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).

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

AseanPlus News

Australia climate change activists disrupt shipping at coal port

A climate change protest off Australia's east coast disrupted operations at the country's biggest coal export port on Saturday, the port operator said.

Nation

Anwar: I told the truth about massacre in Gaza as it was the right thing to do

PUTRAJAYA: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said he found the courage to speak out about Palestinians massacred by Israel in front of US President Joe Biden recently because it is the right thing to do.

Singapore

Singapore police probe 316 suspected scammers, money mules linked to alleged loss of over RM30mil

Over 300 suspected scammers and money mules were rounded up by the police for their alleged involvement in more than 1,000 scam cases, in which victims reportedly lost more than S$8.5 million (RM30 million).

World

At least nine people killed in Pakistan shopping mall fire

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A fire tore through a shopping mall in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi, killing at least nine people, officials and local media said on Saturday.

World

Manual drilling likely in last stretch to rescue 41 trapped workers in Indian tunnel

SILKYARA, India (Reuters) - Efforts to rescue 41 workers trapped in a highway tunnel in the Indian Himalayas for two weeks will be further slowed as rescuers are considering drilling through the last 10 meters of debris manually, an official said on Saturday.

Indonesia

Indonesia suspends anti-graft chief amid extortion probe

President Joko Widodo has suspended the chief of Indonesia's anti-graft agency, his aide said on Saturday, following an accusation of extortion in an investigation that has ensnared a former minister.

Thailand

Thailand says Hamas still holds 20 of its nationals after freeing 10

Palestinian fighters Hamas is still holding 20 Thai nationals after having freed 10 from Gaza, Thailand's foreign ministry said on Saturday, following a deal during the first truce of a seven-week war.

Nation

Wife said yes, so I will stay on as president for one final term, says Muhyiddin

SHAH ALAM: Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has agreed to stay on another term as Bersatu president after receiving blessings from his wife.