Portal:Southeast Asia/2007 October highlights

Headlines in October 2007

The Burmese anti-government protests are declared ended by the ruling State Peace and Development Council. United Nations envoy Ibrahim Gambari meets with Senior General Than Shwe and detained National League for Democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
The first astronaut from the Malaysian National Space Agency's, Angkasawan program, Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor (pictured), goes on an 11-day mission to the International Space Station on board Soyuz TMA-11 and returns on Soyuz TMA-10.
Singapore Airlines takes delivery of the first Airbus A380 superjumbo jet. The plane completes a maiden commercial voyage to Sydney, with some passengers paying US$50,000 to ride in one of the airline's private, luxury "Suite" class rooms.
An explosion at the Glorietta mall in Makati City kills 11 people and injures 129. Authorities were investigating the cause.
Ousted former president Joseph Estrada receives a pardon from President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo after serving 43 days of a life sentence under house arrest for corruption.
Tropical Storm Lekima hits central Vietnam and southern China after earlier causing devastation in the Philippines.
Retired Royal Thai Army commander-in-chief General Sonthi Boonyaratglin, leader of the 2006 Thai coup d'état, resigns as chairman of the Council for National Security and is appointed deputy prime minister for security in the cabinet of Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont.