CAPITAL CULTURE: Indonesia remembers young Obama (AP via Yahoo! News)
Somewhat bluntly, Barack Obama’s former teacher sums up the neighborhood thinking when the future American president turned up with his family in Indonesia’s capital more than 40 years ago.
E.Timor still waiting for Indonesia apology: president (AFP via Yahoo! News)
East Timor’s President Jose Ramos-Horta said Tuesday that Indonesia still needs to apologise for its brutal occupation of the half-island even if relations between the neighbours have improved.
Roaster seeks to give Cambodia coffee global buzz (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Southeast Asian coffee from Vietnam and Indonesia percolates around the world, but if a family roaster has its way, mugs may soon be filled with a blend from another, unlikely location: Cambodia.
Communist Laos Issues Warning On Travel To Thailand (Thailandnews.net)
Vientiane – The Lao Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a travel warning for Thailand, especially to Bangkok where a mass protest was underway this weekend, media reports said Monday. The ministry warn…
Malaysia ‘detains 93 Myanmar boat people’ (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Malaysian maritime authorities said Sunday they had picked up 93 members of Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslim minority who had drifted aboard a boat for 30 days after fleeing their country.
Jailhouse rocks for Philippine Internet dance sensations (AFP via Yahoo! News)
From the moment teenager Egan Torrecampo and his fellow prisoners step out of their crowded cells, the maximum-security Philippine jailhouse rocks.
Indonesian militants recruit fighters in video (AP via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
From the safety of a forest camp, a commander of a new Indonesian militant group looks into a camera and ridicules the notorious extremist group Jemaah Islamiyah.
Thailand stocks jump despite protests, Singapore up (The Malaysian Insider)
COLOMBO, March 16 Investors poured into Thailand today, pushing Thai stocks to a two-month high on signs of waning anti-government protests and a bullish report by US investment bank Morgan Stanley. The gains came on a mixed day for the remainder of Southeast Asia. Singapore and the Philippines climbed, while Malaysia and Vietnam logged losses. Indonesia was closed for a market holiday. The …
Thailand: Protests gain momentum as Thai PM refuses to resign (The Christian Science Monitor)
Thailand protests entered their third day Monday, paralyzing parts of Bangkok. Earlier in the day, demonstrators thronged the military base where Thai PM Abhisit Vejjajiva is staying.
Indonesian militants recruit fighters in video (AP via Yahoo! News)
From the safety of a forest camp, a commander of a new Indonesian militant group looks into a camera and ridicules the notorious extremist group Jemaah Islamiyah: They are not violent enough, come and join us, he shouts, an automatic rifle in one hand.
Thailand: Protests gain momentum as Thai PM refuses to resign (The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News)
Thailand s prime minister, Abhisit Vejjajiva, rejected calls Monday for his resignation as red-shirted opponents sought to expand their street campaign to unseat his government.
Protesters splash blood outside Thai PM’s office (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Anti-government protesters poured bottles of their own blood outside the Thai prime minister’s office on Tuesday, a “sacrifice for democracy” after demands for elections were rejected.
