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from 25- 27 September 2019 –The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH in collaboration with the United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) organised the “Reduce! Rethinking the Circular Economy: A global knowledge exchange on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 12 policy tools” at Mövenpick BDMS Wellness Resort Bangkok. The event aimed to rethink how the Circular
TANGERANG, Indonesia (Reuters) – After 13 years of happily unmarried life that has brought them three children, one middle-aged Indonesian couple is worried. Their relationship is neither legal nor official, and a controversial new penal code to be discussed in Indonesia’s parliament could make them criminals by banning consensual sex outside marriage. Although President
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A court in Cambodia on Thursday ordered a new investigation and postponed a verdict in the espionage trial of two journalists who had worked for a U.S. government-backed radio station. Uon Chhin and Yeang Sothearin were arrested in November 2017 during a crackdown on the media and opponents of
NEW YORK (Agencies) – Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad of Malaysia said he expects to stay as leader for three years, just a week after his political heir apparent Anwar Ibrahim hinted that his former boss would step down after two years as he had promised. “I promise that I would step down before the next
The Thai Embassy in Jakarta has warned Thai people travelling in the Indonesian capital and other cities to avoid sites where Indonesians have been protesting since Monday. The embassy said that any Thais who need help can contact the embassy on its hotline number +62 811 186 253. Thousands of Indonesian students have taken to
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Monday said the 10 countries of ASEAN are committed to working with the international community to tackle the challenge of climate change. Addressing the UN Climate Action Summit in New York, Prayut said ASEAN is highly vulnerable to impacts of climate change since most of the population lives along
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — At least 20 people were killed Monday, including three shot by police, in violent protests by hundreds of people sparked by rumors that a teacher insulted an indigenous student in Indonesia’s restive Papua province, officials said. An angry mob torched local government buildings, shops and homes and set fire to
In 1998, a contingent of The Royal Thai Army joined the multi-national peacekeeping force set up by the United Nations in Timor-Leste (East Timor). It was tasked with restoring peace and security, and facilitating humanitarian assistance in the country. Thai soldiers played an important along with their counterparts from several other countries in bringing peace
(AFP) Thousands of schools were shuttered across Malaysia and IndonesiaThursday, affecting at least 1.7 million pupils, officials said, as toxic hazefrom rampant forest fires sent air quality plummeting. Nearly 2,500 schools were ordered to shut their doors in Malaysia — including nearly 300 in the smog-hit capital Kuala Lumpur — over soaring health concerns sparked by toxic haze from out-of-control blazes in Indonesia’s Sumatra and Borneo islands. Indonesia said hundreds of schools in...
Tuesday, December 31, 2019: House Speaker Chuan Leekpai has not been popular among opponents of the military and his latest comment on the Senate will most likely do him no good in that aspect. Chuan said he understood why many people don’t like the Senate, not least because it is not elected by the people,
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia on Monday revealed the long-awaited site for its new $33-billion capital on the forested island of Borneo to replace the crowded, polluted megacity of Jakarta, which is slowly sinking into the sea. The capital of the world’s fourth most populous country, on the island of Java, is now home to 10
The escalating trade war between the US and China may help drive a conclusion to the negotiation of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) free trade agreement to ensure smooth operation of the international supply chains. Trade ministers from China, India, Japan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand and the 10 ASEAN member states met in
