World : Top News Headlines In Cambodia, Indonesia, Myanmar, The Philippines, Singapore, Thailand & Vietnam: Oct 19, 2025

CAMBODIA 1.PHNOM PENH, MANILA MAINTAIN HEALTHY TIES -- AGENCE KAMPUCHEA PRESSE Cambodia and the Philippines will maintain strong diplomatic and regional cooperation that dates from 1957. They aim to broaden cooperation in agriculture, trade,...

China’s electric two-wheelers gain popularity in Myanmar

In the city of Bago, 42-year-old housewife Su Su Hlaing recalled why she decided to buy a Kenbo-brand electric bike six months ago, as every morning, she uses it to take her children to school and make trips to the market. “It’s very convenient,”...

China’s righteous path to counter and contain the scourge of scam centers in Myanmar — Phar Kim Beng and Lutfy Hamzah

OCTOBER 18 — China’s relentless crackdown on cross-border scam centers along the Myanmar border — as reported by Channel News Asia — marks not just a security triumph, but the reaffirmation of moral order in a region long corroded by lawlessness...

Myanmar Domestic News Updates – Oct 08, 2025 Evening

Myanmar Domestic News Updates – Oct 08, 2025 Evening 📌📌 1. Myanmar Military Junta Committed Over 5,000 Human Rights Violations This Year, Says Myanmar’s UN Ambassador October 8 Myanmar’s Ambassador to the United Nations, U Kyaw Moe Tun, stated...

Myanmar's military acknowledges attacking festival, accuses resistance forces of using human shields

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Myanmar's military strikes festival and anti-junta protest, killing 40

A Myanmar military strike on a festival and demonstration has killed more than 40 people, including children, according to local reports. Myanmar has been reeling from civil war since the military seized power in a 2021 coup, prompting...

MOST will organize biodiversity and ecology training & workshop

Wildfires burning on the slopes near the Shwe Phone Pwint Pagoda in Taunggyi, Shan State on the night of 14 March. The Department of Advanced Science and Technology of the Ministry of Science and Technology will launch a training course and...

The air above his beloved country killed him. His story will break your heart

Save Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Got it Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size Yaara Bou Melhem wants to make one thing clear: “I don’t make activist films. The way I think...

The 10th Anniversary of the NCA and Myanmar’s Future

Myanmar Spring Chronicle – October 15: Scene (MoeMaKa, October 16, 2025) The 10th Anniversary of the NCA and Myanmar’s Future From October 15 to 17, Myanmar’s military regime held grand ceremonies and discussions in Naypyitaw to commemorate the...

Responsible business practices in Myanmar with Vicky Bowman [AUDIO]

Vicky Bowman, a British former ambassador and the director of the Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business, speaks to the DVB Newsroom about the business climate in Myanmar since the 2021 military coup and her imprisonment in Yangon. Watch Newsroom...

Open Letter on the Myanmar Crisis

October 17, 2025 We are writing on behalf of Human Rights Watch in the context of the upcoming summits of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the East Asia Summit, and associated ASEAN partner summits, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on...

India’s Ambassador: Ending violence and maintaining peace in Myanmar is of utmost importance

India has called on all parties in Myanmar to make full use of the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) mechanism and engage in meaningful dialogue to achieve a transparent and sustainable peace based on democracy and federalism. Delivering a...

Feature: China's electric two-wheelers gain popularity in Myanmar

YANGON, Oct. 17 (Xinhua) -- In the city of Bago, 42-year-old housewife Su Su Hlaing recalled why she decided to buy a Kenbo-brand electric bike six months ago, as every morning, she uses it to take her children to school and make trips to the...

World : Top News Headlines In Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, The Philippines, Singapore, Thailand & Vietnam: Oct 17, 2025

INDONESIA 1. LUHUT STANDS BY WHOOSH PROJECT AS DANANTARA FACES PRESSURE TO REPAY CHINA DEBT -- JAKARTA GLOBE National Economic Council (DEN) chairman Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan has come to the defence of Indonesia’s US$7.3 billion (Rp 121.16...

Top News Headlines In Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, The Philippines, Singapore, Thailand & Vietnam: Oct 17, 2025

INDONESIA 1. LUHUT STANDS BY WHOOSH PROJECT AS DANANTARA FACES PRESSURE TO REPAY CHINA DEBT -- JAKARTA GLOBE National Economic Council (DEN) chairman Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan has come to the defence of Indonesia’s US$7.3 billion (Rp 121.16...

DPM Ahmad Zahid Advocates Inclusive, Sustainable ASEAN Disaster Management Strategy in Cambodia 

By Vijian Paramasivam PHNOM PENH, Oct 15 (Bernama) -- Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi on Wednesday called for an inclusive and sustainable approach to address the natural disasters affecting the Southeast Asian...

Malaysia’s Quiet Gambit: Can ASEAN’s Chair Revive Engagement with Myanmar’s Junta?

This handout photo taken and released on October 9, 2025 by the Myanmar Military Information Team shows Myanmar's military chief Min Aung Hlaing (R) shaking hands with Malaysia's Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan (L) during a meeting in Naypyidaw....

Dali Blends Nature, Culture, Growth

An old man was busy putting electric bulbs in plastic bottles on the grassy, wet bank of the Erhai Lake in Dali, Yunnan, China. A girl and a few kids, probably the old man's children, were giving him the bottles tied in ropes from the road above....

Indonesia’s Belt and Road Railway to Nowhere

Welcome to Foreign Policy’s Southeast Asia Brief. The highlights this week: Indonesia struggles with Chinese high-speed rail debt, Myanmar’s bogus election season begins, ex-Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte appeals at the ICC, and Vietnam...

The Intangible Yet Unmistakable Costs of Myanmar’s Political Crisis

The protracted Myanmar crisis is now everyone’s problem. The time for ASEAN to act is now. As the Gaza crisis seemingly draws to a close, actors within and outside of Myanmar are looking to end their own crisis, with or without external help. One...