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  • OPINION

    Lifting Asean's efforts with Myanmar

    News, Published on 27/04/2024

    » About three years ago, Asean leaders gathered in Jakarta for an emergency summit on Myanmar at which the Five-Point Consensus (5PC) -- entailing the cessation of violence in the country, constructive dialogue among parties to the conflict, the appointment of a special Myanmar envoy and the provision of humanitarian assistance -- was agreed upon with the State Administration Council's (SAC) senior general Min Aung Hlaing.

  • WORLD

    Chinese warships in Cambodia fuel fresh concerns as Wang visits

    Published on 22/04/2024

    » China’s top diplomat has pledged to further boost security ties with Cambodia during a visit amid concerns over the extended presence of its warships at a naval base on the Gulf of Thailand.

  • INVESTMENT

    Asian shares slump as Mideast risk rises

    Published on 20/04/2024

    » RECAP: Asian stocks plunged yesterday as broad risk aversion swept through markets on escalating tensions between Iran and Israel and worries about higher-for-longer US rates.

  • WORLD

    Indonesian volcano eruption forces evacuations, airport closure

    Reuters, Published on 18/04/2024

    » JAKARTA - Indonesia shut a provincial airport and evacuated hundreds of people from the vicinity of the Ruang volcano after it belched explosive plumes of lava, rocks and ash for days, officials said on Thursday, declaring the highest alert on the situation.

  • WORLD

    Landslides kill 18 on Indonesia's Sulawesi island, 2 missing

    Published on 15/04/2024

    » JAKARTA - Landslides on Indonesia's Sulawesi island on the weekend killed at least 18 people with rescue efforts, including police sniffer dogs, still ongoing for two missing people, local authorities said on Monday.

  • WORLD

    Landslides kill 15 on Indonesia's Sulawesi island

    Published on 14/04/2024

    » JAKARTA - At least 15 people have been killed in landslides on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, the country's disaster mitigation agency said on Sunday, with rescue efforts ongoing for those reported missing.

  • WORLD

    Indonesia denies using air strikes in Papua

    Published on 13/04/2024

    » JAKARTA - Indonesia’s military on Saturday denied using air strikes in a remote, restive part of the country, after a video of a New Zealand pilot kidnapped by Papuan rebels featured him saying military actions had made his position unsafe.

  • OPINION

    Southeast Asian banks must stop funding coal

    Oped, Published on 11/04/2024

    » Indonesia is by far a major top producer of dangerous climate emissions -- more than any country in the Southeast Asian region, mainly due to its burning of coal. The country is also feeling the full force of worsening climate disasters, from floods and storms to deadly landslides. My hometown, Jakarta, is sinking -- and this is compounded by regular catastrophic flooding and air pollution that disrupts millions of lives. Indonesia faces huge risks as it currently sits as the second most disaster-prone country in the world, according to the World Risk Report 2023.

  • GENERAL

    Indonesia to curb electrical goods imports

    Published on 09/04/2024

    » JAKARTA - The Indonesian industry ministry has issued a regulation restricting imports of electronic goods including air conditioners, refrigerators and laptop computers, a move it said aimed to improve investment certainty.

  • OPINION

    Asean juggles triangular power game

    Oped, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 09/04/2024

    » A rising China, a trusted Japan, and a declining America are three cogs dictating the global geopolitical landscape in Southeast Asia in the months, if not years, to come. Amidst intensifying geopolitics, Asean is in a position where this could either be a blessing or a curse.

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