Portal:Southeast Asia/2006 August/News Sidebar

• 2006 East Timor crisis
• July 31-August 3: Flash flooding in Chiang Mai, Thailand
• August 21-26: ASEAN Economic Ministers Meeting, Kuantan, Malaysia
• Haze pollution, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand
• Guimaras oil spill, Philippines
• Khmer Rouge tribunal preparations, Cambodia
• 60th anniversary of the accession of Bhumibol Adulyadej, Thailand
• Avian influenza (H5N1) outbreak, regionwide

[edit] Natural disasters

• Karangetang volcano eruptions, Indonesia
• Mayon Volcano eruptions, Philippines
• Pacific typhoon season, regionwide

[edit] August

• 13: Payao Poontarat, Thai Olympic boxer

• Government offensive against Abu Sayyaf, Jolo Island, Philippines
• South Thailand insurgency
• New People's Army insurgency (Philippines)
• Islamic Insurgency in the Philippines
• Karen National Liberation Army insurgency (Myanmar)

[edit] Upcoming

• October 15: Thailand legislative election, 2006

[edit] Recently concluded

• Indonesia:
  • Abu Bakar Ba'asyir
• Thailand:
  • Chuwit Kamolvisit

Ongoing:

• Philippines:
  • Joseph Estrada
  • Imelda Marcos
  • Nur Misuari
• Malaysia
  • Lina Joy

[edit] August

• 8: Ghost Festival, Chinese communities regionwide
• 9: National Day, Singapore
• 12: Queen's birthday, Thailand
• 12: Mother's Day, Thailand
• 17: Independence Day, Indonesia
• 19: National Day of the Filipino language
• 19: Holiday for Quezon City, Quezon Province and other municipalities named after Manuel Quezon
• 21: Ninoy Aquino Day, Philippines
• 25: National Heroes Day, Philippines
• 31: Hari Merdeka (Independence Day), Malaysia

2006 in Malaysia
2006 in Singapore
2006 in the Philippines

[edit] Helpful resources

• Wikipedia:News collections and sources.
• Wikipedia:News sources - This has much of the same material organised in a hierarchical manner to help encourage NPOV in our news reporting.

[edit] Brunei

Main article: Media of Brunei

• Borneo Bulletin [1]
• The Brunei Times [2]

[edit] Cambodia

Main article: Media of Cambodia

• Agence Khmer Presse (AKP) [3]
• The Cambodia Daily [4]
• Cambodia Politics [5]
• Phnom Penh Post [6]

[edit] Indonesia

• ANTARA [7]
• The Jakarta Post [8]
• Yahoo Indonesia News [9]

[edit] Laos

• Vientiane Times [10]

[edit] Malaysia

• Bernama [11]
• Daily Express [12] (mainly Sabah news)
• The Edge [13]
• New Straits Times [14]
• Malaysiakini [15]
• The Malay Mail [16]
• The Star [17]

[edit] Myanmar

• New Light of Myanmar (NLM) [18]
• The Myanmar Times [19]
• The Irrawaddy [20]

[edit] Philippines

• Philippines News Agency (PNA) [21]
• INQ7 (GMA Network) [22]
• The Daily Tribune [23]
• Manila Bulletin [24]
• Manila Standard [25]
• Manila Times [26]
• Philippine Daily Inquirer [27]
• Philippine Star [28]

[edit] Singapore

• Channel NewsAsia [29]
• Straits Times [30]
• Business Times [31]
• The New Paper [32]
• Today [33]

[edit] Thailand

Main article: Media of Thailand

• Bangkok Post [34]
• Business Day [35]
• The Nation [36]
• National News Bureau (NNB) [37]
• Thai News Agency (TNA) [38]
• International Herald Tribune/ThaiDay [39]

[edit] Vietnam

Main article: Media of Vietnam

• Nhan Dan [40]
• Saigon Times [41]
• Thanh Nien News [42]
• VietnamNet [43]
• Vietnam News Agency (VNA) [44]
• Viet Nam News (VNN) [45]