PHUKETWAN recognises the importance of Asean with the Economic Community approaching and marks what's happening around the region with a new column, Asean Today.



sbs.com.au Indonesia's attorney-general says the applications for a judicial review filed by condemned Bali Nine ringleaders Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran will not prevent them being executed.



dailymail.co.uk Relatives of passengers aboard the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 have demanded officials retract an announcement that everyone on board is dead.



hrw.org ''After two years of steady if uneven progress, Burma's human rights situation was a car crash in 2014,'' said Brad Adams, Asia director at Human Rights Watch. The HRW analysis of Burma shines a spotlight on the repression and persecution of Burma's 1.1 million strong Rohingya Muslim minority, the majority of whom live in Arakan [Rakhine] State in the country's west.



RFI Three French tourists have been arrested in Cambodia for taking nude photos inside the historic Angkor temple complex. Last week a scandal erupted over topless pictures of a woman posing in the complex.



channelnewsasia.com Singapore has passed a Bill that exerts tougher controls on the supply and consumption of alcohol in public places. This means alcohol cannot be consumed in public during certain hours and the sale of take-away alcohol will end at 10.30pm islandwide.



theguardian.com An unconventional romantic-comedy sequel has made Vietnamese history bysmashing the country's box office record within days of its release. However, the word of mouth hit has also sparked debate in the socially conservative country over the portrayal of its lead character, who is transgender.



xinhua Indonesian President Joko Widodo will visit three Asean countries of Malaysia, Brunei and the Philippines on February 5 to 9 to step up economic cooperation, an senior official said.