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Forest fires: Jakarta panel wants names

Related: Haze issue tests Asean resolve

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Indonesia loses up to US$9 billion from timber clearing: Anti-graft body

Related: 'Half of supermarket products here contain palm oil'

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Haze hits tourism in Thailand's Phuket

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2 DAP MPs hit out at Singapore article

Related: Singapore is not an island

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Chinese tourists spend big during Golden Week

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China's smoking death toll to double to 2 million in 2030: Study

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2 missing orang asli children found alive in Malaysia, but severely malnourished

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Malaysia's central bank says probe shows 1MDB got permissions based on inaccurate disclosure

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Baby-wearing trend in Hong Kong makes prams redundant; mums even wear them to fitness class

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India's air force opens the way for women to pilot fighter jets

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Video captures 5-year-old boy being kidnapped in Malaysia

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Leader of Australia mosque attended by boy who killed man tells violent Muslims to leave country

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Australian PM calls for calm amid planned anti-Islam protest

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Baby dies after migrant boat breaks down off Greek island

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HAZE IN SINGAPORE & THE REGION 

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Haze hits tourism in Thailand's Phuket

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NEA: No to 1-hour PSI

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Haze issue tests Asean resolve

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Haze slider: Singapore landscapes before and after the haze

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Full coverage of GE2015 in ST's Politics page

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1MDB SAGA 

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Malaysia's AGC: No offence by 1MDB in Bank Negara probe

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Malaysia's central bank says probe shows 1MDB got permissions based on inaccurate disclosure

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Detained Malaysian lawyer on hunger strike over PM graft scandal

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Malaysia's AGC: No offence by 1MDB in Bank Negara probe

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Malaysia prosecutor gives clean chit to 1MDB officials on bank report

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ST ASIA REPORT 

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Japan must prepare strategically to beat China for overseas orders: The Yomiuri Shimbun

Tokyo should study why it lost the Indonesian rail project to Beijing 

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Ravi Velloor

Renew the promise of Nalanda

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THE ASIAN VOICE

Exercising free speech has its risks: China Daily 

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EDITORIAL NOTES

Growth should be the focus of Malaysia's 2016 budget: Sin Chew Daily 

Transparency needed for Hong Kong's vital third runway project: China Daily 

Young Malaysians in the business of doing good

KMT is sinking, and sinking fast: The China Post 

Hugh White

Bad luck for the Lucky Country?

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FEATURES 

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Francis Chan

Hot spots doubled in Central Kalimantan

Indonesia's Central Kalimantan province continued to be shrouded in thick haze as the Pollutant Standards Index in its capital Palangkaraya rose to 1,917 before sensors stopped sending updates after 11am yesterday.

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Nirmal Ghosh

Change barrels into Yangon

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David Fogarty

Tough to pinpoint haze culprits

One woman's effort to save a traditional dance

Raul Dancel 

An age-old dance to heal a torn region

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Tan Hui Yee

Life in in-between land 

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WEB SPECIALS 

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5 things to know about Indonesian Vice-President Jusuf Kalla

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From The Straits Times Archives: Occupy Central: 7 things about Hong Kong's 2014 pro-democracy protests

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South-east Asia's haze: What's behind the annual outbreaks?

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5 things about Malaysia's 'Red Shirt' rally

TIME FOR ASEAN TO PUSH HARDER FOR CODE OF CONDUCT

Asia's Territorial Disputes

The Straits Times look at the maritime disputes that has divided several Asian nations and how the tensions have played out

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ST VIDEOS

On the campaign trail in Myanmar with Aung San Suu Kyi

Election fever sweeping Myanmar

Chinese imperial portrait sets new world record

Rare grey pearl necklace sold for $7.5 million in Hong Kong auction

Sydney shooting: four more questioned

Australian police arrest 4 over suspected 'terrorism' murder

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In Pictures: Some of world's scariest bridges

POPULAR 

1. Homeless woman sits dead for hours undetected at 24-hour McDonald's outlet in Hong Kong

2. Massive traffic jam on Beijing's 50-lane expressway as Golden Week holiday ends

3. New glass bridge in China cracks, causing panic among visitors: Apple Daily

4. Gay marriage proposal on Beijing's subway generates buzz online

5. Indonesia forest fires could become worst on record: Nasa

6. Malaysian police say ISIS flags seen in several states no cause for concern

7. Singaporean, 28, sentenced to 8 months' jail in Malaysia for overstaying in Johor Baru

8. Cracks on 1,080m-high glass bridge over canyon in China don't affect safety, say officials

9. Indonesia seeks help from Singapore, Russia, Malaysia and Japan to fight forest fires

10. Former Hong Kong leader Donald Tsang charged with misconduct in public office

OUR CORRESPONDENTS 

Amy Chew

Forest fires: Jakarta panel wants names

Shannon Teoh

Malaysia's AGC: No offence by 1MDB in Bank Negara probe

Asrul Hadi Abdullah Sani

'Red shirt' protesters in Malaysia turn unruly

Francis Chan

SCDF ready to leave for Indonesia to fight fires

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja

SCDF ready to leave for Indonesia to fight fires

Nirmal Ghosh

Haze issue tests Asean resolve

Tan Hui Yee

Lack of Asean standard will limit movement of labour in AEC 

Raul Dancel 

Arroyo wins UN backing in bid to end detention

Chang May Choon

Youth jobless rate 'hell' for S. Koreans

Kor Kian Beng

Pressure on China to counter agreement's impact: Analysts

Esther Teo

Chinese tourists spend big during Golden Week

Teo Cheng Wee

KL, Beijing need to play their part for bilateral ties

Li Xueying

Ex-HK chief charged with misconduct

Nirmala Ganapathy

India lays out fast-track route for German investors

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