In July last year, police in Indonesia’s West Java province arrested 13 suspects allegedly involved in trafficking dozens of newborns to Singapore through an illegal adoption network.
Associate Professor Thanavath Phonvichai, President of the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce and Chairman of the Centre for Economic and Business Forecasting, attributed the current bout mainly to lower production costs, particularly cheaper fuel and persistently low agricultural prices.
He described the figure as a historic milestone for Indonesia’s health system, as the programme marked the first time free health checkups were made available nationwide.
The congress adopted the LPRP's third Political Platform, which is a key document defining the basic direction for the Party’s strategy and vision through to 2055.
The Philippines imported almost 3.37 million metric tonnes of rice last year, about 30% lower than the 4.81 million metric tonnes recorded in 2024.
According to Chairman of the Da Nang People’s Committee Pham Duc An, the city prioritises building sustainable economic ecosystems and focuses on key breakthrough sectors with strong spillover effects, including high technology and digital transformation, logistics, urban infrastructure, finance, processing and manufacturing industries, high-tech agriculture, and the pharmaceutical and medicinal herb industry.
Resolution 79 is not only about SOEs. At a deeper level, it is about how Vietnam reorganises its development drivers in a world that is changing at breakneck speed.
In 2025, Vietnam’s GDP grew by 8%, beating UOB’s forecast of 7.7% but still falling short of the Government’s target of 8.3–8.5%, which would have needed an extraordinary boost in the final quarter.
The US will allocate 15 million USD for border stabilisation to help communities recover and to support people displaced by the recent conflict, and 10 million USD for demining and clearing of unexploded ordnance.
Speaking at a press conference, Indonesia's Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa said state revenue totaled 2,756.3 trillion IDR, while government spending reached 3,451.4 trillion IDR, resulting in a deficit equivalent to 2.92% of gross domestic product (GDP).
Camera traps installed in Bukit Tigapuluh National Park of Indonesia have recorded four individual Sumatran tigers (Panthera tigris sumatrae), providing strong evidence that the conservation area's ecosystem remains well preserved.
Police confirmed that one female worker was killed, seven people were injured, and 27 others remain missing. Meanwhile, Cebu’s Mayor Nestor Archival said that 12 people had been rescued, while the number of those still unaccounted for could be as high as 38.
Somchuan Ratanamungklanon, director-general of the DLD, noted that the upward trajectory for Thailand's agricultural exports is bolstered by a rigorous government mandate to elevate safety and quality standards.
Deputy Prime Minister and Agriculture Minister of Thailand Thammanat Prompao said that the ministry is prioritising a “market-led, innovation-supported, higher income” strategy, built on three key pillars: strengthening confidence in core, established markets to protect Thailand’s market share; targeting high-potential products to open new opportunities, including dried seahorses, dried geckos, live crocodiles for consumption, and breeding crocodile parent stock for farming; and expanding networks by deepening cooperation with key trading partners, including China, and widening sales channels, such as digital platforms, so Thai products can reach consumers more directly.
UOB projected Malaysia's real GDP growth at 4.5% in 2026, at the upper end of the government's 4-4.5 % target.
President Prabowo Subianto said sustained self-sufficiency will demonstrate Indonesia’s capacity to overcome long-standing doubts about its food security.
Under the strategy, Thailand will prioritise power, sensor, photonics, discrete and analog semiconductors, which are closely linked to the country’s established electronics manufacturing base and supply chains serving the automotive, energy, data centre and industrial sectors.
Malaysia's digital exports recorded 6.8 billion RM (1.67 billion USD) between 2024 and the first half of 2025, marking a milestone in the country’s development journey of digital economy.
Malaysia enters the preparatory phase for the 13MP on the back of encouraging economic indicators in 2025. Gross domestic product (GDP) expanded by 5.2% in the third quarter of 2025, bringing average growth for the first nine months of the year to 4.7%.
The Philippines will host a total of 208 cluster meetings, or over 650 meetings this year, 104 of which are working group level while 24 are ministerial. Security will be tightened at all ASEAN meetings, especially the leaders’ summits in May and November.
The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office said on January 8 that about 963 families with 3,516 people from 13 villages at the volcano's foot are currently staying in government-run evacuation centres across the province.
Earlier on the same day, the first plenary meeting of the 12th Party Central Committee elected key leadership positions of the Party. Thongloun Sisoulith was re-elected as General Secretary of the LPRP Central Committee for the 2026–2030 term.
Among its goals, Laos aims to develop an independent and self-reliant economy by capitalising on the country’s potential and advantages, thus ensuring stable, sustainable, and quality economic growth.
The Lao Government will also work to foster strong development momentum by mobilising public participation, encouraging self-reliance among citizens and businesses, and improving the quality of human resources, while building an independent and self-reliant economy capable of deeper regional and global integration.
MOSTI Minister Chang Lih Kang said the Bioeconomy Corporation, the ministry’s lead development agency for Malaysia’s biotechnology industry, will drive this growth and steer the country’s bioeconomy toward greater global competitiveness.
Based on the location of the epicentre and the depth of the hypocenter, Cahyo Nugroho, Head of BMKG Region III in Denpasar, said the series of earthquakes was triggered by active fault activity on the sea floor.
Secretary of the Central Committee of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Youth Union (LPRYU) Thongly Sisoulith said that the Youth and Adolescents Development Strategy, which is integrated into the 10th five-year socio-economic development plan, is a key component reflecting the Party and State’s clear orientation toward human resources development in service of the country’s sustainable development in the future.
The Indonesian government has prepared a budget of between 53–60 trillion IDR (3.4–3.85 billion USD) for disaster emergency response under the 2026 State Budget (APBN).
