Singapore, Thailand renew commitment to boost cooperation under CSEP (Channel NewsAsia via Yahoo! Asia News)
SINGAPORE: Singapore and Thailand have renewed their commitment to boost cooperation under the Civil Service Exchange Programme (CSEP) to ensure the process remains relevant to new challenges arising from a rapidly evolving strategic environment.
Typhoons Hit Small Businesses in Philippines Hard (New York Times)
Typhoons Ketsana and Parma have destroyed crops and infrastructure worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia partner to promote straits safety (People’s Daily)
Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia joined hands on Wednesday to enhance safety in the Straits of Malacca and Singapore. The three countries concluded a Joint Technical Arrangement (JTA) with the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to institutionalize an IMO Trust Fund that supports co-operation among stakeholders towards enhancing marine environment protection, a statement from the Maritime …
Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia partner to promote straits safety (MalaysiaNews.net)
Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia joined hands on Wednesday to enhance safety in the Straits of Malacca and Singapore. The three countries concluded a Joint Technical Arrangement (JTA) with the Intern…
MYANMAR: Burmese migrants struggle in Malaysia (AlertNet)
Source: IRIN In the tourist city of Penang in northern Malaysia, the Buddhist temple has become the locus of social and economic support for migrants from Myanmar.
Philippines asks for rebel help to free Irish priest (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
The Philippines has rushed hundreds of troops to seal off an area in the southern region of Mindanao where gunmen are holding an Irish Catholic priest captive, a marine general said Wednesday.
Ex-Philippine president Estrada to run again in 2010 (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Former Philippine leader Joseph Estrada, ousted in a popular uprising in 2001 and later convicted of graft, said Wednesday he would run again for president in next year’s elections.
Cambodia wants Thai border dispute on ASEAN agenda (ABC Radio Australia)
Cambodia has proposed its border dispute with Thailand be put on next month’s ASEAN summit agenda.
Philippines is climate change victim: Arroyo (AFP via Yahoo! News)
President Gloria Arroyo said Wednesday the Philippines deserved preferential loans and other financial help to recover from recent deadly storms because it had become a victim of climate change.
An English Teacher in Thailand and Burma (MinnPost)
An English Teacher in Thailand and Burma Interview by Dara Syrkin, The Loft Literary Center | Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009 “I have something good to tell you,” says Bernice Koehler Johnson. “We need to focus on the good things.” Bernice has taught English as a foreign language in Thailand to Shan refugees forced to flee from their homeland in Burma. Their homes are burned, their rice fields …
Cambodia to raise border issues with Thailand at ASEAN Summit: Cambodian FM (People’s Daily)
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen will raise border issues with Thailand at area near the 11th century Khmer Preah Vihear temple at the forthcoming ASEAN summit, Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong said on Wednesday. “We requested the Thai side (Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya) in my official letter to put the border issues between Cambodia and Thailand in the agenda of ASEAN (the …
Typhoons Hit Small Businesses in Philippines Hard (International Herald Tribune)
The back-to-back typhoons that struck the Philippines have devastated small entrepreneurs.
Thai king’s condition “good”, recovery needed: palace (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej’s condition is “good” but he needs time to recover from pneumonia, the palace said on Wednesday after concerns over his health sparked a tumble in Thailand’s financial markets. “His majesty the king’s general condition is good,” said a statement from the Bureau of the Royal Household. “However, a further period of recovery of lung pneumonia is necessary, as in the …
