South Korea

Cyber attack feared in series of South Korean government website outages

Another South Korean government-run online service suffered an outage on Nov 24, marking the fourth such failure within the past week.

Singapore

Demand for pest control in Singapore grows as bedbug fears bite

Mrs Teh San San’s first hint that bedbugs had invaded her home was a rash of small, red bumps on her eight-year-old son after a vacation to Hong Kong in September.

Nation

Danger-level continuous heavy rain warning in K'tan, T'ganu until Nov 27

KUALA LUMPUR: Danger-level continuous heavy rain has been forecast in several areas in Kelantan and Terengganu until Monday (Nov 27).

Sabah & Sarawak

Man who threw machete at teenagers nabbed in Tawau

KOTA KINABALU: A man who had allegedly tried attacking three teenagers with a machete in the Tawau district has been nabbed.

Nation

Welfare department tracking down parents of four abandoned siblings

TRONG: The Social Welfare Department is tracking down the parents of four siblings who were abandoned in front of a guardhouse at the Perak Tengah District Administration Complex, Seri Iskandar, on Friday.

Nation

King graces opening of YASA haemodialysis centre in Jerantut

JERANTUT: Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah graced the opening of the Yayasan Al-Sultan Abdullah (YASA) Haemodialysis Centre at Taman Impian Permai here Saturday (Nov 25).

Indonesia

Indonesian police and fishermen start patrols to stop Rohingya boats

Indonesian police and fishermen said Saturday they have begun patrolling parts of the country's westernmost province to prevent Rohingya refugees from landing on its shores, after nearly 1,100 members of the persecuted Myanmar minority arrived this month.

Nation

18 guests rescued after getting trapped in elevator of Melaka hotel

MELAKA: Eighteen guests were rescued after they were trapped in an elevator at a hotel here.

AseanPlus News

'I'm not dead,' Thai hostage says after 'miracle' release in Gaza

Vetoon Phoome's family feared the Thai farm worker had been killed by Hamas in last month's attack on Israel, until they learned on Saturday he had been free as a hostage in Gaza.

Nation

Kemaman polls: Campaigning still lukewarm at halfway point

CHUKAI: With the campaigning period nearing its halfway point, things at the Kemaman parliamentary by-election appear to be lukewarm at best, matching the dreary rain that falls nearly every evening in the constituency.

Nation

Wanita PKR info chief passes away at 51

SHAH ALAM: Wanita PKR information chief Suzana Shaharudin passed away at Pantai Hospital, Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur, at 12.02pm Saturday (Nov 25). She was 51.

Philippines

Another fire and tragedy in the Philippine - six dead and two injured in gutted house in Manila

A fire on Saturday gutted a house in Quezon province, southeast of Manila, killing six family members and injuring two others, police said.

Nation

Dr Noor Hisham hopes to uphold University of Cyberjaya's tradition of nurturing young minds of tomorrow

KUALA LUMPUR: Former health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah is looking forward to serving as Chancellor of the University of Cyberjaya (UoC) and hopes to do his best to uphold and strengthen its tradition of nurturing the young minds of tomorrow.

Nation

Get one more million members, Muhyiddin tells Bersatu grassroots

SHAH ALAM: Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) needs to get one more million members in the next one year, as the party needs to be strengthened at its base, says party president Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.

Nation

Superman Hew’ pays homage to martial arts legend Bruce Lee

IPOH: An ardent Bruce Lee fan, Hew Kuan Yau, popularly known as “Superman Hew” organised a two-day exhibition on the legendary martial arts actor here.

Nation

No basis for linking me to London Move, says Ahmad Faizal Azumu

SHAH ALAM: There is no basis linking me to the “London Move”, says Datuk Seri Ahmad Faizal Azumu.

Sabah & Sarawak

Kepayan residents in Austral Park urge developers to stop land-grabbing

KOTA KINABALU: Residents in Kepayan, specifically in the Austral Park area close to the city, want housing developers to stop land grabbing.

Vietnam

Vietnam's plan for spending US$15.5 billion for its clean energy transition to be announced at COP28

A plan for how Vietnam will spend US$15.5 billion to transition to cleaner energy has been finalized and will be announced at the COP28 climate conference, which begins in Dubai next week.

Indonesia

Indonesia says held 'positive' Myanmar political talks

Indonesia on Friday said it had hosted "positive" talks with the main sides of the Myanmar conflict in a bid to kickstart a stuttering peace process almost three years after a military coup deposed the country's democratically elected government.

Nation

It was no gimmick, says Muhyiddin

SHAH ALAM: Bersatu president Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has brushed off talk that his announcement not to defend his post at the next party polls was a mere gimmick to fish for support.