensure Post-Election Continuity
- INDONESIA: We Are Open to All: Indonesia Denies Favoring Chinese Investment
- MALAYSIA: Using Bahasa Melayu in Govt Dept Correspondence Crucial to Safeguard its Position: Malay Students Federation
- MYANMAR: Daw Aung Suu Kyi in Limbo as Myanmar Resumes Prison Visits After Three-Year Ban
- MYANMAR Crackdown on Business Escalates, 16 More Executives Face Life in Prison
- CAMBODIA-Village Ends Logging, Plants Crops
- INDONESIA Can Sue EU over Protectionist Green Policy: Economist
- MALAYSIA: DAP Rep Calls on Malaysians to Buy Palestinian Products Like Olive Oil, Dates As Sign of Solidarity
- MYANMAR: Global Petition Ups Pressure on Singapore to Cut Myanmar Military’s Supply Line
- VIETNAM Reports First Monkeypox Death
- INDONESIA: Firms Want Direct 95-Year Land Rights In Nusantara As Uncertainty Persists
- INDONESIA: Indonesia’s Huge Geothermal Potential Catches Iceland’s Attention
- MALAYSIA: Poor Command of Bahasa Malaysia Among Reasons Why Senior Applicants Refused Citizenship: Home Minister
- MYANMAR Regime Opens Larger Gems Emporium
- SINGAPORE: No Decision On Use Of Nuclear Energy Yet, Singapore to Keep Options Open
- INDONESIA: Prabowo Picks Jokowi’s Son Gibran as Running Mate
- INDONESIA: Cultural Diversity Takes Center Stage in Indonesia’s “Living Rooms”
- MYANMAR: Rohingya Lie at the Bottom of the Pile of World Aid Priorities
- MYANMAR Junta Allocates Land in Yangon for Russia to Build Orthodox Church
- VIETNAM: Vietnam to Sign Rice Trade Deals with Indonesia, Philippines
- INDONESIA: After Nearly A Decade, Jokowi Falls Short On Promise Of Energy Subsidy Reform
- INDONESIA: Ex-Papua Governor Lukas Enembe Sentenced to 8 Years for Corruption
- MYANMAR: German Firm Faces Legal Probe Over Myanmar Junta Supplies
- MYANMAR Junta Demands Expats Pay Tax Before Renewing Passports
- PHILIPPINES: Marcos Secures $4.26B Business Deals in Saudi Arabia-
- INDONESIA: Belt and Road Cooperation Must Not Complicate Countries’ Fiscal Conditions: Jokowi
- INDONESIA: European Firm Commits to Invest $2b in Indonesia’s Renewables
- MALAYSIA Proposes Upgrading 2002 ASEAN Pact To Address Haze Issue: Nik Nazmi
- MYANMAR: Junta Boss Trying to Sow Division in Myanmar’s Oldest Ethnic Armed Group
- THAILAND: Iranian Envoy in Thailand Says Effort Being Made to Free Thais Held Hostage by Hamas
- INDONESIA: Xi Wants to Expand Cooperation With Indonesia in Several Key Markets
- INDONESIA: 30.000 Coal Workers Could Lose Jobs as Indonesia Shifts to Clean Energy
- MALAYSIA: First Women’s Health Clinic Set Up At National Sports Medical Centre To Handle Female Athletes’ Health Issues: Hannah Yeoh
- MYANMAR: ASEAN Must Take Action Against Members Supporting Myanmar Junta
- MYANMAR: ‘Cyber Scammer’ Facing Arrest in China Linked to Drugs Trade in Myanmar
- INDONESIA: Constitutional Court Opens Door For Jokowi’s Son to Run in Presidential Poll
- INDONESIA: Jakarta Aims to Become Global City After Capital Relocation
- MALAYSIA: EPF: Budget 2024 Prioritizes Retirement Wellbeing, Secure Future For Malaysians
- MYANMAR: China Begins Surveys for Railway on Myanmar’s Indian Ocean
- PHILIPPINES: Canada Forges Agreement to Help Philippines Track Illegal Fishing vessels Using Satellite Technology
- INDONESIA: Constitutional Court Upholds Minimum Age for President, VP candidates
- INDONESIA: Missing Emission Cap Renders RI Carbon Exchange Less Effective: Experts
- INDONESIA Urges Norway to Accelerate $250 Million Clean Energy Investment
- MYANMAR Junta and Russia Discuss Building Gas Pipeline in Myanmar
- VIETNAM: Halal Tourism ‘Gold Mine’ For Vietnam To Tap Into
- INDONESIA Signs Tourism Decarbonization Road Map
- MYANMAR: Junta Orders Employment Agencies to Submit Lists of Myanmar Migrant Workers
- SINGAPORE: Pew Sudy Hails Singapore’s ‘Remarkable’ Religious Diversity and High Tolerance, Acceptance
- THAILAND: Two Thai Elephants Born Through Artificial Insemination
- INDONESIA: Island Nations Band Together To Face Existential Threat
- INDONESIA Reelected at UN Human Rights Council with Most Votes
- MALAYSIA: In A First For The Country, Public Finance and Fiscal Responsibility Act Passed in Dewan Rakyat
- MYANMAR: A Corrupt Business Empire Thrives Under the Junta
- THAILAND: Govt Eyes Community-Based Jobs For Workers Returning From Israel
- INDONESIA: Jokowi’s Administration Gets Red Mark On Graft Eradication
- INDONESIA Asks Philippines’s Help to Evacuate Citizens from War-Torn Gaza
- MALAYSIA: First Time Malaysian Trafficking Victims Found All The Way in South America: IGP
- MYANMAR Troops Cut Power in Southern Sagaing, Force 10,000 to Flee
- THAILAND: YouTube remains top video platform in Thailand: Survey
- INDONESIA To Evacuate Citizens from Gaza As Israel-Hamas War Worsens
- INDONESIA Hosts Inaugural Summit of Island States
- MALAYSIA: Indonesia, Thailand and China Agree To Trade With Malaysia Using Ringgit: PM Anwar
- MYANMAR: 29 Killed in Myanmar Junta Strike on Displaced Persons Camp
- THAILAND Postpones Regional Summit to Which Myanmar Junta Boss Invited
- INDONESIA Calls for End of Israel-Palestine Conflicts
- INDONESIA: Confidence In Collaborative Climate Response Weighed Down By Inaction
- MYANMAR Junta Rejects Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Appeal
- SINGAPORE Banks To Allow Customers To ‘Lock Up’ Funds in Latest Move To Guard Against Scams
- VIETNAMESE Citizens In Israel Remain Safe Amid Severe Conflict
- INDONESIA: Govt Orders E-Commerce Firms To Share Import Data With Customs Office
- INDONESIA: Govt Conducts First Biofuel-Powered Flight Test On Commercial Plane
- MYANMAR: Expressing Dissent Online Can Be Deadly In Myanmar: Freedom House
- THAILAND Needs An SMS Emergency Alert System
- VIETNAM: Vietjet To Launch 5 New Routes To Asia-Pacific Destinations
- INDONESIA: KPU Urges Political Parties To Withdraw Ex-Graft Convicts From Legislative Elections
- INDONESIA: Seeks Negotiations on Binding Rules on AI-Driven Weapons
- MALAYSIA: KL, Riyadh In Talks To Make Malaysia Preferred Transit Hub For Umrah Pilgrims: MOTAC
- MYANMAR Junta Boss’s Graft Purge Can’t Hide His Own Ill-Gotten Wealth
- VIETNAM’S Largest Rare Earth Mine To Open
- INDONESIA: Govt Goes All In To Extinguish Wildfires
- INDONESIA: House Passes Revised IKN Law To Future-Proof Nusantara Against Regime Change
- INDONESIA: Agriculture Minister Syahrul Abroad Amid Ongoing Corruption Probe
- MYANMAR: Expert Panel Issues Scathing Assessment of UN’s Handling of Myanmar Crisis
- SINGAPORE: New Inter-Ministerial Committee To Review And Strengthen Singapore’s Anti-Money Laundering Regime
- CAMBODIA: Guinness Recognize Giant Stingray
- INDONESIA: State Firms Accused Of Selling Arms To Myanmar Junta
- INDONESIA: Court Upholds Jobs Law As Labor Unions Stage Rallies
- MYANMAR’S Cash-Strapped Junta Hikes Taxes, Utilities Despite Surging Inflation
- VIETNAM: Mekong Delta Braces For Severe Drought, River salinity
- INDONESIA: PDI-P Touts Food Security As Election Priority
- INDONESIA: 77 Indonesians Could Be Spared Death Penalty in Malaysia
- MYANMAR: Dethroned NLD party marks 35th anniversary in Myanmar
- SINGAPORE’S Total Population Back Above Pre-Covid Levels, Rising 5% to 5.92 Million
- THAILAND: Toxic Smoke From Indonesia Drifts Towards Thailand
- INDONESIA: TIkTok Laments Social Media Commerce Ban
- INDONESIA, Malaysia Seek to Counter Negative Perception of Palm Oil in India
- MALAYSIA: Artist Of Banned Book Says ‘Monkey’ Remark Meant To Compliment Indonesian Maid’s Agility
- MYANMAR: Tracing Myanmar Junta’s Repeated Governing Body Shakeups Since Coup
- SINGAPOREAN Woman And Daughter Arrested in Manila Airport For Allegedly Smuggling 14kg of Cocaine Worth S$1.83m
- INDONESIA: Multiple Task Forces Make Little Dent On Jakarta Air Pollution
- INDONESIA’S Carbon Exchange Holds Rp 3,000t Potential: Jokowi
- MALAYSIA: No Harassment of LGBT Community Will Be Allowed: Anwar
- MALAYSIA Working To Bring Home 2 Suspected Terrorists Detained in Guantanamo Bay
- MYANMAR: As Resistance Drone Attacks Rise, Myanmar Junta Seeks Regional Help
- INDONESIA: Govt Efforts To Tackle Human Trafficking Not Enough: Activists
- INDONESIA: Use Buildings Idled By Capital Move To Make Jakarta ‘Livable’: ADB
- MALAYSIA Will Not Entertain Frivolous Claims By Any Party on Sabah: Foreign Minister
- MYANMAR: How Chinese-Run Mines Are Fueling the Myanmar Junta’s Terror Campaign
- VIETNAM Opposes China’s Ship Identification Stations in Paracel Islands
- INDONESIA Reiterates Call To Reform Global Financial System
- INDONESIA: Gov’t To Issue Regulation Banning Social Media Platforms from Running E-Commerce
- MYANMAR: Catch-22 For Rohingya Caught Up in Myanmar Citizenship Dilemma
- PHILIPPINES: China Installs Barrier in Bajo de Masinloc
- SINGAPORE: World War II Bomb Found in Bukit Timah, SAF to Carry Out On
- INDONESIA: Local Investors Kick-Start Commercial Projects in Nusantara
- INDONESIA Pledges to Protect Marine Biodiversity in High Seas
- MALAYSIA: PM Anwar: Despite Geopolitical Rivalry, US Remains Malaysia’s Top Investor
- MYANMAR: US Committed To Resolving The Crisis in Burma: Deputy Secretary of State
- PHILIPPINES Considers Banning TikTok For Security Workers To Block App From Cyberspying
- INDONESIA: What climate change? Study Finds Political Parties Lack Focus on Climate Issues
- INDONESIA Seeks to Strengthen Fragmented Global South in Weeklong UNGA
- INDONESIA: Elon Musk’s Starlink Makes Indonesian Presence Withyees: Minerist
- MALAYSIA’S Largest Renewable Energy Power Plant Commences Operation
- MYANMAR: Junta Shutters Myanmar Currency Exchanges in ‘Futile’ Bid to Prop Up Economy
- CAMBODIA Set To Celebrate Koh Ker UNESCO Listing
- INDONESIA: Govt To Proceed With Oil Exploration In Warim Block In Papua
- INDONESIAN Woman Jailed for Using Islamic Invocation Before Eating Pork
- MALAYSIA: Resorting to Racial Politics Is Easiest Way To Gain Malay Support: PKR Deputy President Rafizi
- MYANMAR Junta Seeks Chinese Help Acquiring Nuclear Technology
- INDONESIAN Nickel Reserves Could Be Depleted In 15 Years, Minister Warns
- INDONESIA: Antam Ordered to Pay Surabaya Businessman Rp 1 Trillion in 1 Ton Gold Dispute
- MALAYSIA: Customers in Malaysia Reportedly Told to Pay RM15,000 as Downpayment For Tesla Model 3
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- MYANMAR: Education Under Attack in Myanmar, Ukraine and Other War Zones: NGO
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- THAILAND: Srettha Gets Royal Endorsement As Prime Minister
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- THAILAND: Thaksin Taken To Bangkok Remand Prison To Start Serving His Jail Terms
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- MYANMAR: Several Resistance Attacks Reported Near Myanmar Regime’s Nerve Center
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- CAMBODIA-New Cultural Heritage Sites Identified In Protected Areas
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- INDONESIA: Nearly 17,000 Central Government Employees to Relocate to Nusantara
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- INDONESIA: Newly-Arrested Militant Plots Attacks on Police, Military Targets
- MYANMAR: Price Control Panel Fails to Stem Myanmar’s Growing Food Crisis
- MYANMAR Regime to Arm Civil Servants
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- VIETNAM: Big Wave of Internal Migration Hits Da Lat
- INDONESIA: Jakarta Hit By Major Pollution spike: Air quality monitor
- INDONESIA: Lecturer’s Curse of President Tests Limits of Free Speech
- INDONESIA: New Capital Nusantara is World’s Largest Project: Jokowi
- MYANMAR: Indian Minister of Home Affairs Blames Manipur Violence On Myanmar Refugees
- VIETNAM: Power Outages Cost Vietnam $1.4B: World Bank
- INDONESIA: ‘Missing Link’ in Indonesia’s Economic Development: INDEF
- INDONESIA: New Zealand Calls For Release of Pilot Kidnapped in Papua
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- MYANMAR: Prominent Activist Calls for Public Boycott of Myanmar Junta’s ‘Blood’ Products
- THAILAND To Grow Opium, Magic Mushrooms To Produce Morphine, Anti-Depressants
- INDONESIA’S Inequality Increases Slightly As Poverty Falls
- INDONESIA: Brain Drain: Calls Mount For Dual Citizenship In Indonesia
- INDONESIA: Populous Indonesia Defends Democracy Index That is Behind Malaysia
- MALAYSIA: PM Anwar: Turkiye’s President Erdogan Suggests Cooperation With Malaysia In Facing Islamophobia
- MYANMAR: Deadly Floods Displace Thousands in Three Myanmar Border States
- CAMBODIA Dismisses Human Rights Report
- INDONESIA: Experts Warn of Contagious Outbreaks, Health Problems As El Niño Returns
- INDONESIA’S Economic Growth Exceeds 5% for 7th Consecutive Quarter
- MYANMAR: US Closes Sanctions Window For Myanmar Junta Banks
- VIETNAM: Earthworm Electrocution Is Destroying The Environment For China Trade
- ASEAN: Timor-Leste Rethinks Its Accession Bid if ASEAN Cannot Handle Myanmar Issue
- INDONESIA- West Sumatra Administration Criticized For Stifling Protests
- MALAYSIA: Muslim Nationalism Challenges Anwar’s Multiethnic Government: Wong Chin Huat
- MYANMAR: Political Prisoners Tortured for Honoring Myanmar’s Martyrs’ Day
- VIETNAM: Export Demand Should Not Jeopardize Vietnam Food Security: Experts
- INDONESIA Initiates ASEAN Road Map For Digital Transformation Of Education Systems
- INDONESIA: Foreigners Only Need Passport to Buy House in Indonesia: Gov’t
- MALAYSIA: Woman Convert Fails To Get High Court Leave In Bid To Be Declared Christian After Divorcing Muslim Man
- MYANMAR: Singapore Urged to Stop Aiding War Crimes in Myanmar
- THAILAND: Chinese Investors Top BOI Investments Applications
- INDONESIA: Islamic School Leader Panji Gumilang Detained for Blasphemy, Hate Speech
- INDONESIA: Govt Plans to Revive Sanatoriums To Treat Tuberculosis
- MYANMAR: Junta’s Amnesty for Political Prisoners was Hostage Diplomacy: Myanmar Watchdog
- VIETNAM Continues ‘Four Nos’ Defense Policy
- VIETNAM: Culinary Tourism To Become National Strategic Product
- INDONESIA: Govt Unveils Ecotourism Concept For New Capital City
- INDONESIA: No LSD In Our Cattle, Canberra Insists After RI Halts Imports
- MYANMAR Regime Reduces Jailed Leaders’ Sentences Under Prisoner Amnesty
- SINGAPORE: Man Charged With Running Unregistered Muslim Religious School, Teaching False Doctrine
- VIETNAMESE Consume Too Much Meat, Say Health Advocates
- INDONESIA: Government Orders Shipment of Aid to Drought-Hit Papua Region
- INDONESIA: Jokowi Seeks Chinese Investment in 5,000-Hectare Durian Plantation
- Myanmar Junta Extends State of Emergency for 6 More Months
- PHILIPPINES: 25 Dead, Over 2 million Affected from Typhoon Doksuri in Philippines
- VIETNAM: Russia to Issue E-Visas for Vietnamese Nationals
- NDONESIA’S Middle-Strength Passport Remains a Travel Barrier For Some
- INDONESIA Launches Its First CryIpto Bourse
- MALAYSIA: Customs Makes Biggest Drug Bust in Sabah, Seizes over 100Kg of Syabu Worth Around RM3M
- MYANMAR Jade Worth About US$4 Billion Exported to China in 2022
- THAILAND: Police Prepare for Thaksin’s Return As August 10 Arrival Date Confirmed By Family
- INDONESIA’s Rice Reserve Not Sufficient To Weather El Niño Next Year
- ASEAN Predicted to Be Net Importer of Natural Gas by 2025
- MYANMAR’S Northern Alliance ‘Not Interested’ in Empty Peace Talks With Junta
- PHILIPPINES; China Eyes Military Exercises With PH
- SINGAPORE: No Zero-Tolerance Approach by PAP to Extramarital Affairs, Unlike Corruption and Criminal Conduct: DPM Wong
- CAMBODIA: An End To An Era as Hun Sen Passes Baton To Son Manet
- INDONESIA: JETP Could Help Drive Indonesia’s Geothermal Growth
- INDONESIA Says Taliban Representatives Visited ‘Informally’
- MYANMAR: Thai Beer Titan to Invest US$14M in Another Brewery in Myanmar
- PHILIPPINES: VIETNAM Builds More Facilities in Spratlys
- CAMBODIAN Election Draws Criticism
- INDONESIA: Social Media Monitoring Agency Could Curb Free Speech, Activists Warn
- INDONESIA Set to Launch Largest Solar Panel Industry in SE Asia
- MYANMAR Military May Move Suu Kyi to House Arrest
- SINGAPORE To Execute First Woman In Nearly 20 Years: Rights Groups
- INDONESIA: G20 Energy Proposal Costly, Not Feasible: RI
- INDONESIA Spends $3.8B on Fuel Subsidies in 1st Half of 2023
- MYANMAR: Number of IDPs in Myanmar Surges Almost 50,000 in Five Weeks
- SINGAPORE: Growing Concern With Youth Radicalism, Terrorism Threat to Singapore Remains High: ISD
- VIETNAM: Researchers Find Evidence of 2,000-year-old curry in Vietnam, the oldest in Southeast Asia
- CAMBODIA’S 2023 General Election Kicks Off
- INDONESIA: Power Struggle Grips Golkar Ahead of 2024 Polls
- INDONESIA: Gov’t Told to Close Illegal Railroad Crossings
- MALAYSIA: In Malaysia, More Muslim Parents Turning To Abducting Kids in Custody Wars: SIS Data
- MYANMAR: Whither Wa State? Myanmar’s Criminal Hub Spreads Wings Under Junta
- INDONESIA Must Push For Fairer Carbon Market: Activists
- INDONESIA: Gov’t Takes Down Over 11,000 Gambling Websites
- MALAYSIA Issues License to Elon Musk’s Starlink To Bring Internet Services To Remote Areas
- MYANMAR: Chin Schoolchildren Being Taught In Trenches Cecause of Airstrikes
- VIETNAM’S Last Wild Elephants On The Brink of Survival
- INDONESIA Strengthens Economic Diplomacy With Cabinet Reshuffle
- INDONESIA: No Authorization for Interfaith Marriages: Supreme Court
- Myanmar Regime Again Bars Daw Aung San Suu Kyi From Honoring Father on Martyrs’ Day
- SINGAPORE: Foreigners Need Approval To Buy Mixed Commercial and Residential Properties, Land in Singapore
- VIETNAM Passport Jumps 6 Places in Global Ranking
- INDONESIA: RI, EU Gear Up For Trade Clash
- INDONESIA: Tech Giants Pay Indonesia $886M in Digital Taxes in 3.5 Years
- MYANMAR: Political Prisoners in Constant Fear of Torture and Murder
- PHILIPPINES: ICC Junks PH Appeal On Drug War Probe
- VIETNAM: Google Maps Re-Displays Vietnamese Flag on Spratly Island
- INDONESIA: When Teachers Are The Bullies, Where Do Students Go?
- INDONESIA Trade Surplus for 38 Months in a Row
- MYANMAR Junta Condemns ASEAN for Ignoring ‘Peaceful Efforts to Restore Democracy’
- THAILAND: Coalition Decides to Propose Pita as its PM Candidate in Second Round
- VIETNAM’S Aging 100-million Population a Demographic Time Bomb
- CAMBODIA: Childhood Diabetes Up Amid Sugar Epidemic
- INDONESIA: Growing Informal Sector Signals Lack In Job Creation
- INDONESIA: PTPP, Adhi Karya Win $540M Railway Project in Philippines
- MYANMAR Junta Likely to Extend Military Rule Again
- THAILAND: Two-Wheeled Angels:Bangkok Launches First Fleet of Motorbike-ambulances
- ASEAN Struggles For Unity On Myanmar Conflict
- ASEAN, China Agree on South China Sea’s Code of Conduct Guidelines
- INDONESIA: Shrinking Domestic Industry May Dethrone RI As World’s No. 2 Rubber Exporter
- MYANMAR: Protect Rohingya From Armed Gangs: HRW
- THAILAND: Pita Fails in Bid to Become Prime Minister
- INDONESIA Wants to Double Lithium Pact with Australia to 120,000 Tons
- INDONESIA: LGBT Event in Indonesia Scrapped After Security Threats
- MYANMAR: Thai Foreign Minister Says Met Myanmar’s Suu Kyi
- SINGAPORE: Maid Agencies Find Various Ways to Sieve Out Underage Candidates, Even As MOM Sees Fewer Cases
- THAILAND: Thaksin Postpones Return Until Thailand’s Political Situation Settles Down
- INDONESIA: Bakamla Seizes Iranian Tanker Over Illicit Oil Transfer
- INDONESIA: Netherlands Returns Ancient Jewels, Temple Carvings to Indonesia
- MALAYSIA: PM Anwar Gives Final Warning To Those Playing Up 3R Issues
- MYANMAR Junta Condemned For Using ‘Prison Transfers’ as a Pretext For Murder
- PHILIPPINE Activists Fight Back on Online Theats Rise
- CAMBODIA: Manhunt Underway After Capital 103kg-Meth Bust
- INDONESIA: RI Property Giants to Build Malls, Offices In Nusantara Capital City
- INDONESIA: $3.5 Billion Jababeka Movieland Launched as Indonesian Answer to Hollywood
- MYANMAR: Singapore’s UOB Is Shutting Myanmar Junta Allied Airline’s Bank Accounts
- SINGAPORE: Millions Vie For Tickets to Taylor Swift’s Only Stop in Southeast Asia
- INDONESIA: Potable Tap Water Still a Pipe Dream, for Now
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- MALAYSIA: Counting Malaysia’s ‘Invisible’ People: How Many Born Here Cannot Be Citizens Despite Their Local Roots
- MYANMAR: Thailand’s Deportation of Undocumented Children Branded Cruel
- SINGAPORE Must Never Become a Welfare State, But It Can Be a ‘Welfare Society’: SM Tharman
- INDONESIA: Govt Steps Up Efforts To Curb Anthrax After Outbreak Kills 3 People
- INDONESIA: Robust Salt Industry Recipe to Cut Indonesia’s Deficit with Australia
- MYANMAR: UN Urges End to Arms, Currency Supplies to Myanmar Junta
- SINGAPORE: Police Warn of Resurgence of Concert Ticket Scam As At Least 462 Lose Over S$480,000 Since January
- VIETNAM: New Crocodile Newt Species Discovered in Vietnam
- INDONESIA: Government Rescues Nearly 2,000 Human Trafficking Victims
- INDONESIA: Safeguarding the Sunda Pangolin: RER’s Commitment to Wildlife Protection and Conservation
- MALAYSIA: More Malaysians Transitioning to Solar Power to Reduce Electricity Bills
- MYANMAR: Junta Orders Nightlife Shutdown as Narcotics Flood Myanmar
- VIETNAM RIses FOur Ranks in Global Peace Index
- CAMBODIA Bans Entry for All Meta Oversight Board Bembers
- INDONESIA: Victims, Families Urge Jokowi to Rewrite History on Rights Abuse
- INDONESIA: ‘No Big Deal’: Minister Reacts to Indonesian Rice Terraces Used in Philippine Tourism Promo
- MYANMAR Supreme Court to Hear President and Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Appeals
- VIETNAMESE People Turning Their Backs On Dog Meat
- INDONESIA: Jakarta Installs AI-Controlled Traffic Lights to Ease Congestion
- INDONESIA Reports Slower Deforestation Growth
- MYANMAR: Surprise? Myanmar Ranks Poorly in ‘Tourist-Friendly ’Ranking
- THAILAND-Foreign Investors Wary of Delay in Thai Govt Formation: FTI
- VIETNAM Bans Barbie Movie for Featuring China’s Nine-Dash Line
- INDONESIA: After Recent Portfolio Sell-Offs, Is Traditional Retail Banking Dead in Indonesia?
- INDONESIA In Talks with 3 Unnamed Countries for OPEC-Like Nickel Cartel
- MYANMAR Junta War Crimes Rising: UN Report
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- TIMOR LESTE Independence Hero Xanana Gusmao Returns to Power
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- INDONESIA’S Learning Gap Spanning Two Decades: Minister
- MYANMAR: Medical Association Issues Urgent Global Appeal to Deliver Healthcare to Myanmar
- SINGAPORE: Growing Popularity of Adventure Tourism
- VIETNAM: Philippine Police Rescue More than 1,000 Alleged Trafficking Victims, Including Vietnamese
- INDONESIA: Reparations Program Gets Mixed Welcome
- INDONESIA’S Learning Gap Spanning Two Decades: Minister
- MYANMAR: Medical Association Issues Urgent Global Appeal to Deliver Healthcare to Myanmar
- SINGAPORE: Growing Popularity of Adventure Tourism
- VIETNAM: Philippine Police Rescue More than 1,000 Alleged Trafficking Victims, Including Vietnamese
- INDONESIA: World Bank Sees Stagnant FDI, Slowdown in Growth for Indonesia
- INDONESIA to Reroute Palm Oil Export to Africa Following EUDR
- MYANMAR Junta Turns Thai-Sponsored Talks Into Propaganda Tool
- PHILLIPPINES- Kitchen Crisis: How some food prices soared under Marcos
- SINGAPORE: Air Purifiers Flying off the shelves as S’poreans brace themselves for haze; experts give tips on dealing with it
- SOUTHEAST ASIA at High Risk of Trans-boundary Haze: Report
- INDONESIA Moves ASEAN Military Drill Site Away From South China Sea
- MYANMAR: US Slaps Sanctions on Myanmar Junta Defense Ministry, Regime-Run Banks
- VIETNAM: Dak Lak Armed Group Connected to US-based Terrorists
- VIETNAM: Nearly 5,000 ChatGPT Accounts hacked in Vietnam
- INDONESIA Ranks Sixth Among Countries with Most Startups
- INDONESIA: Jakarta Lacks Myanmar Leverage: UN rapporteur
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- MYANMAR: Arrests Follow ‘Flower Strike’ To Mark Detained Aung San Suu Kyi’s Bfrirthday
- SINGAPORE: High Risk of Severe Transboundary Haze in 2023, Public Advised To Be Prepared: Singapore institute
- INDONESIAN Businesses Call For Change in PLN’s Dominance to Hit Renewable Target
- INDONESIA Urges Regional Efforts for Clean Energy Transition
- MYANMAR: More Labor Union Leaders Arrested at Zara Factory in Myanmar
- PHILIPPINES: Filipino Women Highly Biased Against Own Gender: Study
- VIETNAM: Overseas Vietnamese Return Home For Retirement
- INDONESIA’S Satria-1 Successfully Launched Into Orbit
- INDONESIA: Coca-Cola Launches New rPET Bottles in Indonesian Market
- LAOS Seals MOU With Chinese Firm for Development of That Luang SEZ
- MYANMAR Junta Signs Wind Power, Direct Flights and Financial Deals With Russia
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- ASEAN Nixes Thai Informal Talks Idea on Myanmar
- CAMBODIAN Riel to Expand Across Laos and Vietnam
- INDONESIA: Japan’s Emperor in Indonesia for First State Visit
- MALAYSIA Best-Performing Muslim-Majority Country in 2022’s Islamicity Index, But Long Way to Go On Human Rights
- MYANMAR People’s Thoughts With Detained Daw Aung San Suu Kyi on 78th Birthday
- INDONESIA: MSMEs Account for 97% of Job Opportunities in Indonesia
- INDONESIA: Jakartans Find Worsening Air Pollution ‘Unbearable’
- MYANMAR Junta Sentences 730 Political Prisoners in Less Than Six Months
- PHILIPPINES: Media Landscape Remains ‘Largely Grim’ Despite Change In Leadership: Report
- 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.”
