South-East Asia Archives

October 27, 2008

Army on alert over Kashmir 'black day'

(Press TV) India deploys troops to strike-hit Kashmir to prevent planned rallies against the anniversary of arrival of Indian troops in the region.

October 23, 2008

Philippines offers emergency jobs creation amid crisis

MANILA (Channel News Asia): Philippine President Gloria Arroyo is to offer a "New Deal" style emergency work programme for the country's poor to help tide them over as the economy slows, her chief aide said Thursday.
October 17, 2008

West urged not to ignore Sri Lanka

(BBC News) A senior western diplomat has warned that living conditions are deteriorating for tens of thousands of civilians displaced inside Tamil Tiger rebel-held areas in northern Sri Lanka. It is a humanitarian disaster waiting to happen, he says.

October 9, 2008

No easy path ahead for Malaysian PM-in-waiting

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's deputy premier Najib Razak looks to have an easy path to the top job in ruling party elections in March, but an unseemly scramble for power around him could damage his efforts to rebuild the government.

September 18, 2008

US reportedly stepping up cross-border attacks in Pakistani territory

WASHINGTON (Channel News Asia) US missile strikes are continuing in border regions close to Pakistan, despite the military there saying they will shoot back at foreign forces.
September 11, 2008

Malaysian military will not interfere in politics despite rising tensions

KUALA LUMPUR (Channel News Asia) Malaysia's armed forces chief has voiced concerns about rising racial tensions in the country.
September 10, 2008

The Muslim Insurgency in Southern Thailand

(Council on Foreign Relations) Over the past four years, an insurgency in Thailand's southern, predominantly Muslim provinces has claimed nearly three thousand lives. The separatist violence in these majority Malay Muslim provinces has a history traceable back for more than half a century.

September 9, 2008

UN report shows drug abuse on the rise in Asia

BANGKOK (Channel News Asia) The use of synthetic drugs is worsening in East and Southeast Asia, according to a new report from the United Nations Office on Drug and Crimes (UNODC).
August 27, 2008

Women and Children Among Hostages in Jammu Militant Attack

(VOA) Indian forces in Kashmir say they have killed one of three suspected Muslim militants who are holding about half a dozen hostages including women and children. Shahnawaz Khan reports for VOA from Srinagar police say the militants killed at least three people on the outskirts of Kashmir's Hindu-dominated winter capital of Jammu.

August 20, 2008

Many Indonesians not earning enough to escape poverty, says ILO

JAKARTA (Channel News Asia) Several years of healthy growth in Indonesia has not brought about better labour market outcomes.
August 15, 2008

Charlatans of democracy

(Guardian) Triumphalism over a Musharraf impeachment won't hide the failings of Pakistan's ruling coalition.

Prachanda inches towards absolute victory in Nepal PM race

KATHMANDU (IANS) After their unexpected triumph in Nepal’s general elections in April, the former Maoist guerrillas Friday began preparations to take up the reins of the new government with their chief Prachanda inching towards absolute victory in the prime ministerial race.

August 13, 2008

Desperate plight of Tamil civilians

(BBC News) The claims and counter claims by Sri Lanka's warring parties in the current fighting have overshadowed civilian suffering and misery in the northern region.

Third Pakistani assembly votes against Musharraf

KARACHI (Channel News Asia) Legislators in southern Pakistan voted on Wednesday for a resolution against President Pervez Musharraf, officials said, in the latest prelude to the US-backed leader's possible impeachment.

July 27, 2008

War is main job at a Sri Lankan village

IYATHIGEWEWA, Sri Lanka (AP) Iyathigewewa is a classic company town. But its young residents do not head to work in the local mine or factory - they go to war.

July 24, 2008

UN to take up Thai-Cambodian border dispute

UNITED NATIONS (AP) With some 4,000 troops massed along the Thai-Cambodian border, United Nations Security Council members say they will try to keep a standoff from escalating into war.

July 21, 2008

Why Thai-Cambodian temple dispute lingers

(Christian Science Monitor) Each side has domestic reasons to prolong the conflict.

Businesses in SEA urged to engage their governments

SINGAPORE (Channel News Asia) Businesses in Southeast Asia have been urged to relentlessly engage their governments as ASEAN pursues its goal of economic integration by 2015.
July 17, 2008

Thailand, Cambodia Amass Troops Near Disputed Border Temple

(RTTNews) Cambodia and Thailand have moved more troops to a disputed ancient temple site located along their border, said Cambodian Brig Gen. Chea Keo on Thursday.

July 16, 2008

Malaysian opposition leader Anwar arrested

KUALA LUMPUR (Channel News Asia) Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim was arrested on Wednesday, police said, over allegations that he sodomised a male aide which threaten to thwart his plan to seize power.

July 15, 2008

Bali stops for royal cremation

INDONESIA (Antara News) Hundreds of thousands of people were gathering here Tuesday to cremate two Balinese royals in what promises to be one of the largest funeral rites of its kind in local memory.

July 9, 2008

Former Cambodian Khmer Rouge minister denied bail

(Radio Australia) The United Nations-backed Khmer Rouge tribunal in Cambodia has dismissed a bail request by former Khmer Rouge cabinet minister, Ieng Thirith.

July 7, 2008

India relaunches its effort to save tigers

(Economist) On June 30th a doped five-year-old tiger flew 300km by helicopter, from a small Indian national park replete with tigers, Ranthambore, to a bigger park, Sariska, which had none.

July 6, 2008

Malaysia seeks Iran’s help on oil

(Tehran Times) Malaysian Foreign Minister Rais Yatim says Kuala Lumpur seeks the help of influential oil producer Iran in tackling the rising oil prices.

July 5, 2008

Dissident Vietnamese monk dies in Vietnam

HANOI (AP) Thich Huyen Quang, the patriarch of an outlawed Buddhist church in Vietnam who spent more than two decades in and out of house arrest, died Saturday after months of ailing health. He was 87.

June 25, 2008

More than 30,000 Myanmar refugees resettled

BANGKOK (AP) - More than 30,000 Myanmar refugees living in camps in Thailand have been sent to third countries in what the United Nations said Wednesday had become the world's largest refugee resettlement operation.

June 17, 2008

Vietnam's lakes under threat from pollution

HANOI (Channel News Asia) In Vietnam's capital Hanoi, the lives of residents revolve around the many lakes dotting the city.
June 5, 2008

Angry Malaysians protest against increased petrol prices

KUALA LUMPUR: Angry Malaysians took to the streets of Kuala Lumpur and the northern town of Ipoh on Thursday after the Malaysian government increased pump prices by 40 percent overnight.
May 27, 2008

UN officials cautiously optimistic about aid situation in Myanmar

BANGKOK: United Nations officials said they are encouraged by signs that Myanmar's military government is beginning to allow a trickle of foreign aid workers into parts of the country worst hit by Cyclone Nargis.
May 10, 2008

US official says diplomacy is the only way to allow aid in the country

SINGAPORE: The US Ambassador for ASEAN Affairs said diplomacy remains the only option to engage Myanmar to urge its military government to allow foreign assistance into the country.
May 6, 2008

Prominent Malaysian blogger charged with sedition

PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian government has charged a prominent blogger, Raja Petra Kamaruddin, with sedition for an article he wrote on April 25 on his website, Malaysia Today.
April 29, 2008

More Filipinos queueing up for cheap rice

MANILA : As the price of commercial rice grains continues to increase, more and more Filipinos have to endure lining up for cheap rice just to be able to purchase their daily supply of the Filipinos' staple food.
April 25, 2008

M'sia unveils US$1.2 billion food security plan to fight inflation

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has unveiled a US$1.2 billion food security plan to spur food production and counter inflation. It is one of the few countries that still subsidises its people for basic essential items such as rice, sugar, flour and cooking oil.
April 4, 2008

Negotiations between rich and poor countries tense at climate talks

BANGKOK: The goodwill felt during the Bali Roadmap in December 2007 when nations uniformly agreed about the looming disaster of climate change, has given way to tough talk among 163 nations seeking consensus on how to move forward.
March 26, 2008

Asia's first anti-bird flu facility opens in Bangkok

BANGKOK: Asia's first anti-bird flu facility has opened in Bangkok to help fight any new avian influenza outbreaks in the region.
March 17, 2008

My Lai probe hid policy that led to massacre

WASHINGTON (Asia Times Online) - For decades, it has been generally accepted that the My Lai massacre of as many as 400 Vietnamese civilians by US Army troops on March 16, 1968, was a violation of official policy directives on the treatment of civilians in South Vietnam.

March 10, 2008

M'sian PM says BN can manage without two-thirds majority

KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said on Monday his ruling Barisan Nasional coalition can manage without the two-thirds majority it has long enjoyed in parliament.
March 9, 2008

Terengganu emerges as star performer for M'sia ruling BN coalition

TERENGGANU, Malaysia: Amidst the stunning blow to Malaysia's ruling Barisan Nasional in Saturday's polls, Terengganu has emerged as a star performer of sorts for the coalition.
March 8, 2008

Malaysia's MIC chief Samy Vellu loses seat in general elections

KUALA LUMPUR - The head of Malaysia's ruling Indian party lost his own seat in general elections on Saturday, victim of a big backlash from ethnic Indian voters, state news agency Bernama said.
March 5, 2008

Small Chinese community thriving in Terengganu

KUALA TERENGGANU : Ninety-five percent of residents in the eastern state of Terengganu are Malays, and the remaining five percent are Chinese.
March 3, 2008

When non-partisans take sides

KUALA LUMPUR: Attention has been focused on the many new faces being fielded as candidates in this Malaysian general election. But what is most striking is the fact that quite a few are already familiar outside the political arena.
February 28, 2008

Opposition DAP fields young Oxford-trained businessman

KUALA LUMPUR : The 12th Malaysia general election is seeing more young professionals being fielded as candidates.

Anwar's wife pledges to give her seat to husband if she wins

PENANG: The wife of former Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister, Anwar Ibrahim, has revealed her future political plans, for the first time.
February 27, 2008

Most Thais welcome former PM Thaksin's return on Thursday

BANGKOK: Thais are anticipating a media circus ahead of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra's expected return to Bangkok on Thursday.
February 24, 2008

Anwar's daughter files nomination papers in Lembah Pantai

KUALA LUMPUR : What many thought would be a straight fight between opposition icon and former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim's daughter Nurul Izzah and women's minister Sharizah Abdul Jalil has unexpectedly turned into one of the most exciting three-cornered fights to watch in Malaysia's upcoming general election.

MIC chief Samy Vellu under pressure from minority Indian community

As Malaysians prepare to choose their next government, the minority Indian community has emerged as the group to watch.
February 20, 2008

Thailand bans smoking in all nightclubs

BANGKOK: Thailand has banned smoking in all bars and nightclubs and even popular open air eateries and markets must have dedicated smoking sections.
February 14, 2008

Malaysia's political parties gear up for elections on March 8

KUALA LUMPUR : Political parties in Malaysia are gearing up for general elections to be held on March 8.
February 7, 2008

Quieter Lunar New Year for M'sians as food prices increase

KUALA LUMPUR: It's a more subdued Lunar New Year this time round in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur as higher food prices, and a sense of uncertainty over the economic outlook, are putting a dampener on the usual spending spree.
January 24, 2008

Protesters press on with demands to try Suharto for corruption, rights abuses

JAKARTA : A few hundred metres from the hospital where the former Indonesian president is struggling for his life, human rights groups pressed on with their demands for Mr Suharto to be tried for corruption and human rights abuses.

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