Full Coverage: South East Asia

31.07.2006 Radio is the most accessible medium to reach the greatest number of population in the rural areas. Supported by ENRAP, the Cordillera Highland Agricultural Resources Management (CHARM) Project implemented a school-on-air program to disseminate among farmers the best lessons learned during the project’s implementation in the provinces of Abra, Benguet and Mountain Province.

26.07.2006 Thailand's deputy prime minister is seeking to become the next UN secretary-general, but his record does not show a respect for the rule of law and human rights, says the Asian Human Rights Commission.

24.07.2006 After successfully fending off the spread of HIV through prostitution, Cambodia faces a new challenge in its battle against HIV/AIDS. Transmission now occurs primarily between husband-to-wife there, provoking calls to revamp the country's HIV prevention strategy.

23.07.2006 Stateless for more than 20 years and the victims of systematic human rights violations in Burma, the Rohingya people have sought refuge in nearby Bangladesh, but that country has become increasingly unwilling to harbor them, fearing an influx for which they are unprepared.

20.07.2006 A claim by a UN rights representative that a new Thai decree makes impunity for soldiers and police officers "look like official policy" should be discussed and acted on, says a leading Asian rights group. It also said that if the government failed to pay attention to the criticism, it risked rejection of its candidate for the post of UN secretary-general.

19.07.2006 As the death toll in the earthquake and tsunami that struck Java island's southern coast crossed the 500 mark, officials admitted to having been caught by surprise, despite the elaborate precautions taken after earthquake-triggered monster waves smashed into Aceh province in northern Sumatra in December 2004.

19.07.2006 Affordable drugs are crucial to fighting HIV/AIDS in developing countries, and this is especially true in Thailand where AIDS death rates have plummeted thanks to generic drugs. But a free trade agreement with the U.S. could change all that.

18.07.2006 The death toll from the tsunami that hit Indonesia Monday afternoon has now risen to over 250--more by some accounts--and nearly 30,000 have been displaced from their homes, according to the International Red Cross.

17.07.2006 The government will allocate RM3 million to help visually impaired students, mainly to provide access to Information Communication and Technology (ICT) facilities, Education Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein said Sunday.

15.07.2006 Disabled people tend to be ignored, shunted aside and seen as passive recipients of aid rather than as people making their own decisions. But in Cambodia, change may be on the way.

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14.07.2006 In Sulu, Philippines, poverty is some of the worst in the world, and the community has battled with warfare and terrorism for more than three decades. While few people expected a bright future, the Asia America Initiative was not daunted, implementing a "Development for Peace" project.

12.07.2006 Asia Pulp & Paper continues to threaten forests in Indonesia that are important to both wildlife and people, despite earlier commitments and pledges made by the company to its buyers, an environmental group claims.

11.07.2006 The Malaysian authorities have been slammed for banning 18 books in the last month on the grounds that they may "disrupt peace and harmoney".

06.07.2006 People living with HIV/AIDS in developing countries who are in urgent need of an improved version of the drug lopinavir/ritonavir continue to be denied access to it by its sole manufacturer, says a medical humanitarian organisation.

06.07.2006 Customs officers in Taiwan have seized more than two metric tonnes of illegal elephant ivory on ships travelling from Tanzania to The Philippines.

06.07.2006 Vietnamese catfish processor and exporter Agifish plans to turn catfish fat into fuel to run diesel engines, a company official said.

04.07.2006 On the eve of the 17th anniversary of the arrest of prominent journalist dissident U Win Tin, the Burmese Prime Minister is urged to immediately release him.