Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia • STORY OF THE DAY • Jan 25, 2018 • 4 min read

Data breach The personal details of more than 200,000 Malaysian organ donors have been leaked

By Johanna Chisholm • Jan 25, 2018
Lowyat.net discovered the personal information of pledged organ donors had been available online – and for free – since as early as September 2016

Southeast Asia • STORY OF THE DAY • Jan 24, 2018 • 4 min read

Mayon volcano Thousands of Filipinos flee after lava shoots nearly a kilometre into the sky

By Thomas Brent • Jan 24, 2018
Since the volcano began rumbling last week, more than 56,000 people have been evacuated from their homes to centres outside Mount Mayon's danger zone

Southeast Asia • STORY OF THE DAY • Jan 24, 2018 • 4 min read

Rohingya crisis Bangladesh delays repatriation of refugees

By Thomas Brent • Jan 24, 2018
Humans rights groups have welcomed the delay, saying issues central to the Rakhine conflict, namely the issue of Rohingya citizenship, have not been addressed

Southeast Asia • STORY OF THE DAY • Jan 23, 2018 • 2 min read

Trinh Xuan Thanh Former oil exec jailed for life in one of Vietnam's biggest anti-corruption crackdowns

By Johanna Chisholm • Jan 23, 2018
The 21 other officials involved in the embezzlement scandal come from Vietnam's business and political elite and they received between nine to 22 years in prison

Southeast Asia • Jan 23, 2018 • 3 min read

Health

Nearly 100 people have died after measles outbreak hits Indonesia's Papua

So far, 69 toddlers have died in the Asmat region of Papua, while 23 children were killed by the highly contagious infection in the mountainous district of Oksibil
By Thomas Brent • Jan 23, 2018

Southeast Asia • Jan 22, 2018 • 4 min read

Dhammakaya temple scandal

Scandal-hit Thai temple hosts thousands of monks for Buddhist ceremony

Monks at the temple believed the accusations against the abbot to be politically motivated and so blocked the police’s efforts to find him by using their bodies as human shields
By Thomas Brent • Jan 22, 2018

Southeast Asia • Jan 22, 2018 • 3 min read

Photography

Capturing this week's best moments on camera

A volcano erupts in the Philippines and the children of Cambodian migrant workers attend makeshift schools in refurbished cargo containers in Thailand
By Johanna Chisholm • Jan 22, 2018

Southeast Asia • Jan 19, 2018 • 3 min read

Ride-hailing app

Indonesia's Go-Jek attracts investors from Google and ride-hailing rivalry Temasek

Google will apparently invest $100 million in Go-Jek, marking the tech giant's first investment in ride-hailing firms in Asia
By Thomas Brent • Jan 19, 2018

Southeast Asia • Jan 19, 2018 • 3 min read

Dy Vichea

Hun Sen appoints son-in-law deputy police chief

A spokesperson for the Ministry of the Interior compared Dy Vichea's appointment to President Trump promoting his family members to high-ranking positions
By Thomas Brent • Jan 19, 2018

Southeast Asia • Jan 19, 2018 • 6 min read

Haute cuisine

Vietnamese-Australian chef plans to ‘elevate’ the cuisine of the country his parents left as refugees

Luke Nguyen, the restaurateur of Masterchef fame, hopes to push the boundaries with his new restaurant, Vietnam House, in the heart of Ho Chi Minh City
By Euan Black • Jan 19, 2018

Southeast Asia • Jan 19, 2018 • 3 min read

Duterte administration sets record-high ‘excellent’ net satisfaction rating

Duterte’s record-high satisfaction rating is the highest net rating any administration has received since data collection began in 1989
By Johanna Chisholm • Jan 19, 2018

Southeast Asia • Jan 18, 2018 • 3 min read

Indonesia

President Jokowi appoints Golkar secretary-general in cabinet reshuffle

Analysts say appointment of Idrus Marham is an attempt by the president to garner support from Indonesia's second-largest party ahead of next year's election
By Thomas Brent • Jan 18, 2018

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Data breach The personal details of more than 200,000 Malaysian organ donors have been leaked

Mayon volcano Thousands of Filipinos flee after lava shoots nearly a kilometre into the sky

Rohingya crisis Bangladesh delays repatriation of refugees

Trinh Xuan Thanh Former oil exec jailed for life in one of Vietnam's biggest anti-corruption crackdowns

Health

Nearly 100 people have died after measles outbreak hits Indonesia's Papua

Dhammakaya temple scandal

Scandal-hit Thai temple hosts thousands of monks for Buddhist ceremony

Photography

Capturing this week's best moments on camera

Ride-hailing app

Indonesia's Go-Jek attracts investors from Google and ride-hailing rivalry Temasek

Dy Vichea

Hun Sen appoints son-in-law deputy police chief

Haute cuisine

Vietnamese-Australian chef plans to ‘elevate’ the cuisine of the country his parents left as refugees

Duterte administration sets record-high ‘excellent’ net satisfaction rating

Indonesia

President Jokowi appoints Golkar secretary-general in cabinet reshuffle

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