Split Laos dam swamps villages
Hundreds of people are missing after a dam collapsed in southern Laos, destroying thousands of homes.
Five billion cubic metres of water, enough to fill...
Malaysia gets tough on plastic junk
Malaysia says it will send back 3,300 tonnes of waste to its original countries because it was rotting, contaminated, had been falsely labelled or...
Indonesia activists demand climate action
Extinction Rebellion (XR) Indonesia is demanding the government in Jakarta steps up action to tackle the climate crisis.
The grassroots movement, established in July 2019,...
Indonesia retreats on energy tax
President Joko Widodo has promised to increase power production while cutting outputs. Source: Wikimedia
Jakarta has postponed a levy on fossil fuels intended to support...
Death toll from Indonesia forest fires reaches 19, as crisis worsens
Indonesian firefighters try to contain a blaze in South Kalimantan earlier this month. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.
The death toll from the heavy haze blanketing parts of...
China ends Hanoi’s maritime drilling
Vietnam has reportedly terminated a gas-drilling expedition in the contested South China Sea, following threats from Beijing, as it embeds its grip on the...
Orangutans face extinction: study
Orangutans are "highly likely" to become extinct if current trends continue, according to a study of the great apes' population in Borneo, which had...
Indonesia axes palm-oil levies
To support its farmers, Indonesia today (Wednesday) relaxed rules on palm-oil levies and its associated products following a drop in prices.
The world’s largest exporter...
Beloved dugong chokes on Thai plastic
An eight-month-old dugong that won the hearts of numerous animal lovers in Thailand has died after choking on plastic waste.
The orphaned female, named Marium,...
Pangolin critically endangered, wildlife watchdog warns
Shy, scaly and highly elusive, pangolins exist primarily in Asia and Africa. Today, they are also currently the most heavily trafficked mammal in the...
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Envoy pleads sanctions, no-fly zone into Myanmar
Myanmar’s envoy to the United Nations has called for sanctions and a no-fly zone into the country amid ongoing chaos between protesters and the...
Malaysia sends 5 million students back to school
All five million Malaysian students were sent back physically to school despite the increasing number of Covid-19 cases in the country.
This after secondary school...