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https://asiaviews.net/myanmar-sending-observers-would-risk-legitimizing-myanmar-election-fm-sugiono/

MYANMAR: Sending Observers Would Risk Legitimizing Myanmar Election: FM Sugiono - AsiaViews JakartaPost-/AFP-Oct 30 ASEAN has decided against sending observers to Myanmar military regime’s planned election in late December, Foreign Minister Sugiono has said, because doing so would risk lending the bloc’s stamp of approval. “All [ASEAN] members agreed that the election may not yet be ...

https://asiaviews.net/indonesia-accommodating-the-dead-jakarta-faces-grave-shortage-crisis/

INDONESIA: Accommodating the Dead: Jakarta Faces Grave Shortage Crisis - AsiaViews JakartaPost-Oct 29 Jakarta is grappling with a shortage of burial land as its cemeteries have either reached or exceeded capacity, sparking concerns over increased commercialization of resting places for the city’s dead. At least 69 of the capital’s 80 public cemeteries (TPU), or a whopping 86.2...