Full Coverage: South East Asia

28.06.2005 Doctors have discovered a new disease, called the 'tsunami lung', in patients who got caught in the salty, mud-laden waves during the December 26 tsunami last year.

27.06.2005 Six months after the tsunami's waves swept the coasts of South East Asia and East Africa, Lutheran World Relief provides a glimpse of how those who survived the deadly seaquake are piecing their lives back together, with the help of generous donations from around the world.

27.06.2005 A new report by Oxfam - Targeting Poor People - says that the poor suffered the most as a result of the tsunami and need to be supported further during the reconstruction phase, a new report released today (Saturday) by international agency Oxfam.

27.06.2005 Asia's remarkable victories in its war on poverty have put the world, except for sub-Saharan Africa, on target to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), designed by a United Nations summit five years ago to reduce extreme poverty and other forms of deprivation by 2015.

27.06.2005 Asia's remarkable victories in its war on poverty have put the world, except for sub-Saharan Africa, on target to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The number of people living in extreme poverty has fallen by 130 million worldwide since 1990, even with overall growth of more than 800 million in the developing regions since then, according to The Millennium Development Goals Report 2005.

22.06.2005 The Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System will be launched during the 23rd Session of UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) Assembly, to be held at the Organization’s Headquarters from June 21 to 30.

22.06.2005 4 - 19 July 2005 Bangkok, Thailand Regional Workshop on Accessible Web-based Information Networking

20.06.2005 China has entered into a dialogue with Italy to overhaul the Asian country's administrative e-infrastructure.

17.06.2005 14 past winners of the Nobel Peace Prize have expressed their solidarity with fellow laureate Aung San Suu Kyi whose 60th birthday is on Sunday. Their message to the people of Burma is that democracy will prevail but only with stronger resolve of the international community in general and ASEAN countries in particular.

16.06.2005 Bill Clinton cannot resist a little controversial politics, even in his ambassadorial role as UN envoy for tsunami relief. During his visit to Aceh, the former US president suggested that this may be the time to resume sales of military equipment to Indonesia.

15.06.2005 Laos National Radio recently hosted a workshop familiarise radio technicians with designing digital radio studio production system in Vientiane, capital of Laos, from 2 to 13 May 2005.

14.06.2005 Moves in Cambodia to develop fishing as a cash crop for export are denying local people their source of affordable food and damaging the environment. International NGOs are helping local communities to organise advocacy campaigns.

13.06.2005 19th - 24th June, 2005, Siem Reap, Cambodia
The 2nd Asian Regional Training on Local Language Computing aims to provide training on advanced concepts of Asian localisation.

13.06.2005 19th - 24th June, 2005, Siem Reap, Cambodia
The 2nd Asian Regional Training on Local Language Computing aims to provide training on advanced concepts of Asian localisation.

10.06.2005 International Rice Research Institute will be piloting a radio soap opera to educate Vietnamese farmers about the negative environmental impact of use excessive amounts of fertilizer, pesticide and water, and other practices that lead to environmental pollution and degradation.

09.06.2005 Only visionary cooperation between Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei can save the forests of Borneo and the valuable diversity they contain, says a new report from WWF.

09.06.2005 19th - 24th June, 2005, Siem Reap, Cambodia
The 2nd Asian Regional Training on Local Language Computing aims to provide training on advanced concepts of Asian localisation.

03.06.2005 The Democratic Voice of Burma has launched a new local language satellite TV channel with the support of US and European donors. Burma is one of the world's most impenetrable countries for independent media.

02.06.2005 It's barely credible that world governments tolerate the continued detention of Aung San Suu Kyi, let alone the infringement of her most basic right of contact with the outside world. As her 60th birthday approaches, there are a range of actions that you can take to support the pro-democracy leader.