Cambodia

Cambodia's new glittering airport receives first direct flight with large plane from Australia

The new glittering Siem Reap Angkor International Airport (SAI) on Friday welcomed the first direct flight with a large plane from Australia, said Cambodia's aviation authority.

Laos

Laos kicks off festival on sustainable productivity

The Lao National Productivity Festival is taking place in the Lao capital Vientiane to raise awareness of achievements under the Asian Productivity Organization (APO), especially important goals specified in the APO Vision 2025.

Brunei

Brunei's CPI decreases by 0.1 per cent in August

Brunei's overall Consumer Price Index (CPI) in August decreased by 0.1 per cent year-on-year, the latest statistical figures released on Saturday have shown.

Motorsport

Motor racing-FIA clamps down on pitlane exit overtakes after Verstappen move

ABU DHABI (Reuters) - Formula One's governing body barred overtaking in the pitlane exit during the season's final qualifying in Abu Dhabi on Saturday after triple world champion Max Verstappen forced his way past rivals in practice.

Japan

Japan may change duty-free shopping tax waiver process for tourists: Report

Tourists who buy products in Japan may soon undergo a different process of getting waivers for their consumption tax.

Nation

Visa-free policy timely, say China businesses

KUALA LUMPUR: Businesses from China viewed the recent trial implementation of the unilateral visa-free policy for ordinary passport holders from Malaysia as timely, as it will enhance more bilateral relations between the two nations.

Squash

Squash queen Sivasangari nails second title of the year in Hong Kong

PETALING JAYA: Squash star S. Sivasangari continued her sizzling form when she nailed her second title of the year after triumphing in the Hong Kong Football Club Open on Saturday (Nov 25).

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.

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.