Follow South China Morning Post - Southeast Asia, filter it, and define how you want to receive the news (via Email, RSS, Telegram, WhatsApp etc.) https://follow.it/scmp26 Fri, 09 Dec 2022 08:43:43 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ryu-pJ-IRFq3vV3wMicaieT5HJgy6HUf Accusations fly ahead of a December 19 confidence vote that will prove Malaysian PM Anwar’s parliamentary majority.]]> Fri, 09 Dec 2022 02:30:10 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ryu-pJ-IRFq3vV3wMicaieT5HJgy6HUf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ryu-pJ-IRFpEdYHbEag_QClmFkX7M1Jw Australian officials say release will be ‘difficult’ for those who lost loved ones in 2002 attacks, while one survivor calls the move ‘laughable’.]]> Thu, 08 Dec 2022 12:00:18 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ryu-pJ-IRFpEdYHbEag_QClmFkX7M1Jw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ryu-pJ-IRFp7WOhVtpPsNuT5HJgy6HUf British minister James Heappey says more can be done to build relationships and play greater security role in Asia while also helping Ukraine.]]> Thu, 08 Dec 2022 02:30:16 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ryu-pJ-IRFp7WOhVtpPsNuT5HJgy6HUf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ryu-pJ-IRFpiwBciZbCTQ8b1naedg1wr With borders opening and travel resuming, Singapore authorities say they are also facing more challenges in overseas drug consumption.]]> Thu, 08 Dec 2022 02:00:31 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ryu-pJ-IRFpiwBciZbCTQ8b1naedg1wr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ryu-pJ-IRFpw04jKT47GyuT5HJgy6HUf Umar Patek was a leading member of the al-Qaeda-linked network Jemaah Islamiah, which is blamed for the bombings at two nightclubs in Kuta Beach in 2002. Authorities say he has reformed and they will use him to influence other militants to reject terrorism.]]> Wed, 07 Dec 2022 16:02:17 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ryu-pJ-IRFpw04jKT47GyuT5HJgy6HUf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ryu-pJ-IRFrRqW3SWTS4o6CY3L745TL_ Vietnam will host its first large-scale international arms trade fair this week, as it seeks to become more self-sufficient and less reliant on its main supplier -- Russia.]]> Wed, 07 Dec 2022 15:30:11 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ryu-pJ-IRFrRqW3SWTS4o6CY3L745TL_ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ryu-pJ-IRFo4cKsRtta_Xcb1naedg1wr The company’s prices are ‘lower than expected’ and are aimed at competing with the cheaper end of the EV market in Thailand.]]> Wed, 07 Dec 2022 13:49:43 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ryu-pJ-IRFo4cKsRtta_Xcb1naedg1wr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ryu-pJ-IRFpM5RFYC5UFSyejEQ2Mq9rY Concerned about the impact on Australian visitors, Canberra is ‘seeking further clarity’ after Jakarta approved legislation to overhaul its criminal code and outlaw sex outside marriage.]]> Wed, 07 Dec 2022 11:05:56 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ryu-pJ-IRFpM5RFYC5UFSyejEQ2Mq9rY https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ryu-pJ-IRFoyLKWdppUVxezdsCmHakzH The good-as-new notes, introduced in 2013, are generally crisp and new-looking. But most are returned to the city state’s central bank soon after being used for gifting, which it said was not environmentally friendly.]]> Wed, 07 Dec 2022 09:46:21 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ryu-pJ-IRFoyLKWdppUVxezdsCmHakzH https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ryu-pJ-IRFrJ2VQn_wTm7Mb1naedg1wr The blast occurred at about 8:20am local time during roll-call at the Astana Anyar police office in Bandung, capital of Indonesia’s most populous province.]]> Wed, 07 Dec 2022 05:30:18 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ryu-pJ-IRFrJ2VQn_wTm7Mb1naedg1wr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ryu-pJ-IRFqaSNBk1zLe05VjH6qdYdAk Activists say the new code is another tool Jakarta could use to suppress dissent and free speech, supervise citizens’ private lives.]]> Tue, 06 Dec 2022 15:00:17 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ryu-pJ-IRFqaSNBk1zLe05VjH6qdYdAk https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ryu-pJ-IRFqztG4Lp2rVgSlmFkX7M1Jw Government says it will accelerate approval for more foreign employees, but planters say progress is slow and there are ‘rotting’ crops without enough boots on the ground.]]> Tue, 06 Dec 2022 12:45:35 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ryu-pJ-IRFqztG4Lp2rVgSlmFkX7M1Jw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ryu-pJ-IRFqdVPySAS4WIaCY3L745TL_ Myanmar rights activists urged international pressure on junta to reverse latest executive decision that included seven students but analysts said it was hard to predict if the junta would cave to external pressure.]]> Tue, 06 Dec 2022 12:30:36 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ryu-pJ-IRFqdVPySAS4WIaCY3L745TL_ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ryu-pJ-IRFpIwoAA2lpzJnn9ye8UNv30 Consumer prices rose 8 per cent from a year ago last month, the quickest since the 9.1 per cent pace logged in November 2008, according to data.]]> Tue, 06 Dec 2022 07:31:08 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ryu-pJ-IRFpIwoAA2lpzJnn9ye8UNv30 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ryu-pJ-IRFp9an87dObC-3n9ye8UNv30 President wants ‘Maharlika Investments Fund’ set up with money from pension funds; many worry such a fund could be used to launder money and embroil nation in a 1MDB-type embezzlement scandal, as in Malaysia.]]> Tue, 06 Dec 2022 02:30:14 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ryu-pJ-IRFp9an87dObC-3n9ye8UNv30 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ryu-pJ-IRFo2MhNmo1qw9nn9ye8UNv30 Lin Rongxin, 34, a ‘depraved sexual predator’ who worked in Singapore for over a decade, pleaded guilty to multiple charges against 20 victims; most were aged between 14 and 19.]]> Mon, 05 Dec 2022 16:02:26 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ryu-pJ-IRFo2MhNmo1qw9nn9ye8UNv30 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ryu-pJ-IRFp5DC55PJfRIZs0ohxaO6Yr Anwar says investigations guided by Malay royal rulers’ instruction to tone down racial sentiments, religious extremism following divisive general election.]]> Mon, 05 Dec 2022 14:56:04 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ryu-pJ-IRFp5DC55PJfRIZs0ohxaO6Yr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ryu-pJ-IRFrnTNddkuP5b3n9ye8UNv30 Seoul, Hanoi elevate 30-year ties to ‘comprehensive strategic partnership’, pledge to build supply chains of key minerals and electric power.]]> Mon, 05 Dec 2022 13:35:39 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ryu-pJ-IRFrnTNddkuP5b3n9ye8UNv30 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ryu-pJ-IRFo7CNjrecCpzuzdsCmHakzH Indonesia is expected to ratify sweeping changes to its criminal code on Tuesday to ban premarital sex and cohabitation of unmarried couples.]]> Mon, 05 Dec 2022 12:53:43 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ryu-pJ-IRFo7CNjrecCpzuzdsCmHakzH https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ryu-pJ-IRFqc5oevuR1m75s0ohxaO6Yr Om Madan Garg made the 10-day journey to the camp, at an altitude of 5,364 metres, with his parents – despite a stormy delay at the start and a brief health scare.]]> Mon, 05 Dec 2022 10:00:18 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ryu-pJ-IRFqc5oevuR1m75s0ohxaO6Yr