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Indonesia ready to shelter Palestinians impacted by war in Gaza

> Indonesia is ready to temporarily shelter Palestinians hit by the war in #Gaza, President Prabowo Subianto said on Wednesday (Apr 9), estimating there could be 1,000 in the first wave

> Prabowo said he has instructed his foreign minister to quickly discuss with the Palestinian side and other parties about how to evacuate impacted Palestinians to #Indonesia a Muslim-majority country channelnewsasia.com/asia/indon #GazaWar #SouthEastAsia

Trump Administration Fires U.S. Aid Workers in Quake Zone in Myanmar

> Trump administration officials have fired workers for the main American aid agency who were sent to #Myanmar to assess how the United States could help with #earthquake relief efforts, three people with knowledge of the actions said

> The firings, done Friday while the workers were in the rubble-strewn city of #Mandalay, raise doubts... archive.ph/2025.04.06-030343/h #SouthEastAsia #MAGA

Foreign Journalists at US-Backed Media Fear Being Sent to Repressive Homelands After Trump's Cuts

> After hiding in #Thailand for seven years, two Cambodian #journalists arrived in the United States last year on work visas, aiming to keep providing people in their Southeast Asian homeland with objective, factual news through #RadioFreeAsia

> their jobs and legal status in the U.S. are at risk after President #DonaldTrump recently signed an executive order
khaosodenglish.com/news/asean/ #SouthEastAsia

After 10 years of reporting from across the Asia-Pacific, BenarNews is pausing operations due to matters beyond its control

> The US administration has withheld the funding that we rely on to bring our readers and viewers the news from #Indonesia, #Malaysia, #Thailand, #Bangladesh, the #Philippines and island-states ...

> We have always strived to offer clear and accurate news on #security #politics and #humanrights
benarnews.org/english/news/phi #BenarNews #SouthEastAsia #journalism #MAGA

Lao Socialism with Buddhist Characteristics

monthlyreview.org/2025/04/01/l

Through the doctrine of karma, it encourages a prudent approach to natural resource use and discourages greed and overexploitation. This ecological ethic has shaped Lao environmental policies and practices, fostering the integration of 'green growth' principles into national development strategies.

Monthly Review · Monthly Review | Lao Socialism with Buddhist CharacteristicsThis article will be released in full online April 14, 2025. Yumeng Liu takes a deep dive into the history of Laos, the only socialist nation among the Theravāda Buddhist countries of Southeast Asia…

So I rented an Airbnb at a gorgeous location by the sea but I want to bail out early. The location is perfect and there's even a supermarket downstairs, but the apartment is pretty horrid!

It's my fault, really, I didn't read the reviews carefully and only realised the problems too late. I hoped for the best, hoping it won't be that bad. But it was lol.
Like the reviews said, the security refused to let me in, and if not for a kind old gentleman, I would've been stuck outside for goodness knows how long.

The mattress has already sunk in to the point that I can feel the springs dig into my back, so I ended up sleeping in the extra bed in the hall, but the mattress was hard too. My fussy neck hated the pillows, the travel pillow I bought was too hard ... the list goes on. And then, the final straw. Yesterday, all electrical sockets in the kitchen stopped working. The owner (or whatever company doing this) at least responded and told me to access the fuse box. Ugh.

But the most annoying thing was that there's no proper writing desk in the apartment, and this was supposed to be a vacation where I read, wrote and just did a lot of walking to think.

It's all due to my carelessness really, I didn't read the reviews carefully and was in a rush. AirBnbs are always a mixed bag, which is why I've moved on to booking hotels these days because I didn't want to bother with the inconsistent quality. But I took a chance because I wanted a cheaper vacation. Regret lol

Anyway I'm thinking of checking out early from this dump although there are two more days left to my stay. I had looked forward to this holiday and I'm super annoyed I can't write my heart out, read and enjoy the scenery in comfort.

What do you think? Leave or just salvage the situation?