Sitemap - 2025 - The Southeast Asia Desk
🧭 Southeast Asia 2026: Between fracture, transition, and reinvention
Jakarta issues high alert for holiday flood and storm risks
🎾 Racket sports are reshaping Indonesia’s urban culture
🎬 Viral Velocity: How Southeast Asia's animators are redefining global storytelling
S25E07 - Southeast Asians Love Sleep — and Somehow Never Get Enough
Harmony of Balinese gamelan: Bridging tradition and technology through micro learning
🇲🇾 Malaysia's PM Anwar recalibrates Malaysia’s cabinet under economic and coalition pressure
👩💻✨ ASEAN Women Leaders Building an Inclusive Tech Future Through "InnovatHer" 2025
🌏 Japan, ASEAN strengthen ties through tea diplomacy 🍵
🇰🇭🇹🇭 Cambodia–Thailand clashes escalate despite ceasefire calls
🌊 Waters Rising, skills shining: Southeast Asia’s week of extremes
Italian biopharma selects Cikarang for Asia-Pacific manufacturing 🧬🇮🇹🇮🇩
🎥 AIFFA 2025: Southeast Asia’s Cinema Steps Into a New Era
S25E06 - The World’s Megacities: Asia’s Dominance
Driving power resilience in Indonesia’s renewable era
🌏 SEA Games 2025: Unity on display as border crisis forces Cambodia to pull out
🏆 Southeast Asia shines at WorldSkills Asia 2025 in Taipei
Indonesia Sports Summit 2025: Driving growth in Indonesia’s sports industry & sports tourism
🌊 A region under water: Southeast Asia’s disaster season deepens
🌏 Floods, forums, and firsts: Southeast Asia’s week of resolve
🔵🔴 Dro Fernández: The Filipino-Spanish La Masia talent bringing back Southeast Asia to Camp Nou
🌆 Jakarta overtakes Tokyo as the world’s biggest city
S25E05 - Southeast Asia: An affordable second home, if you're an expat
Indonesia takes the crown at ASEAN School Games 2025
🇮🇩🇰🇷 The student-led initiatives offers Indonesia new window to the Korean Peninsula
🌍 Preparing the world ahead: CIFP 2025 in the spotlight
Sumatra floods kill hundreds as rescue efforts race against time
🌊 Floods, fashion, and futures: Southeast Asia’s week of turning points
🚒 SGFPC 2025: Where the world’s best lifesavers compete in Singapore
🫸🏻🫷🏻Southeast Asia's martial arts royalty takes over Hollywood
2026 will be the year when AI becomes a discipline, not an experiment
S25E04 - The dream of a net-zero future
Indonesia builds its story block by block
What Gen Z wears, they mean: Jakarta Youth Summit 2025 redefines fashion’s role in society
💼📊Where do Indonesia’s MSMEs stand in financial literacy?
🇻🇳 Vietnam flood crisis: Death toll reaches 90 as central provinces face widespread devastation
🌏 Deals, data, and dreams: Southeast Asia’s week of awakening
😴 The Southeast Asian sleep paradox: Valuing rest vs getting enough
🎭Indonesia musical festival 2025: where theatre touches the soul
The new FOMO: Gen Zs in Southeast Asia are living for the performance
S25E03 - Indonesia’s gaming industry: A Growing goldmine
🇮🇩 Jakarta ranks 20th globally in data center construction costs as AI demand surges
ASEAN seals landmark extradition treaty to fight organized crime
U.S. and Indonesia explore policy reforms to accelerate business expansion
🌍 FPCI’s Global Town Hall 2025: Rethinking power, people, and the planet
🏙️ Courts, crowds, and comebacks: Southeast Asia’s week on the move (Week 2 November, 2025)
🇹🇭 Thailand gears up for SEA Games 2025
🎬 A first for SE Asia: Quezon City and Ho Chi Minh City join UNESCO’s creative cities of film
Indonesians’ perceptions of the Middle East remain superficial
S25E02 - FIFA ASEAN Cup: A new era or redundant hype?
🌊 After Uwan and Kalmaegi, Southeast Asia faces its new normal: Serial disasters
📱 Asia Pacific leads global app growth in 2025
📉 Indonesia’s GDP plunged to 5.04% in Q3 2025
🎾 Janice Tjen’s meteoric rise redefines Indonesia’s place in world tennis
🕊️ Unity, screens, and sports: Southeast Asia’s week of reflection (Week 1 November, 2025)
Bali’s salak agroforestry named Indonesia’s first FAO GIAHS site
🧟♂️ The Elixir and the rise of Southeast Asia’s zombie wave 🎬🌏
The loyalty overdraft: A reckoning for Malaysia’s digital wallets
The internet’s next stage: A world defined by social media and AI
🇹🇭 Thailand mourns Queen Mother Sirikit: A nation reflects on grace and legacy
🌏 Key outcomes of the 47th ASEAN Summit in Malaysia 🇲🇾
FIFA ASEAN Cup: A new era or redundant move for regional football?
⚙️ Codes, Campuses, and Cross-Border Care, Southeast Asia’s Week of Shifts (Week 5 October, 2025)
Indonesia’s gaming boom fights for fairness
🚀 Indonesia’s startup scene faces a reality check
From Legacy to Leadership: Preparing ASEAN’s Next Generation Through Family Business Values
🎓 Higher Education at a Crossroads: NUS and the Future of Learning in Southeast Asia
🏥🤝Caring across borders: Indonesia and Australia build health bridges for the future
🌍 What has the UN achieved after 80 years? 🕊️✨
🌏 Southeast Asia's cybercrime crackdown widens
🌏 Unity, Health, and Hard Questions — Southeast Asia’s Week of Reckoning (Week 4 October, 2025)
🇹🇱 Timor-Leste joins ASEAN as 11th member
📚 Where Does Indonesia Stand in ASEAN’s Reading Map?
Decentralizing the ‘ASEAN Way’ through Local Paradiplomacy
🌳 Tropical forest forever facility: ASEAN and Brazil reimagining global forest finance
🌊 Civil society urges ASEAN & EU to end modern slavery at sea
💻 Can Online Clinics Fight Obesity in Indonesia? 🍽️⚖️
Who deserves more? Indonesians say teachers and farmers — not politicians
🌏 Bans, Bamboo, and Big Ideas — Southeast Asia’s Week in Focus (Week 3 October, 2025)
🎬 Lights, Camera, Southeast Asia: The Region’s Bid for Oscar Glory ✨🌏
🎋 Bamboo: the root of region's resilience 🌱
Reimagining governance in Asia’s digital future
Indonesia positions SEABEF 2025 as ASEAN hub for sustainable MICE industry🌏
🌏 When Women Lead: Inside Bayer Foundation’s 2025 Entrepreneurs Award
Can Indonesia achieve net zero emissions by 2060? 🌱🇮🇩⚡
🇮🇩 Indonesia confirms no Israeli athletes in Jakarta Gymnastics 2025
⚠️ Storms, Schools, and Suits — Southeast Asia’s Week in Motion (Week 2 October, 2025)
🎤 Mariah Carey’s “The Celebration of Mimi” Hits Southeast Asia
🎬 Cinema fiesta from the ASEAN for the Peoples Conference 2025
What’s next for the Gulf after the ASEAN and China Summit?
Malaysia 2026 budget to boost social aid amid rising living costs 💸
📱 Myanmar Activists Sue Telenor for Data Deal With Military Regime
⛈️ Typhoon Matmo weakens — but triggers deadly floods in Vietnam
🕯️ Lessons from Sidoarjo school collapse: When faith meets unsafe infrastructure
🌏 Quakes, Conferences, and Comebacks — Southeast Asia’s Defining Week
🌊 Center for Southeast Asia Studies to Launch Hasjim Djalal Digital Archive
🌏 ASEAN for the People: Civil Society Takes the Stage in Jakarta
🌏 Philippines earthquake – Cebu shaken, region on alert
🇮🇩 Indonesia regains Dubois fossil collection
ASEAN for the Peoples Conference kicks off in Jakarta 🌏
Indonesia, Philippines Conduct Joint Maritime Training 🤝🌊
⚽ FIFA hits Malaysia with heavy sanctions over naturalized players
⚓ Deals, Disasters, and Defenses: SE Asia’s Defining Week
Luxury with a Local Accent: How SE Asia is Reclaiming It ✨🌏
Bali named among Asia’s top holiday spots 🏝️
Massive sinkhole swallows Bangkok road near hospital 🕳️🚑
🇮🇩🤝🇪🇺 Indonesia and the EU Seal CEPA Deal
🌍 Singapore Red Cross Sends SGD 1.2M Aid to Palestinians
🎶 Malaysia tightens concert rules for fans & performers
KRI Brawijaya-320 strengthens Indonesia’s naval power 🇮🇩⚓
🚀 Satellites, Clashes, and Red Lines — Southeast Asia’s Eventful Week
🤖 Southeast Asia races toward agentic AI adoption
🤝Hundreds join Asia-Pacific Scout and Guides gathering in Bandung 🌏
🚧 Thai-Cambodian border clash sparks alarm
🇸🇬 Singapore draws red line for foreign creative freelancers
✈️ Cambodia’s new airport takes off
🇮🇩 Kiromal Katibin crowned world no. 1 in speed climbing
🚀 Nusantara Lima soars: Indonesia’s new digital power
⚡ Power Shifts, Storms, and Sanctions — Southeast Asia’s Unsettled Week
🎓 Global classroom, no passport needed
🎤Singapore Grand Prix 2025 – music & motorsport collide 🎶🏎️
💻 US sanctions Southeast Asia’s billion-dollar scam networks
🌊 Bali flood disaster escalates: dozens dead, key routes blocked 🚧
🌊 Protests erupt in Philippines over ‘stolen’ flood funds
🪨🔍 Sulawesi’s million-year-old stone tools rewrite human history?
🏛️ Anutin confirmed as Thailand’s new prime minister
⚖️ Protests, Policies, and People Power — Southeast Asia’s Defining Week
✊ Rohingya women lead Southeast Asia mission for justice
Hallyu star Park Bo Gum 🌟 brings his fan tour back to Southeast Asia 💖
🌏✨Southeast Asia shines in expat affordability ranks 🏡💸
🏛️ Thailand sets Friday vote for new PM
SEAbling: Solidarity for Indonesia 🇮🇩✨ sparks across the region 🌏🤝
Malaysia passes historic Gig Workers Bill 2025 📜🇲🇾✨
Indonesia’s streets fill with protest calls for government "reset" ✊
🌏 Storms, Students, and Surging Trade — This Week in Southeast Asia
🤡 When Toys Do More Than Play 🎲✨
Thailand to host Tomorrowland in 2026 🎶🇹🇭
🎾 Southeast Asia makes history at US Open 2025
🚢 Southeast Asian students join Rosatom’s Arctic icebreaker expedition
Cross-border QRIS in neighboring countries 🌏🤝 hits Rp1.66 trillion 💸📊
🌏 Southeast Asia’s durian boom gains global momentum
🌪 Typhoon Kajiki forces mass evacuation in Vietnam
♻️ Reuse Rising, Treaty Stalling
🧘♀️ From Bali to Bangkok: the soul of yoga in Southeast Asia
🚁 Minister AHY inaugurates Indonesia’s first heliport
✈ Thailand offers free domestic flights to boost tourism
🗳 Myanmar military sets elections for Dec 28
🚭 Singapore vaping ban escalates into drug-level crackdown
🎤 Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl sparks Southeast Asia frenzy
🧘♀️ Pilates Reformer with a view at Jewel Changi
🏔 Indonesia rolls out new mountain climbing rules, Rinjani first
☢️ ASEAN fast-tracks nuclear energy plans for clean power
🇱🇦 Laos named Southeast Asia’s top budget getaway!
📈 Indonesia Q2 growth hits 5.12% - fastest since 2023
Rising Currents: Southeast Asia in a Shifting Global Order