Asean news headlines as at 10pm on Friday (Oct 18)

A Buddhist monk sits on a float during a parade celebrating the end of Buddhist Lent in Thailand’s southern province of Narathiwat on Oct 18, 2024. - AFP

Malaysia

  • PM tables RM421bil allocation for Budget 2025

  • Budget 2025: Malaysia to showcase local handicraft at 2025 Asean Summit

  • Budget 2025: New tax incentives to attract foreign investment

  • Budget 2025: Anwar quotes Confucius in Mandarin to highlight importance of not repeating mistakes

  • Budget 2025: No more mega projects, says PM

  • Budget 2025: Malaysia poised for higher tourist influx next year

  • Budget 2025: Five aspects relating to people’s lives, says PM

  • Budget 2025: SST to be expanded from May 2025

  • Malaysia’s CPI performance sees boost, targets further progress with anti-corruption strategy 2024-2025

  • Penang becomes 6th state to declare GISB teachings deviant

  • Najib tells court he has ‘certain regrets’ over SRC International but no idea how funds entered his account

  • Beware of fake PM Anwar news on scam social media ads impersonating The Star

  • 50% discount on traffic summons at Sabah MADANI Rakyat programme

  • South China Sea ‘safe and under control’, says Navy chief

  • Woman in pretzel dough flap tries her (c)luck at chicken chain, gets the boot

  • Daim’s wife Na’imah fails to get stay on IRB’s RM313mil tax arrears

  • Perak, Kelantan Perhilitan setting up traps for tiger that killed two

  • Stay vigilant against tiger attacks on East-West Highway, says Perhilitan

  • Don’t be misled by fake social media accounts posing as Pahang royalty

  • Police dismantle 193 drug syndicates, arrest 612

  • Majority of investment scams in Malaysia rise linked to social media, say cops

  • Trio arrested over gun-flashing incident at Puchong food court

  • Boy, 7, dies while riding on m-cycle driven by 10-year-old brother

Singapore

  • More than six years’ jail for funeral director who aided ex-boyfriend’s suicide

  • At least S$66,000 lost in about two weeks to concert ticket scams; Andy Lau, 2NE1 fans among victims

  • Jail, caning for man who molested mother-in-law while she was asleep

  • Autonomous AI agents may be available to Singapore firms by 2025

  • Ex-WP cadre describes Raeesah Khan as ‘lao hong’: Key points from Day 5 of Pritam Singh’s trial

  • 17-year-old self-radicalised Singaporean arrested weeks before planned attack in Tampines

  • Teen and elderly among suspects in scams worth over S$10mil

Thailand

  • Thai election panel begins probe into ruling Phue Thai party: Media reports

  • Coordinated blasts in Narathiwat injure eight security officials

  • Monkey-faced flower among four new plant species discovered in Thailand

  • Thailand extends waiver for TM6 immigration forms for easier cross-border tourism

Indonesia

  • Indonesia’s high-speed train Whoosh celebrates first anniversary of operation

  • Prabowo ‘returns favour’ with ministerial roster

  • Plans to build second airport in Bali blocked by local opposition: Minister

  • Indonesia ramps up security ahead of Prabowo’s inauguration

Philippines

  • Sara Duterte threatens to dig up dictator Marcos’ remains and toss it into the sea

  • Philippines to deport two paedophiles tagged as undesirable aliens

  • ‘Reconciliation’ afoot? Marcos happy to meet former VP Leni Robredo

  • American reportedly kidnapped from a southern Philippine town

  • Manila’s car counters help address ‘world’s worst traffic’

Vietnam

  • Tourists seeking luxury are flocking to Vietnam’s fine dining restaurants

  • Victims of Vietnam tycoon’s scam count losses after sentence

  • Scenic waterfall at Vietnam-China border is first cross-border tourist site

Cambodia

  • Cambodia assures diplomatic support to Malaysia’s Asean chairmanship

  • Cambodia eyes boost in Australian investment

  • Cambodian PM to attend inaugurations of new Indonesian president, vice president

Myanmar

  • Three Rohingya refugees suffocate to death in Thailand

Laos

  • Luang Namtha marks naming of Pha That Xieng stupa as national heritage site

  • Laos to enhance public health system

Brunei

  • Certified Brunei wood products take centre stage at expo

  • Thai woman fined BND1,000 for breaching school privacy

Aseanplus

  • South Korea says North Korea troop dispatch to Russia a ‘grave security threat’

  • Britain’s Lammy in China to ‘challenge’ Beijing on Russia support

  • US sends second flight of migrants back to China for repatriation

  • Why resetting social relationships to remove distant contacts is gaining momentum in China

  • South Korean man dies after being turned away by 10 hospitals; govt to probe

  • China launches survey to understand ‘fear of having children’

  • Panda Watch: Hong Kong cub twins happier and healthier at two months old

  • EU and Asean sign new agreement on disaster management

  • Kim stresses to North Korean troops they should treat South Korea as a hostile foreign enemy

  • China’s economy grows 4.6% in Q3, keeping stimulus calls alive

  • In Modi’s Delhi, Indian Muslims segregate to seek security

  • China’s home prices see biggest drop in nine years despite efforts to revive market

  • Itaewon crowd crush: Bereaved families outraged after police chief is acquitted

  • Nine monkeys which died in Hong Kong zoo had been infected with melioidosis: Officials

  • China stimulus ‘should absolutely surpass’ 10 trillion yuan, government economist says

  • Discrimination still haunts Japan’s Nobel-winning A-bomb survivors

  • Trisha Ooi - An ardent Michelle Yeoh fan who has gone through the toughest of times in order to become a rising star

  • Asian markets swing as China economic growth slows

2024-10-20T16:00:00Z

Source: The Star