Portal:Southeast Asia/2007 June/News Sidebar

[edit] Recent

• May 30 - Thailand political party dissolution
• June 1-3 - Shangri-La Dialogue, Singapore
• June 23-24 - World Economic Forum East Asia Summit, Singapore

[edit] Ongoing

• Khmer Rouge tribunal preparations, Cambodia
• Sidoarjo mud flow, Indonesia
• Guimaras oil spill, Philippines
• Avian influenza (H5N1) outbreak, regionwide

[edit] Upcoming

• August 6-8 - Langawi International Dialogue
• September 5 - U.S.-ASEAN summit
• November 13-21 - 13th ASEAN Summit, Singapore
• December 6-15 - 24^th Southeast Asian Games, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand

[edit] Natural disasters

• 2007 Laos earthquake
• 2007 Pacific typhoon season
• 2007 North Indian Ocean cyclone season

[edit] February

• 1: Seri Wangnaitham

[edit] March

• 12: Maha Ghosananda
• 19: Boonchu Rojanastien

[edit] April

• 15: Suwat Voradiloke

[edit] May

• 12: Thanpuying Poonsuk Phanomyong
• 14: Pensri Poomchoosri
• 21: Sakorn Yang-keawsot

• 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] Recent

• Regional Elections in Aceh.
• Communal elections, Cambodia.
• May 9 - East Timor presidential
• May 14 - Philippine general election

[edit] Upcoming

• May 20 - National Assembly of Vietnam elections
• June 30 - East Timor parliamentary

[edit] Recently concluded

• Abu Bakar Ba'asyir
• Chuwit Kamolvisit
• Lina Joy

[edit] Ongoing

• Abdul Razak Baginda
• Joseph Estrada
• Imelda Marcos
• Nur Misuari
• 2005 Poso beheadings
• Potjaman Shinawatra

[edit] May

• 1 - Labor Day
• 2 - Indonesia National Education Day
• 5 - Royal Plowing Ceremony, Cambodia
• 7 - Coronation Day (substitution), Thailand
• 10 - Royal Plowing Ceremony (Thailand)
• 13-15 - King's Birthday, Cambodia
• 16 - Teacher's Day, Malaysia
• 20 - National Day, East Timor
• 31 - Vesak Day, Regionwide (Buddhist holiday)

[edit] June

• 12 - Philippine Independence Day
• 18 - Queen Mother Norodom Monineath Sihanouk's birthday, Cambodia
• 26 - Sunthorn Phu Day, Thailand

[edit] July

• 4 - Filipino-American Friendship Day, Philippines
• 15 - Birthday of Hassanal Bolkiah, Sultan of Brunei
• 19 - Burmese Martyr's Day, Myanmar
• 19 - Birthday of Tuanku Jaafar, Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia
• 21 - Racial Harmony Day, Singapore
• 27 - Iglesia Ni Cristo Foundation Day, Philippines
• 27 - Memorial Day for War Martyrs, Vietnam
• 28 - Buddhist Lent, Thailand
• 31 - Hari Pahlawan (Heroes' 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] Regional

• BBC Asia-Pacific newsdesk
• ChannelNewsAsia Asia-Pacific newsdesk

[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]
• Cambodia Post [6]
• Phnom Penh Post [7]

[edit] Indonesia

Main article: Media of Indonesia

• ANTARA [8]
• The Jakarta Post [9]
• TempoInteraktif [10]

[edit] Laos

• KPL
• Vientiane Times [11]

[edit] Malaysia

• BERNAMA [12]
• Daily Express [13] (mainly Sabah news)
• The Edge [14]
• New Straits Times [15]
• Malaysiakini [16]
• The Malay Mail [17]
• The Star [18]

[edit] Myanmar

• Popularmyanmar.com [19]
• New Light of Myanmar (NLM) [20]
• The Myanmar Times [21]
• The Irrawaddy [22]

[edit] Philippines

• Philippine News Agency (PNA) [23]
• ABS-CBN News [24]
• INQ7 (GMA Network) [25]
• The Daily Tribune [26]
• Manila Bulletin [27]
• Manila Standard Today [28]
• Manila Times [29]
• Philippine Daily Inquirer [30]
• Philippine Star [31]

[edit] Singapore

Main article: Media of Singapore

• Channel NewsAsia [32]
• The Straits Times [33]
• Business Times [34]
• The New Paper [35]
• Today [36]

[edit] Thailand

Main article: Media of Thailand

• Bangkok Post [37]
• Business Day [38]
• The Nation [39]
• National News Bureau (NNB) [40]
• Thai News Agency (TNA) [41]

[edit] Vietnam

Main article: Media of Vietnam

• Nhan Dan [42]
• Saigon Times [43]
• Thanh Nien News [44]
• VietnamNet [45]
• Vietnam News Agency (VNA) [46]
• Viet Nam News (VNN) [47]