Will climate change push Thailand to move its capital Bangkok?
Thailand may have to consider relocating its capital Bangkok because of rising sea levels, a senior official in the country’s climate change office said on Wednesday.
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Malaysia's Axiata seeks Indonesia telecom merger with Sinar Mas unit
JAKARTA -- Malaysian conglomerate Axiata Group and Indonesian peer Sinar Mas group have begun talks toward a merger of their telecommunications operations in Indonesia, as industry competition intensifies and growing infrastructure costs weigh on operators.
Malaysia overtakes Thailand as ASEAN's second-biggest auto market
TOKYO/KUALA LUMPUR -- Malaysia has overtaken Thailand to become Southeast Asia's second-largest auto market, after Indonesia, a major shift in a region that has become a key battleground for Asian automakers.
Indonesia can achieve 8% growth, President-elect Prabowo says
JAKARTA — Indonesia can easily achieve eight per cent economic growth, President-elect Prabowo Subianto told the Qatar Economic Forum on Wednesday (May 15), and he said the country is not protectionist.
Indonesian mother who fell off motorbike sits in muddy pothole-filled roads to protest official inaction
How dirty would you get for a good cause? An Indonesian woman has gone to extreme lengths to protest the poor state of roads in her province in southern Sumatra.
Indonesia’s Prabowo wants a ‘president’s club’. But can Joko Widodo, Megawati, Yudhoyono see eye to eye?
Prabowo’s spokesperson Dahnil Anzar Simanjuntak first floated the idea of a “president’s club” earlier this month.
Indonesia seeds clouds to block rainfall after floods killed at least 58 people while 35 are missing
TANAH DATAR, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian authorities seeded clouds on Wednesday, trying to prevent further rain and flash floods after deluges that hit the country’s Sumatra Island over the weekend left at least 58 people dead and another 35 missing.
Indonesia searches for 35 still missing in deadly Sumatra floods
JAKARTA — The search for 35 people who are still missing from flash floods and mud slides in Indonesia's West Sumatra province continued on May 15, authorities said, as the death toll from the weekend disaster rose to 58.