Climate crisis: Asia-Pacific students to lead world into #Climatestrike 2019 — join them (video)
School students from across the world will rally tomorrow (Sept 20) to protest the deplorable…
Indonesia and India deal to reduce each others gluts, but not everyone is happy
Indonesians will soon find their sugar a little bit sweeter following a government-to-government deal last…
Amravati: Singapore urges India to honour “sanctity of contracts” during Jaishankar’s visit
Singapore foreign minister Vivian Balakrishnan on Monday (Sept 9) called on India to “honour the…
Cambodia micro-finance: a sample of 28 is an indication of 28, not 2.1mln
Cambodia’s financial sector czar’s yesterday (Aug 29) joined forces to pour cold water over a…
Cambodia electricity authority “in a race” to prevent 2020 cuts
The head of Electricite Du Cambodge (EdC) said yesterday (Aug 8) that the utility is…
More effort to combat human trafficking needed in Cambodia say NGOs (video) *updated
A loose coalition of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) has called on the Cambodia government to step…
Kem Ley anniversary an epic PR fail for Cambodian government (video)
The third anniversary of the murder of Cambodian political commentator Kem Lay couldn’t have…
ADB boosts Cambodia’s energy with $7.6mln for solar park
A $7.64 million loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) will see an additional 100-megawatt…
World Bank tells Thailand investing in people key to achieving 2036 goal (video)
The next Thailand government (whoever that will be) needs to invest in human capital if…
Not so fast: Indonesia regulator says 737 Max may not fly until 2020 (video)
While the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is reportedly ‘expecting’ to approve the Boeing 737…
Ghost fleet: former slaves and the woman bringing them home (video)
A hard-hitting documentary looking at slavery in the Thailand fishing and seafood industries premiered in…
Lao gov sits on dam collapse report waiting on Seoul’s approval on what to say *updated
Almost one year after a tsunami-like wall of water swept away homes, villages, people, cattle…
Powering up & switching on: TFSEP2019 to focus on Philippines energy security
Like many other Asean member states the Philippines is rapidly running out of electricity. Demand…
Watch: Indonesia blows up pirate fishing boats after navy ship rammed (video)
When a Vietnamese coastguard patrol boat was caught on video last month ramming an Indonesian…
Words hurt: time for Asean leaders to speak up on SCS
Government officials and heads-of-state in Asean appears to have a collective aversion to speaking up…
Power cuts unlikely to stunt Cambodia’s growth… just yet *updated
The Asean Development Bank (ADB) recently forecast Cambodia’s economy to grow by 7 per cent…