Full Coverage: South East Asia

18.04.2007 The headquarters of Mizzima News Agency in New Delhi, India, run by exiled Burmese journalists was shut down by the Delhi Police and municipal authorities who claimed that the office was conducting "commercial activities" from a residential area.

17.04.2007 UNDP-APDIP and APC WNSP release a publication on Gender and ICT which says access to ICTs benefits women. This e-primer examines the role of women in ICT, and to ensure their equal participation in the Information Society.

17.04.2007 Singapore-based AMIC is organizing the RadioAsia Conference 2007 at Singapore Expo. The conference will supposedly challenge the perception that technology alone is responsible for driving change in communications.

16.04.2007 Three ethnic armed groups from Myanmar today committed to a total ban on anti-personnel mines by signing Geneva Call's Deed of Commitment.
From Geneva Call

12.04.2007 The first large-scale hydropower plant on the Salween River in Myanmar could displace tens of thousands of poor and marginalised people from ethnic minorities, warns a leading environmental group.

12.04.2007 For a second time, Malaysian police in Sarawak have dismantled a blockade set up by members of the Penan tribe to protect their rainforest land from logging by Malaysian company Samling.

05.04.2007 Malaysian authorities have seized several Chinese fishing boats off the northern coast of Borneo carrying cargoes of endangered -- and protected -- marine turtles.

02.04.2007 Handwashing stations, stocked by locals with soap and clean towels and strategically placed around Jakarta in the areas where kids play, are helping poorer Indonesians stay healthy.