Full Coverage: South East Asia

29.11.2005 Campaigners welcomed Total Oil's "humiliating climbdown" on Tuesday ­in a case in which the company was being sued in French courts over its involvement in forced labour in Burma. In an out of court settlement, the company agreed to set up a £3.5 million humanitarian fund.

28.11.2005 iPark Singapore, the Southeast Asian arm of the Korean IT Industry Promotion Agency (KIPA), hosted a seminar in Kuala Lumpur for senior government officials.

27.11.2005 Reports of another year's extension to the detention of Burmese politician Aung San Suu Kyi shows that the regime's so-called ‘road map’ to democracy is a sham, says a leading Burmese pro-democracy lobby group.

25.11.2005 The International Crisis Group said today it was shocked and mystified by the Indonesian Government's entry ban on its South East Asia project director, as she returned to Jakarta after receiving a Time magazine 'Asian Hero' award for the organisation's work on conflict prevention and resolution.

25.11.2005 Cecilia Flores-Oebanda, president and executive director of the Visayan Forum Foundation, has been awarded this year's Anti-Slavery Award for her work on child domestic labour in The Philippines.

21.11.2005 Thaksin Shinawatra, prime minister of Thailand, has invited Huawei Technologies Co. to help Thailand modernize its government.

19.11.2005 Thailand’s “condom king,” Mechai Viravaidya, has been employing innovative means to tackle population growth, poverty, environmental conservation, and sexual health issues in Thailand for over twenty years. He recently discussed key public health strategies with students at American University in Washington, D.C.

10.11.2005 A detailed report looking into human rights violations committed during the Indonesian occupation of East Timor from 1974 to 1999 has been submitted to Timorese President Xanana Gusmão and will be made public later this month.

07.11.2005 The Temuan people of Bukit Tampoi village in peninsular Malaysia have won a ten-year battle for their land.

07.11.2005 Filipino singers have donated songs about the Millennium Development Goals to a new album, which hopes to raise awareness in the country and encourage more people to get involved in promoting the MDGs. Listen to them here.

02.11.2005 Military intervention and intelligence operations have not reduced the frequency of violent attacks across south and southeast Asia. Asia analysts suggest a greater emphasis on social, educational, and economic development programs that partner community leaders with international organizations.

01.11.2005 Prime Minister Hun Sen has launched a crackdown on government critics, in what may be the most severe assault on dissent in Cambodia in years, ordering the arrests of a prominent radio station director and several other civil society leaders.